What did you and your MK2 do today?

[Smee]

car dropped off this morning no more oil leak. Bracket twisted so no more banging exhaust and my welded bracket holding up nicely!!!!

Car is useable again

also gave it a mini valet car lookd GOOD!!!! expecially the darker badges

 

[Smee]

I am liking this is it like a darker silver like grey. and taking the cupra badge off and putting them back on how without destorying them?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFsXgpGnY6U

like this

and i didnt i masked EVERYTHING up on the rear of my car and sprayed it direct on. the cupra writting it a little off as i didnt clean that very well but the rest came out well. with a little shine to it also

lee

 

[Smee]

After 5 years of ownership I waved good bye to my Cupra

Hope the new owner enjoys it as much as I did.

Quite sad to see it drive off

Adam

did you get that valve off for me? lol

sorry to see it go but i do seem to have done well from it. might of been easier to just swap cars that it was to remove it from your to add to mine

 

[Adam's Cupra]

No sorry went with it on it.

yeah we should of just swapped cars.

Might see you at inters if your going?

 

[Smee]

lol so you got yours now?? or you still waiting

 

[Smee]

car is back on the road at long last. waiting for credit card still to sort the clutch but its getting there now

first up oil leak was looked in to looks like it was just oil they hadnt cleaned off the filter housing apparently. whilst it was in they were mean to move the rear C clamp an inch back to stop it hitting the rear subframe. but what they did was move it down so its sits a little low now BUT no more BANGING!!!!!! RESULT!!!

also whilst it was in had the mini valet done to see how bad the Swirl was getting on my car. whats the best way to get rid of swirl??

some more pics of my car with the ghost chrome grill etc

 

[LC_15]

Smee, machine polish with right compounds etc

 

[Buzz123]

Don't use a sponge is always a good start

And use this http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/..._productId_845437_langId_-1_categoryId_165527

just to let you know it with make your micro fibre cloth black but works

 

[LC_15]

That will just mask it and need re-applying every time you wash the car, a decent machine polish using poorboys ssr 3 and then black hole glaze will see it come up a lot better

 

[Buzz123]

this fills my stone chips and gets rid of swirls and bits thats what he asked for :/ cheaper way than buying a machine polish

 

[Smee]

LC who can do it and how expensive is it???

7.99 a bottle isnt bad might get it for a interim jobbie

lee

 

[Buzz123]

Its a awesome bit of kit for what it is. clean your car and polish it then use it last mine went like glass after having swirls from the person i bought it from

been looking a clay bar if it ever happens again

 

[Smee]

hmm well might have to do that in the interim but i want it sorting properly as it looks like im gonna be keeping the leon as i really cant find anything that takes my fancy in my price bracket

 

[Buzz123]

mike takes his to be clayed and looks the business when it comes back. they keep it for like 3 days

 

[mrbubba]

mike takes his to be clayed and looks the business when it comes back. they keep it for like 3 days

Claying won't get rid of swirls. It gets rid of the contamination in the paint which will give it the smooth feeling (depending on how aggressive the clay bar is)

Machine polish is the best for removing swirls permanently

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[Benzy]

getting it serviced today then off down to london for a few drinks with some mates

 

[LC_15]

Yeah I dunno why people think clay bar is like a polish or wax It just removes contamination before the polishing stage.

And loads of bodyshops will do it depending where your near contact like a local detailer and they will do the whole car if you want it done well get the best package and it will come back like a show car

 

[Daveb77]

Stripped e final bits and pieces of my fr back to standard. Will miss her. But had a good 3 years and 30000 miles out of her. Still drives like new. And looking at her oil change receipts in 30k she has had 8 oil changes! OCD lol. Anyways onwards and upwards on saturday morning. I will be driving home in my newly purchased cupra R

Noticed you were online already buddy! Bet you cant sleep! Good luck with the R today and looking forward to the pics and threads on modding the beast when they come! Really is a lovely car, nice!

D

 

[Adam's Cupra]

lol so you got yours now?? or you still waiting

Still waiting mate

Get a correction detail, plenty of good detailers out there, but will cost between £300-£400 at a guess..

Check this link out

http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,45530.0.html

crazy what they can do.. There may even be someone on here who's handy with a machine polisher

 

[robdf2]

Claying won't get rid of swirls. It gets rid of the contamination in the paint which will give it the smooth feeling (depending on how aggressive the clay bar is)

Machine polish is the best for removing swirls permanently

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Machine polish is the only thing I'm afraid for a permanent fix !
There are products on the market that contain fillers to mask the swirls but it's only temporary.

If you get a machine polish done you will need to change your washing technique to stop the swirls coming back , I warn you now it can be very obsessive lol