lewisscoob Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 I went to the bother of making and posting this in my local lclub so thought I would share with you guys too. I decided it was high time I got my finger out and gave the RA a proper clean - I've only had it 2 years Though I'm starting to wish I hadnt as it's shown me what a state its really in! First I rinsed with the power washer then snow foamed with Meguiars Rinsed again and then applied Wolfs Decon Gel to get rid of contaminents. It turns bright purple as it bleeds down the bodywork! Then applied and rinsed off Tardis to complete the decontamination. I then moved the car into the garage to pat dry with a big fluffy cloth I got from Polished Bliss a week or so ago. The paintwork was very smooth after this so I never bothered with the clay. No pics of this process. I then moved onto protecting the paintwork since i had stripped it bare of all contaminents. At this point I have to thank BrianM for giving me his Jeff's Werkstat products on a day where he was less than fresh from the night before. Thanks Brian! :thumbsup: So I started off with Jeffs Werkstat Prime to act as a base to the top coats of sealant. I did the whole car at once with this and found I was only supposed to take it a little at a time. It was a NIGHTMARE to remove! :doh: Once I managed ot lose half my body weight in sweat trying to get the prime off, I applied Jeff's Werkstat Sealant to the entire car - one panel at a time :lol2: Pics below are of the paintwork after finishing with the sealant. These were taken at lunchtime today... So this evening the detailing continued and after applying 3 consecutive coats of wolfs decon over 3 days, i finally go the lions share of pad material off of the P1 wheels. So today I sealed them up with Autoglym Aerosol Alloy Wheel Sealant, just spray on and buff of. Thats all well and good with wheels that have 5 or less spokes, the P1's have ten, safe to say I wont be doing thaty again in a long time! Anyway, the results of my labour today can be seen in the pics below... Link to comment
davey l wrx Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 Looking good. I use the Werkstat stuff on my cars and can't fault it. I do believe the words 'use it sparingly' were uttered by polished bliss! Polished Bliss gave me some good tips when i was buying all the stuff (including polishers and all the stuff to go with it), their web site is good for info on detailing as well. Link to comment
badbaz Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 Nice job Lewis, you may have rubbed a bit too hard when doing the rear spoiler as it seems to be invisible Link to comment
lewisscoob Posted October 2, 2012 Author Share Posted October 2, 2012 Thanks fellas, am quite happy with how the photos came out. Baz - I'm surprised you've not considered the spoilerless look with you being the Rosemary Conely of impreza's? There's a fair weight in those spoilers. Oh and my spoiler is still attached to the original lid. I'm quite impressed with the colour match from the eBay one Brian and I fitted. Link to comment
badbaz Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 Thanks fellas, am quite happy with how the photos came out. Baz - I'm surprised you've not considered the spoilerless look with you being the Rosemary Conely of impreza's? There's a fair weight in those spoilers. Oh and my spoiler is still attached to the original lid. I'm quite impressed with the colour match from the eBay one Brian and I fitted. weight only matters if it doesn't affect the WRC look Link to comment
g1983 Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 weight only matters if it doesn't affect the WRC look Passenger seat is next :-) Cars looking great mate. might need to look into that stuff Link to comment
lewisscoob Posted October 3, 2012 Author Share Posted October 3, 2012 Passenger seat is next :-) Only if he changes his name to Mark Fischer! Cars looking great mate. might need to look into that stuff Thanks, the Decon and tardis combos is great. No agitation required. One bit of advice though, leave the Decon on as long as you can, let it dry on as its still working up to then. I applied on a sunny, windy day and as you can see, it dried up and dried quite quickly. Ideally a day without sun would have been better to have it working longer. Link to comment
killbill Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 very nice can i ask where from and what make the splitter is ? thanks Link to comment
lewisscoob Posted October 4, 2012 Author Share Posted October 4, 2012 Its a limited run carbon fibre job from Japan. Bought and fitted by the previous owner, scratched to death by me Link to comment
nkwrx Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Nice write up Lewis. Car looks very smart now! Link to comment
boab type ra Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 hi m8 really nice ra. think i see it alot just outside altens indurial estate in a car park could this possible be u? Link to comment
lewisscoob Posted October 6, 2012 Author Share Posted October 6, 2012 Aye, could be me, near the cove turn off? Link to comment
boab type ra Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 yeah i pass it when i take the back road to portlethan thats where i am i based Link to comment
lewisscoob Posted October 7, 2012 Author Share Posted October 7, 2012 (edited) Aaaah, so it's you that goes hooring up past the front of my work then! :Everyone in the office looks at me as if its my fault or problem. Waste of energy as to be honest I couldn't give less of a fluck! Edited October 7, 2012 by lewisscoob Link to comment
boab type ra Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 got to keep the landrover trampin takes a while to get goin so need to keep it goin to get up the hill Link to comment
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