New Member / edition 30

[Jamie30]

Hi all im completely new to all of these forums! I picked up my GTI Edition 30 last month and have loved every second ive had with her. ive come from driving a 1.4 Polo Dune TDI so there is a massive difference

Im spending many hours in the garage detailing her and any help on how to remove swirls would be much appreciated!

ill post some pictures when i learn how to!  

cheers!

[Andy]

welcome to the site and a excellent choice
Open a account in photo bucket then up load your pics and copy and paste the link here

[Jamie30]

Thanks very much and here she is !

[Andy]

 :notworthy:I very nice what future plans have you got in mind

[Jamie30]

Well I do like to keep thing oem ! But I have a few plans for it.

Full miltek non res exhaust
Audi s3 brakes
Refurb of the alloys ( although I'm finding it difficult to find somewhere that will match the colour of the pescaras .)
Would  like to install the rns510 too,

All future plans tho ! 

[Saintsteve]

Thanks very much and here she is !

Welcome to club fella 

 

[Jamie30]

thanks! glad to be here. 

your Ed 30 in your signature looks awesome.

what exhaust have you got? 

cheers

[Saintsteve]

thanks! glad to be here. 

your Ed 30 in your signature looks awesome.

what exhaust have you got? 

cheers

Milltek Turbo back Non Res.

Thankyou for your kind comments.

A recent picture..


DMR detail 007 Saint steve

[brady88]

Hi mate... cracking car! Cannot beat tornado red :)

I had my 8J CH/ pescara's done in 'shadow chrome'... was the best finish I could find trying to keep them looking standard, just an idea ;)
Milltek FTW!!

[Jamie30]

Tornado red ! Completely agree ! Love the colour and comes up gorgeous after some work.

I like the colour of your pescaras! It's a definite plan to get mine refurbed in the coming months .

And that milltek looks awesome ! Nice !

Are any of you guys on here familiar with machine polishing . I'm very interested in doing so to get rid of all the swirls and imperfections . I have  been a strictly hand polisher but some of these machine polishing results  are awesome ,I just can't seem to get that with hands! 

Cheers guys !

[MC71]

Welcome on board. 

That's a shiny red car you've got there fella! 

There's a whole section on here dedicated to the anal art of detailing and once you start polishing and waxing your new toy you won't be able to stop. Get yourself a decent DA polisher and a piece or scrap metal (or use someone else's car) and have a practice.

Detailing section.....

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[Jamie30]

Thanks for the warm welcome !

Hmm maybe a time to practise on the girlfriends car!

Any recommendation on which polisher to get ? And which combinations of pads and polishes?

Thanks again !

[MC71]

Have a look at the Meguiars G220 v2 Dual Action Polisher or any similar type DA polisher (there's a lot about). As for the polish, look at Zaino (for all your products) really does make the Tornado Red "appear" to look VERY red with a deeper finish, as recommended by SaintSteve.

From Cleanyourcar.......

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Have a butchers at this article from Detailing World, will give you all the info your after, its worth a read......

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[brady88]

The dodo juice 'buff daddy' da polisher is also a winner ;)
Get an old cheap panel from the scrapyard to practice on... everyone has their preferred brand of polish/ wax. Personally I like to use the Poorboys range.

[sean140]

Very nice, Wished i got the edition 30 when i got my latest golf.