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Re: Miglior Detailing ltd: On-going Unit Updates thread!
« Reply #45 on: February 09, 2011, 03:18:13 pm »
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Re: Miglior Detailing ltd: On-going Unit Updates thread!
« Reply #46 on: February 09, 2011, 03:41:25 pm »
nice dude nice  :wink:

you need to get some back lighting behind that sign for an "alien glow" effect  :innocent:


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Re: Miglior Detailing ltd: On-going Unit Updates thread!
« Reply #47 on: February 09, 2011, 04:53:43 pm »
nice dude nice  :wink:

you need to get some back lighting behind that sign for an "alien glow" effect  :innocent:



I know mate, that was the original plan, but i havent got time at the moment! :(

Being time short, i did ask a company that does signage. they wanted £400. screw that, ive got an A-level in electronics and very hand at DIY! i can do my own with a transformer and a nice bit of soldering! haha!

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Re: Miglior Detailing ltd: On-going Unit Updates thread!
« Reply #48 on: February 09, 2011, 04:54:34 pm »
nice dude nice  :wink:

you need to get some back lighting behind that sign for an "alien glow" effect  :innocent:



Not really had time to do it tbh!

i barely had enough time to take photos whilst doing it! ;)

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Re: Miglior Detailing ltd: On-going Unit Updates thread!
« Reply #49 on: February 09, 2011, 07:44:40 pm »
Premises looks mint  :happy2:

I remember a couple of years ago you posting your ideas for miglior and its great to see how well its done, as with nathan would love mine doing so when you opening a london branch  :drinking:
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Re: Miglior Detailing ltd: On-going Unit Updates thread!
« Reply #50 on: February 09, 2011, 08:07:07 pm »
thanks james! ;)

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Re: Miglior Detailing ltd: On-going Unit Updates thread!
« Reply #51 on: February 09, 2011, 08:22:00 pm »
Have you thought about training an apprentice? A PFY who could then go on to work in another Miglior unit, preferably somewhere further south?

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

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Re: Miglior Detailing ltd: On-going Unit Updates thread!
« Reply #52 on: February 09, 2011, 09:09:20 pm »
I have thought about it, but the thing is (and i dont wanna sound like a wise guy) but I am the business. without me, how would i control the quality down there? would someone else be motivated enough to remember every car is just as important as the last?

Would they appreciated that one half assed job means game over??

I could run miglior until it turns over £2mil a year with me at the helm, then sell it and it will fall on its arse if its not bought by someone who actually cares.


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Re: Miglior Detailing ltd: On-going Unit Updates thread!
« Reply #53 on: February 10, 2011, 10:32:43 pm »
Completely agree that you need someone with the same level of passion and care as you, and that it's rare.

I think you do have people who would be completely suitable but finding them is like finding a needle in a haystack.

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Re: Miglior Detailing ltd: On-going Unit Updates thread!
« Reply #54 on: February 16, 2011, 07:43:52 pm »
Hello there! What a busy weekend I had!
 
Up this weekend was to fit a new CCTV system. I had a previous one, but the new one going in is a lot better quality, it has hundreds more features and I can even view any of the cameras 24h hours a day on my Ipad or Iphone, or any computer. It records onto a hard drive in the unit and also backs up in real time to another disk at a remote location.
I’ve never had any trouble in the unit, but this along with my police response alarm provides more than enough peace of mind to customers! So, enough of the chat! Let’s get some pictures up of the progress!

By the way, yet again, I have done all this. I had a friend help with running some of the wires too.

First up is a shot of all the gubbins being installed! It doesn’t look like much, but it’s a BIG job installing this system, a TV, running over 100m of cables etc!





This is where it is going to go!



The phone will be tidied up too. That’s only been put there as a temp measure whilst the TV goes on!




On with running the wires! I’m sure the H&S guys would love this!





Work in progress at the business end of the CCTV install






Now, it’s all been installed now! Here is what the unit looked like! It was a pretty big undertaking! It needed cleaning ASAP as more cars were booked in and no time to spare!







Now it’s all tidied up, this is what it looks like!












Since the last update, I’ve also done a bonnet ill be putting up on the wall in due course!







Thanks again for reading!


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Re: Miglior Detailing ltd: On-going Unit Updates thread!
« Reply #55 on: February 16, 2011, 08:47:25 pm »
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Re: Miglior Detailing ltd: On-going Unit Updates thread!
« Reply #56 on: February 16, 2011, 08:57:33 pm »
Lovin the security system. Now you have no excuses for not taking pics!  :grin:

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Re: Miglior Detailing ltd: On-going Unit Updates thread!
« Reply #57 on: February 16, 2011, 09:02:21 pm »
Superb, and you can even see your 'back entrance'  :laugh:

Is it me or can you not quite see if someone was stood at the front door?

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Re: Miglior Detailing ltd: On-going Unit Updates thread!
« Reply #58 on: February 16, 2011, 10:00:27 pm »
Dont want to alarm you Jay but there is a man in your unit taking pictures of your telly  :scared:

Can you use the feed to do time exposure shots of you working?  Or we could have a web cam to watch you at work!  :rolleye:

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Re: Miglior Detailing ltd: On-going Unit Updates thread!
« Reply #59 on: March 16, 2012, 03:06:38 pm »
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Hello there, its been a long time since I've had chance to update this thread but theres about to be some more big changes at miglior, so i thought i best get the ball rolling with my unit thread again!

Some of you may know my unit is a fair size and to keep it all tidy is pretty hard! The area where i work in is always tidy but the back, well in the past it normally looks like this…




When you've been working 12-15 hour days, sometimes longer, the last thing you want to worry about it tidying up an area no-one sees!
Well, i got to the point where I had had enough of it, and having sometimes 5-6 cars in at a time, it was time I did something about it!

So, after a mad dash of about 3 to 4 hours one friday afternoon, i managed to do all this…



This gave me an area to store a few cars, sealed away from my detailing bay







Back into my detailing bay, I needed to create a tidier area and a workbench… so off i went!



Making the legs



Putting it together



Frame done…. sturdy as you like, you could park a whale on it!!



Ready for painting and fitting the top!



Fitting a drawer











Now the workbench would be pretty poor without its own lighting and power… so off i went again!!







Et Voila!







Jay
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