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) and he did set realistic expectations at the demo that these could not be completley eliminated, but they are practically invisible, and you have to know where to look, and be looking very hard to spot them, but then a 80k car rarely has perfect bodywork, and nothing short of a respray could bring it back to new!
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Now, I've always been one to look after my cars, I'm not obsessive and break into a sweat if i get some mud on my car, and quite enjoy the 'used' look - but that said, I do also love the look of a nice gleaming car, and have used Meguiers Gold Class since a US friend recomeded it to me, giving a nice deep shine and protective coat.
Use meguiers gold class since a us friend recomeded it
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Now, I've always been one to look after my cars, I'm not obsessive and break into a sweat if i get some mud on my car, and quite enjoy the 'used' look - but that said, I do also love the look of a nice gleaming car, and have used Meguiers Gold Class since a US friend recomeded it to me, giving a nice deep shine and protective coat.
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) and he did set realistic expectations at the demo that these could not be completley eliminated, but they are practically invisible, and you have to know where to look, and be looking very hard to spot them, but then a 80k car rarely has perfect bodywork, and nothing short of a respray could bring it back to new!
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Now, I've always been one to look after my cars, I'm not obsessive and break into a sweat if i get some mud on my car, and quite enjoy the 'used' look - but that said, I do also love the look of a nice gleaming car, and have used Meguiers Gold Class since a US friend recomeded it to me, giving a nice deep shine and protective coat.
Use meguiers gold class since a us friend recomeded it
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Now, I've always been one to look after my cars, I'm not obsessive and break into a sweat if i get some mud on my car, and quite enjoy the 'used' look - but that said, I do also love the look of a nice gleaming car, and have used Meguiers Gold Class since a US friend recomeded it to me, giving a nice deep shine and protective coat.
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Now, I've always been one to look after my cars, I'm not obsessive and break into a sweat if i get some mud on my car, and quite enjoy the 'used' look - but that said, I do also love the look of a nice gleaming car, and have used Meguiers Gold Class since a US friend recomeded it to me, giving a nice deep shine and protective coat.
However, the last 8 or 9 years and 80,000 miles have taken their toll on my Porsche and while I could get a nice deep shine, up close, the paintwork was full of swirls, scratches and imperfections.
So, i decided to employ the services of Simon from Prestige Detail (no affiliation etc etc...) from pistonheads.
He turned up one afternoon to give me a quick demo of his Paintwork correction services and a quote for the Porsche, I found him very proffesional, and he did a good job on the small area he demonstrated, and I have to admit, having seen other pricing, it was a very competitive quote!
So, cue Monday morning 2 weeks ago, 8:30am, the sun is shining and he turns up raring to go. He starts with a one hell of a wash, normally i can wash, polish and wax the car in an hour or two, he spent this long giving it a really intense wash, and then started with the clay bar.
After lunch he started on the paintwork correction, and stayed at it until 7:30pm, returning 8am the following day to carry on. Unfortunatly, the weather was cold and windy, but he solidered on up till lunch.
Once the correction had been finished, he started on the Zymol HD-cleanser, and then applied the Zymol Vintage Wax by hand.
He finished off by dressing the tyres, plastics, giving the interior leather treatment and the windows a nice sparkle, by which time it was 7pm...
I am very impressed with the job he has done, it is a spectactular improvement, but being completley critical, he hasn't removed 100% of the scratches, there is still a few, but these were pretty deep (created by the previous owners cat I would guess! ) and he did set realistic expectations at the demo that these could not be completley eliminated, but they are practically invisible, and you have to know where to look, and be looking very hard to spot them, but then a 80k car rarely has perfect bodywork, and nothing short of a respray could bring it back to new!
All in all, I am very happy with the job, I just wish the light hadn't been fading on a cloudy day, as the pictures really dont do the depth of shine justice!
So I went out today and got some pics in the sunshine...
I would highly reccomend Simon's services to anyone, he's based down in Exeter, though would travel a reasonable distance (he says he does London - just for reference) and if anyone wants his contact details, feel free to PM me!
cost just over £300, thats for the full paint reticification, Zymol wash, detailing (body, wheels etc) and interior...
If you give simon a bell, mention I reccomended him, and he might do you an offer...
Looks great Fidgits! Very reasonable too, considering the man-hours.
Another detailer who comes highly recommended, and writes some great articles in the Concours forum is Dave at
www.jac-in-a-box.com
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