Shine & Show

As most of you are aware, the end of month Meet in Perth is quickly approaching , so I thought I would start a thread for all to show their cleaned & polished cars.

(no doubt some will be re-doing on arrival, me for instance)

I also thought it may be an idea to list the type of consumables used to achieve the finish on the cars, I'll use mine as an example..we may be able to gauge which product/s suits lighter and darker colours of cars

Meguiars NXT Car Wash, Meguiars Quick Clay, Turtlewax Colourmagic Plus, Meguiars Deep Crystal Carnauba Wax, Autoglym Glass Polish:

wet car with hose apply wash and wax with a soft headed sweeping brush, dry with chamios, polish with resin polish, use vinyl gel on the black plastics job done, just started to rain in the picture as i finished

Gary I'm loving that engine bay with an alarming amount of pleasure.

• Usually hand wash with BMW Shampoo
  (but was lazy this weekend and went to one of these foam and
  wash places - afraid it wasn't topless apart from driving there with the roof down  )
• Autoglym Deep Resin Polish
• Meguiars stuff to dress the tyres (purple colour smells of grapes?)
• Autoglym Glass Polish
• Autoglym Leather Cleaner
• Autoglym Leather Care Cream
• BMW Soft Top Care Kit for soft top - still to be done
• Meguiars Clay - still to be done

Washed with BMW shampoo, ( The best I have used)

Wheels cleaned with Viro - sol (thanks Gee)

Dried, waxed with Megiuars Stage 3 carnauba wax.

Black trim done with Original Black

Tyres done with Megiuars stuff, (Don't like it very much)

Windows done with Turtle wax car glass polish (Very easy, much like the autoglym glass polish)

Here is some snaps I took at the weekend.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v374/silverbeastie/Waxed/m ore325CiSport012.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v374/silverbeastie/Waxed/m ore325CiSport003.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v374/silverbeastie/Waxed/m ore325CiSport007.jpg

I used the BMW car shampoo.  Very good indeed.  But I would like to try the Meguirs NXT when it's finished...

I then dried it used chamois leather.

I thought it was clean until I used my Meguirs clay bar in conjunction with the detailer spray.  Oh my god that thing is amazing!!!!

I finished off with a tub of the Meguirs NXT paste wax.  I found it much better than the spray on stuff.

I also blackened the tyres with some stuff I got from the bodyshop a year ago.  not sure what it's called.  Trade stuff only though and I got a wee tub of it.

Hope you like the results.

Daz

I would only use it twice a year.  If you polish your car regularly after you clay the paint should be fine.

Where abouts in Glasgow are you from?  I caught the tail end of a yellow E36 near the fort the other day.  Wondered if it was you?

Vikerin wrote: Thanks Allan, didn't think it would need to be a regular thing to do. Probably was me you saw at the Fort, I was there getting my sister a birthday present.

I just live about 5 mins away from the fort, in Baillieston.  yeah i seen that guy doing the detailing... I still put him to shame   7000 or somethin for a tub of wax? I put a coat of wax on an old banger on my street and its still goin strong nearly a year on, so id like to see the stuff he uses .

Gotta get me P21s before the 30th