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Impreza WR1 #255 Fully Detailed...I Finally got the time to spend a few days on my own car recently to get it looking its best for the summer
Here it is looking about as dirty as it ever gets in all honesty: Usually the next pic you see is the pre-foam but first of all it was reversed onto a set of ramps... Over the winter I'd spent a couple of weeks cleaning the underside and polishing up the exhaust and rear diff casing etc. I was meant to post pics of the full thing but I've completely lost them on my computer, I can only assume I deleted them by mistake or something The only pic I have is a before one of the exhaust/diff: And here it is after I'd used a combination of sandpaper, Blackfire Wool Metal Pads and polishes and the Rotary/dremel: Still pretty clean but occasionally the car does get driven in the rain (it's pampered but not THAT pampered :driver::D) so it had a small level of dirt that I wanted to remove in order to keep everything nice and clean. So everything was soaked with R222 and left for 5 mins: Then steam cleaned with the Karcher at 60/70 degrees: Due to all the black underseal it's never going to look "bling" like alot of your RS owners etc but it looks nice and clean anyways, these are a few pics after a quick blast off with the black baron drier: I then gave the metal work a quick going over with Brilliant Show Metal Polish before taking the car off the ramps: Next up was to remove and then clean/seal all 4 wheels. They were given a quick spray with APC then washed with a MF mitt, clayed and then sealed with Blackfire Metal Sealant: I also polished up my nuts I had already given the arches a thorough clean before I put the car away for winter and they were still clean so no point with pics of those. The Calipers were sealed with Blackfire Metal Sealant aswell though: 1 down, 3 to go With all the wheels finally done I pre-foamed the car with APC: The usual wash routine followed so I wont bother with pics. Following a quick clay with Gloss-It Mild then a re-wash I dried the car off with the new drier: Then the 1st of 3 coats of Gloss-It Signature Tyre Dressing was applied: Paint wise - the car was 99% swirl free but as it had been into the bodyshop for its front end respray a few months back it had picked up the expected bit of marring and odd light scratch or two, nothing major so Meguiars 205 and Gloss-It polishing pads were used with the G220: On cars with very little correction needed I regularly find that it's quicker to work by DA than the Rotary, especially on the likes of Imprezas/Evo's where you have to break up alot of panels into smaller sections. As expected, the 205 produced a crystal clear finish for all to see As mentioned already, the car had received a front end respray (bumper, bonnet and both wings) at the local Porsche Approved Bodyshop and I still cant praise them highly enough for the quality of the job. Usually you see horror stories from bodyshops with pictures of horrendous buffer trails etc but this is about the full extent of what I was faced with: The lightest of buffer trails and that was it, easily sorted with the Megs and Gloss-It combination: Even in places where you would expect a bit of orange peel there was very little if any at all: Big thumbs up from me When all the polishing was completed the paint was dusted down... ...and given the usual Top Inspection wipe down: Our "Project Awesome" was then machined into the paint at speed 5 on the G220 and left for an hour then buffed off. Next day I applied the 1st of 3 coats of Concorso Gloss: In between waiting for the Gloss coats to cure I did all the other little details such as lightly polishing the mud flaps with Blackfire Gloss Enhancing Polish: I polished and sealed the shuts with Werkstat Prime Strong: Door seals/rubbers were conditioned with Gloss-It TRV: Front splitter was dressed with Meguiars All Season Dressing: The interior is regularly cleaned with all the plastics dressed and protected with Werkstat Satin Prot so it just needed a quick hoover and the glass was done with the Werkstat Glass Sealant System. A final wipe down with Werkstat Acrylic Gloss was all that remained... ...which gave the following results And here are a few that I took yesterday after a wash. These were taken with my new compact (Fuji film F200 EXR) so I'm still getting to grips with it Thanks for looking as always - Ne Plus Ultra will probably be next Clark Going round corners just got a whole lot faster...
Stunning mate thats all i can think to say
Where did you get the carbon top grill surround from? i was looking for one for a while but gave up in the end. I've got the carbon pillars like you & also altenator cover, fuse box cover & slam panel.
