OK boys and girls, put on your shades...

[900T-R]

On Saturday morning, I met up with my brother at my parents' driveway/garage. He took three big crates full of detailing essentials with him, which we (well, mostly him ) started working through over the day and now I have a very shiny red Chimaera that smells like wild strawberries.

Before (still damp of morning dew):



Pressure wash with some snow flaky stuff:


Front got a squirt or two of Poorboy's World Bug Squash. Wheels were cleaned with some stuff I can't remember, roof cleaned with Sonax convertible roof cleaner.

Then things went serious with the Meguiars quick detailing spray and clay bar; polishing with Poorboy's World SSR 1 and 2.5 using an excenter machine polisher for the bonnet and bootlid; Poorboy's World Black Hole glaze and EXP Pure Sealant before topping off with a coat of Natty's Paste Wax Red.
Oh, and the tyres got cleaned/dressed, to finish things off.

Result:






Not bad for a '93 Chim with nigh-on 110,000 miles on it I'd say...

Edited by 900T-R on Monday 29th September 09:56

[Dave 500]

900T-R said:

Do you want to come over and do mine

[900T-R]

Well, I'd have to check with my brother as he's the detailing chief - I'm merely his apprentice (and boy, did I learn)...

[ph1l5]

Amazing stuff, and your wheels have realy grown on me.

[cloggy]

Great work Eric.

[HiAsAKite]

Really love the wheels- wasn't sure the old style spokes suited anything later than a wedge or S but you've just converted me...

[AlexanderV8]

Lovely job........... but why is your brother pissing all over your car in that 2nd shot?

[900T-R]

AlexanderV8 said:

Lovely job........... but why is your brother pissing all over your car in that 2nd shot?

What needs to be done, needs to be done.

[phlap]

AlexanderV8 said:

Lovely job........... but why is your brother pissing all over your car in that 2nd shot?

Looks like he got a bit overexcited to me!

'Tis a nice looking Chim. Good work fella.

[Healey73]

Looks amazing! Fantastic job

[rphilcox]

Anyone know why I can't see the embedded pictures within the post? They appear as a white hyphen....

Thanks in advance
Rich

[Krautchimaera]

After seeing the pics, I will certainly do the same over the winter.
It is amazing what you can do if you have enough elbow grease.
Brilliant job!

[WDRV12]

She looks boooootifull . Dont think i ever saw her that good when i had her. Well done Eric, now you just have the fun of keeping it that way ..

[Stevie Mojo]

Very nice

[quattrophenia]

I think the question everyone is asking themselves is, how long did it take you??
Anyone would think it's had a re-spray!

[Pasco]

Dave 500 said:

900T-R said:

Do you want to come over and do mine

That colour looks the puppies nuts

[dinkel]

Trust me it's a looker.

Now drive it and make it all dirty again Eric

[900T-R]

dinkel said:

Now drive it and make it all dirty again Eric

Done.

[SimonV8ster]

I don't normally like really, really bright red cars but that looks really good !!

Very smart. Is it an earlier model with those wheels on it ??

[900T-R]

Sorry for the late reply - yes it's a '93 (first registered June, 11th, markings on parts indicate an April/May build) and I'm pretty sure the OZ split rims were on it from the start; there's several early Chimmies - mostly 430s - knocking about with those wheels so they must have been an option on the Chimaera as well as on the 4.x Griffs... Unlike many of the current designs they are true two piece designs so I bet they're a bit lighter than the standard one piece cast alloys, too.