Renew My Car!

Soldato
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Hi,
So I have a Golf GTI from 2018. I really like the car and can see myself keeping this for a good while to come! However it's paintwork could do with a refresh - few stone chips and scratches and 6 years of general wear and tear, so looking to get it restored to new(ish). When I look on various websites I'm bamboozed by the lingo... "paint correct, stage 1, stage 2, ceramic coating" etc. So what should I be looking for service and cost wise? I know it's not going to be cheap, but also don't want to get ripped off!

Also my alloys are in great condition kerb wise (i.e. no impacts) but look pretty rough - I think the terminology is "white worm" where water has got under the lacquer. again - what terminology should I be looking at and cost to get them put back to new?

Cheers!
 
This is where my inexperience shows itself - I was hoping the "white worm" was just to do with the lacquer layer. So it will need to be recut all over? Thats a short coming of the whole diamond cut scenario!

Anyone got any input around ceramic coating or any of the other tech lingo that is thrown around. Is it worth the money? Or is it like guardx and just something to make money.
 
Yeah when I'm on about ceramic and lingo I'm more on about restoring the body of the car. For the wheels I was hoping it could just be relacquered but looks like a refurb jobbie.

So yeah any info about the body work aspect would be appreciated.
 
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