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Postby CJ » Sun Apr 06, 2008 6:37 pm

Despite, the cold, rain, hail and snow today (yes really!), I managed to give the GX a good auld belt of the orbital polisher. We stopped off in the Phoeno today and took a fews snaps - shiney!

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Postby Myfeckin FTO » Sun Apr 06, 2008 7:16 pm

The passion red really polishes up well. My first FTO was passion red and it really stands out when polished.

How is Mrs CJ finding the FTO to drive? (presuming shes getting a chance to drive) :lol:
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Postby CJ » Sun Apr 06, 2008 7:18 pm

Myfeckin FTO wrote:How is Mrs CJ finding the FTO to drive? (presuming shes getting a chance to drive) :lol:


She's enjoying it, its a big jump up from the Colt. She gets to drive it from time to time ;)

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Postby kevinod » Sun Apr 06, 2008 7:29 pm

Nice looking motor, I missed that it had arrived.

Getting up to anything on your own one these days?
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Postby ftomad » Sun Apr 06, 2008 9:00 pm

Sweet
Lovely looking car
What profile are those tyres?
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Postby Bernard » Sun Apr 06, 2008 11:11 pm

Nice job CJ, no FTO-Ireland stickers yet?
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Postby mark » Mon Apr 07, 2008 12:16 am

Congrats Clare, lovely machine and lowered too, handy! Nice polish job CJ, i'll be sending my new jammer over to you if I ever get it!
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Postby mcgon1979 » Mon Apr 07, 2008 7:27 am

came up really well CJ, looks super clean! nice job! :wink:
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Postby ftolam13 » Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:12 am

nice :lol:
if you still had control, you haven't been fast enough 8)
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Postby Muad_dib77 » Mon Apr 07, 2008 9:14 am

Wow - very nice.. you did a good job cleaning it :-)

I'd say the missus doesn't know herself now - that is a massive step up from a 1.4 colt (it was 1.4 wasn't it?)...
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Postby johnny » Mon Apr 07, 2008 11:50 am

Looks great CJ,

What polish do you use with the orbital polisher?
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Postby GarLaf » Mon Apr 07, 2008 12:00 pm

How did you get the rims so clean?
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Postby CJ » Mon Apr 07, 2008 12:18 pm

GarLaf wrote:How did you get the rims so clean?


They were clean to start with but I used Cif (of Jif if you're old skool) to remove the surface dust and followed up with Wonder wheels to remove discolouration. Finally, I put a surface coat of Autoglm polish on the wheels to bring up the shine and to act as a barrier against staining in the future.

Note, I wouldn't recommend using an abrasive on OEM wheels.

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