Thought i'd share my hard work!

[stealthwolf]

I remember someone telling me how she used to stuff chips with bicarbonate of soda and feed them to the birds, then watch them drop from the sky!

[Gti_Mad]

^^^^^^^ haha i mite have 2 give that a go stealthwolf 

[Dandan]

Nice work! I was detailing my car from 5pm til 11pm last night and my hands are a bit sore (No pics now sorry!)

What chemical did you use to clean your exhaust tips? They look very nice! Mine had not been cleaned in any way by the previous owner so they had not seen shine in 5 years. First I tried some degreaser which I used to use to clean my motorcycles chains - absolutely no effect. Then I pulled out my moms weapon of choise: Harpic Max toilet cleaner  It worked like a dream but still was not able to get em as clean as yours are 

Also would love to know what brand of tyre dresser you're using? My AutoGlym Instant Tyre Dresser doesn't hold it's wet look too long.

-Dan

[coolhandluke]

Who did the refurb on your Monzas?

[keith]

Nice work! I was detailing my car from 5pm til 11pm last night and my hands are a bit sore (No pics now sorry!)

What chemical did you use to clean your exhaust tips? They look very nice! Mine had not been cleaned in any way by the previous owner so they had not seen shine in 5 years. First I tried some degreaser which I used to use to clean my motorcycles chains - absolutely no effect. Then I pulled out my moms weapon of choise: Harpic Max toilet cleaner  It worked like a dream but still was not able to get em as clean as yours are 

Also would love to know what brand of tyre dresser you're using? My AutoGlym Instant Tyre Dresser doesn't hold it's wet look too long.

-Dan

Its water based so will not last long, try something jel based like Meg's endurance tyre gel.

[VWellsy]

Hi sorry it took so long to respond - been away for a while!

DANDAN - I got my Dremel out with the little grinding wheel and took it back to the metal, then coarse wire wool to start reducing the scratches, followed by some wet emery to really take it back to a clean finish. Then finally a good polish with Autosol.

Sounds harsh but the dremmel worked a treat on the really stubborn sooty stuff

And... CoolHandLuke - the wheel refurb was done by a company called WheelWorx near Fordingbridge in Hants.
They did a top job and were a nice bunch of guys....

Hope that helps

Looking at getting the rear bumper colour coded, same on the side skirts and the front splitter in the next few weeks!

Only thing holding me back is it takes a £400 chunk of cash out of my turbo back Milltek exhaust fund

[coolhandluke]

The wheels look quality,was the face of them diamond cut again or have they been sprayed?
Is it OK to remachine the face and rims again without taking to much more metal of?

[VWellsy]

The wheels were diamond cut again, and I think I read or heard somewhere that they can be cut / refinished about 3 times before you reach the end of their tolerance, (but i guess the person doing the job will give you better advice).

I wanted to keep the OEM look so didn't fancy painting the whole wheel, and so far (after one winter) there is no chips in the laquer to start the white worm creaping back.