oddjob
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If one of the staff/admin members could move this to projects section would be great!
Hey guys, thought I'd start a bit of a project thread to track what I do with my c280.
So to cut a long story short, I was looking for a mk4 golf, as I missed my old one so much, but after not finding any and looking at some right dogs, I came across a C280 W202 in Milford Haven.
So last Monday I got the train down there, liked it and bought it, for not a lot of money either!
So this was it when I bought it.
It's been sprayed at some point, so has some imperfections, but I'm happy with it overall.
So Tuesday was a nice day, so decided to get on with detailing it. I didn't want to use to much abrasion on the paint as I did't know how the paint was gonna be.
So first up was some snow foam
The a two bucket wash. I used Chemical Guys Maxi Suds II, and was well impressed. So much more suds than Megs NXT.
Also did the wheels
Very impressed so far with the Auto Finesse range.
Just a brush after letting it dwell and job done.
Towel dried the car, which left me with this lot to deal with.
I clayed the car with Auto Finesse lube and 3m clay, and towel dried, which left me with a lot of swirls and hazing to play with.
So I cracked on with some Poorboys SSR3, and a medium pad. I tried the halfords pads as the ones I had ordered hadn't arrived. They are actually OK, which I was impressed with.
So after two passes of SSR3, one pass with Poorboys Professional polish left me with this.
Very happy overall. Just forgot to take some better pics, sorry!
Then moved onto the mats as they were filthy.
From this
To this
I used a steamer to achieve this. It really gets in there and gets out the crap, also seems to life the pile of the mats back up to a nice finish too. Very happy with that.
So today I fitted a replacement grill as the one that was on there was peeling and rusting
From this
Also fitted a proper badge, instead of the flush one. So now looks like this
Obviously my fresh finger/hand prints have been removed lol
Also my final update for today. I ordered a set of 18" AMG reps which arrived today. They are 8.5" up front and 9" rears. They need the lips re-polishing which I will try when I'm off next.
Very much looking forward to getting some tyres on them and fitting them
Well that's it for now
Next work will be audio related as my speakers are fooked!
Jon
Hey guys, thought I'd start a bit of a project thread to track what I do with my c280.
So to cut a long story short, I was looking for a mk4 golf, as I missed my old one so much, but after not finding any and looking at some right dogs, I came across a C280 W202 in Milford Haven.
So last Monday I got the train down there, liked it and bought it, for not a lot of money either!
So this was it when I bought it.
It's been sprayed at some point, so has some imperfections, but I'm happy with it overall.
So Tuesday was a nice day, so decided to get on with detailing it. I didn't want to use to much abrasion on the paint as I did't know how the paint was gonna be.
So first up was some snow foam
The a two bucket wash. I used Chemical Guys Maxi Suds II, and was well impressed. So much more suds than Megs NXT.
Also did the wheels
Very impressed so far with the Auto Finesse range.
Just a brush after letting it dwell and job done.
Towel dried the car, which left me with this lot to deal with.
I clayed the car with Auto Finesse lube and 3m clay, and towel dried, which left me with a lot of swirls and hazing to play with.
So I cracked on with some Poorboys SSR3, and a medium pad. I tried the halfords pads as the ones I had ordered hadn't arrived. They are actually OK, which I was impressed with.
So after two passes of SSR3, one pass with Poorboys Professional polish left me with this.
Very happy overall. Just forgot to take some better pics, sorry!
Then moved onto the mats as they were filthy.
From this
To this
I used a steamer to achieve this. It really gets in there and gets out the crap, also seems to life the pile of the mats back up to a nice finish too. Very happy with that.
So today I fitted a replacement grill as the one that was on there was peeling and rusting
From this
Also fitted a proper badge, instead of the flush one. So now looks like this
Obviously my fresh finger/hand prints have been removed lol
Also my final update for today. I ordered a set of 18" AMG reps which arrived today. They are 8.5" up front and 9" rears. They need the lips re-polishing which I will try when I'm off next.
Very much looking forward to getting some tyres on them and fitting them
Well that's it for now
Next work will be audio related as my speakers are fooked!
Jon
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now I'm running original staggered 17s monoblocks and have no issues at all.
Nice work mate
