Making the most of your bank holiday?
Making the most of your bank holiday?
I'm guessing a lot of people here have used the sunny bank holiday wisely and given their Z a good wash? time to get rid of that nasty road salt.
Who's is shiniest, lets see your bank holiday cleaning pics...
Heres my effort from today, just a basic wash and polish.
Who's is shiniest, lets see your bank holiday cleaning pics...
Heres my effort from today, just a basic wash and polish.
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Re: Making the most of your bank holiday?
Looks good rich
I haven't washed mine but have used it past two days and fitted my bendy aerial!
I haven't washed mine but have used it past two days and fitted my bendy aerial!
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Treat it to a wash and handjobZ3cade wrote:Looks good rich
I haven't washed mine but have used it past two days and fitted my bendy aerial!
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I'm going to give it a spring wash tomorrow mate, AG shampoo, towel dry then a Megs quick wax to keep her topped up
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Good stuffZ3cade wrote:I'm going to give it a spring wash tomorrow mate, AG shampoo, towel dry then a Megs quick wax to keep her topped up
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Washed mine today, straightforward Turtle Wax and Shine shampoo. Also did wheel arches and water jetted underside. No time left to polish but during drying off inspection have `gained' a lot of swirl marks that need attention - busy time ahead.
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mines still in polishing stage....here where im up to..
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Well done Wayne, looks fantastic
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cheers Liam.....been doing some reading on how to get the best results from the SRP and it seems to be working
taking it nice and steady with the paint....maybe a glaze after this and iv a choice of waxes to go at......iv promised myself im not buying anything till iv used what iv got
taking it nice and steady with the paint....maybe a glaze after this and iv a choice of waxes to go at......iv promised myself im not buying anything till iv used what iv got
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Badman gee wrote:Treat it to a..... handjobZ3cade wrote:Looks good rich
I haven't washed mine but have used it past two days and fitted my bendy aerial!
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Re: Making the most of your bank holiday?
got it fitted then? thats good. perhaps you could do a "how to" with photos in the knowledge base ?Z3cade wrote:Looks good rich
I haven't washed mine but have used it past two days and fitted my bendy aerial!
looks good swamper. i really must get some of those lovely headlights!
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Re: Making the most of your bank holiday?
whats wrong with the ones you have ?
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Re: Making the most of your bank holiday?
Well done to all of you...given the weather you're enjoying...
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They have old fashioned yellow bits and look cloudy and old compared to yours.swamper wrote:whats wrong with the ones you have ?
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you could always clean the headlights lens up and removed the indicator lens ...but on a coloured car i think the orange looks good...nice bit of contrast ...on a silver car they look rubbish and need to be removed ..jmoRichP wrote:They have old fashioned yellow bits and look cloudy and old compared to yours.swamper wrote:whats wrong with the ones you have ?
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What do you use to clean it? It seems like its cloudy on the inside, can they be taken apart and cleaned thoroughly?
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Clean and drive that's Cadair Idris the mountain between the cars brilliant to drive around and a testing climb
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My efforts from today
Wash, dry, quick detail then coat of quick wax
Wash, dry, quick detail then coat of quick wax
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yep you can put them in the oven to warm the sealant up to split them .RichP wrote:What do you use to clean it? It seems like its cloudy on the inside, can they be taken apart and cleaned thoroughly?
very nice guys ...keep the pics coming
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Very nice!
Looks like a nice drive in snowdonia there. I'm a bit north of that, so we tend to go around Anglesey area.
I'm always impressed how shiny z3's are, even compared to brand new cars.
Looks like a nice drive in snowdonia there. I'm a bit north of that, so we tend to go around Anglesey area.
I'm always impressed how shiny z3's are, even compared to brand new cars.
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Gave mine a wash yesterday and a quick coat of Autoglym SRP and then a bit of cheap fast wax for now until it gets a proper detail. It was only washed on Friday, but after about 360 miles in it on Saturday it was filthy again. Looks a little better now though
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just got back from a nice weekend in ironbridge,was going to take the zed but glad i didnt, there so much salt about on the roads around there,and in notts.
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Spent more time driving mine than cleaning it. It did get a wash on Saturday, but the weather was too good on Friday to miss:
Cheers R.
Cheers R.
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Re: Making the most of your bank holiday?
you werent brave enough to leave the hardtop at home?
nice scenery though, where is that?
nice scenery though, where is that?
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Great pics Robert nice to see a zed out and about being used even in this weather
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Nice to see the zed being used.great pics Rob.is it the lakes?
We had a run sun .Horseshoe pass .llangollen and on to llandudno .cant post a pic coz it comes up "quota has been reached". ???
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We had a run sun .Horseshoe pass .llangollen and on to llandudno .cant post a pic coz it comes up "quota has been reached". ???
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I've not had the time (or inclination) to take the hardtop off yet, as it is stored in my FILs garage and takes a bit of coordination to get it done.
Yes, it is the Lakes. I went up to see my folks for Easter. First one is by Dungeon Ghyll and the others are taken from near Langdale Youth Hostel.
Moz - when posting pics from Tapatalk, elect to have Tapatalk host them and not the forum - we don't have the space to host everyone's pics, so you are just using Tapatalk in the same way that you would use Photobucket/Flickr/etc. when posting from a web browser.
Cheers R.
Yes, it is the Lakes. I went up to see my folks for Easter. First one is by Dungeon Ghyll and the others are taken from near Langdale Youth Hostel.
Moz - when posting pics from Tapatalk, elect to have Tapatalk host them and not the forum - we don't have the space to host everyone's pics, so you are just using Tapatalk in the same way that you would use Photobucket/Flickr/etc. when posting from a web browser.
Cheers R.
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Cheers Rob,
It works....Horseshoe pass.
Mrs M. At the Ponderosa .top of the pass
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It works....Horseshoe pass.
Mrs M. At the Ponderosa .top of the pass
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