Husky Posted April 18, 2016 Posted April 18, 2016 You fancy machine polishing my Faff too? Might be more rust than paint you'd be working on though 1 Quote
coldel Posted April 18, 2016 Author Posted April 18, 2016 Ha! I think just a spirited drive should shake off half the rust mate Did a second pass today with a finer finishing polish then Victoria Concours wax, I am now addicted to machine polishing, where has it been all my life It looks really good, but the difference is the feel, the smoothness of the finish when you run your fingertips over it is unbelievable. 5 Quote
Payco Posted April 18, 2016 Posted April 18, 2016 Looks amazing.We need a chat about this in Brighton Col. 1 Quote
LRF4N Posted April 18, 2016 Posted April 18, 2016 Got an idea mate- when you come up north bring your DA machine. Il take your celica up on the 500, you stay in Glasgow and get my mr2 looking this clean 1 Quote
coldel Posted April 18, 2016 Author Posted April 18, 2016 Got an idea mate- when you come up north bring your DA machine. Il take your celica up on the 500, you stay in Glasgow and get my mr2 looking this clean How could I possibly turn that offer down Quote
Ricey Posted April 19, 2016 Posted April 19, 2016 Excellent work there Col! Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk 1 Quote
coldel Posted April 19, 2016 Author Posted April 19, 2016 Excellent work there Col! Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk Doffs cap to Ricey's sage advice on polishing over the last week or so! 1 Quote
m1ke13 Posted April 19, 2016 Posted April 19, 2016 Brilliant results, I got into machine polishing on an St205, I'll have to see if I can dig out some photos. I think that's best best results I've seen on a red gt4, good work! Quote
Grundy Posted April 19, 2016 Posted April 19, 2016 That a CYC home branded DA? Couldn't find it on their site. Quote
coldel Posted April 19, 2016 Author Posted April 19, 2016 Its a Kestrel that many companies seem to own label, have a nose on ebay lots of 'companies' selling the same machine with their sticker on. Its a good bit of kit, a fair bit noisier than the one for instance Wasso used some time back on my Zed, think his was a Megs pro one. But it does the job and for the money you get a lot of stuff in the start package. Quote
Grundy Posted April 19, 2016 Posted April 19, 2016 Which one did you get fella? Just wondering how many pads I need/Liquids I need. Quote
Humpy Posted April 19, 2016 Posted April 19, 2016 Awesome job there Col, looking absolutely spot on Sent from my E6853 using Tapatalk Quote
coldel Posted April 19, 2016 Author Posted April 19, 2016 I went for this http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/polishing-machines/das-6-dual-action-polisher/das-6-dual-action-polisher-menzerna-intro-kit/prod_721.html but its now out of stock! There is also a working 5% discount code on CYC at the moment if you google it. Mine was all Menzerna branded, both the pads and the polish, I used about half of a 250ml bottle of polish doing my car. I used the medium/yellow pad on mine. 1 Quote
Rock_Steady Posted April 21, 2016 Posted April 21, 2016 Keep this up Coldel and you'll be sitting on a gold mine (if you're not already). That four will just go up and up in price. People will pay top dollar for a good one if you ever came to sell it. Quote
Husky Posted April 21, 2016 Posted April 21, 2016 I'm getting paint jealousy here! I'm guessing the previous owner of your Faff was as diligent as you? The paint seems in great condition compared to mine, red fades really well after 20 years. Quote
coldel Posted April 21, 2016 Author Posted April 21, 2016 I think it was repainted in Japan where it had a single owner from new (I even have his address!) and was kept inside, it was then auctioned off to the UK and picked up by a car collector and kept in a lock up, he only did 900 miles in it between 2009 and 2015 when I bought it - seemed mental as I have a folder of receipts totally up thousands of pounds and the guy never drove it. So it hasn't really seen the light of day for years before me...hence the lack of oxidization in the red paint. Quote
Husky Posted April 21, 2016 Posted April 21, 2016 You got a damn good deal then! What a lovely history to have, wish something like that was around when I was looking, but then again, I was determined to get a UK one not an import. Quote
coldel Posted April 21, 2016 Author Posted April 21, 2016 JDM ones came with more power out the factory than UK ones Quote
Husky Posted April 21, 2016 Posted April 21, 2016 JDM ones came with more power out the factory than UK ones I'll have you know that there isn't anything power related on mine that's untouched from the factory anymore I even have a teeny tiny bit more capacity than you do! Re-bore ftw 1 Quote
coldel Posted May 8, 2016 Author Posted May 8, 2016 More speakers in - this time some 6.5" Alpine G-Series into the rear quarters. Absolute pain to do, took nearly two hours, had to remove the back seats completely and pull out the interior plastics to get to the old speakers. Anyway, news ones fitted and boy does it rumble now 2 Quote
coldel Posted May 26, 2016 Author Posted May 26, 2016 As you may have read on other threads the old girl took on the NC500 last weekend, and passed with flying colours drove absolutely faultlessly, started on the button every time and never dropped down on power. Very pleased and just blown away by how she did a good job of keeping up with many much newer more powerful cars. So as a reward she got a good clean and was treated to a new set of wheel nuts 4 Quote
Flex Posted May 26, 2016 Posted May 26, 2016 (edited) You're supposed to take the sockets off Col Edited May 26, 2016 by Flex 3 Quote
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