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Re: Dom's Tornado Red Gti - A bit of detailing
« Reply #75 on: May 17, 2019, 10:58:46 am »
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Re: Dom's Tornado Red Gti - New Shoes
« Reply #76 on: May 17, 2019, 11:22:04 am »
Hi Guys, sorry for the thread revival.... But if anyone's interested I'll be putting this lovely GTI back up for sale this weekend once I've got some fresh photos. Let's me know if anyone's interested.

Tom


On to today then, this morning I decided that I would spend the day giving it a detail.

I started with a wash and then clay, following that I gave it a machine polish using a couple of different compounds of Menzerna polish on a couple of different pads. The whole car was waxed with Collinite 476s, glass cleaned with Autoglym glass polish, exhaust with Autosol and trims were treated with Aerospace 303.

After the initial wash:



Here you can see some swirling/defects in the paint:



After claying:





Again you can see defects in the paint in direct sunlight:



Most of the front grills were removed for cleaning:



Peek-a-boo:



After the first pass:









I also tackled the headlights which were covered in white spots when the lights are on. Much better now:



Some finished snaps:























A lot of pictures, but this is my personal favourite:



Hi Guys, sorry for the thread revival.... But if anyone's interested I'll be putting this lovely GTI back up for sale this weekend once I've got some fresh photos. Let's me know if anyone's interested.


PM me the details and new pictures mate

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Re: Dom's Tornado Red Gti - A bit of detailing
« Reply #77 on: May 17, 2019, 12:17:49 pm »
Its looks cracking - can I ask how you tackled the headlights? THanks