Your car looks fantastic, good effort! Be a shame to get it dirty now
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Your car looks fantastic, good effort! Be a shame to get it dirty now
Thanks very much! I guess it needed something like 25-30 hours but the interior has still to be cleaned... For the next 4-5 months the car will be in a dry but cold garage. Even covered it might collect a little bit of dust but that will be removed very quickly after the first rinse with water next spring.
Time to do some maintenance...valve adjustment, fresh coolant etc. The TB/WP has been postponed to summer 2018 as it's too cold to work below 10 deg. C.
VERY nice...
Scrubs up well, doesn't it?
Repainted valve covers. The old paint hasn't been stripped before repainting as it was still ok, just two coats of Dupli Color heat paint 800 deg. C to cover the stains which couldn't be removed (burnt-in ceramic paste).
I've found the covering pieces in the furniture department of my DIY store: round white/black pieces which you normally glue on the ends of a chair/table to not scratch the floor. 5 bucks for different sizes and a lot of time-savings...:)
I've thought about RED valve covers and Dupli Color RED 500 deg. C is said to be a good match but not the same as the Type R. I couldn't justify 300-400 bucks for them...
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Reviving an old post.
I'm looking for tips on glass cleaning, more inside than out. I can never seem to get a smear free finish. Any product recommendations?
Two hours??!! And I thought some of the detailers we had at the dealership were slow.:(
Mines now sorn and ready for a Autumn/winter of even more cleaning and, well cleaning. I meant to get it up for sale last spring, but missed the window of opportunity for a handful of reasons. So withrew the advert after a couple of weeks.
Anyway, I’m looking forward to a few fun projects over the next 4-5 months. Then hopefully, finally get it up for sale in April.
On the bright side, the longer I leave it the better it gets.
The dry ice clean last year has given me a fantastic base for getting the underneath perfect, or close to. I’d considered concours but realistically I’d have to take the whole car apart. And as tempting as it is, just no. I don’t think most people really understand what a retentive world of hell that is.
Anyway, another year and another 500 miles. Next year, fingers crossed, that will change.