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Offline Mark M

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Rolled the GTi out for a wax and snaps :)
« on: February 08, 2009, 04:28:46 am »
Washed the car and tucked it up for my next trip away, but found some time to wax too :cool:

Coat of ZymoI Concours, usual slick of tyres, polish exhaust.

Took some time over the interior, wet vac'd the carpets with Meg's APC and extracted with the Vax.

Will get new carpets come 'summer'.

Back out of the garage:







Decided to take the car for some pictures at the bottom of the street, and this critter came out, following another!

I have hit one at the bottom of my road before, hardy buggers. Cracked a fog light, bumper and number plate on my last car.



Anyways, took a good few pics, and wittled it down to these:







































Back to the house, high pressure rinse of the wheels with my new Kranzle weapon, then blow the water out with the leaf blower. Dry.

Then, another coat of ZymoI, Destiny this time :)

Buffed off, and tucked away for another month until I return from the seas.





Sitting a bit high at the back, approx 15mm, as the spacers fairly pushed the last wheels out. Will sort when back home.

Need to get leather done next, and going to try and find some summer 19's...

Cheers,
Mark.

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Re: Rolled the GTi out for a wax and snaps :)
« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2009, 06:48:26 am »
mint, another lovelly black bird :happy2:

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Re: Rolled the GTi out for a wax and snaps :)
« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2009, 07:29:35 am »
Looks spankin Mark  :happy2:

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Re: Rolled the GTi out for a wax and snaps :)
« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2009, 11:05:09 am »
Holy sh*t!! That is STUNNING  :drool: :rolleye: :drool: :rolleye:
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Re: Rolled the GTi out for a wax and snaps :)
« Reply #4 on: February 08, 2009, 11:07:06 am »
Looks great as always. You keeping it now?  :smiley:
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Re: Rolled the GTi out for a wax and snaps :)
« Reply #5 on: February 08, 2009, 11:07:36 am »
Very nice!

I was hoping to detail my car this weekend incl machine polish but the weather just didn't want me to!

The GTI isn't just a machine. It's very much a living, breathing thing.

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Re: Rolled the GTi out for a wax and snaps :)
« Reply #6 on: February 08, 2009, 11:55:15 am »
The car looks stunning as usual, and your not to bad with that camera thing either.  :drinking:

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Re: Rolled the GTi out for a wax and snaps :)
« Reply #7 on: February 08, 2009, 01:54:40 pm »
looks stunning
cant beat those rims either love them!  :laugh:
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Re: Rolled the GTi out for a wax and snaps :)
« Reply #8 on: February 08, 2009, 05:34:29 pm »
looking great matt, as said on DW! ;)

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Re: Rolled the GTi out for a wax and snaps :)
« Reply #9 on: February 08, 2009, 06:00:26 pm »
I'm not a fan of the red wheel caps but the black car+red stripe + grey/silver bit looks very nice! Think it works better than on a CW one!

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Re: Rolled the GTi out for a wax and snaps :)
« Reply #10 on: February 08, 2009, 06:29:49 pm »
Stunning!!

Its amazing how good those 18" BBS look when lowered. I keep thinking their 19"s!

Sorry if I've asked you this before, but what do you use on your tyres??? Looks great.
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Re: Rolled the GTi out for a wax and snaps :)
« Reply #11 on: February 08, 2009, 06:50:52 pm »
stunning

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Re: Rolled the GTi out for a wax and snaps :)
« Reply #12 on: February 08, 2009, 07:09:38 pm »
Looks shiny as fook, top job   :happy2:

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Re: Rolled the GTi out for a wax and snaps :)
« Reply #13 on: February 10, 2009, 08:54:51 am »
Thanks for all the comments folks :)

Yea, I am just going to keep the car now. Got a few plans which will be executed over summer.

The tyres are Yokohama Parada Spec 2, pretty decent tyres imo.

Thinking of new rear badge, rear vw badge done grey. Wheels, grey to match grille (similar to my merc wheels). Custom mirror covers, engine cover etc. Most importantly, leather retrim.

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Re: Rolled the GTi out for a wax and snaps :)
« Reply #14 on: February 10, 2009, 06:22:58 pm »
^^ Oops, my apologies if I wasn't very clear  :ashamed: :ashamed:

I meant' what tyre dressing do you use to make them that shiny! I've yet to find the perfect tyre product!
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