Chris_a_73's Ibiza Reader's Ride!

[marksy93]

as long as its worth it & you enjoy it then who cares?!

 

[Chris_a_73]

Exactly...now send me that picture, I wanna make your car look PIMP

 

[marksy93]

Exactly...now send me that picture, I wanna make your car look PIMP

done

 

[Chris_a_73]

TADAHHH

Now I've got to wait a month, and complete 5 exams, and then I can use it all! I think it may be worth buying a scrap car panel to practice machine polishing on?

 

[dannyboi321]

if u haevent used a machine polisher before then it would be a good idea to practice on an old pannel looks like a nice bit of kit

 

[Chris_a_73]

Okay, had a 7 hour detail today.

Snow foam (magifoam)
PW rinse
Hand wash (Zymol shampoo)
Brite gel on alloys, agitated
PW rinse
Clay (bilt hamber) with water as lube
PW rinse
Hand wash
PW rinse
Dry with towel
IPA wipe down


Taped up lights, trim etc.
Machine polished all panels using Menzerna Final Finish with finishing pad.
Machine polished windscreen with rayon pad, cerium oxide polish.
Wipe down with IPA.
Wipe down with Dodo Juice Lime Prime Lite
Jetseal 109, 2 layers
Autoglym HD wax 1 layer (1 more tomorrow)
Exterior glass with AG Fastglass
CG 'New look trim gel' on tyres and plastic/rubber trim
CG Alloy wheel guard

Vacuum interior
Interior windows with AG Fastglass
APC on all plastic surfaces.
CG interior new car smell


Will upload pictures tomorrow, but looking damn clean and shiny at the moment. Put her to sleep in the garage...not sure if I want to take it out though, might get it dirty!

 

[abhardwaj1990]

Pics or it didn't happen

 

[Chris_a_73]

Yeah yeah yeah... Planning on taking the wheels off in the next few days and getting the arches done. Seriously cba'd at the time, as I finished at like 9:30....Gunna buy some Tesco Daisy APC as well; apparently it's pretty good (especially for 99p!).

Pics aren't great, but my brother is back home in 2 weeks with his SLR, so will get some proper pics done then!

Pics go from newest to oldest (final result in first few pics, last pics are post-polish pre-wax/sealant etc.)

Here we go

 

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[abhardwaj1990]

Great results dude

 

[mick-fr]

Looks good Chris... Bet it's worth all the hard work when you look at it!

 

[Blanco92]

Results look very good Chris, well worth the effort.

If I wasn't so far away I'd give you a hand with it.

 

[Chris_a_73]

Managed to bag a pair of tickets to Goodwood, courtesy of Autotrader! Anyone else attending?

 

[marksy93]

Happy days about the tickets! Good effort on the cleaning front, bet your car looks cleaner than it did when it came out the showroom!

 

[Chris_a_73]

Well....it WAS clean... I had to drive to college this morning and it was raining and muddy

Hosed the mud spray off when I got home, but not very clean


I'm in the process of sorting a flip key at the moment! Got the transponder out of my spare key (I don't think I broke it?!). Just ordering the flip key now, then can pop it in once it arrives in a few days, get the key cut, code it to the car and VOILA

 

[marksy93]

Ah bad times, how easy is the flip key to sort out? Thinking of doing it myself

 

[Chris_a_73]

Relatively easy, however getting the current transponder out of the spare key is a nightmare! They have a habit of breaking very easily!

You need to order a remote such as this

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....65308&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT#ht_3214wt_1141

Take the transponder out your spare key

Get the blank key cut (Timpsons key cutting etc.)

Pop the transponder in the new remote

"Programme" the new remote using a 5 minute process.


Done and dusted.

 

[Chris_a_73]

Done! Took a minute to get the remote apart, then 20 minutes trying to get the blimmin' blade roll pin out! 30 second job for swapping transponder chip and coding was a doddle!!

Hoorah!

 

[clairehall]

Good result