jonnysri
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Registered: 16th Jun 05
Location: Leeds (Ilkley)
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no its not a detail thread. gave the car a good wash as the pics will prove it needed.
atleast 3 weeks of dirt on the front wheels
nice dirty door
2 washes later
not bad for a cleaning bay
back inside ready to wax
dodo'd up
final pics
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Neo
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Registered: 20th Feb 07
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Very Nice 
Personally I hate cleaning silver cars ! Results never look as good as black/red/blue cars imo.
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Sean-B
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Registered: 1st May 07
Location: Wolverhampton Drives: 200SX S14a
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Looks good, make sure you don't put the dodo on too thick, looks like you've got plenty on the windows 
[Edited on 30-11-2009 by Sean-B]
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jonnysri
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cheers guys.
yea, the results are slow but i can see improvment from when i first got it.
urm. maybe i havent perfected the art of applying dodo with my hands lol
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Sean-B
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quote:
Originally posted by jonnysri
cheers guys.
yea, the results are slow but i can see improvment from when i first got it.
urm. maybe i havent perfected the art of applying dodo with my hands lol
you did it by hand! fair play in that case! just try and get a bit less on , use one less finger maybe
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Graeme
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Would b intresting if u got a shout before u managed to get the wax off, b a bugger to get it off a few hours later!
Standard type r's do look nice but just duno if I could bring my self to buy some jap crap! 
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jimmy 2.1
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I know where to drop my car off to work tonight for a clean. 
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jonnysri
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quote:
Originally posted by Graeme
Would b intresting if u got a shout before u managed to get the wax off, b a bugger to get it off a few hours later!
Standard type r's do look nice but just duno if I could bring my self to buy some jap crap!
no joke. we got a shout as soon as i put in in the 3rd engine bay. no wax applied, just waiting for the last bit of water to dry lol. worked out really well haha.
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jonnysri
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quote:
Originally posted by jimmy 2.1
I know where to drop my car off to work tonight for a clean.
cheers jimbo
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a_j_mair
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that really wasnt that dirty befor tbh
looks good though
i gave ours a wash yesterday aswell was the first time i have actually washed it by hand since we got it in january does go through the car wash every month or so normally though. had been about 8 weeks since its last wash though
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AK
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who still uses 56k
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jonnysri
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thats the good thing about having a silver car lol. doesnt look half as dirty compared to darker motors. but believe me, it needed it
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
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Looks good, must be nice getting paid to wash your car! lol
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chris_uk
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all you ever seem to do at work is wash cars..
when shall i bring mine in for a valet?
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John G
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Registered: 18th Jul 05
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shouldnt you be fighting fires
be gutted if you got a call ouy whilst wax was on the car, youd never get it off when you got back
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jonnysri
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fuck off chris! amount of time you work youll have loadsa time to wash yours haha. how long u have to wait for a taxu on friday??
cheers john, like i say it worked out really well got the timings just right 
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Nick-S
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Location: Leigh. Drives: RS Megane 230 F1 Team R26
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I WANT YOUR JOB!!!!!! 
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Nick-S
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Location: Leigh. Drives: RS Megane 230 F1 Team R26
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oh and car looks good to
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thegsi
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Very nice mate. Such a shame to spend all this time on washing cars with the naff weather 
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jonnysri
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cheers boys
yeah looking at the weather this morning it didnt seem bad and with permission from my watch manager i got it all ready. and thankfully it didnt start to rain.
it may rain tonight but to hell with it.
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gavin18787
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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
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Looks good
If I get another will definatly be silver
I always thought my wheels on mine looked better dirty as they are darker
Drives supercharged Tec with torque 
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Corsa_Sport21
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Lose the brake decals imo.
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jonnysri
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i did think the darker colour looked pretty good gav
they came with the decals. dont see the point in taking them off tbh
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Chris x
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quote:
Originally posted by AK
who still uses 56k
Was going to put that!
Car looks great!
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gavin18787
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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
Location: Basildon, Essex
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quote:
Originally posted by jonnysri
i did think the darker colour looked pretty good gav
Get some DS2500 ferodo pads like I had
Amazing upgrade but dusty as fuck so you get that look after 10 mins of use 
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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