aztecbandit1
March 21, 2009, 9:12 am
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aztecbandit1
March 21, 2009, 9:17 am
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Steviewevie
March 21, 2009, 9:32 am
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
March 21, 2009, 9:37 am
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Asi
March 21, 2009, 9:40 am
good work mate...looks very tidy now.
aztecbandit1
March 21, 2009, 9:42 am
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Asi
March 21, 2009, 9:58 am
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
March 21, 2009, 10:07 am
Great work mate,
I just want mine back first
aztecbandit1
March 21, 2009, 10:10 am
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LOcKY
March 21, 2009, 1:22 pm
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
March 21, 2009, 3:07 pm
the more the equipment you have the better it is
LOcKY
March 21, 2009, 5:10 pm
ah ok

well i just bought some stuff at halfords as they were doing 3 for 2 offers on all Autoglym and Turtle wax Hurrah!
Parthiban
March 21, 2009, 5:25 pm
Looking very nice, so the new polisher is working well then?
aztecbandit1
March 21, 2009, 9:27 pm
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dgman
March 22, 2009, 7:10 am
[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?

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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
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

[/quote]is that not your car that you have polished,have i got the right end of the stick.
aztecbandit1
March 22, 2009, 8:43 am
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Parthiban
March 22, 2009, 2:48 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?
ripper62
March 22, 2009, 3:03 pm
[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
March 22, 2009, 3:24 pm
Nice job! Looking forward to see the same result on the Aztec Fire one, then I have something to strive for...
aido
March 22, 2009, 6:38 pm
Good work dude, looks mint after you've finished with it!
aztecbandit1
March 22, 2009, 7:09 pm
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Andy-R
March 22, 2009, 8:41 pm
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

clay bar next I think:winky:
aztecbandit1
March 23, 2009, 12:18 am
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Rabster
March 23, 2009, 8:39 am
very nice work indeed
how much do you charge ....
lol
Rabs
Asi
March 23, 2009, 1:56 pm
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
June 17, 2009, 9:39 am
Karateppi
June 17, 2009, 9:57 am
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
June 17, 2009, 11:27 am
[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
June 17, 2009, 12:45 pm
[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
June 17, 2009, 6:34 pm
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
June 17, 2009, 7:02 pm
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Steviewevie
June 17, 2009, 8:01 pm
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 !
aztecbandit1
June 17, 2009, 8:27 pm
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Karateppi
June 26, 2009, 12:43 pm
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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