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Old 04-10-07, 07:19   #1 (permalink)
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This little fella belongs to a friend & was my Easter Sundays job.

She's in very good shape considering she is 7yrs old & used as a track car, as well as a every day run about.

I started off by rinsing her down with some SNOWSTORM through the hosecoil sudblaster, & whilst that was dwelling I got on to the wheels using a 4:1 solution of Megs Wheel Brightener & a megs wheel brush.

I then risnsed this all off & washed her down using SERIOUS PERFORMANCES own shampoo (:thumb: )









I then dried her off using a SONUS waffel weave towel





The paint was medium-hard, so it was a case of Menz IP & A 6" SFX-1 pad, run at speeds 2,4,5.5, with about 6 passes on easch speed.



I then went over the car by hand using ZYMOL HD-Cleanse, & in sundays heat, this wasnt an easy job, plenty of QD was used in the buffing off

Next up was the top wax, I mulled over what to use

I eventualy picked out ZYMOL CARBON after testing a section to see if it muted the flake pop, results were

The car has lots of carbon fibre extras on it & the Carbon really worked well. On the front splitter & sills I used Collinte 476, as these take a battering from all the crud.

I also used it on the rear engine cover, mainly for the 476 beading qualities.









There was tons of dust in the air, so I gave it a final dust over with a plush cobra MF & then a QD with Sonus Acrylic Spritz



The wheels were treated to a coat of SRP & PB Wheel sealant, the glass was done with Einzeitt glass cleaner.

It was then driven out in to the full sunday sunshine glory







Not a Halfruads add on








For Brazo








 
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A few random shots




The owner is at least 6'4" & god knows how he does it, I'm 5'8" & struggled getting in & out










Thanks for looking
 
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Old 04-10-07, 07:32   #3 (permalink)
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Re: Lotus Exige

Great car and sweet color! Nice job perfecting!

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Re: Lotus Exige

Those curves look intimidating.. Great JOB!


That car looks sooo basic and to the the point, no wonder it is soo light. Its like a toy practically..
 
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Great car and awesome work!

How long did that take you? How was the clear on the CF pieces?
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man thats a nice car.
you should tell your friend that someone put a steering wheel on the wrong side of his car
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Great job, and great car too!!!! Awesome color.
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Re: Lotus Exige

Excellent PC work, and the Zymol Carbon continues to amaze me. For an entry level zymol, it has a very extended reflective and color range. Dare I say one of their most interesting waxes in terms of potential!

Very nice detail.
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That is some seriously wet looking paint!
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i love those flakey pearl shots. lookin real good.
 
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Superb work, just love the flake after the Carbon. Nice to see you had warm weather on Sunday, we had snow! Thanks for sharing, you made my day.
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one of my favorite cars and love the tangerine like orange!
 
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