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Only a picture so should help. Does take a while to build up the layers.

Best of luck with it

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I repaired marks / holes around the centre vents in mine before I sold it. I used one of those kits off of amazon. Takes a while to do but it takes your eye off it.

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Thanks I’ll sign up. First it’s for a hobby then perhaps a small business with my son. I started a paint protection company over 10 years ago and did well from that. I have invested in Rupes equipment and am researching what else will be needed. I also want to bring back my LS460 to look as good as I can make it and enjoy that experience. Many thanks 

If you sign up for detailing world and ask the question there you will definitely get your answer. Many of the guys have brought the simple eBay ones and have been happy with them.

They are a handy thing to have but I have not got one yet. Depends on what you are aiming to get done or do regarding polishing or compounding and to what degree.

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Just get the Autoglym kit from Halfords, easy to use and great results.

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I only ran mine in v power or nitro as it's now called or Tesco momentum is just as good. You dont need to add anything else apart from that then give it the beans.

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I'd be surprised if the water pump hasn't been done already as they have about 10 years in them before they go, if not it probably wont be long until you hear it if it's not been done. They are a fixed price at Lexus and it's worth going there to get it done. To my knowledge you get new coolant added at the same time.

Spark plugs to be honest I wouldnt bother with they will be fine and it's a big expense to get them done.

I would however look at the brake calipers on these as they are a known issue and seize up. The slide pins need regular greasing and Lexus dont do it. Simple to do yourself though or a trusted mechanic.

You should get many more miles of motoring out of it they are fantastic cars.

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[mention=60308]leelacey17[/mention] I've just looked on their website and cannot see any rubber refills, only the whole blades, so I'll drop them an email and see what they can do.
[mention=58595]C Andrew Green[/mention]The titles and descriptions of the links are for the whole wiper blades and not the rubbers.  Thanks any way.

The blades are made by denso. You can get them from euro car parts

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As we are in lockdown and trying to find things to occupy our time, polishing the car seems quite popular with the majority of us.

So, what do you think is the best Polish to use on your paintwork?

cleaned the outside of the missus's car, started the inside then decided the easiest route would be to fit a whole new interior!

5 and a half hours on the youngest little Yaris last week. Was much better after that.

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Out doing a detail on the daughters tomorrow, unfortunately its not an ISF.

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With the arrival of some spring-like weather over the past few days, I decided to give the car some TLC so had a chance to use the Bouncers Dress To Impress on the tyres. 
To be honest I found that it didn't do much for the tyre walls but I'm guessing that I probably need to give each tyre a proper clean first before applying the Bouncers (any advice on what product to use to do this would be much appreciated).
What I did like about it though is how well it made the the exterior black plastic trim (wheel arches; side skirts; etc.) come up. A very nice deep black finish. And a little bit of it goes a long way.
So, overall I'm pleased with the purchase.
Thanks again for all the recommendations.

Holy thread resurrection batman!

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The best bet if your budget will stretch would be a SE-L model as that has all the gadgets if that's your thing. Look out for Mark Levinson audio as its brilliant. I wouldnt advise a manual as it's not great and the road tax is a small fortune, best get a smooth auto and relax plus lower road tax.

You dont say your budget but there will be a few things to look out for when buying. So what BMW did you come from?

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Looks like it has some marks on the rear bumper and the number plate is wonky. That would need sorting for that kind of cash.

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Anyone tried slotted discs?

brembo disks and pads on eurocarparts come to £213.

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For the sake of a couple of hours work I'd save the few hundred quid and do it myself. Theres no way on earth I'd pay that kind of money.

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Gyeon tire express is superb and leaves a lovely natural finish. Autoglym tyre gel is good but can sling a bit if over applied.

If you can make sure these go on a clean tyre they will last longer and regular topping up seems to help.

Gyeon tire express on my Mazda a few weeks ago. A little goes a long way.

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Battery's go at around 12 years Alternators also, and they are  a right pain to do. As above make sure all discs are shiny and not sticking.

The main issues are sticking calipers, water pump and look at the exhaust. As long as it's been serviced regularly preferably by Lexus it should serve you well.



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funny enough video just came out testing these products:
 

I guess colour was more important in case if I would wax to top-up. My experience with older gen of consumer grade ceramics is that you can still get better water beading from natural waxes, so I am looking more for protection from ceramics and less of slickness/beading.
I was under impression that market has moved nowadays and it is possible to do both with single ceramic application (I just don't know what that is - hence the thread).

• In short if there is a perfect product which can both protect and provide good self-cleaning/water beading properties - I would like to know what that is.
• If there are no such single product, then I would be looking at ceramic basecoat for protection and then whatever comes on top for self-cleaning/water beading.

As for decontaminating before polishing - I always do that. Otherwise (depending how much contamination there are) you maybe be just swirling the point for sometime with the same contamination before actually getting to any results + will require cleaning the pads more than necessary. So decontaminating just saves time in long run and allows to achieve better results quicker + less consumables like pads and polishing compounds. 
Problem I have now - I kind of decided to go "quick polish + Moonlight" route until spring, but I cannot find moonlight for sale - out of stock everywhere or £50.