Richf's Twilight Grey 313 HR

[Richf]

Bought my car a couple of weeks ago on the 14th November 2013 so thought i'd document the project

 

It was a stock '07 HR model with the GT pack , only two owners the first one did 34,000 miles in two years the last owner only did 20k in four , full main dealer history

 

Few chips and scrapes on what is essentially an "honest" car its been enjoyed but not enthusiast owned so needs a bit of TLC

 

Few issues when i bought it :

 

Rear tyres low

Idle too high

Oil pressure reading too low

Service due in Dec

No mats throughout

 

Bit grubby

 

First pics the day after i collected it

 

 

First job a proper detail

 

Snow foamed and washed , then clayed ,washed again, then polished with Blackfire Gloss enhancer applied with a DA, LSP was Supernatural Hybrid then Supernatural Acrylic spritz

Didnt remove the wheels as I normally do but just a good clean with Espuma revolution then Zaino ZAIO and then rimwax and supernatural spritz

Interior washed with warm water and fairy liquid , seats treated with Zaino leather in a bottle

Windows cleaned with isoprop and water and then polished and treated with Carlack , side windows just have Supernatural on them

Under the bonnet cleaned with Surfex and then treated with 303 protector

 

Also popped up to Horsham developments for a pair of air filters (They were filthy) and a gallon of oil to see if that made any difference to the reading (It didnt)

 

Some afters

 

[Richf]

Went to a local meet and someone took a nice pic under the lights which show the depth of gloss a little better

[Richf]

So next job was to get some mats , just a set of OEM ones for now

 

 

Then I did the BOSE hack so I can use my ipod in the car , dont need a pic of that or the new Supersports fitted on the back

 

This weekend I fitted my Blackvue dashcam which I removed from my old car , its too the right of the rear view mirror in this pic

 

Also plastic dipped the lower front bumper , not so sure about this but will live with it for a bit .

 

And marmite though it may be , I had some flyeyes stuff left over so applied some to the front reflectors as they are far too orange for my liking

[R34Nigel]

Its looking good Rich, I have followed many of your threads on various forums and I am anticipating that this will be another special car. I need to get my arse into gear and do some work on mine and make sure its kept good and clean..

[OllyB]

Looking good, be interested to see what you've done previously

[GMballistic]

Subscribed. Look's great.

[Richf]

Looking good, be interested to see what you've done previously

 

There is a thread in "other cars" with some of my cars and bikes