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aztecbandit1
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Steviewevie
Great work Chris ! Did you use your usual tyre foamer on the plastics in the engine bay ? What about the metal in the engine bay, did you just give that a good wash ?
aztecbandit1
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Asi
good work mate...looks very tidy now.
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Asi
looks nice mate. i am going to polish mine some time soon and then i will post pics up hehe. i know your will be better as im lazy and rush through it lol
sparkystav
Great work mate,

I just want mine back first :(
aztecbandit1
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LOcKY
two red IS200? thats just being too greedy! hehe jk its looking really nice. Need some advice on polishing though :) what equipment do you use? im abuot to order some stuff and so far i have this is the shopping basket.

Sonus Der Wunder Drying Towel, Pkg/2
Sonus Der Wunder Polishing Towel, Pkg/2
Sonus Der Wunder Buffing Towel, Pkg/2

and im thinking about buying some super Resin and some wax :\ am i going over board with the equipment?
Asi
the more the equipment you have the better it is
LOcKY
ah ok :D well i just bought some stuff at halfords as they were doing 3 for 2 offers on all Autoglym and Turtle wax Hurrah!
Parthiban
Looking very nice, so the new polisher is working well then? :)
aztecbandit1
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dgman
[quote name='aztecbandit1' post='647711' date='Mar 21 2009, 09:27 PM'][quote name='Parthiban' post='647667' date='Mar 21 2009, 05:25 PM']Looking very nice, so the new polisher is working well then? :)[/quote]

Yes mate it worked a treat to be honest, have to be a bit carefull around the boot area with it so the heads dont catch and around the door handles, but apart from that it worked great, when i'd finished using it i had no arm ache/back ache and the finish was spot on to me and a very big improvement :D

So to me it was worth the money i'd spent on the smartool polisher even though it wasnt that much, used mainly auto glym products doing the red one but hopefully i'll have a few more bottles of potions to try on mine? Mine hasnt been polished for some time so hopefully it'll have a great shine when done :D
[/quote]is that not your car that you have polished,have i got the right end of the stick.
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Parthiban
Sounds really good for the price you got it for - I'm not looking forward to doing mine cos of the impending arm ache! Does the vibration make your hands feel tingly for a while later or does the double head thing work?
ripper62
[quote name='Parthiban' post='647840' date='Mar 22 2009, 02:48 PM']Sounds really good for the price you got it for - I'm not looking forward to doing mine cos of the impending arm ache! Does the vibration make your hands feel tingly for a while later or does the double head thing work?[/quote]
hi aztecbandit mate,
my god what a difference :)
wish i could get my car that good bloody rain drops are stuck in the paint work :(
anyway mate good job on that.
Jappie
Nice job! Looking forward to see the same result on the Aztec Fire one, then I have something to strive for... :D
aido
Good work dude, looks mint after you've finished with it!
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Andy-R
Nice work as usual, gave mine a polish the other day just a quick going over with original Turtle wax but was actually quite happy with the results, well untill I picked my daughter up from school the car park there's just dust, wasn't impressed but nothing a microfibre cloth didn't fix :lol: clay bar next I think:winky:
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Rabster
very nice work indeed

how much do you charge ....
lol

Rabs
Asi
i will be polishing my car soon. its going in next week some time to get charger fitted and then getting the front paited due to stone chips. then i will post pics up hehe.
Karateppi
Karateppi
Hello Chris I have just been looking at the pictures of your polished LEX---Some machine you have there,can you give me some info please
my old 97 ls400 is in need of a pick me up. just a few questions (Tyre dandy tyre foam,Clay bar,and Smart tool polisher). Where can I get
these items from? I am fairly new to L.O.C. and I find there is so much information on the club pages it is a bit mind blowing.

Hope you can help me out cheers Sam
Steviewevie
[quote name='Karateppi' post='676252' date='Jun 17 2009, 10:57 AM']just a few questions (Tyre dandy tyre foam,Clay bar,and Smart tool polisher). Where can I get
these items from?[/quote]
You can get Tyre Dandy foam from eBay. As for a clay bar, there are lots of different ones around. One example is the Bilt-hamber Auto-clay soft, which you can get from Opie Oils [url="http://www.opieoils.co.uk/c-937-bilt-hamber-finishing-clay-and-auto-wash.aspx"]here[/url].

I'll leave Chris to comment further, especially on his polisher.
Karateppi
[quote name='Steviewevie' post='676266' date='Jun 17 2009, 12:27 PM'][quote name='Karateppi' post='676252' date='Jun 17 2009, 10:57 AM']just a few questions (Tyre dandy tyre foam,Clay bar,and Smart tool polisher). Where can I get
these items from?[/quote]
You can get Tyre Dandy foam from eBay. As for a clay bar, there are lots of different ones around. One example is the Bilt-hamber Auto-clay soft, which you can get from Opie Oils [url="http://www.opieoils.co.uk/c-937-bilt-hamber-finishing-clay-and-auto-wash.aspx"]here[/url].

I'll leave Chris to comment further, especially on his polisher.
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Steviewevie----Thanks for the info,I will go and have a look on the link

Sam
Steviewevie
There's more on how to use Bilt-Hamber's Auto-clay on their website [url="http://www.bilthamber.com/autoclayhowto.html"]here[/url], including a downloadable PDF about it. One big advantage of Auto-clay versus other competing products is that you can just use regular water as a lubricant for the clay. Most other clays require you to use something special, e.g. some sort of spray in a bottle that you have to buy.
aztecbandit1
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Steviewevie
I think you should ask Autosmart for some commission for Tyre Dandy sales Chris, I bought some on your recommendation and I think dozens of us on here probably have ! :lol:
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Karateppi
Hello Mates I have got the clay bar,and the tyre foam,and every thing is working fine. I have also searched for the smart tool polisher but to no avail,
but I have found 3 on E-Bay The first is Silverstorm @ £ 62-95 from Clean Chem, second is from Dyno-power @ £ 44-99, the third is Silver Line @ £ 39-00
Has anyone heard of these polishers,and used them if so what was the result?


Cheers Sam


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