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Now the VR's become a second car, it only gets used once every 2-3 weeks. Decided to give it a run last night and although it started fine it had a paddy fit and stalled 6 times whilst I was waiting for it to warm up. Once it was warm then it was perfect. Although I think the above in this case is something else I can't help wondering if I'm not using it enough? Even if its just leaving it running for x amount, how often 'ideally' should I be using it? Cheers

I was thinking of removing it all purely for weight and the fact I use the car once a fortnight even if it did work I wouldn't use it very much. Is there anything behind the dash I'd have to replace or is it all just a removal job?

I'm thinking of removing the A/C out of my VR as it's not worked from day one (either compressor or wiring, pipes are fine). Will I have to change anything other than the belt when removing this? Plus, is it a dash out job? Cheers

And you still wont give me it! :(

I'll have the engine! :)

We can go to you or you can come to us. Obviously it's a bit cheaper for you to come here. Yes the price is for bookings taken before then, not done before then. The price quoted is for a full machine polish, which is the exterior only, we do the engine bay as well but only a basic clean inc in the price (full chromed affairs etc would be a bit extra). We can give you a price on the interior depending on what your wanting. http://www.executivedetailing.co.uk - is our site and this thread is some work we've done. http://www.the-corrado.net/.archive/forum/viewto ... &start=105 Just as a comparison, we've just done a Ford Ka (same job) and that was £250 as he wasn't on a forum. PM me if you have any questions! Cheers! Andy

Not another one!

Is this a get another and put on sort of problem or something bigger that caused it? The car hasn't being used for nearly 2 weeks, could that have caused it?

Just tried to start the engine and heard a loud bang/pop. Looked underneath and saw this resting on the downpipe. What is it, can it be fixed relatively easily and should I be really worried? :( Fingers Crossed! :?

Ok guys, this is the deal! We've recently revised our prices and they've gone up somewhat! Don't worry, until the end of September we're not upping the forum price to anywhere near that! Full Machine Polish Booked Before The End Of September £160 (normally £250 for 1 day/full machine polish) If we do get a cancellation in the future then we might post it up here as its better to work for a cheaper price than not at all! Cheers!

Porsche 911 Carrera This was probably one of most satisfying details we've done for quite some time, the finish we achieved was one of the best considering the condition of the car to begin with. A Sept 02 car with 35k on the clock, it looked like it hadn't being cleaned since it came from Porsche! The pictures don't tell all of the story though, the paint felt as rough as sandpaper as well! Here's what we did to the car throughout the 8 hours we were there! Door & Boot Shuts This was the first stage in the detail. We sprayed the door shuts with Meguiars Super Degreaser via the pressure pump sprayer, leaving it for about a minute before wiping them down with microfibres. After the dirt was removed we used the pressure washer (turned off so only on trickle) to rinse off any remaining loose dirt and degreaser. The front luggage compartment also had the same treatment, with the added part of using a toothbrush to get in the cracks. Wheel Arches Now we knew that the car hadn't being cleaned for quite a while and it was a daily driver but the sheer amount of dirt we got from them was boggling! Meguiars Super Degreaser was used once again on the inside of the arches, along with a couple of brushes and the pressure washer. Alloy Wheels These thankfully weren't as bad as the rest of the car so Degreaser and some Meguiars Hyper Wash with water were all that was needed. A cloth and a Bullet Alloy Wheel brush was used to get them clean. The pressure washer was then used to rinse them down, this process was then repeated. Washing Now we're onto the shampoo stage we got out the Gilmour Gun, filled with Snowfoam and a touch of Meguiars Hyper Wash. The car was rinsed off using the Pressure Washer first of course before we started covering the car in the shampoo solution. Edge Wash Schmitts were used to wipe off the dirt from the car, in the picture below you can see the muck that came off the bonnet. Claying Meguiars Mild (Blue) clay was the weapon of choice for this car, and boy did we need it! The car felt rough to the touch, almost like it had acne, although the upwards facing panels were clear! This is one of the claybars after just one side panel! 2nd Wash & Dry After we'd clayed the car we gave it another wash using the solution and process above. Once we'd rinsed it off using the pressure washer we dried the car using a spritz of Meguiars Last Touch and Sonus Der Wunder Drying Towels. Machine Polishing Now we had a clean and dry car, we could see what we were up against. The bodywork was appaling! It was full of swirl scratches and a lot of holograms, which from what we were told appeared after a 'home claying' session! These are just some of the panels we were facing! Thankfully the paint was relatively easy and soft to work with. After a couple of trials we settled on Meguiars #38 with Sonus SFX Cutting Pad (Yellow), that way we could achieve what we were after with just one pass, occasionally going for two to remove or reduce deeper scratches. Here are some before and afters. Exhausts Theres nothing worse than having a clean and shiny car than having a grubby, rusty exhaust (or exhausts in this case)! After some soapy water, we used 000 Gauze Metal Scourer. This removed the rust particles and ground in exhaust deposits. They were then finished off with Meguiars NXT Metal Cleaner. Waxing/Finishing The car was now very glossy but needed that final touch to make it truly glossy and wet looking. Given the cars outside life and the owners preference, we decided to use CG Jetseal. Two coats were put on the car, 30 minutes apart, and then wiped off using Sonus Plush Microfibres. Meguiars Glass Cleaner and #38 was then used to clean and protect the glass and rubber respectively. Now the car was washed, polished, waxed and protected, the only thing left to do was to remove any wax residue. Usually we use fine soft brushes but as we'd misplaced them we used good old Baby Buds! Final Pics Here are the final pictures, some with the top up and some with the top down. It was a joy to work on and the owner was really pleased! Thanks for reading!

