Albi R27 452/500 (UPDATE - 19.02.2017 - The end)
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Thanks, its getting there slowly. Needs a good detail but that will come in time.
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UPDATE 03.02.2013
So I woke up to a lovely day yesterday morning and thought I would set about changing the sidelight bulbs in the car to leds.
Standard
Purchased through eBay I decided I would go for the same type of bulb that I had used for the interior lights as the 5 leds would give off more light than just a single led.
LED
I think that me done with the modifying and changing parts at the moment as I'm more than happy with the car in its present state. No all I have to do is maintain it with a high level of care and best of all drive it.
John
So I woke up to a lovely day yesterday morning and thought I would set about changing the sidelight bulbs in the car to leds.
Standard
Purchased through eBay I decided I would go for the same type of bulb that I had used for the interior lights as the 5 leds would give off more light than just a single led.
LED
I think that me done with the modifying and changing parts at the moment as I'm more than happy with the car in its present state. No all I have to do is maintain it with a high level of care and best of all drive it.
John
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UPDATE 05.02.2013
For some reason I don't think the car will be going anywhere today. Always nice to wake up to a layer of snow on the car.
John
For some reason I don't think the car will be going anywhere today. Always nice to wake up to a layer of snow on the car.
John
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UPDATE 16.02.2013
So things have been a bit quiet recently with any progression on the R27. I'm mainly just been enjoying driving it.
Recently though I've managed to get the average mpg to show this.
So I'm a happy chappy on that front.
Today saw another purchase arrive in the post. With deciding to sell my black wheel nuts I was contemplating just painting the standard nuts, but then I was trawling through eBay and stumbled across these.
I they actually work really well with the colour of the wheels.
John
So things have been a bit quiet recently with any progression on the R27. I'm mainly just been enjoying driving it.
Recently though I've managed to get the average mpg to show this.
So I'm a happy chappy on that front.
Today saw another purchase arrive in the post. With deciding to sell my black wheel nuts I was contemplating just painting the standard nuts, but then I was trawling through eBay and stumbled across these.
I they actually work really well with the colour of the wheels.
John
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UPDATE 18.02.2013
So as I said in the first post when I purchased the R27 the skin of the driver side Recaro was coming away around the bolster area.
I have finally got around to fixing the problem and touch wood its been a good fix so far.
Also after reading lots of detailing posts I've purchased some Iron X to clean up all the iron based contaminants that have settled on the paint of the car.
Really looking forward to trying this product out and seeing what difference it makes.
John
So as I said in the first post when I purchased the R27 the skin of the driver side Recaro was coming away around the bolster area.
I have finally got around to fixing the problem and touch wood its been a good fix so far.
Also after reading lots of detailing posts I've purchased some Iron X to clean up all the iron based contaminants that have settled on the paint of the car.
Really looking forward to trying this product out and seeing what difference it makes.
John
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UPDATE 21.02.2013
So after cleaning the car yesterday I decided to take a bit of time this morning paying attention to the finer details that are generally over looked (yes I know this is a bit OCD).
I started off with the gear knob, as I don’t think it had ever been cleaned.
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After
Even though it wasn’t overly dirty I gave the area in behind the mirror adjustment knob a clean too.
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After
Then I moved onto the doorsills.
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And into the door shuts, which I also don’t think had ever been cleaned (even though the dealer that sold me the car apparently gave it a full valet).
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After
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The rubbers around the doors had collected a lot of dirt too, so they were next on the list of too do’s.
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After
Then I moved onto the door catch and rubber. As you can see, even though the inside of the doors are cleaned at the same time as the rest of the car, behind them seems to collect a lot of dirt.
Before
After
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And the edge of the bump strip on the door seemed to collect dirt that isn’t picked up by a normal clean, so these were the last things to get looked at.
Before
After
I know there’s a lot more on the car that needs time spent on it, but I feel each of the items I looked at above have made a massive difference to the overall appearance of the car.
