Meguires`d the car this morning ...

[Bainie]

A few photo`s of my cleaning session this morning ... washed with Meguires shampoo and mitt, dried with water magnet and a quick coat of NXT, brung it up nice, gave it a coat of Megs carnuba when I got it and give it a once over with NXT weekly ...

http://www.vectra-c.com/forum/uploader/pics/pics1/vxrmaguiresside.jpg

http://www.vectra-c.com/forum/uploader/pics/pics1/vxrmaguires side2.jpg

http://www.vectra-c.com/forum/uploader/pics/pics1/vxrmaguiresfront.jpg

http://www.vectra-c.com/forum/uploader/pics/pics1/vxrmaguiresdoor.jpg

reflection on the drivers door ...

http://www.vectra-c.com/forum/uploader/pics/pics1/vxrmaguiresroof.jpg

The roof .....

[david-bell]

wow tommy looking mighty fine there mate im needing my sun shades with the reflection of her :rockon: :rockon: :clap:

[ion]

Blimey mate that is flipping shiney.

You'll be competing for Nick Payney's Shiney shiney tag lol.

[Beavis]

looks superb mate :cool: no reflection in mine at the mo dull as dish water not had time to clean up 4 weeks plus and not cleaned :eek:

[blr123]

Perfect Tommy........cracking job ;) ..........you're really getting into this detailing lark eh :D

One thing that might help is.........after you have rinsed with an open hose........spray the car with some Megs Last Touch Spray, you'll see any remaining water literally run off the car..........then lightly spray some Last Touch onto the drying towel agan this will help with the drying process and lubricate the towel so lessening the chance of creating swirls :rockon:

Last touch is £18 something for a gallon and it can be used diluted 1 to 1 for the above process.

Bryan

[Drinky]

Looking ace Tommy crackin shine m8 !!!!

[Bainie]

Perfect Tommy........cracking job ;) ..........you're really getting into this detailing lark eh :D

One thing that might help is.........after you have rinsed with an open hose........spray the car with some Megs Last Touch Spray, you'll see any remaining water literally run off the car..........then lightly spray some Last Touch onto the drying towel agan this will help with the drying process and lubricate the towel so lessening the chance of creating swirls :rockon:

Last touch is £18 something for a gallon and it can be used diluted 1 to 1 for the above process.

Bryan


Cheers Bryan, something new to try, where do I get last touch from, never seen it .. And yep, liking the detailing, said I wasn`t going to mod it so detailing seems to be the way to go ...

[Harry]

looking good Bainie, the reflections are mirror-like

[blr123]

Hi Tommy,

You can get Last touch from Alex at Serious Performance: -

http://www.seriousperformance.co.uk/

10% discount for Detailing World members ;)

He is about to send an order out to me so if you wanted to add it to that that will avoid the delivery charge and we can meet to hand it over ;)

BUT you will have to be quick cause Alex was expecting it in today and he will be sending out my order today aswell.

Bryan

PS I'll PM you me details just incase you want to phone Alex to add it to my order.

[jonno_07]

looks great mate lovley shine

[Andy]

i bought some last touch a while ago from clean and shiny but have been using it basically as a lubericant for drying (as bryan says) and also as a basic QD. But ive been using neat and not even 1/4 through yet so im chuffed to hear it can be diluted. Its going to last ages!!! much much cheaper than buying normal QD off the shelf for 7.99 a bottle.

Forget to add Tommy, the VXR just seems to sit perfect. Just looks 'right' if you know what i mean.

[blr123]

Yeah Andy 1 to 1 is the way to go and that does for clay lub aswell........so it will last for ages ;)

Like you I often use it as a QD spray but that's always at full strength ;)

Anyone getting some might want to get a couple of spray bottles with spray heads aswell........cause you'll need them eh :D

Bryan

[Harry]

Seeing as serious performance are based in southgate i'm thinking that i may take a trip up there and pick some up along with some other stuff.

if anyone wants anything then let me know and if you're going to santa pod next weekend i'll gladly bring it all along for you.

Bryan, me going to pick the stuff up shouldn't be an issue should it? it'll save me the p&p and we can go and see the g/friends parents at the same time!

[blr123]

No it's not an problem Harry :cool: ...........some advice though..........try and keep you hands in your pockets and your mouth shut...........to do otherwise could be VERY costly :flail:

Bryan

[Harry]

lol!!! don't worry mate, the other half will be with me and will undoubtedly let me know when i'm going a tad overboard!!!

last touch, shampoo and a clay bar, that's all i want.....and for the sake of my bank balance let those be the only things i return with!!!!!

[blr123]

lol!!! don't worry mate, the other half will be with me and will undoubtedly let me know when i'm going a tad overboard!!!

last touch, shampoo and a clay bar, that's all i want.....and for the sake of my bank balance let those be the only things i return with!!!!!

:flail: :flail: :flail: ............tell you what we'll open a book, start taking bets on it yeah.............I'm betting you come back with more than that, probably a LOT more :flail:

Bryan

[Big Davie]

Hey BLR, are you going to the Perth meet on the 20th, not very far for you to travel and you give some of us a demo with your magic car cleaning kit...lol

I for one would be interested in seeing some of the different Megs kit you guys are always on about, glace etc, :D

Cheers Davie..... :)

PS, that VXR is just looking sooo clean Bainie..... :rockon:

[blr123]

Hi Davie,

I was supposed to be on holiday but I changed that to September so I
m now working 11am to 11pm :rolleyes:

Bryan

[payney]

Looking superb there tommy a well looked after car i can clearly see m8,one to be proud of i would say dude .Dark colour cars just look awsome when polished don't they? :D

[The Gopher]

Amazing job you have done there. So much shine really came up well.

[Big Davie]

Hi Davie,

I was supposed to be on holiday but I changed that to September so I
m now working 11am to 11pm :rolleyes:

Bryan

No probs mate, but some other time.
Would like to get some tips off you........ ;) :)

[blr123]

No probs mate, but some other time.
Would like to get some tips off you........ ;) :)

Davie how far are you from Kilmarnock?.......geography isn't my strong point eh :D .......there's a guy I know down there who would be able to show you what's involved in detailing ;)

He's a really decent lad.....a young lad and his work is up there with the best :cool:

Bryan

[Big Davie]

only about 35 mins down the road mate.......

[blr123]

only about 35 mins down the road mate.......

OK Davie I'll get hold of him (Chris) and let you when he's doing a detail and if he doesn't mind you can pop over and have a gander at what's involved and see the transformation ;)

Bryan

[Big Davie]

Thanks Bryan, dont want to put the guy out or anything like that.......

[Steven]

Looking brilliant Tommy :eek: the shine is something else :rockon:

[Big Davie]

Aye sorry for the :hijack: Tommy....... :)

[VauxVeteran]

These 3 door sport variant Astra's have to be one of the most sexy looking shapes for a car ever put into production.

p.s, think you should consider chrome handles and mirrors as well, think they'd look real nice against the colour.

[Bainie]

The reason the Sporthatch looks so good imo, is that it went straight from concept car to production without being changed, The lines are stunning I think, rear visibilty isn`t great, but thats the price you pay for the looks, and you have mirrors for the job anyway ..

Not a chrome fan though ...

[Robbieben]

Nice job Tommy, black does look so nice when polished :D

Hope to see the car on the 17th if you can make the meet, maybe some of the guys on here might like to join us in Edinburgh :D