What clay's that?

Ibiza Cupra? Audi S2? Leon Cupra R? (Price??) My VR6 for £7k! :lol: Audi TT? Rare Golf MK1/2? Puma Racing? (errrm, prob not!) Focus ST170? Alfa Spider V6?

You selling!?!?!?!?

You'll have to forgive me if some of this doesn't make sense as I'm a bit distracted at the moment by the stunning looks of this car! This Ferrari 360 Spider comes out about once a month and has only done 14,000 miles in it's 2(ish) years. No full machine polish this time but pretty much everything else from the engine bay to a good clay. This is what greeted us. The first step was to wash all the flies off with a good blast from Mr Jetwash. I'll also point out that I've not gone insane whilst doing this, we just wanted to make sure we didn't catch the fabric hood too much, hence the angle I'm holding the lance at. Let's not forget the rear diffuser! Now onto the washing section, using a couple of Edge Schmitts and snowfoam through the Gilmour Gun. After the car had being cleaned (twice), we brought out the Mild Clay and started on the bodywork. Very little was found so no pics of a black piece of clay this time! Drying time now! Sonus Der Wunder Drying Towels again with a spritz of Meguiars Last Touch. Yes this is a pose with the towel as we'd forgotten to take one mid-process! The next step we had to stop and have a rest a few times as we were cleaning the engine bay and it was that nice (car geek alert!) we started to get a little faint with excitement! Meg's NXT Polish, Meg's Interior NXT Cleaner (for the black engine plastics) and some degreaser was used in this process. With the engine being such a beauty, Ferrari decided to put a window on the hood so you could see it all the time! Here's me cleaning that part with some Meg's Glass Cleaner, it was a bit of a stretch as you can see! This is one wide car! The wheels were done now, using Meg's Super Degreaser to get the grime off and Collonite 476S to protect and shine. Here's that rear diffuser again, protected and shined with Meguiars NXT Interior, which is appalingly shiny for the inside but great on engine plastics and areas like that. Now it's time to get the hood down! You had to start the car to do this, hence the look on my face! The bit's around where the hood was before it went away was then cleaned as it was out of reach before. The boot, errrr, front Luggage Compartment was next in line for a clean and protect! Don't forget those door shuts! Or more importantly, those brushed aluminium door shuts! Meguiar's NXT Metal Polish was used here as Harry is demonstrating. The wax we, or rather the customer chose, was the elusive CG Jetseal. He wanted it to last a while so this fit the bill. It's a dream to apply and even easier to buff off! 2 coats put on 30 mins apart. You can just about see the wax on the bonnet in the picture below. And here we are ladies and gentlefolk, the finished Ferrari 360 Spider. It was a pleasure to work on! Thanks for reading and enjoy! Cue drool. We've also being invited back to do his Porsche 911 Carerra and Range Rover Vogue. :)

