No many during as it was bloody freezing, but am very pleased with the finish.
First - Wheels.
Not looking too bad (I do try and look after them), but with the spokes being so close together it's a pain to clean the insides. So wheels off then cleaned with bilberry cleaner and a hand mitt. Then de-ionised with Iron-X (plenty of fall out). Finally sprayed liberally with tardis to remove the final tar spots.
After cleaning, the wheels were thoroughly dried with microfibre towels, then waxed with 2 coats of Collinite 845 Insulator Wax.
Before (not too bad)
AGE_7134 by Sootchucker, on Flickr
AGE_7135 by Sootchucker, on Flickr
Insides
AGE_7136 by Sootchucker, on Flickr
AGE_7137 by Sootchucker, on Flickr
AGE_7138 by Sootchucker, on Flickr
AGE_7140 by Sootchucker, on Flickr
Afters
AGE_7145 by Sootchucker, on Flickr
AGE_7146 by Sootchucker, on Flickr
AGE_7148 by Sootchucker, on Flickr
AGE_7149 by Sootchucker, on Flickr
AGE_7150 by Sootchucker, on Flickr
Wheel Arches
With the Wheels done, I turned my attention to the undercarriage. All I did on this was spray with a strong APC mixture and agitate with a brush. Power wash off, then wash again with an old wash mitt and Megs shampoo. Finally dried and metal components treated to Chemical Guys "Bare Bones" with plastic parts sprayed with Megs all season dressing.
Before
AGE_7141 by Sootchucker, on Flickr
AGE_7143 by Sootchucker, on Flickr
AGE_7142 by Sootchucker, on Flickr
AGE_7144 by Sootchucker, on Flickr
Afters
AGE_7151 by Sootchucker, on Flickr
AGE_7153 by Sootchucker, on Flickr
AGE_7154 by Sootchucker, on Flickr
AGE_7155 by Sootchucker, on Flickr
AGE_7156 by Sootchucker, on Flickr
Rest of Car
Finally the car was washed as usual with Megs shampoo lambswool mitt and two bucket method. Dried with large waffle weave drying towels and Megs Final Touch as a drying aid. Then another coat of Werkstatt acrylic jett, to top up what I'd done some week back. Plastic trim wiped with Aerospace 303 and finally exhaust tips polished, glass cleaned.
Inside (which wasn't that dirty) was hovered and wiped down with a damp microfibre towel, to leave as shown below. Must get round to getting some proper "Scirocco" rubber mats, as the ones I have were from my old MK5 Golf, and although a perfect fit, the drivers one is starting to look a little ropey. As least they keep the VW carpet mats below clean in the winter. Also, no smarty comments about the mud flaps please
. I don't run them in the summer and spring, but put them on in the winter just to keep some of the crap off the car. These seem to work quite well. They'll be off again in the spring.
AGE_7158 by Sootchucker, on Flickr
AGE_7159 by Sootchucker, on Flickr
AGE_7160 by Sootchucker, on Flickr
AGE_7161 by Sootchucker, on Flickr
AGE_7163 by Sootchucker, on Flickr
AGE_7167 by Sootchucker, on Flickr
AGE_7168 by Sootchucker, on Flickr
AGE_7170 by Sootchucker, on Flickr
AGE_7171 by Sootchucker, on Flickr
The Interior
AGE_7164 by Sootchucker, on Flickr
AGE_7165 by Sootchucker, on Flickr
Sorry for the 4x4 stance, the car had only just come off axle stands and so the suspension hadn't resettled.
If you got this far, thanks for looking.