John
So after cleaning the car yesterday I decided to take a bit of time this morning paying attention to the finer details that are generally over looked (yes I know this is a bit OCD).
I started off with the gear knob, as I don’t think it had ever been cleaned.
Before
After
Even though it wasn’t overly dirty I gave the area in behind the mirror adjustment knob a clean too.
Before
After
Then I moved onto the doorsills.
Before
After
And into the door shuts, which I also don’t think had ever been cleaned (even though the dealer that sold me the car apparently gave it a full valet).
Before
After
Before
After
The rubbers around the doors had collected a lot of dirt too, so they were next on the list of too do’s.
Before
After
Then I moved onto the door catch and rubber. As you can see, even though the inside of the doors are cleaned at the same time as the rest of the car, behind them seems to collect a lot of dirt.
Before
After
Before
After
And the edge of the bump strip on the door seemed to collect dirt that isn’t picked up by a normal clean, so these were the last things to get looked at.
Before
After
I know there’s a lot more on the car that needs time spent on it, but I feel each of the items I looked at above have made a massive difference to the overall appearance of the car.
John
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Car looks super cleanGreat work! And patience!
Thanks Chris, its slowly getting there. i haven't really spent any time on the outside of it, its needing de-tarred badly and a few stone chips filled in. But that will all be done when the weather improves a bit.
Oh I know that. when I opened the bonnet at the dealership there was leaves everywhere in the engine bay lol.
UPDATE 25.02.2013
Today saw me taking advantage of the good weather and giving the car a clean after it collecting a weekends worth of dirt.
I started with a nice coating of snow foam to make the cleaning that much easier.
Time to give the car a rinse.
Looking at it from a distance all looks fine.
However its not until you get a bit closer to the car that you can really notice how bad it is for collecting tar.
The wheels were also particularly bad for collecting tar, but this is to be expected.
It was nice to see that the plastics I had dressed with the Auto Finesse Revive were still beading well.
As it was a nice day I felt I should take advantage of it and spend my time doing a bit more work around the car. So I took the decision to take the tar off it. Part of me still thinks it’s a bit early in the year to be doing this but I guess only time will tell.
So I applied some Tardis and left it to work away.
Some of the stone chips that will need touched in.
Time for another snow foam and wash to get rid of any excess Tardis.
Drying time…
With the car dried off its now looking a lot nicer and ready to have the Iron X applied.
So hopefully that’ll happen tomorrow if it’s a passable day weather wise.
John
Today saw me taking advantage of the good weather and giving the car a clean after it collecting a weekends worth of dirt.
I started with a nice coating of snow foam to make the cleaning that much easier.
Time to give the car a rinse.
Looking at it from a distance all looks fine.
However its not until you get a bit closer to the car that you can really notice how bad it is for collecting tar.
The wheels were also particularly bad for collecting tar, but this is to be expected.
It was nice to see that the plastics I had dressed with the Auto Finesse Revive were still beading well.
As it was a nice day I felt I should take advantage of it and spend my time doing a bit more work around the car. So I took the decision to take the tar off it. Part of me still thinks it’s a bit early in the year to be doing this but I guess only time will tell.
So I applied some Tardis and left it to work away.
Some of the stone chips that will need touched in.
Time for another snow foam and wash to get rid of any excess Tardis.
Drying time…
With the car dried off its now looking a lot nicer and ready to have the Iron X applied.
So hopefully that’ll happen tomorrow if it’s a passable day weather wise.
John
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Yiannis197
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Thanks very much Yiannis.
Thanks very much. Yea the tar spots were heart breaking so I had to get rid of them.
UPDATE 27.02.2013
So I was supposed to do this yesterday but unfortunately I spent all day yesterday dying with the flu, but better late than never I guess.
The last update saw me detarring the bodywork of the car and today I decided it was time to take care of the wheels.
