Mark330d
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Registered: 25th Apr 06
Location: Netherlee, Glasgow City
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Cleaned my mums one series, spent fecking hours on this. Will be for sale in June
Washed with Meguiars Gold Class Shampoo, Wheels cleaned with Auto Glym Alloy wheel cleaner,
Dried with Meguiars drying towel, Used Meguiars detailing clay and quick detail on the paintwork, then put on a coat of Auto Glym Super Resin Polish, Left it to sit with the polish on for a bit longer than i usually do as aparantly it gives a better finish and it does.
I was intending to use Meguiars Next Generation Tech Wax aswell but i felt it didnt need it.
Glass was done with auto glym glass cleaner and then polish with auto glym glass polish
Tyres were done with Meguiars Tyre Gel
Exhaust was cleaned with Autosol
Exterior Plastics were treated with Baby Oil
Interior was just hoovered and cleaned with a damp cloth then all the wee plastic bits were also treated with baby oil
I was tired by the end so couldnt be bothered polishing and cleaning under the bonnet.
Anyway enough rabbling, heres the pics:
Shiny:
Sorry the pics arent the greatest on the bmw either, didnt have a good location and i am ill as feck so i was half dead.
And for those who are interested the spec is as follows
116SE
Upgraded Wheel Package
Leather
M Sport Spoiler
M Sport Front Bumper
M Sport Rear Bumper
M Sport Exhaust Trim
Tints by Diamond
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csweatherston
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Registered: 16th Jan 06
Location: Devon
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mmm, baby oil'd plastics
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Joe
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Registered: 20th Jun 04
Location: Hesketh Bank, Lancashire
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No offence but that kit makes an ugly car, look even uglier. Nice job on the cleaning though, are you a valeter or something? You always seem to be cleaning cars.
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sxibeast
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Registered: 6th Aug 03
Location: Milton Keynes
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doesnt the baby oil make it all really greasy?
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Tommy L
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Registered: 21st Aug 06
Location: Northampton Drives: Audi wagon
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does look uber clean
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Mark330d
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Registered: 25th Apr 06
Location: Netherlee, Glasgow City
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quote: Originally posted by joe6886
No offence but that kit makes an ugly car, look even uglier. Nice job on the cleaning though, are you a valeter or something? You always seem to be cleaning cars.
ye you will either love or hate the car, i love it, handles brilliant, pity the 1.6 is so fecking slow though.
And nah im not a valeter, i just love cleaning cars and seeing the before and after result.
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Gez G
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Registered: 12th May 04
Location: Glasgow
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quote: Originally posted by joe6886
No offence but that kit makes an ugly car, look even uglier. Nice job on the cleaning though, are you a valeter or something? You always seem to be cleaning cars.
IMO makes an ugly car slightly more bearable to look at.
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antscorsa
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Registered: 11th Aug 02
Location: london
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the paint finish on modern cars is soooo orange peely
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Mark330d
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Registered: 25th Apr 06
Location: Netherlee, Glasgow City
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quote: Originally posted by antscorsa
the paint finish on modern cars is soooo orange peely
not all of the paint is factory on that, kit was fitted afterwards
Spoiler and Rear bumper and front bumper were painted by BMW Bodyshop
Bonnet, Tops of the wings and another front bumper were painted by another bodyshop when i had a little incident while driving it one night
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whitter45
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Registered: 15th Nov 02
Location: Norton
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that does not look liek the MSport but the sero kit - they are different
The MSport Kit is so much better
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ajscorsa
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Registered: 30th Apr 02
Location: Perceton, North Ayrshire
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u missed a bit
looks good, fancy doin a black corsa GSi??
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loo_goblin
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Registered: 14th Jul 04
Location: Horsham, West Sussex
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am i the only person to like the looks of the 1-series??
is everyone jumping on clarkson bandwagon of disliking new bmw styling?
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whitter45
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Registered: 15th Nov 02
Location: Norton
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i really like them especially the MSport models
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Andy Stocker
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Registered: 31st Aug 00
Location: Herts Drives: Porsche 911
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They just look like they don't know what sort of car to be
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