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#1 a_woolhouse

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Posted 16 May 2013 - 08:55 PM

As title says really i'm after a few ways to tidy my mini up for shows, its not in the best condition with rust and what not round the windscreen and the door skins/a-panels are showing there age but haven't got the space to start restoration just yet. 

 

anyway enough of the gory details, so far he's had his exhaust G4 compounded & polished, sills and arches have had a new lick of paint along with the valances etc, i've got a really annoying scuff down the drives side wing along with a dent & it really annoys me because its white scuff lines on a black car. 

 

Any ideas on how to tidy him up a bit would be appreciated :D



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Posted 16 May 2013 - 09:00 PM

T-cut, elbow grease and an eye for detail.

 

The best way to make any car look better is a proper wash and polish.....and i mean a proper nook and cranny wash! 



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Posted 16 May 2013 - 09:09 PM

half an hour it took me to polish him before work was well impressed  ;D on a serious note, i spent the sunday before gawsworth hall getting all the tar off the bumpers and he had a lick of paint :P



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Posted 16 May 2013 - 09:16 PM

Should take longer than half an hour to polish...unless you've got massive arms!

 

Polish all the chrome too with metal polish.  Clean all glass with proper glass polish. Wheels off and real proper clean. Dress tyres with rubber stuff. Treat plastics with back to black stuff



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Posted 16 May 2013 - 09:23 PM

bought my chrome back to life with g4 liquid compound fantastic stuff and massive arms?! haha you must be joking i'm incredibly short :( not gonna lie it was the quickest i've ever polished him, tempted get some more tyre shine, just annoyed with how poorly my drivers side windows been looked after its scratched like you wouldnt believe, but its the original glass so don't really want to replace it 



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Posted 16 May 2013 - 09:38 PM

Scratched glass on mine too....both sides match tho!



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Posted 16 May 2013 - 09:40 PM

nothing more annoying is there, mines only drivers side but there perfect lines 






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