Has anyone got a picture that a magazine did of all golf versions in a row? Being googling for ages and can't seem to find it again. Cheers

Write up removed to reduce pic size on this page. Ardandy! Cheers!

I believe the initial fee for becoming Zymol apporved is £5000 and then £3000 per year after that.

Just got back from Jamaica! 8) Last chance for this offer!

Ok guys, this is the deal! I'm getting married this thursday->friday and then going to Jamaica on Monday, which means we''l be unable to do any cars OR take any bookings to do for when I get back as I don't intend on answering my mobile on a beach! Soooooo....... As an incentive and so we're not sat on our backsides after my hols we're doing a cut price machine polish (the same detail as the Cupra R) on Saturday 14th July! It's unlikely that we'll get a booking before this wednesday for then so this benefits us both! Full Machine Polish 14th July 2007 £120 (normally a minimum of £140 for a 106 sized car) You would have to be in Keighley, West Yorks for 9.00am on the Saturday (or leave it with us on Friday). If we do get a cancellation in the future then we might post it up here as its better to work for a cheaper price than not at all! Cheers!

We have one of my favourite cars here, the Seat Leon Cupra R! Simon and his missus came up from Birmingham to sunny Yorkshire (no it really was sunny!). Here's the car. A full machine polish was in order and we began by giving the car a bloody good jetwash and started the washing process. The arches, alloys and door/boot shuts were the first to get the 'Executive' treatment! Meguiars Super Degreaser and APC was used in these areas. From that point we started the washing process using the Gilmour Gun combined with a mix of warm water, Meg's hyper Wash and Snowstorm. Lambs Wool Wash Mitts, a couple of buckets and the jetwash also featured. The car was clayed all over, not too much came off it, and was then re-washed using the same process. The Cupra was then dried off with Sonus Der Wunder Drying Towels and Meguiars Last Touch, making sure any water traps and the shuts were dried off too! At this point we could see what we were up against, in this case a very swirly Leon with hard VAG paint! Here's the swirls. Having found out on a test area that Meguiars #83 alone was not good enough, we eventually decided on a combination of Menzerna Power Gloss and then Megs #83. The sun was very hot so we had to break out the canopy at times but it did ease off as time went on. Here's me in action! We carried this on for the whole car and got sun burnt in the process! The alloy wheels were waxed using Collonite, the plastic and rubber trim were cleaned and treated using Meguiars #38 and the glass was done using Megs Glass Cleaner. The whole car was treated to 2 layers (24 hours apart) of Collonite 476S, which was Simons preference as he wanted a longer lasting option. I had planned on having a lot of pics for each step but we were too busy that we forgot! I'd say that on some parts of the car (mainly the rear quarters and above the doors) were so heavily swirled that we only achieved a 70-80% de-swirl on those areas. If we'd have realised this we would have planned for more time. Here are the finished, polished and waxed piccies of the Cupra R! Thanks For Reading. This is a snapshot of what we used for doing this!

It was Andy at PSI Tuning that said it. Are the MK3's alloy or just as heavy as standard ones? Cheers!

I've just being told that the MK3 Calipers are a straight swap and are more reliable than the MK4's?

Who's C&R? :?

All I get is "We're sorry but our phone systems are having problems at the moment, please try later"........beep...beep...beep Bloody call centres!