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My brother has a similar problem as he cannot park outside his house. Best thing is probably as you said to use the pressure washer at the local petrol station and once cleaned either get together your own wax/detailing products and use them at the petrol station or fork out some cash for the pro's to do it for you. I prefer working on my car myself so I'd rather just carry everything I need to the petrol station and do it myself once the body has been dried.

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That look's very good. I really need to do something like that on mine as the previous owner must have been Mr T judging from all the marks caused from wearing rings I'd assume.

Only had mine a week but there great cars. Enjoy.

Looks very nice.

Also might be worth noting that snow foam will clean better on a dry car - there's really no need to rinse/soak first as this encourages the foam to run off quicker.

Didn't know that. Well that'll save me a bit of time today when I wash the car, Thanks.

Thanks for the quick reply SuperStu. It's funny because when I heard people talking about a "drying towel" I thought they where just talking about a regular towel like you might have in the bathroom. Definitely think I might give one of those mitts ago and possibly the towel too. Cheers.

If you use a sponge after the snowfoam, you might as well use a sandblaster

I will be contentious ...

 

1) sponges are fine, I use them and prefer them to sheepskin mitts, which get clogged and is high maintence

 

2) snow foam, for me, is a detailing placebo. I've tried all the foams and now believe that a decent apc, appropriately diluted, is more effective at actually pre cleaning.

 

I do still use it, mainly in the underside of the car and the arches, purely due to cling... But mixed with apc

Getting a bit confused. I've been cleaning cars for decades and have always used a sponge!. Am I risking the paint work then or not in your opinions? What I tend to do is this; Using my jet washer I soak the entire car with water and remove loose dirt with the lance. Then I use a snow foam all over the vehicle. Rinse off, followed by going over the whole car with a sponge using the two bucket method ~ one with soap/warm water & the other to clean the sponge. Then I use a chamois clothe to dry the whole car. Opinions please, thanks.

Just found this video. Happens to the best drivers and not usually with such a gorgeous passenger.

Holy thread revival

Lol I know. Surprised this wasn't at the top of the videos list though with that hottie on board.

Just found this video. Happens to the best drivers and not usually with such a gorgeous passenger.

I'm another newbie Scott but welcome. It does sound like there's a few 350 owners at least in the South Wales area then from reading this thread. I'm near Cardiff but haven't seen another 350 driving around here yet.

This forum is proving it's worth for me the more I read. Great information and come MOT time I'm going to make sure my local guy knows the score with these car's. Thanks gort

This was the old Z and the new Nismo just got to wait for a reg swap blood DVLA!!!

Very nice car's both of those. Nismo look's awesome though.

Welcome Jason, I'm new too and from South Wales as well. I'd get a double din head unit like the Kenwood DDX3023 or possibly one with DVD playing capabilities although some are expensive. All depends on your budget and what you want to use it for. Lot's of IPOD compatable head units available nowadays.