Helloooo!
I've spent all day today on the car. I bought a DA polisher a few months ago in the hope it would help with all the bird poo acid from being left out all last summer (I'll never let it go!
It's contributed to the rust that's appeared in a few places for sure).
I've been up and down about it but Currys have got £30 off it at the minute so bought the Bissel spot clean too.
Now I have all the tools I could possibly ever need to keep them looking good.
I used the Meguiar's clay bar and their 3 step ultimate system; compound, polish and wax.
It has taken me all day (I had to wait a bit for it to cool down to do all the machine polishing) and I'm exhausted but it really has made a great difference and I'm glad I just bought everything myself as I'd have ended up paying £400-£500 to get the results I got.
It's REALLY hard to show the results with it being white but it's nice and glossy now. Lets see if I can add some pics of the day.....
New weapons:
Another little job done; re-whiting the info centre text/markers. The info centre has been playing up a bit this past few days despite all of the love it's had. It' doesn't go off, the display just has a bit of a digital breakdown displaying parts of numbers and part bars of fuel.
I used a new rubber on a pencil. Put the paint from a white felt paint pen on it, gave it a second to not be too much/runny and built up 2 or 3 coats using the flat of the rubber. Looks much better now.
This is the first time I've actually taken the spare out! I wanted to clean under it. Very pleasing to see only minimal rust in the boot. I sanded this off and put some Loctite Rust Remedy on it.
SO, this was all I got out of the seats, floor, mats and boot. Didn't even use 2/3 of the tank I don't think. Dried off super quickly today. The the only noticeably dirty area (from extraction) was the drivers bolster.
Then, of course, the lines of satisfaction.
Here's two pics of before:
I wish it was an actual colour, then you could really tell how much better it is!
Anyway, here's the afters:
Then...
DISASTER!!!
I broke a nail!
All in all a good day. It did have all the brake discs and pads done. A new OS window regulator and (James will be pleased to know!) he finally did the ATF for me! I don't know if this is a good or bad thing or if it matters but I feel like it doesn't go up to top gear as soon as it used to. I can often not be in top gear for some time (driving slow on country roads to avoid deer on the way back from the cinema at night for example!) It goes up around 45mph.
He'll stay in the Carcoon til Wednesday 9th when he's finally going for the stainless exhaust. I'm keeping the old cat. He said it was absolutely fine. He's just going to build in front and behind it and join either side better than standard. He said it's currently an aftermarket exhaust on and it's not fitted properly too. So, hopefully this will be an improvement. (PP Tuning, Louth).
Then, MOT on Saturday 12th.....at Volvo. Lets see how that goes.
After waiting over 2 years for DVLA to put two plates I requested into auction, they finally did it! So, not long now and FOX 480B will finally be VOL 480T. Perfect. Fox said he doesn't want to keep the old plate so it'll be going up for sale. I don't expect it to sell for a long time though. Anyone know a Bob Fox.....?
Next weekend: Rear light resto (again, but better)...if it's not raining as I can't take them off the car....