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17th April 2010, 05:50 PM
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Today I got to do the Wife..........s Rocco
 She won't let me drive it so I s'pose I have to do with detailing it.  So, the products Neutral PH Snow Foam Dodo Juice Born To Be Mild 250ml Poorboy’s Clay Bar XL - New ClearKote Quik Shine Poorboy’s Super Swirl Remover SSR2 Light/Medium Abrasive Cut Poorboy's Super Swirl Remover SSR1 Light Abrasive Cut My trusty porter cable DA polisher. Medium and light pads AG SRP Poorboy’s EX-P (Sealant) Collinite No. 915 Marque D'Elegance Poorboy’s Trim Restorer Meguiar's Endurance High Gloss Tyre Gel AG Fast Glass Loadsa MFs The process: Snowfoam Pressure Washer Clean the wheels with wheel brush Scrub the tyres Pressure wash inner arches Rinse with scrubbed water! Bought one of these:  Gives me 2ppm water so no physical drying required and no water spots and I can wash in direct sunlight. Bought it here. Then into the garage and clay bar and QS lightly. Car was new but surprised by bonded containments coming off, then again it is 5 months old. Inspection shown only the bonnet with some spiderwebs and a few minor blemishes on the roof. So 2 hits of 2.5 on the bonnet and 1 of 1.0 on the bonnet and rest of the car. A single coat of SRP and hand buff off. A single coat of Ex-P and hand buff off. One coat of Collinite today and another tomorrow. Trim restorer on all the plastic and Megs Endurance on the tyres. The results?     Missus is well pleased. Still don't get to drive it and probably get little else!  CtL
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Conan (the Librarian) Watch it if you dare Currently, 2000 S8, Merlin Purple, Leather Pack 1, Winter Pack 1, SPAX adjustable suspension, AP Racing 6 pot front caliper, 385mm fully floating disks, EBC Yellow Stuff Pads, Black Diamond grooved rear disks and predetor pads, D2 Doctors Brake Block. 1997 4.2 A8SQ - the Projekt. 12 years and ongoing! 1997 4.2 A8SQ - Ming Blue. Restoration sat waiting; saved from the Scrapyard 2003 C5 Allroad 4.2Q - Cobolt Blue. Towing car. Laid up awaiting manual conversion. 2005 C5 Allroad 2.5TDi FE - Grey - Workhorse. 2015 Q3QS SLine - Daytona Grey. Lots of extras! Long Haired Admirals cutter. Previously 2003 C5 A6 1.9TDI FWD - Loaner from D2 Doctor Lifex 1997 S8 - Ming Blue. Loaned out and written off. I loved that car. My first engine swap after cambelt failure. 1996 4.2 A8SQ - Ming Blue. 178k on a cambelt! Trader's 8. Delivered to A8Parts at Lifex. 2003 2.8 A8SQ - powder blueish. Fill in for a while. Sold on. 1998 1.8T A4 Avant FWD. Ming Blue (there's a theme here), PEX for the 97 S8. And a list of non VAG going back 40 years before I saw the light. 
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17th April 2010, 06:30 PM
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Looks awesome Mike! lovely colour car too! I bet she was watching you with her beady eyes every second whilst you slaved away to make sure you weren't slacking
whilst it won't win you any thing, it WILL have the reverse effect and stop negative thoughts about you and any time spent outside working on cars for just a few precious seconds! 
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17th April 2010, 08:37 PM
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Looks great Mike.
Must be good starting off with a base car that's got little defects to start with, no?
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18th April 2010, 05:05 PM
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Tis my children's weights bench. Got a bit of use as youngest got ready to join the marines. hasn't seen much since!
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Conan (the Librarian) Watch it if you dare Currently, 2000 S8, Merlin Purple, Leather Pack 1, Winter Pack 1, SPAX adjustable suspension, AP Racing 6 pot front caliper, 385mm fully floating disks, EBC Yellow Stuff Pads, Black Diamond grooved rear disks and predetor pads, D2 Doctors Brake Block. 1997 4.2 A8SQ - the Projekt. 12 years and ongoing! 1997 4.2 A8SQ - Ming Blue. Restoration sat waiting; saved from the Scrapyard 2003 C5 Allroad 4.2Q - Cobolt Blue. Towing car. Laid up awaiting manual conversion. 2005 C5 Allroad 2.5TDi FE - Grey - Workhorse. 2015 Q3QS SLine - Daytona Grey. Lots of extras! Long Haired Admirals cutter. Previously 2003 C5 A6 1.9TDI FWD - Loaner from D2 Doctor Lifex 1997 S8 - Ming Blue. Loaned out and written off. I loved that car. My first engine swap after cambelt failure. 1996 4.2 A8SQ - Ming Blue. 178k on a cambelt! Trader's 8. Delivered to A8Parts at Lifex. 2003 2.8 A8SQ - powder blueish. Fill in for a while. Sold on. 1998 1.8T A4 Avant FWD. Ming Blue (there's a theme here), PEX for the 97 S8. And a list of non VAG going back 40 years before I saw the light.
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21st April 2010, 12:08 PM
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Gorgeous car.
these are amazing, so different to anything else on the road.
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