I decided that for the first stage on the wheels that I would try out the Iron X I had recently purchased as the wheels were dry and I’d been advised to not use it on damp surfaces.
I then gave the wheels a rinse to get rid of the Iron X.
Next it was on the Tardis to remove the tar from the wheels.
While the wheels were off I felt is was best to tidy up the arches and tidy up the break calipers.
Wheel arches detarred and tidied up.
As you can see there are some tar spots on the rear calipers also.
Wheels back on, and I’m more than happy with how they’ve turned out.
I just need to get myself a good sealant for the wheels now, so if you have any suggestions please feel free to leave them in a message below.
John
So I was supposed to do this yesterday but unfortunately I spent all day yesterday dying with the flu, but better late than never I guess.
The last update saw me detarring the bodywork of the car and today I decided it was time to take care of the wheels.
I decided that for the first stage on the wheels that I would try out the Iron X I had recently purchased as the wheels were dry and I’d been advised to not use it on damp surfaces.
I then gave the wheels a rinse to get rid of the Iron X.
Next it was on the Tardis to remove the tar from the wheels.
While the wheels were off I felt is was best to tidy up the arches and tidy up the break calipers.
Wheel arches detarred and tidied up.
As you can see there are some tar spots on the rear calipers also.
Wheels back on, and I’m more than happy with how they’ve turned out.
I just need to get myself a good sealant for the wheels now, so if you have any suggestions please feel free to leave them in a message below.
John
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UPDATE 28.02.2013
So when I woke up this morning and saw it was another lovely day I decided yet again tidying up the R27.
The first part of todays work was to Iron X the bodywork of the car.
There didn’t seem to be much iron build up on the car, which didn’t really surprise me as the car has just over 20000 miles on it.
The Iron X was quickly rinsed off, as I didn’t want to risk if marking the paintwork.
I then dried the car off as I was going to go straight to the polishing stage.
But then I bumped into my clay bar at the back of the garage and decided to give the car a once over.
The dirt on the clay bar is just from the windscreen.
With the whole car clayed it was time for another snow foam and wash.
Someone had asked me which snow foam I use, so here it is…
Left to so its business for about 5 minutes.
Time for another rinse.
My lovely eBay mitt…
Dried off again.
Not a bad reflection from the bonnet pre polish.
Poorboys polish with carnauba being applied.
Love the reflection now.
Using cotton buds to clean around the badges.
Nice shot to show off the reflection and depth of colour.
Tyre dressing time with Auto Finesse Satin.
Grills dressed using Auto Finesse Revive.
And onto the interior.
Thankfully it wasn’t too bad, just needed a quick hover and the mats given a once over with a stiff bristled brush.
Pt. 2 ---->
So when I woke up this morning and saw it was another lovely day I decided yet again tidying up the R27.
The first part of todays work was to Iron X the bodywork of the car.
There didn’t seem to be much iron build up on the car, which didn’t really surprise me as the car has just over 20000 miles on it.
The Iron X was quickly rinsed off, as I didn’t want to risk if marking the paintwork.
I then dried the car off as I was going to go straight to the polishing stage.
But then I bumped into my clay bar at the back of the garage and decided to give the car a once over.
The dirt on the clay bar is just from the windscreen.
With the whole car clayed it was time for another snow foam and wash.
Someone had asked me which snow foam I use, so here it is…
Left to so its business for about 5 minutes.
Time for another rinse.
My lovely eBay mitt…
Dried off again.
Not a bad reflection from the bonnet pre polish.
Poorboys polish with carnauba being applied.
Love the reflection now.
Using cotton buds to clean around the badges.
Nice shot to show off the reflection and depth of colour.
Tyre dressing time with Auto Finesse Satin.
Grills dressed using Auto Finesse Revive.
And onto the interior.
Thankfully it wasn’t too bad, just needed a quick hover and the mats given a once over with a stiff bristled brush.
Pt. 2 ---->
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