Envy Valeting Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Roadtrip! A nice BH jaunt to the lake district saw me get to do this evo for Steve in Barrow in Furness. Had a nice 2day break in Ulverston but no earthquakes for me, but the car was a SHOCK! Passed Martinmacs turn off, looks a lovely area then also called in to see Nick at Clenz on the way back down. Looks ok from the front EEK A hint of things to come...notice the orange colouration? Also available in white Now a look at the problem. Steve had mentioned an orange residue/colouration to the car. This was on most surfaces from the front wheels back, and I mean everywhere. Here is the door half clayed, top done/bottom to be done. I knew I was in trouble now as it was taking a lot to remove the bonded contaminants. Started with Dodo Gentle grey, then the Purposeful Purple and ended up with the Scholl blue clay. Not pretty Getting there By now I was seriously behind schedule as the claying had taken 4hrs and I had a correction to do. I was not sure if there was time but after a few frank discussions with Steve (sorry Steve!) I pressed on (under cover in the garage...it rained pretty much all day!) Paint thickness readings were taken and it was OK to proceed. Polish used FastCutPlus and UltraFine and a megs polishing pad Not a lot of pics from here on in as time was pressing and I needed to get on. Join the dots and you can get a rough 50/50 of the roof. Made it a hell of a lot brighter and there was a lot of hazy paint. Top half untouched, bottom half done. And again Machined until it was all done, dedusted and cleaned up. Then given a coat of Swissvax Saphir, tyres etc and moved out for some final pics. Please excuse the slow puncture:cry: I was glad to actually manage to complete the job after the claying took so long, and thanks to Steve and father for their hospitality during the day and putting up with the frustrations! Back to the hotel after to just make last food orders and a few pints of Theakstons Tim ps nice car on the M6: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MITZ@CougarStore Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Nice work, Tim... Stunning car too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris`I Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Any idea what the caked on crap was? Evo owners eh, just dont take any care of their cars Good job in the end as always Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinmac Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Glad you survived the visit. I know where that is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronzee Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 Honestly some car owners. That was disgusting before. Was the inside as bad as the outside, or didn't you have the pleasure of worrying about that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkie34 Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 Great work Tim. I hope he is going to keep it like that from now on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmman Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 nice looking car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trev-the-Rev Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 Any idea what the caked on crap was? Evo owners eh, just dont take any care of their cars /quote] Oiy - not all of us Nice job though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper350Z Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 Stunning car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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