Thread: Car detailing

So am really getting in to cleaning the car spending hours on it making sure it perfect inside and out .

( helping big time with metal health aswell )

But when you start searching for products what is the best thses days ?

Me Mar had a valeting company years ago and I remember they only ever used autoglym is it still a top brand now ?

I know there is a few petrol heads on here that take great pride in there cars

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Originally Posted by Dom G20

Hi mate - honestly, get an mjjc snow foam cannon for a jet wash and use bilt hamber products. You will not look back


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A snow cannon is definitely on the list lol !

Cheers mate ill give them a search now

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Originally Posted by davethefish1

i got quite into detailing my car a few years ago.... though not recently... it's currently caked in dirt .

and i've mainly used G technique products.
the nano ceramic sealants are the way to go these days especially with wheel and paint coatings and plastics renovation.

https://www.gtechniq.co.uk/

Very smart

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Nice job Dave.

Black always looks the best colour when properly cleaned etc whites pretty good too but both are a nightmare to keep clean I found as they show the dirt so quickly. Greys silvers and some blues are good at not showing the dirt I've found

Originally Posted by davethefish1

my favorite car colour is a dark metallic blue, but never seems to see many when i'm at the buying a car stage...
and black beemers are ten a penny

Dark blue is pretty close to black

I had a pearlescent black Evo 9 and that had reds, blues and purples in it when properly cleaned and the sun was on in when you looked at it from different angles. It wasn't like those custom colours that are referred to as flip flop I think, that completely change colour depending on the angle you look at them.

Originally Posted by davethefish1

yeah....not so smart today...

I bet you wished your wife was that dirty lol

Originally Posted by davethefish1

my favorite car colour is a dark metallic blue, but never seems to see many when i'm at the buying a car stage...
and black beemers are ten a penny

That's one advantage of buying new, you can pick the colour. Second hand is a little bit of a compromise sometimes. Only thing is at the moment due to waiting lists on new cars that aren't standard versions is the waiting list times which is why second hand prices are currently more than new prices for cars with all the extras on

Originally Posted by Frimley Koi keeper

I bet you wished your wife was that dirty lol

she is, but only after she's been down the allotment

The fl2 is white but alaska white which when stood next to any thing else to off white/ cream still tidy when cleaned just not as shiny and nice as pure white

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Originally Posted by davethefish1

i nearly did with that one, but 3 months old 2,000 miles on the clock and saved 10k...

plus the 'good' colours on bmw's configureator were like a £3000 optional extra

I think pearlescent blue option on the focus rs was £3.5k on it's own so for 2 reasons I went for Stealth grey. 1 it was no additional cost and 2 it was the only colour option that wasn't metallic or pearlescent which I thought would be easier to colour match should I ever need any paint work repaired etc.

I saw a couple of STs and RSs driving around that were Stealth grey and they looked good and then I found out Lambo, Audi and a couple of other similar makes use that colour now.

Am loving the blue colour that am seeing the new skoda and pugs .

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My "detailing" means adding DIY touches that hopefully don't look like DIY touches.
If anyone's really terminally bored, see if you can spot the main ones.........

Not jealous at all !!!!!!!!!

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No reason to be - especially if you watch the typical YT video which goes along the lines of "Let's get hold of the worst example we can find and then slag it off"
Despite being one of the most beautiful cars ever made (and who would ever disagree with Jeremy Clarkson) they are much less expensive than most people think and at least depreciation isn't a problem