Tinny's ute - Pic heavy, so only for anyone interested.

[TinSnips]

 

[loku16]

Not fair buddy!! I want your skills to keep my car looking awesome!!! Maybe you should start a webinar on how to polish your car!

 

[Luke V8]

*ahem* .. Combo please

Looks like it came out perfect mate

 

[TinSnips]

Not fair buddy!! I want your skills to keep my car looking awesome!!! Maybe you should start a webinar on how to polish your car!

There's a million 'webinars', clinics and how-tos online and some of the supply boutiques run classes for about 40 bucks, I think. You just need to be a little bit careful with which ones you trust. Flick me a PM if you'd like to check one out in Melbourne, I'll forward you a link to it. They run through everything from basic maintenance techniques to corrections and the like. CCP run them in Sydney from memory.

*ahem* .. Combo please

Looks like it came out perfect mate

Pretty happy with it actually. Had a bit of time, so was playing around with a few new products that have hit the local market but have had good reviews O/S, and one I've been putting off trying on my own car, as opposed to others.

Gave it a quick correction to lose some wash-induced marring and some mechanic scuffs - there were a few deeper cuts that got a bit of a sand, wasn't too fussy though. I'd also been checking the durability of a couple of products, so it's really had nothing on it for a few weeks and was a little worse for wear. Definitely time for a freshen up. Finshed it off with the new OPT G-P-S, which is an all in one product, but not a filler - it stands for Glaze-Polish-Seal - so they've marketed it as a finishing polish, glaze and sealant. Kind of like a sprayable version of poli-seal but with a bit more bite. I was quite surprised at how much cut it had, actually - having used it on a few cars now, it can be a massive time saver. I like that it doesn't fill, but you do need to work it a bit. It will glaze in a pass or two, but keep working it and it finishes down perfectly. Like I said, much the same as poli-seal, particularly when you use it with a rotary but it does have more bite. I used OCW to clear up the residue (wasn't much anyway - again, like poli-seal) and the two products work really well together. I've had some Naviwax sitting around for a while, but hadn't used it on my car as I didn't think it would have much of an impact. It's now wearing two layers and it definitely deepened the colour a shade but the slickness is what wins it. The paint is hugely metallic, so you'll never get much depth from it but taking that into account, I was quite impressed. I've used it on blacks and reds and it's fantastic but kind of fobbed it off for metallics. Clearly, it's good for just about anything! Probably wouldn't bother with pale colours still. It does rob some clarity - the GPS/OCW combo had amazing clarity - but the sheer wetness left on the paint now makes up for that. I get the impression that it will fill a little also, so could come in handy in between corrections. Plastics and tonneau were all done with PERL and tyres done with Opti-Bond.

I did use GPS to remove some light hazing in the head and tail light lenses also, and left it on to seal.

All up, I think I spent about 5 hours on it, taking my time and actually eating while I worked for a change - not counting the wax layering 2 days later when I got time. My car only seems to get attention at night or when it's raining now :rofl2: - busy is good though.

 

[shauniie]

thought ud dissapeared havent seen ur thread updated for a bit haha how that green machine goin ?

 

[TinSnips]

Hey Shauniie. Still around mate. The ute's running still, which is a nice turn of events. Nothing much else to report though.

 

[TinSnips]

Not much of an update but these arrived today.

Hopefully, with the help of the Remsa pads that will be arriving soon, the girl will be able to pull up a bit better. Thanks to Greg at GSL Rallysport for getting them to me so fast!

 

[HUX 90]

Nice one, pics when they're installed

 

[VS_Pete]

I got slotted rotors and remsa pads from Greg so much better.

 

[Mike08]

That's the go Tinny, some pics mate when fitted please.

Cheers.