JSMarsden Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 No questions need answering on this one! Just thought I would post a few pics of a before + after pics on a quick clean today - car hadn't been done in about 4 week so it needed doing! Also got some pictures of a poorboys product I used to try and hide some scratches. http://www.autogeek.net/poorboys-black-hole-show-glaze.html is the product - very good indeed however you need a wax/sealant afterwards to get the best results! So here are the befores - notice the dirt and grime! After I had blasted the car with some water to get the first layer of grime off, the sun came out for the first time in.....well as long as I can remember. Had some good evaporation going on! (Notice the mist ontop of the bonnet - not as clear as I would like as it's only taken on my Samsung Galaxy Edge + .... hardly a professional camera!) After I had done this I realised I had ran out of snow foam...... So I had to use a pre-set one on the jetwash which is just a light covering of watery suds - but better than nothing! After I had washed it all down with a mitten and dried it all off, I had noticed 2 small scratches on the rear drivers arch. I wanted to see if I could get rid of these with the poorboys. This one which is deeper than I first thought And this lighter one (still deepish though) AFTER THE POORBOYS - It couldn't remove the lower deeper scratch (first image) - as unfortunately it isn't a miracle worker. However, it did fill in the upper scratch and easily took the passing eye off it. If you bent down and looked from a lower angle, the scratch was still there but again - harder to see. Its hard to compare from this image as there seems to be dirt on my camera lens but when I took the picture from the same angle the scratch seemed non-existent. If somebody spots the only modification in this image below, you get a special like from me. ANYHOW. Sorry for the picture overload, but i LIED with my first line .I decided to replace my REG lights to LED's, however upon removing the old bulb I had noticed the yellow holders had turned a bit brown, is this usual on these as they both looked identical? Once I had swapped them both, looked at the nice clean car, I got in my car and went to empty some rubbish from the outside.......only to hear a big DANG!....funnily enough when a car is parked on a downward slope, the doors tend to carry on swinging open - straight into my driveway wall :(. I'm always ULTRA careful about this, especially since the doors on a 3 door fiesta are a little on the long side..... the result Not as bad as first thought once I saw the door leaning against my wall. (Notice, its only a chip in the middle of the image). The 2 white lines below it are just image glare/glare from the floor onto the car. I think I got off lightly with that one. Going to spend a full day toward the summer with a clay bar etc etc to see what results I can get (May even get the machine polisher out). thanks for reading and hopefully not too many images for yall'! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamnicolas Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Nice car! Love the colour! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart jj Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 Nice and clean Is the mod the interior light? Regarding the number plate bulb holders,, mine have gone the same and are burnt at the end.. Stu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSMarsden Posted February 19, 2016 Author Share Posted February 19, 2016 6 hours ago, Stuart jj said: Nice and clean Is the mod the interior light? Regarding the number plate bulb holders,, mine have gone the same and are burnt at the end.. Stu Yes haha indeed. I turned it on to show off my only mod then realised you can hardly see it in the daylight! Nice spot With regards to the plate bulb holders, I assumed it was some burning from the original bulbs as they get really hot. Took a while to get out but once I got the first one out and figured out how the clips worked the second was a doddle. Lets just hope the bulbs are decent! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSMarsden Posted February 20, 2016 Author Share Posted February 20, 2016 On 19/02/2016 at 2:44 AM, Stuart jj said: Nice and clean Is the mod the interior light? Regarding the number plate bulb holders,, mine have gone the same and are burnt at the end.. Stu Also, there are 2 mods :O. I don't even know my own car it seems! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart jj Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Number plate bulbs being the other or something else's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukcal Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Same thing here with the number plate light holders. Nice and brown at the end. The LEDs I have in there are a lot cooler though, and look far nicer! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerFlame Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 My 3rd brake light bulb holder has a nice brown tip.. soon swapped for LED for peace of mind 👌 www.yorkshiredetailing.co.uk - approved resellers of the Highest quality detailing & Valeting supplies 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSMarsden Posted February 25, 2016 Author Share Posted February 25, 2016 On 2/21/2016 at 0:14 AM, Stuart jj said: Number plate bulbs being the other or something else's? The aerial :p, just about in picture as its a short stubby one lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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