After watching the weather forecast for while, this weekend was slated to be sunny (albeit a bit chilly). Almost perfect to do the twice yearly \'proper\' wash and clean. I have to spread it over 2 days because I don\'t have the stamina to do it all in one session.
Wash, polish and protect (plus a good vacuum), all Autoglym products. I\'m going to try Meguiars as soon as my Autogylm stock runs out.
As usual, pics don\'t do it justice. Roll on the show season :)
Nice job. Can see you\'ve put in a lot of effort.
I\'m using Meguairs stuff these days and I find it a lot better than AutoGlym. Especially the polish, which goes on & off with ease. Hardly any elbow grease required!
:cool Too shiny Chris.
Lovely job chris. Have you tried MER products?? I\'ve used them for years,very pleased with the results i get.
I find the meguirs to be about the best an less you can afford zymol, I have found that if you use the three stage meguires but use some of the T-cut colour coded polish between the polish and the wax stages you get the best results.
(http://img435.imageshack.us/img435/5162/pb1601019vf3xw.jpg)
Chris, are your rear tyres on the right way round? I thought that the V patten normally faced the other way?
Nice shine. Can\'t wait for the summer!
Quote from: allstarukChris, are your rear tyres on the right way round? I thought that the V patten normally faced the other way?
Yep they are on the right way, they match the rotation direction on the tyre sidewall. Had to check though!
I find the effort is buffing off the polish and gloss protection. It doesn\'t require pressure but a lot of movement.
I\'ve constantly heard good things about Meguiars, just need to deplete my Autoglym stock.
I started to do mine on Friday evening, but it was so cold that as I leathered it, even with warm water it was freezing before I dried it off. So I went to the pub instead, and its sat there looking a bit grubby. Can\'t wait for a free weekend to do it properly though like yours :)
Quote from: chrisBoidI\'ve constantly heard good things about Meguiars, just need to deplete my Autoglym stock.
If it\'ll help you, I\'ll drop my car down to you next weekend :rollin
Nice motor btw, :InLove :InLove
Looking good Chris, at least you had sun unlike me :)
(http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c340/Rixio_Scon/P1010030.jpg)
You cant beat a bit of Meguiars polish......heres the first time I did the Meguiars 3 stages on my car.
(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a83/gmogle/P4160129.jpg)
Excellent results though Chris, love your car, those wheels are awesome !!
Gareth
Will be doing mine tomorrow weather permitting, was busy over weekend but off work till next week so can take my time like !!!
Used turtle wax last time and it was as good as the others really ? :King
(http://www.podiatrist.plus.com/mini-IMG_2056.JPG) Done with meguiars last year, stuck in garage atm collecting dust :(
Very nice looking car Chris!
Totally agree about Meguairs, it\'s excellent stuff. I need to get mine sorted as the paint\'s not really worth a good 3 stage polish at the moment.
Flippin heck Gurj, that looks mental...its so shiny!
Hi Chris,
Have you tried Meguiars clay bar?,It\'s fantastic!,brings your paintwork up like glass! :cool :bandit
All looking very clean. I use Zymol hard wax for the full clean then the liquid for the top up washes in between. And it\'s about time I took a couple of days and re-did the cleaning process.
Here is a pic of what mine looked like after a clean.
Fish
I agree about the clay, had loads of overspray on mine, was absolutely amazed at how the clay got rid of it.
Gonna be giving mine the yearly 3 stage treatment after I finish working on the blooming thing.
Gareth
Meguiars scratch X followed by gold class wax:
(http://www.face2faces.co.uk/RX7/usedpolish/DSC00029.JPG)
(http://www.face2faces.co.uk/RX7/usedpolish/DSC00031.JPG)
(http://www.face2faces.co.uk/RX7/usedpolish/DSC00033.JPG)
by the way, your widebody kit looks awesome.
It\'s good to see us all passionate about keeping our cars so clean :)
Rixio, looks like you\'ve been having a different type of fun with all that snow ;) You\'re right about Gurj\'s too, mental shine!
Black seems to come up best with Meguiars, must be something to do with it being the most naturally reflective.
i tried using gold class on my black fd the other day. it was fine on my previous black car, but on the rex it left dark streaks and marks unless i rubbed it in really really hard. maybe it was because the paintwork was cold?
