ilogikal1

How about 'The Grundy Mismatched Wheels' look?

You appear to have a bit of a fixation there...

GTechniq P1 is probably the most effective, easy to use polishes by hand.

If you can't feel it with your nail, it should just polish out easily enough.

Polishing by hand, DA or rotary?

If you were speeding, suck it up. If you weren't, contest it.

No.

To be fair, it became increasingly obvious that mine (a '98 Turbo 2000) had clearly not been treated particularly well prior to my ownership but I rushed into the purchase, in hindsight - lesson learnt! I'd gladly have another, I'd just be more picky about what I buy next time though.

Of course, I remember your thread now (the one you've cunning hidden in you sig right in front of me ). You should be all right then, but the depth of the scratch will determine if it can be polished out still.

I recognise that story. I thought the same thing when one of my calliper's decided it didn't like the rest of the car any more, so spent big on a lovely AP Racing big brake kit... and then some wheels to fit over them too. Then That happened to mine too. I threw all my money at API for a new engine build with a few bits, chucked on an uprated clutch but only had the flywheel skimmed at the time as it turned out the radiator had rotted away and needed replacing too. 8 months later the flywheel sh*t itself by which time I resented spending more money on it. It's still sat in the garage actually, I keep telling myself I'll turn it into a track pig but never actually done anything about it.

It depends how deep it is. If it catches on your nail it'll probably need paint, otherwise you should be able to polish it out. To be honest I wouldn't want to remove too much paint without a paint depth reading on it, but a PDG (gauge) isn't cheap.

So does it have the Ilogikal approval? Not yet. I've got a "CarPro Polyshave Decontamination Clay Towel" (or something like that - same idea but on a microfibre cloth rather than a mitt) to try/test/compare to a regular clay bar. I'll post up a review when I've tried it though.

You simply wash it out regularly in a bucket of water & shampoo.

They are currently very coating orientated, and by all accounts their coatings are up there with the best but I've not ventured into coatings yet. I like to change the LSP too often. Their tyre stuff is very good, not overly glossy (just how I like it) and lasts weeks. Iron's pretty good too, even compared to Iron X - I'll be doing a fallout remover test at some point, I just need to get some more Iron X. They've got some tar remover and leather protector on the way too, so they're branching out in terms of what they offer. They seem to be sticking with SiO2 based products, so durability (where applicable) is a high priority with their products.

And so is my wife.

Yeah, mine nearly made me destitute keeping it on the road and mine wasn't even that heavily modified either. I certainly don't miss the bills! I still go weak at the knees when I hear the burble though, every time. Sorry, I've taken this thread a bit

Saxo's are built from tinfoil, so the damage may exaggerate the impact somewhat. Glad you're okay though Paddy. Whilst it's an absolute ballache for you, at least the damage to the Z doesn't appear to be to extensive.

It's gonna rain Will That's always true in this country.

That's true. I still have a backlog of LSP's to try from as far back as the Christmas Waxybox. I need more cars, that's the solution!

Apparently it's even better when topped with Illusion, I've not tried this myself so let me know how you get on with that.

Yeah, Bathe+ is an awesome shampoo. The normal Bathe is just as good but without the protection aspect - it's a very good 'pure' shampoo. To be honest I've not yet tried a Gyeon product that I don't like. I still have no idea how to pronounce it, but their products are pretty impressive to say the least. They've got a few more coming out soon too, so that's even more of my money gone before I've earned it.

Lies, there are always more products to try... (at least that's what it seems like)

Those bits are readily available in the retail world, for example; http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/pro-39-8-pce-tx-tamper-proof-bit-set Should be able to pick up a set easily enough, unless someone close to you has one they can lend you.

Clive's launch on that video makes me miss my Impreza. Granby's makes me want a Monaro next all the more though.