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Postby Sebastian » Thu Aug 09, 2007 4:26 pm

Artane - Paul Nolan's garage - around 2oclock
a red NICEEEEEEEEE 97 GPx

who owns that ?


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Postby stevec » Wed Aug 15, 2007 12:55 pm

That'd be me :D

In for a service last Thursday.
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Postby Sebastian » Wed Aug 15, 2007 5:35 pm

nice car man .. paint is super
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Postby colm_mcm » Wed Aug 15, 2007 8:29 pm

You must do serious mileage Sebastian, you spot everyone!
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Postby Sebastian » Wed Aug 15, 2007 8:49 pm

mmmm yeah .. i have a trained eye and 4 good wheels to cruise + i enjoy driving
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Postby stevec » Thu Aug 16, 2007 9:50 am

Sebastian wrote:nice car man .. paint is super


Thanks, had spent pretty much a full day with T-cut and colour magic / wax - it was badly needed. The spoiler and mirrors were really fading and had a white haze all over them.
The colour magic is evil stuff but it works well to hide small scratches. It dries really quickly and if you leave it too long it won't polish out.
Needs a tough wax on top though to seal it.

I think I'll invest in an electric buffer thing for next time though, arms and back were crippled after it..
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Postby miss-enzo » Thu Aug 16, 2007 4:34 pm

dont do it!!!! my mate is a car detailer and he said those things are SO bad!!! he has spent hours gettin the swirls left by them out of cars!!!! get mopping pads (dunno where to get em now or nethin) thats what tom uses and he swears by them!!! and he knows his sh!t!!
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Postby CJ » Thu Aug 16, 2007 4:40 pm

miss-enzo wrote:dont do it!!!!


I beg to differ here, I use a random orbital polisher and its one of the best things I've bought in terms of car care. I use a Porter Cable 7424 polisher, its very difficult to mess up your paintwork with this unit, the results are exceptional when used properly.

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Postby miss-enzo » Thu Aug 16, 2007 4:59 pm

soory i shud have mentioned that the swirls are from the fleece kind of buffers.
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Postby stevec » Fri Aug 17, 2007 10:24 am

CJ wrote: I use a Porter Cable 7424 polisher


Where did you get that CJ - is yours a 110V from the USA?

Can't seem to find anything as good for sale over here..
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Postby CJ » Fri Aug 17, 2007 10:36 am

stevec wrote:
CJ wrote:Where did you get that CJ - is yours a 110V from the USA?


Yes, theres no UK\Euro variant. You'l need to invest in a 220-110v transformer in order to use it here.

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