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Scott
24th July 2006, 10:59
Well its been nearly a year i have had the vts and its not really been given the same love as the vtr mainly due to not having the time. The paint work is in pretty bad nick as it appears the previous owner cleaned it with a mixture of brillo pads, gravel and broken glass. Pretty swirled and some scratches in a few places.

So onwards with the clean, i didnt get before pics which i regret now, i started with a double wash of the car with my meguiars lambs ear wash mitt using the 2 bucket technique and mucho rinsage.

I then dried the car down and proceeded to give it some clay barring love. It had a quick clay bar at FCS but not anywhere near as thorough as i like.

I then moved onto treating the swirl marks and scratches by hand with meguiars scratch x. Worked really well on light swirls but not so well on the scratches. Time to invest in some proper cutting stuff and a buffer i think.

So car was scratch x'd and i moved onto polishing. By this point i was sweating all over the car so i only applied one layer of meguiars tech wax before taking the pics and heading to the pub.

http://images18.fotki.com/v331/photos/2/291271/3818976/IMG_0196-vi.jpg
http://images14.fotki.com/v335/photos/2/291271/3818976/IMG_0197-vi.jpg
http://images14.fotki.com/v336/photos/2/291271/3818976/IMG_0198-vi.jpg
http://images18.fotki.com/v331/photos/2/291271/3818976/IMG_0199-vi.jpg
http://images18.fotki.com/v328/photos/2/291271/3818976/IMG_0200-vi.jpg
http://images1.fotki.com/v334/photos/2/291271/3818976/IMG_0201-vi.jpg
http://images1.fotki.com/v334/photos/2/291271/3818976/IMG_0202-vi.jpg
http://images14.fotki.com/v336/photos/2/291271/3818976/IMG_0204-vi.jpg
Sean
24th July 2006, 11:02
looking good mate, still not as shiney as the white beast ;)
kingmerf
24th July 2006, 11:03
fcuk in hell good job !

looks like a mirror lol :)
saxoash
24th July 2006, 11:04
Looks nice and shiney :Y: thats the only down side of cleaning a car its feking knackering lol
saunders
24th July 2006, 11:06
Lookin good there mate! keep it up
Connor_scotland
24th July 2006, 11:10
thats shit hot mate

Lovely motor you have there
PolishedBliss
24th July 2006, 11:41
Nice work mate, good job. :drink:
BLUE_DEVIL
24th July 2006, 11:44
jeez-us I could eat my dinner off that.
hesslevtr
24th July 2006, 12:00
very nice mate some good reflections there
AdamW
24th July 2006, 12:02
Still Interested in my boot....If I come to splitting it?
VTaaRon
24th July 2006, 12:04
nice now just to de-spoiler it and itll look mint!
AdamW
24th July 2006, 12:14
No no no keep the spoiler.....Best spoiler on a saxo IMO
Scott
24th July 2006, 12:24
Adam i might be but it might be to heavy for future plans:P I have a love/hate thing with the spoiler sometimes i love it sometimes i hate it so until i have a fit of rage one day and rip it off its not going anywhere
hesslevtr
24th July 2006, 12:26
im not sure if i like the spoiler in the pics but at fcs it suited it
welshy2k
24th July 2006, 14:47
i love that dimma kit so subtle and clean would love to see one combined with a wide arch kit.....Love them alloys aswell scott lovely touch
ChrisJ
24th July 2006, 16:56
Great job there. Never seen your car before Scott, it's very nice btw.
foxervts
24th July 2006, 17:18
good job m8. nice saxo aswell:)
djjoney
24th July 2006, 17:24
thats very shiney scott :cool: i didnt get a chance to do mine at the weekend :sad:
ChrisJ
24th July 2006, 20:23
Dimma skirts and grille are a must, smoked headlghts will go down a treat aswell.
Danes_SaxoVTR
24th July 2006, 20:53
a lovely car you got there scott, as said by someone before ive never seen it!
Dan
24th July 2006, 22:11
Nice to see a few more pics of it Scott. Looks great, I need to give the pug some tlc.
Clarkson
24th July 2006, 22:12
im not a big fan of these black rims...

But on black cars. they look sweet. I like alot.

Good work son :D