Frank_STI

Polished Bliss are from Aberdeen, one of the best in the business but pricey!!

All the work is done at a unit in bonneybridge, not for from Hypertech

I'm Mark lol.......long story!

Living in Stirling these days but spent 2 Uni courses at Stirling Uni so been through this way since I was 18.....tbh I hardly know Glasgow

happens all the time to me on the stirling by pass with folk blasting down the centre reservation

Cracking pics mate

Great work, Frank - the rain will be deflecting six inches away from the paintwork now!

Where can I get hold of some of that blue masking tape, BTW?

And what's the "two bucket method"? I could say that I use a similar method during the summer, i.e. "one bucketfull for the bodywork and one for the wheels"... but I'm guessing that you're referring to something altogether more sophisticated...?

PaulC555 supplies me with the tape and all my 3M products, including the polishing pads used on Bobby's car

Here's a guide to washing your car "safely" Washing Process

Car arrived at the unit at around 11am and I got straight to work,

The car was degreased with APC and then rinsed, front end was also treated with foaming bug remover stuff.

Started with the wheels, cleaned inside and out then washed the car using the 2 bucket method.

Car was dried with drying towel and Megs Last Touch

All plastics, rubbers and grills were taped up with 3M blue tape and the car was ready for machine polishing

Tried with Menzerna Final Finish but the scratches and swirls just laughed at this, so up'd it to Menernza Intensive Polish for a little more cut, which did the trick, then a final pass with Final Finish to add gloss and remove any remaining holograms.

The paint was then wiped down using Z6 to remove polishing oils and coats of Gloss It Finish, Z6, Gloss It Concorso, Z6 and finally Z8 were applied.

The wheels were polished with Z5 then a coat of JetSeal was applied for extra protection. Tyres were treated with Blackfire Tyre gel.

Metal grills were polished with CG Metal Shine

The car was finished at around 8pm.

During pics

All finished

Great job mate. What pads/polish you using? I find Lake Country Pads/Menzerna Polish with the Megs G220 a good combo.

I've always used a rotary from day one but I tried the G220 but found it a bit to slow too use for paint correction (compared to rotary)....??

Well done Strike

Now that you have the detailing bug mate my advice is to hide your wallet, cut up your credit card and don't go on to www.detailingworld.co.uk Detailing is like a Coke habit only more expensive

Tell me about it, I have a dangerously huge collection of products and would hate to count of the cost....must be well into the thousands lol

Fantastic turn around!!!

Grow up mate, simply got fed up with these stupid childish posts, wasn't directly aimed at you!!!!

Dream on, you only have a subaru!

STOP SPAMMING MY POST WITH THIS KIND OF ****E

THANK YOU

The fins look awesome but unsure myself on the front bumper intakes though

Pretty flexible just now bobby so this won't be a problem

Where's the standard bonnet?

Met the owner of this car at Hypertechs Horse Power Heroes event the other week, he asked how I keep my car so clean so I told him and ended up with the job of detailing this beast!

No before or during pics, was flat out on this one......took a combined 21hours to finish

Again PaulC555 supplied the 3M products used for the polishing stages on this

It would be very nice WITHOUT the carbon bonnet

I just dont get the carbon bonnet thing I'm afraid to reduce weight etc... then aye but, I'd be painting it white again

No much point either on the STi model due to the aluminum bonnet being (in most causes) lighter than a replacement carbon fibre one

Whats "Oh Dear" meant to mean Frankie boy????? You just have no taste fella - you know I do like something a tad different and could not run entirely with the pack. Only wish is now that the dosh comes through quick and it's still for sale - unles there is something a smidge more interesting when that is about to happen.

Cheers

Gary

Just not a fan . Its a bit mental and just doesn't seem right (White Scoob....... lowered, MO's and front lip FTW )

However I really like John's scoob and think he's nuts for wanting to sell it

your a busy boy mark,r34 all day saturday then at it again on sunday

Been very busy, 5 cars this weekend, MX5, Audi A4, R34 GTR, Impreza and an S2000.....shattered!!

good job guys but please do tell me more bout the mini

The mini belongs to a friend, its had a fair bit of work done (body and interior) but engine is just a 1.3

Surprised you never asked about the reflection of the classic with the fmic lol

oh dear lol

Found blue tooth on my laptop lol

This was only an external paint work detail and IMHO the pics really don't show how good the car looked in the flesh (Phone camera is rubbish)

Before...

During.....

After.....

Big Thanks to PaulC555 for the 3M cleaning products used on the scoob, really really good stuff!!

As soon as I find my cable to connect my phone to the PC i'll get the pics up (Hopefully 2moro night)

Big diff in the paint work, really pleased with the out come

2 done at the unit (mine and a blobeye), both 6 speeds and both times we took the engine out. Taking the engine out ain't that bad on the impreza's......thankfully lol

As for the clutch, i can recommend the Helix Organic clutch, lasted well in my car (15,000 miles) and still not slipping even with the increased torque

If you don't have a ramp, engine out is the easiest option

Looking to use my HP Heroes raffle prize and was wondering what you guys would recommend

Thanks in advance

Thanks for that, Frank

Are they next door to Muirhall Motors? Pal of mine used to work there as a mechanic, and I used to go there myself for repairs and MOTs.

Sounds like they did a fine job on your car. Being a full respray though, I don't suppose colour-matching would have been an issue?

Cheers.

Their colour matching is spot on too mate, seen a lot of cars from their getting repair work and you'd never know that they'd been damaged in the first place.

They are not cheap as I previously said but Garry is never happy until it's perfect.

And yes its next to Muirhall Motors