FFS Clark it's almost as clean as my one
Brilliant job as ever, really like the wheels in the brighter shade. You going along to Alford today by any chance? The WR1 be safe in the knowledge that, short of strapping yourself to an Acme rocket, there's no quicker way to get from A to B.
Unfortunately not mate, my dads gone up for a look though so if u see a silver 993 turbo sitting in the car park that's his!
Going round corners just got a whole lot faster...
Great job Clark,looks nearly as good as mine now,keep working on it your nearly there mate.
Heaven can wait....I'm playing with my scooby.
Will have a heluva job seeing that, still got 3 weeks to go in Egypt The WR1 be safe in the knowledge that, short of strapping yourself to an Acme rocket, there's no quicker way to get from A to B.
Stunning Clark, must be the best condition WR1 in existence I reckon!!
Where did you get that rear diffuser from? I think I've seen one of those somewhere else but can't think where... Finishes the rear of the car off better IMO. [Just incase this gets lost in translation, I am not slandering you, I know people can be sensitive to these harsh words.]
Someone on one of the local scooby forums was selling it so fortunately I got it for £60 mate, the fittings arent anything like the original ones so you have to make your own but it's worth it in my opinion The detail was done over 3 days. The rear diffuser is a carbon effect from HT-Autos, there was a group buy on scoobynet, not sure if its still on or not. Piece of piss to fit! I'd have liked a real carbon one but at the price they are I'd have probably cried if a stone was thrown up and cracked it Going round corners just got a whole lot faster...
Lucky bugger thats a bargin
Wonder if its one of those ones from china that are on ebay as i saw them but some of the feedback said the fittings were poor so i decided against it. How hard was it to make up the fixings?
piece of piss mate, drilled a couple of holes in the grill (re-laquered them to stop water getting in) and then fitted it with a few black cable ties
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Brilliant work, to be able to do that is amazing, i am well impressed. If my car was that clean i couldnt drive it i would be scared of any dirt.
I had hoped to pop out to grab some product from you but been working 7days with late night finishes. To jet wash the engine is there anything i should prep first and how? James 98 DC2 Integra type R
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As said before 'stunning' no other word for it. Are the badges on the boot just stuck on, if so how easy do they come off? i personally feel that the boot is cluttered with badges, yours looks much cleaner.
that car is cleaner than when it was new out of the box.
stunning!!!! Gracing the drive.....BMW M3 E92 with all the toys!/Integra DC5/ Integra DC2 race car/BMW X5
gone...Impreza RB320 No 112 gone...Impreza WR1 No 84 gone...Civic Type R EP3 gone...Seat Leon Cupra 225 gone...Civic Type R EP3 gone...(shed with weels)
Cheers guys!
The badges are just stuck on. Heat them up with a heat gun or hair drier and use some thread or fishing line to carefully cut the adhesive on the badges. Then use a tar and glue remover to get rid of the remaining residue and wax/seal to protect the paint afterwards Going round corners just got a whole lot faster...
excellent job clark , did you find that you got better results using all the different prducts rather than just the jeffs range ?
Cheers Clark
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Clark how did you do this?
I'd say I've found a look that suits the Ice Blue better but I still think the Werkstat will look better on silvers etc - it's personal preference really at the end of the day. The Gloss-It has definitely darkened the car and gave it a glass like effect whereas the Werkstat made it look lighter Going round corners just got a whole lot faster...
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Magic I found them on E-bay ages ago, you have to Iron them on. It took bloody ages to make sure they were straight and it was a bit nerve racking taking the iron to my nice seats Going round corners just got a whole lot faster...
Nice guages
Seriously though, car looks awesome. You able to look at mine this time home (1st 3 weeks in August) ? Russell
You MIGHT be in luck mate, I should hopefully manage to fit you in one day of a weekend while you're back. Will only have time to give it a good all surface protection detail but we can get it corrected next time you're home and I'm free?
I'll check the diary at work tomoro or Monday and pencil you in Going round corners just got a whole lot faster...
Clark,when you switched to the Project Awesome did you have to clean off the werstatt first or did you go straight on top with the new polish,and is the G220 foolproof to use as I thinking about getting one as you seem to catching me up with your car.
Heaven can wait....I'm playing with my scooby.
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Interesting, looks smart!
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