I\'ve tried different waxes but find Autoglym to give the best results (must try maguires though):
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Flat_Steve/RX-7%20sale%20pics/7eeebf58.jpg)
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Autoglym looks a very decent shine don\'t it !!!
I used to use Turtle wax on the Escort Cosworth and it was stunning finishing, thus tried it on the RX and although having to use a sort of burhgundy red version as they dont do purple !!! still very good results :Laugh
I\'ve just been out and stocked up on some Meguiars gear. So, weather permitting, I\'ll have a real good cleaning session on my car while I\'ve got a couple of days off work.
Bet I\'m gonna be seeing crap weather non-stop now, though!!! :mad:
I use Meguiars nowadays and it\'s better than anything else I\'ve ever tried. I did my car with their three step program and it came up a treat. Then just use their quik detailer to keep it looking spotless.
Meguirs does rock thats the only stuff i use! We ca supply it online through the website with free delivery on all the products! FREE PLUG
Brilliant to see all these shiney cars!!
Noticed some of the pics have been taken with the car sat under trees,horror horror tree sap,tree sap!!!!!!!!!!!! The true killer of all glossy paintwork!!!!!!
Sticking to my MER for now.
Just to upset the apple cart used turtle wax, mer and autoglym whilst they all do the job well the best one i\'ve found so far is Mothers polishes. Got a sample given at Thorsby last year and bought some at JAE polished the car before the rain on the sunday, since then all i\'ve done is rinse the car of and there\'s still a good shine and the waters still beading off.
Kevin
Quote from: kev-yorksJust to upset the apple cart used turtle wax, mer and autoglym whilst they all do the job well the best one i\'ve found so far is Mothers polishes. Got a sample given at Thorsby last year and bought some at JAE polished the car before the rain on the sunday, since then all i\'ve done is rinse the car of and there\'s still a good shine and the waters still beading off.
Kevin
Hi Kevin.
Get your pics out then!! :yes
Lets see this shine!! :D
Cheers Pete
Cars under a layer of dust at work at the minute Pete heres one taken with the bonnet up at Carls mini meet two weeks ago. Car had just done 200miles through freezing fog on a trailor to get there, then a quick rinse of with a local garage jet wash. http://www.mazdarotaryclub.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=16982
Kevin
@ Flat Steve:
mmm that\'s VERY shiny :) very very nice
I have a load of autoglym stuff at the moment, which ones did you use to get that finish (and when can you do mine:) )
Regards
Mark
Has anyone got any recommendations for a car that gets bloody filthy within 2 days??
The perils of living on a busy road.. the car has a nice coating of road dust within an hour. :(
Nice pics though all!
Quote from: kev-yorksCars under a layer of dust at work at the minute Pete heres one taken with the bonnet up at Carls mini meet two weeks ago. Car had just done 200miles through freezing fog on a trailor to get there, then a quick rinse of with a local garage jet wash. http://www.mazdarotaryclub.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=16982
Kevin
Looking great Kevin! Good to see her again.We\'ll compare shines at RS3.
Cheers
Pete
Quote from: Mark Ide@ Flat Steve:
mmm that\'s VERY shiny :) very very nice
I have a load of autoglym stuff at the moment, which ones did you use to get that finish (and when can you do mine:) )
Regards
Mark
That\'s just one coat of Autoglym super resin polish - It was too cold to faff about, but it seems one coat of this stuff is all it needs. To wash I use the stuff my jetwash came with - it\'s a large container of this soapy detergenty stuff but as a car shampoo it destroys anything I\'ve used before, and this stuff\'s nice \'n cheap and comes in bulk!
I also tried carnuba wax in the form of Harly Wax from America, and while easier to work with, the shine wasn\'t quite there. I\'d love to try Zymol Japon but I find it hard to see how it could improve on the incredible glassy shine Autoglym gives.
ok thanks. I use that and then the more expensive runny finishing stuff after and that worked well, but I am very imporessed by your shinyness
i used autoglym on my EVO until i came across meguiars impressed until i found carsparkle p21s fairly easy to put on/off use the paint cleaner 1st brilliant shine even on a white car.
will try p21s on the RX saturday
http://www.carsparkle.com/cgi-bin/cp-app.cgi