My 16v Corrado.. Featured in this months (Jan 2010) PVW!

[zak 0]

Bally as my bro says the silver centres deffo bring out the colour in your car for the better. Reminds me of wheni first saw your car parked in hounslow a few years ago when your rc's were silver, it has that fresh look back.

[Bally 0]

dayymm they look cool...i done a phtoshop a while ago on mine...but they didnt look like they do in your pics!

 

respects paaji, you got some stretch goin on at the rear:p

 

i proper want to see your car in real life brv

 

:Bacardi:

 

Singh

 

Cheers bro.. Im at most of the meets.. mostly cov, but should be at the west london meet on monday all being well... 8)

 

hey b, all this arguing :confused4: you know those rims were about since 04 right?

 

p.s. The silver centers have definatly bought out the blue in the colour 8)

 

No.. these are the new modernlines... the older ones had more dish, the centres on these come out more... thanks bro...

 

im not arguing, just friendly banter lol

 

nor was I... indeed... :D

 

Bally as my bro says the silver centres deffo bring out the colour in your car for the better. Reminds me of wheni first saw your car parked in hounslow a few years ago when your rc's were silver, it has that fresh look back.

 

thanks yeh I remeber them pics you took... thats 4yrs ago!!

 

anyways more pics......................

 

 

 

 

[Goldie 2]

 

Looks the elephants danglies, brilliant....

[Bally 0]

Thanks Fella :D

[herisites 0]

 

Looks the elephants danglies, brilliant....

 

My thoughts exactly 8)

[KADVR6 0]

thats looking bloody great.

 

and heres my new screensaver 8)

[Bally 0]

thanks chaps 8)

[Andy665 0]

Looks so right its untrue - it gels together perfectly - love it :D

[Philuk 0]

well buggar me sideways. i have only just reaised that yours is a 16v, mine being the vr6 im struggling quite a bit to get the wheels to stop catching ont he back so i thought i would look at yours to see how the sat on the rear, mine stick out more than yours and i couldnt suss out why (being the same et etc) then i read the top of the page, Bally's 16v. smeg lol

 

ah well mine are gonna get some beef taken off em to get em to fit a bit better lol , not going as low as yours is i just want it to stop catching now! :D

 

still love yours mate :D

[JBOB 0]

It just gets better and better :shock: 8)

[Cheapmods 0]

looking really swish mate, love the wheels! - wheel idea thief! i still had mine first lol (given yours are 9 all round mine are 9 on rear with 7.5 for front)

 

1st dibs on the wheels Phil :wave:

 

 

wondered how long it would be lol

you asked me where i got mine from and ordered em from the same place! lol

 

still looks really really well tho :D i want mint doing so bad now! :D

 

well lol you stilla sked me where i got mine from lol ;) even if they didnt come from the same place

 

im not arguing, just friendly banter lol

 

 

 

 

 

Friendly banter or not, you're gonna break a certain smiley... care to guess which one :shades:

 

 

Back on topic, can't say enough about the car. looks sooo fresh!! :notworthy: :notworthy:

[Bally 0]

thanks all for all yr comments...

[Jim 2]

New rad fan switch sorted out the hot running then Bally..?

[Bally 0]

New rad fan switch sorted out the hot running then Bally..?

 

Evening Jim

 

we replaced the fan switch 2wks ago but was suplied with the wrong one by G&S so we replaced it again & also fitted a genuine thermostat as the pattern part we fitted with the new water pump didnt seem to be up to the job... so far running alot cooler, although valvers do run warm in summer weather, keeping an eye on how it behaves as planning a big road trip next month... big thanks to davidwort for all his help & knownledge :D

[Philuk 0]

did i spy a sneaky pic in PVW this month!? or is there another one about thats same colour with the wheels aswell! lol :D

 

[Bally 0]

did i spy a sneaky pic in PVW this month!? or is there another one about thats same colour with the wheels aswell! lol :D

 

 

Yeah I spotted that in PVW this month.. thanks...

[kimt 0]

Hi

 

Saw the car at m.i.v.w,just beautiful :D

 

KIM

[Bally 0]

Hi

 

Saw the car at m.i.v.w,just beautiful :D

 

KIM

 

Thanks Mate, I did the 720 mile trip to MIVW in the valver.. just hit 200k aswell

 

Had the car fully detailed before MIVW I will add pics...

 

 

 

 

 

200k

[Bally 0]

taken from brothers post on DW

 

My brothers been on at me to detail his Corrado, so with the run up to a show he was attending in Holland this weekend (M.I.V.W.) I set aside a few days.. but that wasn't to be, this week we had some pretty poor weather, I'm sure you'll agree!

 

Having machine polished a certain other Corrado G60, also making its way to the same show, the weather turned on us.

 

Anyway, day before he was off his road trip (750 mile round trip) the weather was on our side..

 

Pretty tired from 2 days of previous machine polishing on that black Corrado I did twice, now that's 3 times! my body was aching.

 

Here's how it began,

 

Starting with a few general shots

 

 

 

 

 

Now this car is a daily driver, no trailer queen or show puss..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Showing minor defects, but not bad considering the last time I touched it was 12 months ago..

 

He's done a pretty good job of keeping it as defect free as he could. Washed, single bucket method with lambs wool washmitt, hosed, UQD, dressing. That's been his routine for 12 months. Just taken alot of care and never let the dirt build up to level which he couldn't keep ontop of. I was pretty impressed as I've seen far worse with pre-foaming and 2BM.

 

Moving on..

 

First plan of attack was the wheels,

 

 

Hit with Bilberry wheel cleaner, EZ Detail brush and a double sided Cosco washmit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wheels were rotated so I could get better access to the inner wheels near the callipers, the EZ brush wasn't getting in, also gave me better access to the callipers too.

