My Year of Detailing - 2007

[imported_Dave KG]

As 2007 draws to a cold and dark close, the car looking like its been dragged backwards through a hedge, I decided to leaf through the pics of detailing from this year and compose a summary thread of the highlights of my year in detailing - both detailing cars, and attending and demonstrating at meets.



Its been a superb year for an enthusiast like myself, with great opportunities to realise my passion for detailing on some very nice cars, and share my passion at various meets across the UK, meeting like minded people and sharing hints and tips.





Detailing

A selection of pictures of the cars that I`ve detailed this year - all of my detailing I have carried out with either Bryan (blr123) and Stu (stu324). Detailing is just a hobby for me, and I`ve been very lucky this year to have had the opportunity to detail some very nice cars.



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http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee41/DaveKG/Comp3.jpg



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http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee41/DaveKG/ferrari-detail207.jpg



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http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee41/DaveKG/JComp1.jpg



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http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee41/DaveKG/I1-2.jpg

[imported_Dave KG]

Meets



2007 has been a superb year for detailing meets across the UK - throughout the year I`ve racked up nearly 5000 miles traveling across the country to meets, and its been worth every single mile! The opportunity to meet like minded detailers, share hints and tips and in many cases raise a healthy sum of money for good causes really has been one I`m glad to have grabbed this year. I hope that the meets continue into 2008, as will be aiming to beat this year`s personal traveling record (good job the Sweedish barge is comfy :) ), with a personal aim of making a Cornwall meet after having to withdraw this year owing to a car recall. And a meet in Wales, and the south east - regions I`ve not yet been to for meets, and of course midlands and Scottish meets again... It would be impossible to pick a favourite meet this year, I`ve enjoyed every single one and I must give a huge thank you to the organisers of them for staging them!



Some of the meets I`ve been at this year in no order: Leeds February; Leeds March (Vectra-C); Perth Mini Meet; Star Performance Meet Kirkcaldy; Aberdeen Mini Rotary Demo; Lockerbie Mini Meet (Ph2 Volvo); Nottingham Meet; Midlands Meet (Wolverhampton); Vauxhall Open Day (Ellesmere Port); Detailing World Christmas Meet (Wolverhampton); Astra Owners Club Xmas Meet (888 Race Engineering, Banbury).... and any I may have forgotten! Some pics:



http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee41/DaveKG/P1010010.jpg



http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee41/DaveKG/DSCF0154.jpg



http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee41/DaveKG/ZALL.jpg



http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee41/DaveKG/vec02uc7.jpg



http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee41/DaveKG/BMePolishing.jpg



http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee41/DaveKG/ABDuring2.jpg



http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee41/DaveKG/Trio2.jpg



http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee41/DaveKG/n37104755_31919460_8155.jpg



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http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee41/DaveKG/aoc11qm5.jpg



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[imported_Dave KG]

Artistic Pics



Just for fun, some of my favourite artistic shots of paintwork reflections and clarity on details from throughout the year:



http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee41/DaveKG/FCompIn.jpg



http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee41/DaveKG/EComp9.jpg



http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee41/DaveKG/DComp7.jpg



http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee41/DaveKG/x2.jpg



http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee41/DaveKG/EFBootGloss.jpg



http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee41/DaveKG/HAfterPolish1.jpg



http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee41/DaveKG/IComp4.jpg



http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee41/DaveKG/E8.jpg



http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee41/DaveKG/F1-5.jpg



http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee41/DaveKG/D1-3.jpg



http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee41/DaveKG/E1-3.jpg



http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee41/DaveKG/E2-2.jpg



http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee41/DaveKG/I1-3.jpg



http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee41/DaveKG/I2-1.jpg







And finally...



This was the year that my trusty AstraG was sold after more than three years of faultless service - a couple of pics of it as a little tribute to a great wee car:



http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee41/DaveKG/P1010015aa.jpg



http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee41/DaveKG/P1010044aa.jpg



Its replacement has a tough act to follow, but is certainly proving its worth greatly as a super comfortable long distance cruiser: Named after a famous long haul cruiser, "The Flying Scotsman", my Volvo S60:



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Wishing everyone here at Autopia a very merry christmas and all the best for 2008!

[Tony@Cherished]

Great Dave:2thumbs:



Always a pleasure to read your details. Good luck for 2008 to yourself, and watch for much more exposure by myself.

[imported_Dave KG]

Great Dave:2thumbs:



Always a pleasure to read your details. Good luck for 2008 to yourself, and watch for much more exposure by myself.



I look forward to meeting you at a detailing meet in 2008! Cheers :)

[imported_Puckman]

Nice reflective post and thanks for sharing it. Very nice work you can be proud of.

[Old Pirate]

Great collection of detail`s Dave! hope to see more in 2008! Happy Christmas.....

[Pats300zx]

Awesome write up Dave. Your pics and detailed cars are spectacular. Looking forward to even bigger things in 2008...:woohoo:

[Cleaning Fool]

Impressive indeed

[zoomzoom3]

Very nice! Lots of neat rides there we can`t get here like the Civic Type R! Your meets look like a lot of fun...I`d go to one if I were closer. lol

[imported_fishbonezken]

fantastic pics Dave, I follow most of your threads at detailingworld, this is a great summary! Great work again on the rides and demos.

[Scottwax]

Nice collection, Dave. I always look forward to your posts. Learn something every time. :)

[Civicman86]

Some of the reflections on those cars is crazy!!!! Great looking stuff!!!

[Todd@RUPES]

Looks like a great year. I am always impressed by your work and look forward to each click and brag.

[P1et]

Fantastic summary, enjoyed reading this thread. Thanks for posting!