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ScottHmk4 Fabia vRS - Now with SeatSurgeon leather
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exactly can get boring cleaning your own car your own car can only get it to look so good. I been using 3 stages of polish then was by hand for 2 years now so can see the results I can achieve will be a little better with a machine but not expecting too much really.
think if I do someone else's car I'd be gutted they then ruined it all with a sponge and ratty towel like my Dad did lol!
Anyway Scoot love the pics it's kind hard tot ake them kind pic without then sun glow things the pros use to show the marks but I can see most of the marks.
That looks amazing haha who needs mirrors when you have a crazily detailed car
thanks mate, looking forward to getting it complete, all in time, i did run out of polish today so may be on hold for a few days till i re-stock
Looks really good Scott! Big difference between before and after
which is surprising for me too as i wash my car alot and keep it at a high standard but shows what extra can be done after some hard effort from a machine
so got 2 used VW blue tinted heated mirrors (genuine) for £25 posted off ebay, just chanced my luck as the guy was wanting around £32-£34 posted for them and he accepted my offer of £25 so bonus!
fitted them today, didnt realise i would have to disect the wires and extend them as the heating element connectors are at the other side and the wires wouldnt reach.
removed the old mirrors and started using 'bullet style joiners' to extend the old wiring....(cut off old connector and attached these.
then added the extended wire (just stabbed a guess tbh)
i put new connectors on the end of the wires that resembed the ones i cut off, (sorry forgot to get pics now) i then hooked it all up and covered most of the wires in insulating tape and then fitted, the taop also hid the red wires out the way when fitted. done like things on show like wiring etc, so all seems pretty hidden.
happy, nice little mod, i did break the old driverside on removal and it wasnt coming off as easy as passenger side so be careful if anyone else does this mod, the mirrors even though used are in great condition, few little marks on driverside just at the wide angle bit but better than my old one, hardly noticable tbh, i then gave them a clean and noticed the rain was clinging to them quite alot which is annoying in view, so went to get rain-X which was empty so opted for 2 coats of HD wax, should do the trick and get the rain running off them.
i dont know a good way to test the heating elements but i will just hope they work lol, hopefully my wiring works ok.
bit of a essay for a small update but owell, might come in useful for someone.
fitted them today, didnt realise i would have to disect the wires and extend them as the heating element connectors are at the other side and the wires wouldnt reach.
removed the old mirrors and started using 'bullet style joiners' to extend the old wiring....(cut off old connector and attached these.
then added the extended wire (just stabbed a guess tbh)
i put new connectors on the end of the wires that resembed the ones i cut off, (sorry forgot to get pics now) i then hooked it all up and covered most of the wires in insulating tape and then fitted, the taop also hid the red wires out the way when fitted. done like things on show like wiring etc, so all seems pretty hidden.
happy, nice little mod, i did break the old driverside on removal and it wasnt coming off as easy as passenger side so be careful if anyone else does this mod, the mirrors even though used are in great condition, few little marks on driverside just at the wide angle bit but better than my old one, hardly noticable tbh, i then gave them a clean and noticed the rain was clinging to them quite alot which is annoying in view, so went to get rain-X which was empty so opted for 2 coats of HD wax, should do the trick and get the rain running off them.
i dont know a good way to test the heating elements but i will just hope they work lol, hopefully my wiring works ok.
bit of a essay for a small update but owell, might come in useful for someone.
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The 'rents A6 used to have blue tinted mirror glasses until some knob knicked the whole mirror units one day! Replacements came in at over £700 from Audi 
Has to be said, once you've had the blue tinted ones, you never want the clear ones back.
Has to be said, once you've had the blue tinted ones, you never want the clear ones back.yeh seem good bud
Nice wee mod, quite a bit of work to be done. Why did you have to extend the wires? Wonder if there is some sort of laminex that could be used to tint normal ones
probably could get a tint film but its not overly blue, anything too blue could make it hard to see perhaps
The 'rents A6 used to have blue tinted mirror glasses until some knob knicked the whole mirror units one day! Replacements came in at over £700 from Audi
what!!!! pfft expensive
ordered some new high beam bulbs and fog bulbs, nothing special just new 55w ones, with blue tints over the lens (purely just so they appear nicer in the headlights)
also ordered 12"x8" yellow laminX for the fogs (expensive stuff) about £14 almost delivered for that :/
also ordered 12"x8" yellow laminX for the fogs (expensive stuff) about £14 almost delivered for that :/
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