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Cheers mate, appreciate it.
yep, i got my kestrel and poorboys kit from 'serious performance'.

heavily recommend the kit, awesome price and value, around 145 for the kestrel polisher (with the 6" backing plate, tool etc)
three poorboys SSR polishes
3 different grade 6" pads
3" backing plate
3 different grade 3" pads
reel of 3m tape

only fault was some of the pads didnt last long. i havent compared them to the lifespan of any other so dunno exactly how long they're ment to last.

for every other product i buy though i get from elitecarcare.co.uk and cleanyourcar.co.uk.

hope this helps

Okay the last two days of the detail. Here are the doorshuts,

Before: all pretty greasy and scratched



Look at all the polish dust on this one!



You wouldn't have guessed these were cleaned a few weeks prior to the machine polish.

Here they are after machining the sills, degreasing cleaning and waxing them all






Oh & my de-locked door handle for the passenger side:


Then got onto the waxing, applied three coats of Collinite 476s, it came out really well. Dead happy with the results

Sucks because I hadn't actually finished the car when these pictures were taken, I still had the plastics to dress and 2 coats of collinite to go! But I didn't have a camera on the last day haha.

So this is the car after 1 coat of wax, it's since had two more, and the plastic grills and window rubbers yet to be fully dressed






Well it took a really long time but got there in the end! The car fully detailed (although I do still have to do the plastics), but I really did just take my time so I wouldn't get bored and slack on it.

Good news, got my student loan through, so the car will be insured over the next few days, then MOTed and taxed! good times. Also in the middle of sorting out a mount for the front plate (just need to decide exactly where to put it), then the Monos will be going back on
Comments as always welcome

Spot on job there Tim! The car looks amazing.

Simple yet oh so effective! Keep up the good work.

Looking very nice mate, as usual. What you driving in the mean time.

Cheers guys.

Howard - My brothers R reg Skoda Felicia

Does the job, just a pig to drive compared to the GTi. The paint is really faded on it also, & it's quite tempting to bring it back to life!

Nah, you gotta spend all your attention on the GTi.

Whats next mate once its all been restored

Tim_GTi wrote:Cheers guys.

Howard - My brothers R reg Skoda Felicia

Does the job, just a pig to drive compared to the GTi. The paint is really faded on it also, & it's quite tempting to bring it back to life!

Getting a bit trigger happy with the polisher are we? I still have yet to even touch my car with it Tried it on my benz though

h4r1s wrote:
Getting a bit trigger happy with the polisher are we? I still have yet to even touch my car with it Tried it on my benz though

Haha yeh it's addictive! But when I think of the mass amount of cleaning and claying I'd have to do to it to get the paint clean before I start polishing makes me think 'ohh can't be bothered' haha

Looks superb tim Well done mate!

dude its looking absolutely mint!!

I dunno how you're ever gonna let anyones greasy paws anywhere near the car to give them a lift anywhere

im seriously thinking that i will pay you to come and do my car...hehe

Some really good reflections there. Did you figure out what you are going to do with the stone chips?

looking amazing tim, I want to see it in real life now. doesnt compare to the skoda however, haha.

Cheers guys, means alot!

chris - yeh i'm going to try the sand paper technqiue on an inconspicuous (sp) one first and see how i get on, if it's successful i'll try it out on the bonnet. or may get in contact with some local boys to see if anyone can help me out with it.

tomo - i'm sure we could arrange something mate!

charlie - i've gotta dress the plastics sometime soon mate, so i'll let you know and you can come down and see it!

looks...fantastic. Don't really know what words to describe it lol

Gunna do my sills as weekend, such a big difference looking at your pictures. Luckily i only have 2 to do