 

 

Sprayed off

 

 

 

Leaving this.

 

 

The other 3 hit up at the same time too.

[Bally 0]

Next up, pre-foam using Megs Hyperwash. 1cm in a 1ltr bottle rest filled with warm water.

 

 

Tested..

 

 

Happy with that..

 

 

 

 

 

 

Looking like it had tin of emulsion poured over her..

 

 

While it was dwelling I got the wash process prepared, CG Maxi Suds.

 

 

 

2 squirts with the plunge

 

 

Agitated gently with the wash mitt.

 

 

back to the car,

 

 

 

5mins of dwelling

 

 

 

Sprayed off, then hand washed.

 

After which it was sprayed off to leave following,

 

 

Showing very small amounts of protection. Last wax was several coats of P21s and the Megs UQD after every wash..

 

 

 

To get the maximum results the car was clayed. The paint didn't feel at all contaminated, but seeing and feeling are two different things. 1 piece of clay was cut in half.

 

 

Using Megs LT as clay lube this is how the bar looked after doing the bonnet.

 

So I proceeded..

 

 

 

 

Yup, multi-tasking...

 

 

 

The surface was all drying up so re-washed..

 

 

 

And dried with Miracle Dryer

 

 

So time to inspect the paint..

 

 

Overcast was about throughout the day, so you wouldn't really say it had defects

 

 

 

Not even that bad with the brinkman, very slight defects.

 

 

 

[Bally 0]

The above was of the drivers wing which had some minor blemishes, swirls and light scratches..

 

All in all the paint work was fairly defect free. I tried Menz FF, 3m Ultra Fine and Megs #80.. But wanted something to give me a level of correction and crisp clear sharp and rich finish good enough for LSP. Lower parts were fairly swirled, RIDS not really an issue on this car.

 

 

So went with Megs #83 on a 3m high gloss waffle pad on the Makita.

 

Spread at 600rpm, then a couple of passes at 1200rpm and then for me up to 1500rpm. I find the steady breakdown of #83 to work better at this slightly higher speed personally, but the paint on this car is soft. It was fully resprayed 2 years ago, with several extra coats of clear.

 

After working upto 1500rpm for 4 - 5 mins the residue was nearly all gone, so reduce to 1200rpm for a couple of finishing passes - the residue nearly completely gone.

 

I got about 1/2 way round the car and the heavens opened.. So with really no time to spare I got out my gazebo which I use at trade events.

 

 

 

 

 

Dried the car down with the Miracle dryer and set myself up ready to finish off where I left.

 

Some before and afters

 

 

Before

 

 

After

 

 

 

Before

 

 

After

 

 

 

 

After of the rear. The defects on the rear and lower sides of the car were the worse, now its apparent the 1 bucket method was inflicting swirls into the paint..

 

The rear lights removed, so I could re-tint those since the top section was fading out to a orange.

 

 

Moving on with the correction,

 

 

 

Before

 

 

After

 

 

 

 

 

 

What a difference in clarity and most of all Colour! getting richer and deeper. The paint being flat and quite dry. The colour is simply amazing. Seeing his car every day I can't remember the last time when I noticed all the pearlescent and flips glowing through :)

 

 

 

 

Roof

 

 

Before

 

 

After. The haze you see on the right wasn't wiped down and was caught through the flash.

 

 

Few generals machine polishing shots

 

 

 

 

 

[Bally 0]

You can already see the difference in colour, without the residue being wiped off during polishing, from the wing to the door.

 

 

Only the front bumper to go..

 

 

 

Random shot while I was polishing away..

 

 

Flash off

 

 

Flash on.

 

 

Bumper now done.

 

So with the machine polishing all done, I was happy with the level of correction and finish achieved. Never seen it looking this good, it looked good enough to take away as it was!

 

So, moving on the LSP..

 

 

Car was wiped down with Menz Top Inspection.

 

 

 

Now the bit I've been looking forward to.. Zaino :D

 

Z2 was mixed with 5 drops of ZFX.

 

 

 

Shaken and applied with Zaino applicator pads.

 

 

 

 

Left to cure for 20-25 mins.

 

Wiped of and spritz down with Z6, before another coat of Z2 ZFX'd

 

 

Once that was done, at around 11pm at night, while the neighbours are thinking what the heck we were doing.. the car was finally completed, lights reinstalled and wiped down with Z8.

 

 

AFTERS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apologies for the grainy pics, not an expert and taking photos in the dark.

 

Some from 6 in the morning before he set off to Dover to catch the ferry

 

 

 

 

 

Few comments on the Zaino. Z2, added an amazing amount of slickness and gloss, 2nd coat this was even more apparent. Z6 was good aid at removing any smear left from the Z2 after removal between the coats, given time maybe a 3rd or 4th coat would have been applied. Z8, the flake just popped even more and added a glass type quality which the pictures in the afters do no show very well. I remember the day the car rolled out of the paint shop after it was resprayed 2 yrs ago.. It looks even slicker and glossier :thumb: ... needless to say my brother was pretty gobsmacked at the results and i'll now be making sure to help keep ontop of the finish.

 

Thanks for taking the time to read this thread.

 

Cheers,

Am

[rolex 0]

:luvlove: :notworthy: :luvlove:

 

Well done, alot of hard work an attention to detail there. Think i would of had to wrapped it in bubble wrap,before setting off :)

[barryarginnraddo 0]

i particularly like you car. Especially the rear lights, they float my boat, and the exhaust.

 

Hopefully get to see it in the flesh some time, keep up the good work!!

[Jim 2]

Fricking awesome! :luvlove: