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detailing how to and gratuitous s1 exige photos

Post by jj » Sun Dec 30, 2007 6:09 pm

I was looking at some pics from the september SIDC day and realised I hadnt washed the zige since, so decided in my hungover state to give it a good "detailing" :lol: . Also, someone had kindly spat all over the windscreen and front clam when i left it parked in town last night (again :roll: ) so wanted to get rid of the jakey-gob.

I started off with looking for the bucket, which had vanished, along with my preferred pound-shop sponge. I eventually found a bucket in the shed and a sponge that was just the ticket.

Some £1.49 car shampoo in a turtlewax style bottle (looking at it closely, it clearly came from the same poundshop as the sponges :lol: ) was liberally emptied into said bucket and off I went out to the car.

Now, not wanting to go into this detailing business half arsed, it was 3pm so I had put aside approximately 40mins pre-darkness to work some magic.

This thorough clean applied to the inside also, where I removed the mats and gave them a beating.

Grey hides dirt well :wink:


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I used the sleeve of my hoodie and my finger to remove bits of tar and this nice "burnt exhaust" effect from the rear clam :lol:


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cleans up well!


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i am wide :D


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job done


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Will do until spring when its going to get a mini-makeover and someone else can polish it properly - its waaaay to cold at the moment!

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Post by Shug » Sun Dec 30, 2007 6:15 pm

:lol:

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Post by ExigeKen » Sun Dec 30, 2007 8:55 pm

Shug wrote::lol:

Contender for JJ's Funniest Post Ever! Good style ;)
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Post by Stewart » Sun Dec 30, 2007 9:12 pm

JJ

Drop it of at mine this week and I'll get it back to you in time for the spring all nice and shiny :twisted: :D

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Still looks good even when mauket (sp?)!
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Post by ExigeKen » Sun Dec 30, 2007 9:19 pm

Stewart wrote:JJ

Drop it of at mine this week and I'll get it back to you in time for the spring all nice and shiny :twisted: :D

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What a great idea :lol:
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Post by Victor Meldrew » Sun Dec 30, 2007 10:30 pm

£1.49 from a pound shop...... :evil: thats just plain wrong mate :wink:
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Post by Jamie84 » Sun Dec 30, 2007 10:56 pm

cant believe you leave you car over night in town !

I am scared leaving mines in george square for half an hour !

Last time I was in pancho villas for dinner I had a window seat facing right on to my car . At least 5 people TOUCHED it . :( A junkie even knocked the front clam as if sayin to himself

"hmmmm aye fiberglass right enough"

I wasnt happy

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Post by CSK_423 » Mon Dec 31, 2007 12:13 am

Any £1.49 car shampoo left over ? I've got an Audi in a similar state, 3 months since it was washed last iirc. What a great job you've done, when can I drop it off :)

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Post by jj » Mon Dec 31, 2007 1:20 am

Cheers chaps :lol: .


Last nights gob came from leaving it parked underneath the kingston bridge near harry ramsdens. Heaps of junkies round that neck of the proverbial woods.

I used to worry leaving my first s1 in town (theres a post from way back then when it too was gobbed on by a junky mofo) but with the exiges I have adopted the "if it happens it happens" approach. So far so good, and I leave them all over town. I am living in G1 from next month too so cant really avoid it :lol:

Feck knows how those boys can be arsed spending literally days washing cars and applying wax with their fingertips :shock:

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Post by Sanjøy » Mon Dec 31, 2007 3:12 am

Cannot read teh number plate on the benz right now, waiting to get pulled, will try to remember tomorrow to wipe.
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Post by Rag_It » Mon Dec 31, 2007 3:41 am

Must try harder....... :wink:

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Post by gorrie » Mon Dec 31, 2007 10:39 am

:lol: Great post JJ.. it will only be mocket again in a few days.
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Post by ExigeKen » Mon Dec 31, 2007 12:45 pm

gorrie wrote::lol: Great post JJ.. it will only be mocket again in a few days.
Wise words Andy, cant see any colour or stripes on my Exige at the moment :wink:
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Post by BiggestNizzy » Mon Dec 31, 2007 12:59 pm

ExigeKen wrote:
gorrie wrote::lol: Great post JJ.. it will only be mocket again in a few days.
Wise words Andy, cant see any colour or stripes on my Exige at the moment :wink:
every cloud has a silver lining then ken ;)
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Post by r055 » Mon Dec 31, 2007 1:00 pm

shooomer wrote: Is it the pic or have you got really small tyres on the front?

Nah, its just further away from the rear in the photograph! :wink: :lol:
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