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Just a note to recommend Turtle wax's 'Chip stick' from Halfords, big range of colours, basically its a hard wax crayon and polishing cloth v. easy to use. I did this on the w/end. Having a dark blue machine with at least 30 chips on the nose, it looked v. spotty 
However all done in 10 minutes, cant see them at all now , all gone!
Give it a go. Which means I can put-off the respray and spend the money on plenums, trumpets and re-chipping instead. WhooHooo!
Yours Aye
Piersy
However all done in 10 minutes, cant see them at all now , all gone! Give it a go. Which means I can put-off the respray and spend the money on plenums, trumpets and re-chipping instead. WhooHooo! Yours Aye
Piersy
PIERSY said:
Just a note to recommend Turtle wax's 'Chip stick' from Halfords, big range of colours, basically its a hard wax crayon and polishing cloth v. easy to use. I did this on the w/end. Having a dark blue machine with at least 30 chips on the nose, it looked v. spotty
Yours Aye
Piersy
Only 30 chips ... you ought to see mine then ...
Respray planned for next spring.
FlipFlopGriff said:
Pressure wash!!! The handbook recommends you steer well clear of jet washes. I certaintly wouldn't jet wash ours - hand wash only.
What he forgot to mention was that our Griff gets hand-dried too
. If you leave it dry on it's own, you can see where all the water droplets were - how anal is that? But at least the car looks fab when it's done - well worth the extra effort... MrsFFG
Hmmm...
Tried the Turtle's crayon at the weekend myself, but wasn't at all impressed with the results. Sure, if you stand at 20 paces from the car and squint your left eye with your right eye completely shut, you can barely see the stone-chip that I 'Turtled'. But then you can barely see the car either. "Bugger it" I say, enjoy driving the car and don't sweat about chips or scratches. If you drive it hard and don't wash it, the chips don't show. Keep it running sweet, keep the interior tidy, the outside will get dirty - it's a car. Now where did I lay that bundle of fifties for a respray?
Tried the Turtle's crayon at the weekend myself, but wasn't at all impressed with the results. Sure, if you stand at 20 paces from the car and squint your left eye with your right eye completely shut, you can barely see the stone-chip that I 'Turtled'. But then you can barely see the car either. "Bugger it" I say, enjoy driving the car and don't sweat about chips or scratches. If you drive it hard and don't wash it, the chips don't show. Keep it running sweet, keep the interior tidy, the outside will get dirty - it's a car. Now where did I lay that bundle of fifties for a respray?
PIERSY said:
I stupidly used one of those do-it-yourself jet wash / foam brush jobs 2 weeks into my ownership. There was grit in the brush and I sgratched the buggry out of my bonnet and perspex cover Do not go near them
Use the last 10 seconds of the pressure wash phase to clean out the brush. Works wonders. Still best not to use it on a TVR though.
30 chips !!!!!!!!!!! I wish !!!!!!!
I reckon I must now have in the region of 1000 chips on the front .... disregarding the wing mirrors etc ..
It is the worst Griffith I have ever seen for it.
Which is a bit different to how it looked 12 months ago ...
Front end respray being done in the early part of next year ...
I reckon I must now have in the region of 1000 chips on the front .... disregarding the wing mirrors etc ..
It is the worst Griffith I have ever seen for it.
Which is a bit different to how it looked 12 months ago ...
Front end respray being done in the early part of next year ...
johno said:
I reckon I must now have in the region of 1000 chips on the front .... disregarding the wing mirrors etc ..
It is the worst Griffith I have ever seen for it.
Blimey!!! And I thought my "sieve" was bad. How do you do that???
Looks like you've been letting John Travolta drive it.
Johno
I think we've discussed our stone chips before on a thread about useage and I had to concede defeat! Mine's really starting to look messy though and can't decide a) whether to have a total re-spray rather than just front-end, and b) where to take it.
Where are you planning to get yours resprayed and how much is it? Is it someone that's been recommended and where are they?
I think we've discussed our stone chips before on a thread about useage and I had to concede defeat! Mine's really starting to look messy though and can't decide a) whether to have a total re-spray rather than just front-end, and b) where to take it.
Where are you planning to get yours resprayed and how much is it? Is it someone that's been recommended and where are they?
I'm lucky enough to have a friend of my dad's who does all of my bodywork stuff for me ...
Haven't got a cost yet, but used them for my S and had the whole bonnet done, drivers side rear quarter and across the rear .... that came to £575. And thats a lot of area ...
The Griffith will cost me more, but I am budgeting no more than £1000 to do the front end and passenger door (thanks motorcycle courier dickhead) and the mirrors ...
They are based in North Walsham, Norfolk. Howard's Coachworks is their name.
Haven't got a cost yet, but used them for my S and had the whole bonnet done, drivers side rear quarter and across the rear .... that came to £575. And thats a lot of area ...
The Griffith will cost me more, but I am budgeting no more than £1000 to do the front end and passenger door (thanks motorcycle courier dickhead) and the mirrors ...
They are based in North Walsham, Norfolk. Howard's Coachworks is their name.
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