Sufs' 330d M Sport w/ SMG Paddleshift retrofit but otherwise generally falling apart body ....

[The_Judge_]

Did you copper slip the wheel/disk mating face too?

Good job though - nice and easy isn't it

Yup, I did, clearly whoever did the previous one didn't though !

It was quite easy, much easier than expected

Edited September 22, 2015 by The_judge aka Suf

[Fastasbmw]

Good job.. looks good... thought i might need to do mine soon, however it passed its MOT today so they must be ok for a bit,,

I do like the feel of new discs, pads and fluid though... did you do your brake fluid as well??

[The_Judge_]

Good job.. looks good... thought i might need to do mine soon, however it passed its MOT today so they must be ok for a bit,,

I do like the feel of new discs, pads and fluid though... did you do your brake fluid as well??

Front discs and fluid were done a few months ago. I only got round to doing the backs today for budgetary reasons

[The_Judge_]

My cousin from Southampton popped over this week and he brought his new DAS 6 Dual Action polisher. Neither of us had used a polisher before, so today was a busy day on our mutual cars. Quite pleased with the results for a first time effort, it really is much easier when there are two people doing each car! The DAS 6 is really easy to use, seemed virtually impossible to damage or burn the paint with it, so ideal compromise for a first time detailing job.

Started with snowfoam - couldn't quite get the Karcher and Karcher snow foam stuff to produce thick foam, probably because I can only connect my hose to cold water:

Followed by rinse with the pressure wash and then two bucket method hand wash:

Then followed by a clay with Meguiars clay bar:

Followed by a going over with Meguiars Cutting pad and pink cutting liquid:

and finished off with ... Meguiars Finishing pad and Grey colour (but blueberry smelling) finishing wax:

As the car was now very shiny, other things stood out so I cracked out the Meguiars trim restorer and wheel wax. The car surface feels so much more smoother .. The swirls haven't completely been eliminated but it's a fair start I think.

All this was done in the morning, so we did the same again on my cousins white Audi A5 - which was a whole lot easier ...

Now I've had a go at it, I'll definitely be getting my own polisher fairly soon and repeat with my own chemical choice, 3M pads and PoorBoys/Dodo Juice

Thanks for looking.

Edited December 30, 2017 by The_Judge_

[Bacon]

Looks great mate, well worth all that effort

[TriggerFish]

That's a whole different car compared to the state it was in before!

[mjn]

Mmmmmmmm, shiny

[The_Judge_]

Thanks guys, the photo's hide blemishes and chips/scratches in the paintwork which are now very obvious. Overall though, I'm very pleased

[The_Judge_]

I should have done this before this weeks work on the car but hey ho, I painted my rear calipers today

Edited December 30, 2017 by The_Judge_

[Fastasbmw]

Looks good .. did you spray or brush??

[The_Judge_]

Looks good .. did you spray or brush??

Spray - brush would have been neater but I'm impatient ..!

[The_Judge_]

So, someone bumped me in the back of the car today, however it had a weird result, no cracks or dents but now there are two screws protuding OUT of the bumper ??

Edited December 30, 2017 by The_Judge_

[Fastasbmw]

opps.. everyone ok?

I hope the insurance sorts you a new bumper..!!

[The_Judge_]

All good, gonna try and skip insurance if I can ... Already dealing with one insurance incident this month, premiums are high enough already!

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[Bamse]

So unfair how someone can drive in to you and your premiums go up. But then, there isn't much fair about car insurance. Not many businesses now a days that can openly judge you on who you are, where you are from, what you do, your personal circumstances and your sex, and get away with it.

[The_Judge_]

Hugely busy day today (NOT).

Found a few mins to replace my lower centre dash unit with the non-scratched unit I bought at Santa Pod for basically the same price as a can of plasticote

Edited December 30, 2017 by The_Judge_

[dooge]

All these little bits add up! Not sure what those screws are for the bumper?

[The_Judge_]

Sprayed a can of Wynns EGR3 through the MAF/Turbo today - everything still seems to be working afterwards. The engine smells different, seems to idle a bit quieter and it feels like I've performed a throttle adaptive reset. Also sprayed contact cleaner and cleaned to connections on the MAF cable and MAP sensor. Took a few photos along the way, thought I may write up a DIY on removing the manifold after being taught it all by Triggerfish

Also, worked out how to upload videos (lol). Here's footage from when the idiot went into the back of me recently:

https://youtu.be/zhPP3OtysbQ?t=2m24s

Edited October 6, 2015 by The_Judge_

[The_Judge_]

First time I've ever had quality beading on my car!

Edited December 30, 2017 by The_Judge_

[Fastasbmw]

Beading looks great... something I must do to mine... give it a good polish...!!

[kirkynut]

Looking good mate. I was lucky to get a sun glasses holder and the bit above that is like new in mine! The scratches irritate me so I was lucky!

You've got to love a bit of beading, especially on black.

Kirkynut

[The_Judge_]

Picked up the car after the rear bumper repairs, all looking good

[Ashley1995]

Looking good!

[Maxtek]

Almost as good as those bins

[The_Judge_]

Almost as good as those bins

Lol, my landlord's bins ... :

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