My new 08 Ibiza Fr (Candy white)

[Muddy]

Having owned an MY05 1.4 sport in red, we really love the look and drive of the Ibiza, so when the 3 year point came up for a new car we jumped at the opportunity to grab an FR.

we opted for the candy white as it a) looked stunning in the brochure and b) is the colour of the moment.

So picked her up last Sunday (2nd March), didn't get an opportunity to give her a full detail until this weekend. This missus (as it's her car) has been driving it all week to work.

So here's the first Mod -- a proper clean --

Some before pics --

Rinsed her off first with a hose and then set about cleaning the wheels.

Used an Ez-detail brush to get to the inner rim and then a wheel brush to clean the front. Finished off cleaning using lambswool mitt. Rinsed with water.

Applied foam via a foam lance and allowed to run off hopefully taking some of the grit with it.

Sprayed the inner arches with Megs Super Degreaser and cleaned by hand with a microfibre mitt.

Rinsed off foam and proceeded to clean the car with a lambswool mitt and the 2 bucket system.

 

[Muddy]

Rinsed off and then dried with a waffle weave towel and used a leaf blower to blow out the water from all the cracks and stuff.

Now the car is fully dry, I assess the paint and find that there is a hell of a lot of tree sap spots and other bits on the paint. Out comes the sonus green clay and with plenty of lube (Don't want to mark the paint) remove the offending little spots. Dried off the lube with a plush microfibre.

Once all done, proceeded to treat the paint with some Dodo juice Lime prime, the idea to clean up the paint after the claying and to prepair for some wax.

Once done, applied some Dodo Juice Diamond White, it's a hard wax for a bit more durability, but i intend in the next coming months to build the layers with a softer wax, hopefully giving the white some awesome glossyness.

Once done, this was buffed of with a pure terry towel.

Then onto the wheels, treated with some Dodo Juice lime prime and then some Autobahn wheel wax was applied on the fronts and on the inner rim.
Buffed off with a plush Microfibre.

Almost done - glass was cleaned with some autoglym fast glass and the plastics and rubbers treated with some poorboys trim restorer.

All done --

 

[Muddy]

Finished pictures --

 

[Muddy]

I'm trying to find some carbon goodies for her like carbon wing mirror covers, a rear spolier and a front lip?

Also, we'll be changing the wheels soon too for some nice black jobbies, so I'll update the thread when they are on.

Muddy

 

[nick-barnes07]

looking good, best choice of colour as well

 

[Muddy]

The first Mod --

Removing the Tdi badge on the front wings --

Hair dryer to warm up the badge.

Badge removed leving the foam and glue behind

After a bit of glue remover, nice and smooth.

Got some Fr badges on order so will pop them on when they arrive.

 

[CHR15B]

Very nice.

 

[Andywest2k1]

looks class mate! Lovely & Clean!

 

[karlosR]

that is stunning!

 

[Muddy]

Thanks for the comments guys

 

[ibiza_streg]

You must financed halfords for a year buying all those cleaning products!!

Looks smart though, definately the colour I would buy.

All I think it needs is the side strips being removed or painted and it will look perfect!

 

[truCido]

Awesome job!!

You must financed halfords for a year buying all those cleaning products!!

if only halfords sold them...they'd be in the money!!

 

[leoncp11]

very nice motor

 

[Ninja]

very nice car and some very good cleaning and polishing

 

[greggaR]

that's a looker , very nice car....
awesome job on the cleaning mate !!

 

[kenny_fr]

Nice car looks like ur quite a cleaning fanatic,top job question is how long will it stay that clean

 

[CraigW]

Very nice motor mate. I absolutely love that colour. Fair enough it gets dirty quite easy but when its clean it looks amazing!!

 

[jones pd100]

Best choice of colour well smart

 

[Gib83]

Very nice lookin motor. Good before and after shots

 

[jamie paton]

really like the colour mate, looks very clean as well.