Machine polishing day! (pic heavy)

[ajdsaxo]

Spent 8 hours today machine polishing, All work by Welshy23
Before:





After:





And just random:

[logic_guy]

Very nice job. Looked quite bad to start with.

[0rang3peel]

great job, that bonnet was terrible!

[wadoryu]

nice turn around

[logic_guy]

I do like the C2 Alloys. Are they Standard? (Would they fit a Saxo?)

[welshy23]

Originally Posted by 0rang3peel

great job, that bonnet was terrible!

Thank you

bonnet was *fucked. i dont know what the previous owner was doing on it, but im pretty sure it somthing involving a peice of sandpaper!

[ajdsaxo]

Originally Posted by logic_guy

I do like the C2 Alloys. Are they Standard? (Would they fit a Saxo?)

Yeah completely standard in white, come with the GT, I think
They do fit an saxo's, been done before, but quite awkward a's they're 16''

Originally Posted by wadoryu

nice turn around

Thanks mate!! Took long enough!

Originally Posted by 0rang3peel

great job, that bonnet was terrible!

Originally Posted by logic_guy

Very nice job. Looked quite bad to start with.

thanks lads, I have no idea what the previous owner did to my car before mate but the paintwork was shocking. Went over the bonnet a good ten times to get it where it is, and it still isn't perfect!
Really happy with the outcome tho. If you look on my progress the car was keyscratched but this has got a lot of them out and the deep ones are massively reduced. So overall very happy!

[TypeRDavid]

Looks good, only thing that you could have done with is a few 50/50 comparison shots to show off the before and after.

Other than that superb.

[kiz_pep]

great improvement! owning a black saxo, i now see the light at the end of the tunnel lol!

[welshy23]

If anyone wants to know what i used

Wash
Clay
Wash
Machine with megs polish for medium swirls (dont reccomend at all) using 6" sonus medium swirl pad
Machine again with megs super gloss/light swirl remove (not so bad) using 6" sonus finishing pad
Dodo juice light fantastic (had nothing else but its all the same anyways)

[welshy23]

Originally Posted by TypeRDavid

Looks good, only thing that you could have done with is a few 50/50 comparison shots to show off the before and after.

Other than that superb.

I think Alex might of taken some better photos... ALEX WHACK THEM UP FOR PEEPS! But thank you.

Originally Posted by kiz_pep

great improvement! owning a black saxo, i now see the light at the end of the tunnel lol!

Yeh black saxos look lovely when machined but AWFUL when swirly! Had a VTR that looked like the C2 loved it so much!

[kiz_pep]

Yeh black saxos look lovely when machined but AWFUL when swirly! Had a VTR that looked like the C2 loved it so much!

tell me about it! me thinks that a much needed machine polish could be on the to do list now

[ajdsaxo]

I'll wack some more pics on progress thread on a minute when pc loads

[welshy23]

Originally Posted by kiz_pep

tell me about it! me thinks that a much needed machine polish could be on the to do list now

Dont cost too much for what you get in all fairness but make sure you get somone to do it you trust and know will do a good job otherwise could go very wrong!

[ajdsaxo]

I do recommend sam!

Seriously, they respray for the key scratches I got quoted 250-300 and now from a £120 machine polish they're like not visible at all unless you knew they were there!! Saved well over £100