I was having a look through the detailing world site and stumbled across the Z having a go over. Might be of interest to some people

 

http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=47802

well you have gone and put that idea im my head now :headvswal

That guy's good, now all I have to do is be arsed to do mine, :nelson:

well you have gone and put that idea im my head now :headvswal

 

just don't get talking to peach on here then, you'll have no choice then lol

Whats "apc" then ? Looks like good stuff for getting rid of grime.

One of the moderators 'Brazo' from there did my Z when it came out of the bodyshop with new paint. Want it doing again actually. One of the other traders from there re-conditioned my wheels as well. :)

 

http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=16892&highlight=300zx

 

http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=4038

Sure done a nice job of that, how much would he charge for that kind of job on the red one then Si ?

 

 

Just read your wheel one to, now thats impressive :bow:

just don't get talking to peach on here then, you'll have no choice then lol

I don't know what you mean :p Detailing has become a bit of an obsession for me now :D , here's the job I did on my current car, a black Alfa 155 - Alfa restoration . I did a similar restoration job on the last Z I owned (the 'Rat', for those that know me) but unfortunately I have lost all the pictures due to a hard drive failure just before Christmas.

 

Whats "apc" then ? Looks like good stuff for getting rid of grime.

APC is Meguiars All Purpose Cleaner, generally not available from high street stores, but really good stuff and can be diluted 10:1 and still be very effective. I think I got mine from http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk .

I got some small stone chips on the front of my 5 series Peach, when are you free :)

Wow, thats a lot of work,

 

Funkysi.....got a rough figure of the cost for the detailing work ?

ok so how much does having your car cleaned like that cost?

Think I paid about £150 all in. That was an entire day detailing the paint. Not really a car wash, but reconditioning old tired paint (scratched, swirls, faided etc) or finishing off new paint (orange peel, buffer trails and haze etc). Unfortunately, we couldn't wax mine, polish only as the paint, at the time was only 2 or 3 weeks.

 

Rims cost me about £450 I think. Lot of man hours in those. But I sold my Rays wheels for about £700, so they paid for that and some.

How long did the that look last for and when you went to wash it did it look anything like the result on that day?

Well indefinitely, I had imperfections in the new paint removed. Even new paint from the factory has flaws in it, mild orange peal, buffer trails, light scratching and other things. That was the whole point of me having it done. To take the top coat to the next level by taking a small layer off to polish.

 

It's not as shiney as it was when it was first done, but it needs light work with a Porter cable to bring it back to exactly how I want it.

Bargain i'd say :)