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Sarnie

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  1. Think the poeple who didnt vote for London or Manchester (inc lazy people like Sarnie who cant be bothered to travel more than 5miles) need to vote again. Can we change the poll? Then when decided start getting names down!!!! Read the my post above
  2. Can I reverse my vote and change it to Manchester?
  3. Wash - clay - polish - sealant - wax - glaze. I only Wash - clay - wax I use megs shampoo and clay and P21S wax. What polish, sealant and glaze should I use? My routine already takes 3 hours The science goes..... With clay, you 'pull' the bits of dirt etc. out of the paint that get stuck in the lacquer and top coat. This leaves little gaps that effectively need filling. The effect of the clay is to effectively make sure that anything stuck on the paint is removed. Polish should then help fill these holes and flatten the surface a bit. Depending how bad any damage is, then this can be done to a certain degree by hand. To repair damage etc. machine polishers come in as they can move quicker and you can apply more pressure. This is where paint depth guages come in, and it all goes painfully expensive!! Basically, use a polish after the clay, to bring back the luster of the paint. After claying and polishing, you have effectively used two quite abrasive substances on the paint. Any 'protection' will have been removed or at least reduced. A sealant then puts a hard wearing protective coat on, that makes future washing and maintenance a whole load easier IMO too. These three steps need only doing every 3-6 months really. Certainly clay more like 6 months really. Hand polish every 3 months if you wanted. A good sealant should last a winter or 6 months. Sealants don't always have the best finish. So adding the wax puts the wet look or deep shine or colourful finish on. Some will say there is no difference, some say there is a huge difference between products. Just try different ones and see what you think. Glaze is almost a temporary thing and the sort of thing that is added for shows to get a real shine and wet look. It doesn't last long at all but can really add to the wax. Product ideas - Clay - Megs Quik clay (make sure you use plenty of the lubricant) Polish - AG SRP, Menzerna, Megs #81 (and a whole different range for machine polishers!) Sealant - AG EGP, CG Jetseal 109 Wax - P21S, Dodo juice, Colinite. Glaze - Megs or Chemical Guys do some good stuff. There is also Zaino and Zymol products that I have seen used, but not used myself. Some people swear by it, some struggle to see the difference for the price. One final point, think about what car wash you use and how much in a bucket of water. The wash I use needs one cap full to a 5l bucket. Put 3 cap fulls in, it is strong enough to strip the wax. It is that subtle!! Sorry for gabbling, hope this helps. Nice one mate, really appreciate that So if you should only polish every 3 months what would happen if you do it every time? Would it add or detract to the look?
  4. I'm on for about 12-16 hours a day as 90% of my work is either internet or at least computer based and I work from home so its mixture of business and posting/spa..........
  5. Sarnie

    GT-R

    I think you've got it the wrong way round, the GT-R is more likely to get on this list performance wise than looks wise. Nearly all those cars are aesthetically beautiful. The GT-R isn't. On 0-60 times and probably 0-100 it may be able to live with some of them.
  6. Whats up with you? Dodgy reason for sale No actual pic of item New member Only 2 posts I think there should be a minimum of something like 50 posts before you can post for sale threads, if only to protect the users of this site from getting scammed. I'm not saying shelton isn't genuine just that there should be protocols in place for stuff like this after reading horror stories on other sites.
  7. Sarnie

    350z

    Maybe, but not by much more than standard cars. IMO the yellow will standup better due to the limted amount available
  8. That sunset looks decent, has it been lowered?
  9. Wash - clay - polish - sealant - wax - glaze. I only Wash - clay - wax I use megs shampoo and clay and P21S wax. What polish, sealant and glaze should I use? My routine already takes 3 hours
  10. Fitted mine myself, didn't need anyone else to do it for me errrr.. u gotta read the small print on the K&N instructions.. "if not fitted professionally and properly warranty is void" What warrenty????? On an air filter??????
  11. what a complete ****. I'd still give his wife one
  12. How do you do these screen captures?
  13. Ok so: 1) Sarnie - confirmed 2) Sinbad - confirmed 3) GC350z - Semi confirmed 10th-12th or11th-13th 4) Zedrush (trying to wangle it off work) 5) Cavey (trying to wangle it off work) So Zedrush and Cavey, can you make either of the dates GC350z can? Could do with knowing asap so we can nail down flights and hotels etc
  14. Sarnie

    Air Vent Trims

    +1 ........ I had a set of the Genuine alloy items , total rubbish.. do as Sarnie said get the sticker type..bargain price at under a tenner and looks 100% better (and they dont drop of like the nissan items) +2 Funkystyling Here they are: http://www.jdmperformance.co.uk/item_de ... =449002964
  15. Fitted mine myself, didn't need anyone else to do it for me
  16. Sarnie

    Mpg's roughly?

    But I've heard you do have vile suits
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