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Just Washed......before/after Pics Everyone

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Hey Everyone
Just washed car today finally the winter has stopped so far up here so had a chance to take photos of before and after and what a good job a did! don't mind me tooting my own horn lol :P

I just wash car twice with 2 bucket system then dry i after using a thing like a window wiper across car to help dry faster then apply a my Diamondbrite Conserver over the car let it set in then polish off with a microfiber cloth. used black restorer for wheels and trim too and cleaned windows with rain X cleaner and rain repellent and hey presto look at the results and this generally lasts about 1.5-2 months for me before getting dirty again (first images was because not had a wash since december or something lol

so here is my images a forgot how clean a can get it with minimal effort on mines thanks diamondbrite

Before

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AFTER!

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Mirror finish lol
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So good weather hopefully is coming so get your before and after images on! :D



I cleaned mine today too. Got tyre shine on too. Bought some pink crap from Halford for my front wheels as parts have gone brownish baked on. Unfortunately stuff wasn't that great. Should have that feel good feeling going to work tomorrow.

How did you use the conserver? Was it in water (as per instructions on the bottle) or manually? It looks amazing btw! :d

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Nice job James, I know you like your chushdy comfortable wheels but you need to sort that rear valance out, it looks like a standard Fez.

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I cleaned mine today too. Got tyre shine on too. Bought some pink crap from Halford for my front wheels as parts have gone brownish baked on. Unfortunately stuff wasn't that great. Should have that feel good feeling going to work tomorrow.

Hey bud yeah a tried that before wasnt good a got stuff from B&M £1 only and works great a think thats where this one is from aswellal check in morning for ye but known me wont be much as ive tried expensive and cheap works just as good (not all the times tho)

How did you use the conserver? Was it in water (as per instructions on the bottle) or manually? It looks amazing btw! :D

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What i do is i wash the car with the shampoo then dry it off faster using something like this $(KGrHqRHJ!4FI13UwDCpBSSU44)HTQ~~60_35.J

once dry put in water like instructions then put it over car i tend to let sun dry it a bit then wipe full car down with a microfibre cloth and works great!!!

Ps buy a new bucket and use it only for conserver :) and thanks! a guess you have it too?

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Nice job James, I know you like your chushdy comfortable wheels but you need to sort that rear valance out, it looks like a standard Fez.

Yeah mate a am its the only part of the body kit am adding as i will be dropping car not by much as a like ma ride ! but got idea from the fiesta R2!

It has front and rear skirts but front looks like puts body shape out of line like too lower with no side skirts but a like the shape with just the rear as a will show you here

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Waiting till after i go to florida to add all this lol!

Yeh I got diamondbrite on as well, and the full bag of kit from when I picked the car up, it's had a shampoo and go of conserver since picking it up, conserver in the water just looks strange :lol: , I'll defo let it dry on next time going by your example, it looks amazing!

I use the three bucket method (wheel, wash, rinse) but as you say I might buy another just for the conserver, I use horse feeding buckets from countrywide, they're huge at 20litres but nice and wide as well for the job at hand

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Yeh I got diamondbrite on as well, and the full bag of kit from when I picked the car up, it's had a shampoo and go of conserver since picking it up, conserver in the water just looks strange :lol: , I'll defo let it dry on next time going by your example, it looks amazing!

I use the three bucket method (wheel, wash, rinse) but as you say I might buy another just for the conserver, I use horse feeding buckets from countrywide, they're huge at 20litres but nice and wide as well for the job at hand

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nice one! i made the dealer throw it in! haha aswell as full petrol ......too bad a forgot about the mud guards haha! B*****D lol

yeah in the water it looks strange as hell! also smells like fresh paint! yeah just let it dry 90% and wipe rest of because thats just the residue polishes up nice as you can see lol a was dubious of it when getting it but cant complain with these results even tho i dont wax lol and it lasts too and nice one a have to have a look at they buckets! haha

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I cleaned mine today too. Got tyre shine on too. Bought some pink crap from Halford for my front wheels as parts have gone brownish baked on. Unfortunately stuff wasn't that great. Should have that feel good feeling going to work tomorrow.

Done rear bumper and wheels sorry about camera phone it's cwap

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All are pitch black and lovely looking

I think this is the stuff I bought. Demon wheels.

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductMobileDisplay?catalogId=10151&langId=-1&categoryId=255233&productId=924941&storeId=10001

Basically did nothing that I could see really.

I washed my car using a free sample of Bouncers shampoo :) only washed and dried :):

Before:

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After:

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Cheers,

Sam

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Blast from the past time guys (I did my mates old fiesta at the weekend because he passed his test): http://imgur.com/a/Gzj9D

And another one from when I did mine a while ago: http://imgur.com/a/NMuFa

Enjoy :D

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