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Then we went onto clay bar and then machine polish
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Then glaze and then waxed
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Beautiful looking machine mate gotta say :ok:
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That looks awesome, I need to machine polish mine aswell soon as I've not done it since I've had it, there's loads of swirl marks on it and starting to annoy me. 😏
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Really loving the pink against the black to and the wheels suit it spot on :ok:
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forgot there was also a coat of Menzerna powerlock sealant after glazing and before waxing :ok:
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Great job. My megane needs that
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Nice work guys, super shiny 8-)
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Certainly looking a treat, thank for all your help with it yesterday Ryan, top work!
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Very nice, looks great,good job guys:polish::ok:
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Was good laugh though and u certainly got the hang of the DA pretty quick 👍🏻👍🏻 |
Wow what a difference looks amazing top work troops .
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Really pleased with how it came out, can't believe how tough keeping a black car clean it, every little swirl and scuff shows! Wheels could do with a refurb and I still can't wait to get all the suspension switched over, rear shocks are a bit quieter now it's driven regularly on softer southern roads though but still want to get it on my newer shocks and springs 😁 |
Will look even more amazing when u do :ok:
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Car looks the dogs nuts mate :10:
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Car looks amazing!! Good work guys! You'll need to teach me how to use the DA too Ryan lol!
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Feel free to pop down and spend a day doing urs :ok:
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Well, another spot the difference today...
Before: http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/09...98b092e249.jpg And after: http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/09...4341eae16c.jpg Really pleased to get the horrible, whatever make it was off the car and get the Milltek on it, looks so much smarter. Only downside to a Milltek with the standard cats in place is how quiet it is, but for the improvement with the look of the backend I can live with it at the moment. A bit of bad news does follow however, after checking out the rear bumper during the install I discovered someone hit the car whilst it was parked last night, all the hard work with Ryan and his DA to discover someone used my rear bumper as their reversing marker... Going to need a trip to the body shop to get it repaired, time to keep an eye out for cars with a distinctive black scuff... |
Looking so much better with a proper noise maker on .
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Same happened to my wife's Impreza a while back. They managed to damage the bumper and tailgate (it's a wagon).
Pissed me right off! It's £400-500 worth of damage, easily. Hope you get yours sorted okay. Exhaust looks smart. I don't recall the Milteks being that quiet. We must have different benchmarks! :lol: |
Looks Great Rob, I did not notice the scuff on the back today.. probably because you reversed into the bay in the paddock! ;)
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Loving the look of the miltek mate - and has the damaged cracked the bumper or just scuffed? Won't buff out?
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It's a scuff, no cracking, but the paint has been scuffed off too in some areas leaving the black plastic of the bumper visible. |
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exhaust looks much better:five:
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Well as Scotty says it would be a good chance to get the bootlid done to - if you need quotes I can get you a price from D&A customs who did my bootlid and rear bumpers etc - so u have a cost comparison? Ryan :ok: |
Another update, the best news is the suspension has finally all been fitted! It's been a mission, the rear shocks refusing to part company with the hubs using the normal removal tools. Spanners, sockets, a breaker bar, torque wrench, blow torch, impact wrench, grinder, drill, many drill bits, hammer, chisel and more expletives and blasphemy then you could imagine have finally got the job done. The original rear shocks are now no more then chunks of scrap metal...
Fortunately I had spare nuts and bolts from the blue car and have liberally applied copper grease to ensure no ceasing of fastenings in the future. As the suspension in terms of shocks and springs is completed (other then an alignment) I have taken on the challenge of the brakes next. I was going to simply change the front disks but upon removal of the callipers (yes, they came off without any issues!) I found the seals around the pistons had passed their best and it made more sense to put the Brembos on from the blue car, which ironically are in a much better condition any how and have already freed off bleed nipples. http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/11...7bb87c1aa1.jpg No doubt a double Brembo set up would be great... for generating huge amounts of heat. I was going to fit my Hel lines at the same time as changing the callipers but the original stuff is going to need some TLC before it comes off without too much of a fuss. The callipers and disks replaced, Performance Friction pads back in place too. http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/11...fe80d0297f.jpg The rear brakes are in need of the same overhaul but will save that for another time, I have already snapped one of the heads off a calliper bolt so will also get a new set of bolts at the ready for the swap. Interior bits were also on the 'to do' list as again the interior in the blue car was a little less scuffed and abused then Black Beauties, someone had attacked the head unit surround with a screwdriver and possibly had a habit of chucking keys around the Sti gear stick surround. http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/11...ac2b47366c.jpg I also wanted to get the orange parts out of the headlights, fortunately I have done this in the past and the silver indicator bulbs had survived from the blue car accident so had what I needed ready to go. It turns out the clear headlight lenses have started to degrade on the insides, so any amount of work on them to make them crystal clear is pointless unless I can remove them and work on the insides, which strikes me as fighting a loosing battle. http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/11...2213c8a0f4.jpg Still, despite the TLC the headlights need I'm happier with the look without the orange bits, as everyone is when they do this little mod. Car has had an oil and filter change, I was glad to remove the 'whatever it was' branded oil filter and get a genuine Subaru one on there, not that it was the end of the world. Also need to change the plugs at some point soon. I am still needing to measure up/fit the Whiteline rear arb, want to get some new drop links before I do it and need to get the mounting brackets from the blue car as they're much less corroded then the ones currently on the black car. That's about it for now, things are still going in the right direction and having the blue car around for any spares I need is a blessing. As the winter months come in its not as nice to go working on the car, but that hasn't stopped me in the past so I will keep doing things here and there. |
Amazing progress rob :ok:
Glad suspension is on and the clear lenses look awesome! Will have proper nose when I come for the Chinese :ok: Such great progress to date tho buddy :ok: |
Looking good what condition is your spare 6speed gear knob in .
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Looking good! Really need to pluck up the courage to de-tango my lights, makes such a big difference :ok:
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Great work Rob :smile:
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Not sure what it looks like condition wise as never really studied it. Will have to dig it out and send you some pics Scotty. |
am I the only one who reads that and feels uneasy! Ha ha ha
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Live and let live I say. If two consenting adults want to share pictures of their knobs with each other, then so be it. |
Think I was meant to post my previous comment on 'another' forum! Still, it's nice to let people know what else I am 'in to' in my spare time...
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Would be you wouldn't it, want some pics too hahaha! |
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