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Stutopia

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  1. Already an interesting read, looking forward to beads and longevity. I've never done a second layer of Skin after 24 hours, as I never had two good days of weather off work since I found it. For info, AMMO charge a flat $50 shipping fee worldwide, however many produtcs you buy, so it's either extremely expensive (for one item ) or great value if you fill your boots like I did! They also chucked in a free bottle of Citrus APC and there's a 10% discount code if you check advert banners on The Smoking Tire [sic] website before you order. It'll never compete on price per fl oz basis until there's a UK distributor. Thanks very much for taking the time to do this mate, much appreciated I can't imagine doing it myself as having different products all round on the car my OCD would explode
  2. Also there's only a finite amount of top coat one can to remove; whilst I can correct it's not really advisable to continually correct all the time unless you budget for a respray at some point, so the general plan is to reduce the amount of correction I carry out without letting the finish suffer too much for it. Glazes are also a great way to achieve a dripping wet look even on perfect paint. This is a good point, not thunk about it like that.
  3. Glad you got it sorted and posted the resolution.
  4. For a chap who can correct paint, why so many glazes?
  5. If you're not getting far with the forum search, use google's mega servers by putting site:350z-uk.com into the google search box before your keywords.
  6. Fixed that I fixed your fix
  7. Black mirrors FTW. All the best looking Zeds have 'em. They look spot on
  8. It never got dry enough for long enough to add some protection, but I did get 20 minutes of dry with fading light to clean up the tips Whatever anyone tries to tease you with, never stray from the Britemax Metal Twins. Before and afters Both done
  9. This might not be a popular view, but when my clicky axles were solved I got the feeling it wasnt't the splines themselves it was the greasing in the final photo of post #1 in this guide http://my350z.com/forum/engine-drivetrain-and-forced-induction-diy/428639-clicking-noise-from-rear-axle.html When you greased, did you grease here heavily?
  10. Nice work. The blue looks superb If there was an HR in Azure, I'd have upgraded long before now.
  11. My housemates and I got rumbled when I was a student. Lesson learned, always keep your living room curatins shut and never ever answer the door. He basically gave us a stern look and told us we should sort out a licence before he comes back, so we ate him Not really. We bought one sharpish, it went on the database, he never came back. I think I would play the ignorance card on a car if I got caught (assuming you don't have one at home) and then buy one immediately, shows intent. DON'T BREAK THE LAW KIDS, FOLLOWING THE RULES IS WHAT'S REALLY COOL.
  12. They're such a great wheel, they look good and they weigh nothing. It's a shame the offset isn't a bit more agressive as stock. I'd love to buy some other Rays for her, but for that kind of money you could have a track tart
  13. There's definitely something satisfying about it. Shame you can't lay down protection in it too
  14. So with a spare weekday laying around, I got up, put on my detailing pants (2000 grit gusset to keep you smooth ) opened the curtains and... rain Meteo projected a two hour weather window between 12 and 2, so I waited and watched. Usually I'd find something else to do but I'm busy the next three days and with a light hoon last weekend there was a kilo of brake dust on the wheels and an inch of GTR exhaust grime on the front which I have been desperate to shift all week. Eventually the rain stopped and it almost looked like a clean car. But last week's brake dust was definitely under there and... ... you can see those run lines that form on the haunches of a zed when it's been out in the wet for a spin. A quick spritz with AMMO Plum Wheel Cleaner and then a once over woolie job with Envy Evolution wheel cleaner and there was a pleasant purple foamy pool on the floor and... ...an immacutale wheel underneath. These two products are nailed on brilliant. I won't be dabbling anymore on wheel cleaner, except what's in a WaxyBox. Immacualte, if you ignore the crap they did't remove from the wheel weights when they were balanced The run lines were still there after "snow foaming". I've used quotes as the foam was a mix of some envy shampoo and meguiars hyper wash nearly dead bottles I was using up, not a proper snow foam. A proper TBW later and they were history. The more I use Envy Shampoo, the more I like it. It's got great lubricity, cuts through grime, suds well, smells fine and leaves protection alone - perfect. (Fake beads used to check for run lines). All dried off and I was set to hit her with some sealant and perform a very rare waxing, but then this happened Usually there's a tower there, not just precipitation It did allow for a couple of fresh beads to form though Still beading on three week old Gyeon WetCoat, topped with AMMO Hydrate drying aid a couple of weeks ago, no QD or wax on here for months. Not got a final photo of the washed Shark as I was getting soaked and I'm hoping it might stop in bit and I can finish the job properly and lay down some more protection. For no reason at all, other than I like it, gratuitous sexy Rays Engineering shot.
  15. You've got a 60 ft long garage, get busy!! I've got to do it in nature.
  16. i think i could let the z go for this just about stunning It looks so mean, just sitting there. Angry it's parked
  17. It was the G2 I meant, didn't realise it was just IPA. In other news, got my detailing pants on for a free day of detailing today. It's raining
  18. You sound like me doing tech support! PICNIC : Problem In Chair; Not In Computer Car.
  19. I dont mind close, I've had to climb over a couple of times now, I try and park one side bush facing so there's always a chance to get in It's the actual contacts that rev my engine. I couldn't exact revenge though, I'd wonder what if I got the wrong car If there was a big obvious one I'd be tempted to lay in weight and have a conversation about it, only if they looked soft mind
  20. I'm all for a tough coating, but can a coating not be too tough? That Prime looks it. Do they do a "removal" sister product like some of the Gtechniq line?
  21. Mine used to hiss all the time, hasn't the last two times... This feels EXPENSIVE already
  22. That's an All Hours Contract In invisible ink on mine it says, "If you don't make yourself available whenever we want, your name goes on a blacklist and there'll be no more contracts EVER!".
  23. The worst of it is the ones which are zero hours but demand exclusitivity. So you might get no hours and be forbidden from other work. Which stinks. I'm much less averse to the non-exclusive ones.
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