Cleaned My Car Today

Mackass · 28 Jan 2007 at 18:29

Weather wasn't bad, so I thought I'd give the car a proper clean, haven't done that since the summer. But anyways, spent a good couple of hours doing it, and one of the things I wanted to sort out was my bumpers - I managed to coat them all in polish last summer without realising, so a bottle of Autoglym Bumper Care helped sort it out.

^ The Autoglym Bumper Care stuff makes it look almost colour coded!

Andr3w · 28 Jan 2007 at 18:33

Ohh looks nice mate! What litre engine?

Duke · 28 Jan 2007 at 18:35

Black is best if you keep it clean all the time :cool:

Mackass · 28 Jan 2007 at 18:36

It's a 1.6, must have been debadged for some reason?! :confused:

I know Duke, last time I cleaned it, two drives down the motorway and it was all dirty again lol.

West · 28 Jan 2007 at 18:42

Taking bets on how filthy it will be in 24 hours

But looks nice mate

Lopéz · 28 Jan 2007 at 18:47

I cleaned the Supra yesterday. Bucket of hot water and fairy liquid, rinsed off with 5 buckets of cold water. Got bored after that.

I admire your dedication

binaryknight · 28 Jan 2007 at 18:50

why is it i read the plate as sicko the 49 just fades away for me lol

cleaned my car the other day, wash, rubbed the door cards and plastics etc with a damp cloth, shampoo'd the carpets mats and seats as well as using some of that dash dressing type stuff and cleaning the windows in and out, took ages!

but nighttime visibilty is soo much better bah @ dirty windows!

SideWinder · 28 Jan 2007 at 18:50

Very smooth.

Doonhamer · 28 Jan 2007 at 18:55

Lopéz said:
I cleaned the Supra yesterday. Bucket of hot water and fairy liquid, rinsed off with 5 buckets of cold water. Got bored after that.

I admire your dedication

at least buy cheap shampoo. Fairy liquid isn't good.

Lopéz · 28 Jan 2007 at 18:57

Doonhamer said:
at least buy cheap shampoo. Fairy liquid isn't good.

It's 18 years old, I'm sure it's been through worse things in the past

loltim · 28 Jan 2007 at 19:02

First thing I noticed was SICKO too

looks nice and clean :cool:

Mackass · 28 Jan 2007 at 19:17

Yeah, fairy liquid is bad as it strips the top layer of paint or something along those lines, can't quite remember what it was. Yeah, I think I need to shampoo my seats aswell, dirt shows up quite clearly in beige interior.

To me it looks nothing like "SICKO" lol, are you guys alrite?

whitecrook · 28 Jan 2007 at 19:24

If you are a 'number plate freak' you tend to read number plates as words themselves, rather than letters and numbers. That number plate most definately reads Sicko 49 (or 49 sickos )

Morlan · 28 Jan 2007 at 20:44

Did you put union flag stickers on the regs? I thought they were meant to be EU stars.

Mackass · 28 Jan 2007 at 21:11

^That's how it was when I bought the car, the garage that I bought it from stuck them on.

I think they were standard VW plates before.

Sone · 28 Jan 2007 at 23:28

Mackass said:
Yeah, fairy liquid is bad as it strips the top layer of paint or something along those lines, can't quite remember what it was.

i was always told its full of salt, salt water and cars don't mix :eek:

Hobart Paving · 28 Jan 2007 at 23:51

I can almost see my reflection in the bodywork :cool:

Dave85 · 28 Jan 2007 at 23:58

once you have it porter cabled your back end can look like my old one lol, the black comes up stunning on mk4s pic below as I miss it

Get a proper back end pic in the sun once its done

Mackass · 29 Jan 2007 at 00:42

Yep, planning to get a porter cable and use it in the summer. At the moment I'm doing all the research into the pads and compounds etc. :cool:

Dave85 · 29 Jan 2007 at 00:46

sweet, best thing I ever bought for car detailing