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Dis86 · 10 Mar 2019 at 13:50

Raymond Lin said:
alcohol?

Hmm...Not actually tried. I'll give it a shot.

Conscript · 10 Mar 2019 at 15:56

Alcohol, meths or tar remover. First two are obviously cheaper though, if you're doing a big area like a windscreen.

ultralaser · 10 Mar 2019 at 17:37

Can anyone recommend a good 12V powered car hoover? (for various reasons I can't use my normal house one).

Simon · 10 Mar 2019 at 18:06

Need a good tar remover. Winter use has covered it and stands out on white

Conscript · 10 Mar 2019 at 18:30

Simon said:
Need a good tar remover. Winter use has covered it and stands out on white

Theres stuff called Tardis which is always recommended, but I've found Autoglym Intensive Tar Remover very effective. Great for lots of other stuff too...melts through left over sticker residue, for instance.

Shadowness · 11 Mar 2019 at 08:48

First time using snow foam yesterday (Auto Finesse Avalanche). Really impressed! I just washed it off after as I only wanted to get the main dirt off, I gave the car a proper clean the other day but with the weather as it is, it didn't stay clean for long. I was surprised how much it removed. Granted when the car dried there was still a general layer of lighter dirt, but the main stuff was removed.

Has anyone used Gyeon View yet? I was a bit underwhelmed with the Caramics glass kit, and the reviews and videos of View look amazing. And it looks pretty easy to apply.

mr tommo · 11 Mar 2019 at 09:28

Havana_UK said:
Gave mine a much-needed clean at the weekend and also (hand)polished with SRP then followed up with EGP.

Paintwork is in a pretty poor state, but now we've moved and I finally have a garage and driveway again rather than parking on main road and public car parks I can get it sorted. Otherwise, from a distance, it looks very nice indeed when shiny!

Looks incredible.

Is that Azurite or Carbon Black? (or just something else)

My F10 is Azurite and I've got to be honest I have no idea when I see another on the road if it's carbon or azurite.

Havana_UK · 11 Mar 2019 at 13:29

mr tommo said:
Looks incredible.

Is that Azurite or Carbon Black? (or just something else)

My F10 is Azurite and I've got to be honest I have no idea when I see another on the road if it's carbon or azurite.

It's an Individual colour called Tanzanite Blue. Very dark blue, almost looks black in some lights but really pops in the bright sun.

kona786 · 11 Mar 2019 at 19:23

Looks great that M3. Much prefer those wheels to the Comp ones.

darrant1234 · 12 Mar 2019 at 10:58

Shadowness said:
First time using snow foam yesterday (Auto Finesse Avalanche). Really impressed! I just washed it off after as I only wanted to get the main dirt off, I gave the car a proper clean the other day but with the weather as it is, it didn't stay clean for long. I was surprised how much it removed. Granted when the car dried there was still a general layer of lighter dirt, but the main stuff was removed.

Has anyone used Gyeon View yet? I was a bit underwhelmed with the Caramics glass kit, and the reviews and videos of View look amazing. And it looks pretty easy to apply.

I've got gyeon synchro on my m135i and gyeon view on the glass. both been on about 12 months now and working great still

grudas · 12 Mar 2019 at 11:10

Made a short video of my usual maintenance wash..

this on my s2000.

a few of my mates have asked me about it so I thought i'll record it.

someone might find it interesting...

Shadowness · 12 Mar 2019 at 11:15

darrant1234 said:
I've got gyeon synchro on my m135i and gyeon view on the glass. both been on about 12 months now and working great still

Just ordered the Q2 View kit, hopefully going to try it out Friday. Any tips for applying? I've read that the final Repel layer can be a bugger to buff off.

FlapR · 12 Mar 2019 at 13:05

Looking for some advice please guys for a few bits on my car, preferably stuff I can get from Halfords!

Firstly getting rid of all the black spots on the roof:

Anything specific I can buy to get rid of the green tree/plant crap and also anything to refresh the rubber weather strips(?), if thats what they're called:

Same thing with the rubber and plastic around the door handles, anything I can do to freshen them up and get them back to looking more like new?

Cheers!

darrant1234 · 12 Mar 2019 at 13:18

Shadowness said:
Just ordered the Q2 View kit, hopefully going to try it out Friday. Any tips for applying? I've read that the final Repel layer can be a bugger to buff off.

no it was straight forward to be fair. I did the polish bit and then just coat the screen until the bottle runs out and then buff off. just don't rush. It does say windscreen for the full bottle but I applied a coat to all the windows with the majority of the bottle being used on the screen.

Shadowness · 12 Mar 2019 at 13:20

From Halfords, get some Auto Finesse products: ObliTARate and Iron Out will get rid of the dark spots, and any orange looking tar spots too.

Shadowness · 12 Mar 2019 at 13:20

darrant1234 said:
no it was straight forward to be fair. I did the polish bit and then just coat the screen until the bottle runs out and then buff off. just don't rush. It does say windscreen for the full bottle but I applied a coat to all the windows with the majority of the bottle being used on the screen.

Cheers! I think I read somewhere in Gyeon's literature a bottle should coat the windscreen and two side windows.

Hyburnate · 12 Mar 2019 at 13:22

FlapR said:
Looking for some advice please guys for a few bits on my car, preferably stuff I can get from Halfords!

Firstly getting rid of all the black spots on the roof:

Anything specific I can buy to get rid of the green tree/plant crap and also anything to refresh the rubber weather strips(?), if thats what they're called:

Same thing with the rubber and plastic around the door handles, anything I can do to freshen them up and get them back to looking more like new?

Cheers!

Personally think AF products are usually overpriced crap, but hey.

You'd be after a Tar remover for your roof, an APC and a brush for the other parts.

I like AutoSmart Tardis and G101. However, I'd recommend for ease, BiltHamber Korrosol and Surfex HD.

In comparison

Korrosol = £6.48 per 500ml
AF oblitarate = £8.95 per 500ml

I personally think that BH products are a lot more 'potent' ie you need less to get the same effect.

grudas · 12 Mar 2019 at 13:28

Hyburnate said:
Personally think AF products are usually overpriced crap, but hey.

You'd be after a Tar remover for your roof, an APC and a brush for the other parts.

I like AutoSmart Tardis and G101. However, I'd recommend for ease, BiltHamber Korrosol and Surfex HD.

In comparison

Korrosol = £6.48 per 500ml
AF oblitarate = £8.95 per 500ml

I personally think that BH products are a lot more 'potent' ie you need less to get the same effect.

Agreed on autofinesse overpriced and no better or even worse than cheaper stuff from less "scene" brands.

Hyburnate · 12 Mar 2019 at 13:42

grudas said:
Agreed on autofinesse overpriced and no better or even worse than cheaper stuff from less "scene" brands.

Yep, I'd rather buy direct from the guys who make the stuff, i.e the actual chemists.

Slightly bias, but I'd also recommend Dooka Bleed although he currently doesn't do a tar remover as he uses AutoSmart Tardis and I think it's hard to better such a product...

Which is essentially, a detailers product line, where he goes direct to the chemists and has products made (and no, not no white label product where every product is the same such as CarChems offering)

darrant1234 · 12 Mar 2019 at 13:48

Shadowness said:
Cheers! I think I read somewhere in Gyeon's literature a bottle should coat the windscreen and two side windows.

our windows are the same size and I did them all

and wing mirrors.

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