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Must admit the clutch on my car does pee me off...

Looking very clean !

Very impressive mate - I'd try this but for a small scuff underneath the bumper - so respray for me

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Did give you a thumbs up but not sure if you saw

Cheers guys Did the A27 there (dull) and A272 back (Clear of stones!)

Agreed but I'd rather avoid this situation anyway....

Hey guys Annoys me this - now it is 'summer' the councils are chucking stones all over the decent roads with tar to cheaply dress the tarmac. You know, the 20mph skid risk signs, following by PING PING PING and dust everywhere Now, I'm not a fan of a) slowing down to 20mph on a decent a road and covering my immaculate zed in road rash. Is there a way to ascertain which roads are 'benefiting' from this treatment before setting off? Tomorrow I need to head from Haywards Heath, Sussex to Winchester and was hoping for an early morning drive along the A272 Cheers Rob

I removed them only as I was fitting a takeda induction kit ....

So, finally fully fitted my new Takeda twin intake induction kit Was fairly straightforward to a novice such as myself... Taken the car out for a drive and Vrrrrrrrooooooom sounds awesome - reckon the Milltek, Takeda and standard cat is a combo for me to love as didn't like the HFC's Heat soak potential aside, the butt dyno says 'do it' to any potentially undecided people Thanks to Chris @ Tarmac too

In France I saw a woman breast feeding whilst driving. I'm sure that is safe to do?

What brand pads mate? And rotary of da?

I really it was the extremely hamfisted way I phrased it, but what I meant was you can't entirely prevent inflicting more swirls over time (you can minimise fresh swirling though) rather than never getting rid of those already inflicted. I also disagree with the 99% of the time it being due to not working the compound. Whilst it is often the issue, the simple fact of the matter is if you're using something too abrasive for the paint you will never get a good finish regardless of how long or hard you work it. Similarly if the compound isn't abrasive enough, you can work it all you like it still won't remove all the marring... and then the longer you work it, the more it dries out, the more marring is inflicted. So, I've tried: By DA: -CarPro Fixer on various 3m or waffle pads - awful, induced marring and wouldn't break down -Optimum Polish - didn't really cut enough - put a nice gloss on the paint but didn't really remove or flatten the RDS' or deeper swirls -3m PerfectIT Ultrafina III on Blue pad - again, nice gloss, not enough cut. By Rotary: -3m PerfectIT Ultrafina III on Blue pad - similar results to above. Reason for using the all in one polishes with rapidly diminishing abrasives really down to lack of time.... I guess I need to dedicate a whole day or two doing the three step process with my rotary and see what happens then....! As in Fast Cut, Extra Fine Compound, Ultrafina. Just expected on soft paint to achieve better results with less effort if I'm honest. My honda red paint on the last car would achieve 90% perfect finish with a AIO compound on rotary or DA. The Nissan paint behaves differently to any other car I've worked on. On my Focus RS I achieved 99% correction and it stayed that way. The Nissan, after achieving maybe 75% finish after the above, seems to swirl so easily it annoys me :S

Nope, sorry to say I've never used any meg's compounds ever....!

So I've found grout sponges to be more effective than mits in reducing grit build up - especially when dragged over a grit guard. Using my old Wookie's Fist after 3 months of use it became a hedgerow....

Evening chaps I'm getting a bit frustrated with the finish on my black zed... TBH I haven't done a major machine job on it yet, but have done a quick one - found it hard to achieve correction with some of the light cut options and the more hardcore options seemed to induce more marring. Any suggested combos for black? I'm convinced that, despite good wash technique, the swirls keep appearing too. Is this just characteristic of the Nissan paint? Fiddly to correct and fiddly to keep perfect? Currently using snowfoam, apc soak, 2bwm, various decent shampoos, new mit or grout sponge, depending on area.... front to back washing and dry motions only using plush mf towels. Cheers Rob

Sorry to see this mate, makes my blood boil too. Problem is, if I caught someone doing this to mine I would seriously hurt them... and probably end up in more trouble than them

Yup. Left box it won't fit with so removed it. Right one fits

Hey guys Just installing my new twin intake from Takeda - no where on the instructions does it mention the little black box things attached to the crank case breathers... Do I remove these, or attach the intake pipes to the black boxes rather than directly to the crank case pipe? Cheers Rob

I hated the rasp of the stillen HFCs so much I sold them :s

The angel stuff this time is quite greasy and wasn't a patch on poorboys dressing .

You can order now mate and then guarantee you will get one as they sold out last month....

Product didn't do if for me. And smells like coconut ... Not gash

Thought the angel was gash tbh. Good box otherwise !