So what have you done with your Aston today?
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AMVSVNick said:
I follow Reep Midlands up here and they get some serious kit through the door so I'm guessing they do something right. Chosen partner for SCD too.
I wouldn’t let reep group out a screen protector on my phone, let alone out film on a car. The law of averages means they must put out some good work now and then, but I’ve seen far too many bad jobs across the group to ever recommend them to anyone. Can’t speak for the detailing, but the film work I’ve seen has been shocking. cayman-black said:
I agree from everything i have read, Paintshield and Topaz are the best in the business.
I agree. Paintshield are the best, including the patterns they produce and then topaz. What’s more, if you get your car done at paintshield and want it detailing beforehand, it will be little old me that does it lol. Whoever does it, find out how long they have been doing ppf. There are so many guys out there that have started offering it now and you want to go with the most experienced guys, not the cheapest. Most of the new outfits (usually detailers branching out) cut on the car and this is not good. Always go with someone that uses pre cut templates.
paddy328 said:
AMVSVNick said:
I follow Reep Midlands up here and they get some serious kit through the door so I'm guessing they do something right. Chosen partner for SCD too.
I wouldn’t let reep group out a screen protector on my phone, let alone out film on a car. The law of averages means they must put out some good work now and then, but I’ve seen far too many bad jobs across the group to ever recommend them to anyone. Can’t speak for the detailing, but the film work I’ve seen has been shocking. And surely if you've seen the film you've seen the detailing?? Why would anyone bother with PPF without having the car detailed first??
Or does PPF negate the need for detailing
rallymaster123 said:
Had a dealer organised Gaydon tour yesterday. Excellent visit, thoroughly recommend. Real insight to the build process and the quality and time that goes into making such great cars. Excellent host.
AP's not moved his car from last week when I was there!Great tour, so recommend it if you have an opportunity.
AMVSVNick said:
Perhaps you could get e few of those owners to PM me as I'm genuinely intrigued.
And surely if you've seen the film you've seen the detailing?? Why would anyone bother with PPF without having the car detailed first??
Or does PPF negate the need for detailing
I’ll try and send you some pics when I get back from working up north. I’ve not seen their detailing as the cars have had the film applied already, so I don’t know what they did before hand and I can’t soeak of the cars they’ve just had in for detailing alone. And surely if you've seen the film you've seen the detailing?? Why would anyone bother with PPF without having the car detailed first??
Or does PPF negate the need for detailing
I can only give expanses of the poor fit and finish of the sections of film that they have applied. Often cut with a blade. You’ll love some of the towing eyes they’ve done lol.
Now, you know I work with paintshield a lot, but I’m saying this as someone that has seen multiple examples of their work and how it ever left the door is either that they don’t check their work very well or they don’t know any different and hope fishes don’t too.
They will no doubt get lots of patterns from the expel database, which means it should be ok and this might be where people will have been happy with the work.
Felonious said:
The order of service should be: polish / detail, coat with preferred protection stuff, PPF, more protection stuff to make washing the PPF easier. Is that right, or?
The process is: wash/decontaminate, Clay, polish, wipe down with panel wipe, snow foam, rinse. Then apply the film. If you want extra protection, then you add it on the film afterwards. If you put any protection on the paint before the film goes on, then it may struggle to bond and that’s where you have lifting issues.
paddy328 said:
The process is: wash/decontaminate, Clay, polish, wipe down with panel wipe, snow foam, rinse. Then apply the film. If you want extra protection, then you add it on the film afterwards.
If you put any protection on the paint before the film goes on, then it may struggle to bond and that’s where you have lifting issues.
Ah, yeah, that makes more sense. Thanks!If you put any protection on the paint before the film goes on, then it may struggle to bond and that’s where you have lifting issues.
Felonious said:
How? I have the same trouble with my driver’s side window. Any tips would be much appreciated.
You need to remove the door pull handle/armrest by undoing the two Allen head bolts. You can get away without disconnecting the inner door handle. With that out the way look for two rubber plugs that are near where the arm rest mounting bolts screwed in, you will need pliers to pull the front one out. Lower the window gradually until you can see the heads of the glass mounting torx bolts. These clamp the glass. Loosen either the front or rear and pull the glass up by the required amount, re tighten and test it with the door shut. Have an idea of how much it needs to move up, then when the window is lowered to show the window mounting bolts through the access holes, put a piece of masking tape in line with the top of the weatherstrip to give you a reference of how much you have moved it by.A bit of trial and error and job done
yellow_tang said:
You need to remove the door pull handle/armrest by undoing the two Allen head bolts. You can get away without disconnecting the inner door handle. With that out the way look for two rubber plugs that are near where the arm rest mounting bolts screwed in, you will need pliers to pull the front one out. Lower the window gradually until you can see the heads of the glass mounting torx bolts. These clamp the glass. Loosen either the front or rear and pull the glass up by the required amount, re tighten and test it with the door shut. Have an idea of how much it needs to move up, then when the window is lowered to show the window mounting bolts through the access holes, put a piece of masking tape in line with the top of the weatherstrip to give you a reference of how much you have moved it by.
A bit of trial and error and job done
Thank you very much, YT. That’s on the pre-Le Mans fettling list (and well above ‘continue dithering about whether to replace those bloody PZeros or fully wear ‘em out first.’)A bit of trial and error and job done
yellow_tang said:
Sorry I never thought to take pictures at the time, but hopefully you get the gist
No problem at all. Hopefully, even with my ham-fisted talents it should be ok. I'm assuming that the 'clamp the window' part is fairly crucial? I can imagine a sudden drop / smash scenario otherwise.Felonious said:
No problem at all. Hopefully, even with my ham-fisted talents it should be ok. I'm assuming that the 'clamp the window' part is fairly crucial? I can imagine a sudden drop / smash scenario otherwise.
Fortunately no chance of that, as they are big U shaped clamps that wrap under the glassyellow_tang said:
Felonious said:
No problem at all. Hopefully, even with my ham-fisted talents it should be ok. I'm assuming that the 'clamp the window' part is fairly crucial? I can imagine a sudden drop / smash scenario otherwise.
Fortunately no chance of that, as they are big U shaped clamps that wrap under the glassleerandle said:
Just don't over tighten the screws...........Or you could end up with smashed glass !!
Sounds like wise advice... thank you!To the original issue, I asked AM Cambridge to deal with it and they said as it's good as it gets. Leaking when you wash it doesn't sound like 'good' for a car which retailed with a sticker price north of £150k. Anyhoo, let's see if I can do a better job.. I'll report back, hopefully with a cut and paste of YT's triumphant achievement report.
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