Just seen your pics! Love it!!!!!!!!!
When do i bring my car down
Anytime! Once I'd worked out home to remove the panels (some £3 plastic spatula things from eBay got them off with no damage) the actual wrapping was really easy.
what did you and your mk3 leon do today
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Anytime! Once I'd worked out home to remove the panels (some £3 plastic spatula things from eBay got them off with no damage) the actual wrapping was really easy.
Thanks for fixing mate - read and reread the instructions and couldn't see where I'd gone wrong. Computer dimwit I guess! Thanks too for the feedback on the wraps - the good thing about wrapping is it's so easy to remove when you tire of the look or fancy a change (and saves me getting into bother with my wife when I practice on my car rather than hers
that wrapped console looks really good - clever!
Took it for it's first service at Fife SEAT and as well as the free 1L of oil, got a little ding in the passenger door about one third up on the hinges side. Spoke to Gary the service guy who had checked over the car before I gave it to them and he agreed he had not seen it before the service. He asked the guys who serviced/ cleaned/washed my car and no one admitted it. Gary was great but and I am taking it back tomorrow for them to fix (dent repairer is arranged) My suspicion is it happened during the cleaning stage, knew I should have left that bit out.
Having seen the average washbucket monkey that most stealers employ - I also leave out the cleaning stage too.
Well done on getting the walk around at drop off, this saved your arguing later.
Rookie mistake on letting them clean your vehicle.
The ding would probably be from sitting in the car park before or after the service as a result of another careless customer. I generally wait for mine and drive it away as soon as it has been completed. It bugs me that the parking spaces are so narrow around new cars and it is just asking for less able customers to let a door bang into your pride and joy. I had an uncle that always let his car door touch the body of the car next to him so he had maximum room to get out.....I hated him for this
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Same here, have done with the last three Leon's. Also do the walk round, lesson learned after a previous company car came back with a large dent in the wing......
Seastormer - I hope it's sorted ok, we've had a couple of car park dings in previous cars and it really hacks me off.......
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Well done on getting the walk around at drop off, this saved your arguing later.
Rookie mistake on letting them clean your vehicle.
The ding would probably be from sitting in the car park before or after the service as a result of another careless customer. I generally wait for mine and drive it away as soon as it has been completed. It bugs me that the parking spaces are so narrow around new cars and it is just asking for less able customers to let a door bang into your pride and joy. I had an uncle that always let his car door touch the body of the car next to him so he had maximum room to get out.....I hated him for this
Did wait for the car and got it as soon as ready and the dent was not inline with where a door on another car would open onto, had it back at Fife SEAT today and Dent Devils fixed it in about 35 mins and you wouldn't know it was ever damaged. Won't be getting it washed/hoovered next time. First photo shows the dent near the hinges side about 10" up from bottom, other two after fix.
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I seem to be troubled by the squashed flies on my white Leon also, Noted that the process of washing the car doesn't seem to completly remove all evidence of the flies, found using a dedicated insect removal spray works wonders, best after washing car.
This is the only thing I dislike about my white Leon. Within an hour of washing it, just a quick drive to the shops makes it look like a speckled mess again. I've also got a Honda CRV which is dark grey, and although I can tell it's dirty, the colour does tend to hide a multitude of sins!
off to pick this bad boi up tonight, should hopefully solve all my fly splatter issues! http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00OKCCFQQ?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00
I dont have many problems getting flies off the front of the car, They have definately changed the formula for LifeShine, as the coating on the Cupra seems much better than I've had on my cars before.
I'd agree with that Paul - flies seem to come off with just washing with the supplied Lifeshine shampoo. Best thing I've used to get stubborn bugs off in the past were plain old baby wipes (aka wet wipes) - beat any bug remover products I've tried including the Autoglym one that came with my kit. And MUCH cheaper too!
Ah...the Lifeshine kits I have will be the ones that came with my Audis then (can you tell what a detailing whizz I am
?).Been out and checked the Cupra - it's Diamondbrite that is on it. Came with a bottle of shampoo and a bottle of replenisher (or something) and so far it seems superior to the Lifeshine treatments I've had in the past at releasing bug bums. My last car was a company car and I didn't have any paint treatment done - that was when I REALLY noticed the difference they make, whatever the brand.
Wanted to trade in my 13 plate FR with extras and change out for a 280 Cupra. They offered me 10k for my car with all the extras meaning the Cupra was £509 per month and no way is it worth it!
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