I was up at the crack of dawn this morning to spend a day sorting a few little bits out on my A3. First off was the grill coming off for a coat of black paint. I actually went for gloss black in the end as I had a can of it kicking around in the garage....I like it!..much better than when it was chrome. Flatted it down and gave it 5 coats and its bob on.
Once that was done I fitted some led festoon bulbs for the back number plate. Managed to find some designed to work with 12v so there'll be no issues hopefully.
Then fitted some new clear side repeaters as the standard orange ones were gash.
After that it was time to exploit the sunny weather so got my rotary out to attack the paint work. I've had it a while but not had chance to really use it in anger. Car was washed and then clayed, then given the business with the rotary. Started with Menerza power finish and then final finish.
Car was looking good at this point so it was sealed with Chemical Guys Acrylic shine II and then Chemical Guys Extreme Top Coat. After that it had 2 coats of Collinite 915 Marque D'Elegance and a spray of Zymol final finish. All plastics were cleaned with trim cleaner and then sealed.
Wheels were done with Sonus Wheel Bright and tyres dressed.
Glass was then cleaned inside and out, all door shuts etc cleaned and then the glass was treated to a bit of rain-x.
Outsides looking as good as its ever going to now so the inside was cleaned, vac'd and the seats cleaned with Zymol leather cleaner. All trim cleaned with Megs APC and jobs a good-un!. The Chemical Guys stuff is new to me but I'm very happy with the results. The pics dont really show how much the flake in the paint is popping in the sun now. I'm well happy anyway :icon_thumright: Paints got a really nice wet shine to it and nice glossy reflections.
Its all been done ready for when it gets a tickle with the lowering stick on Monday
Would have got more pics but the camera needs a charge.....plus its taken me about 8 hours to do it all and I'm knackered! (great, work at 22.00hrs tonight!).
Once that was done I fitted some led festoon bulbs for the back number plate. Managed to find some designed to work with 12v so there'll be no issues hopefully.
Then fitted some new clear side repeaters as the standard orange ones were gash.
After that it was time to exploit the sunny weather so got my rotary out to attack the paint work. I've had it a while but not had chance to really use it in anger. Car was washed and then clayed, then given the business with the rotary. Started with Menerza power finish and then final finish.
Car was looking good at this point so it was sealed with Chemical Guys Acrylic shine II and then Chemical Guys Extreme Top Coat. After that it had 2 coats of Collinite 915 Marque D'Elegance and a spray of Zymol final finish. All plastics were cleaned with trim cleaner and then sealed.
Wheels were done with Sonus Wheel Bright and tyres dressed.
Glass was then cleaned inside and out, all door shuts etc cleaned and then the glass was treated to a bit of rain-x.
Outsides looking as good as its ever going to now so the inside was cleaned, vac'd and the seats cleaned with Zymol leather cleaner. All trim cleaned with Megs APC and jobs a good-un!. The Chemical Guys stuff is new to me but I'm very happy with the results. The pics dont really show how much the flake in the paint is popping in the sun now. I'm well happy anyway :icon_thumright: Paints got a really nice wet shine to it and nice glossy reflections.
Its all been done ready for when it gets a tickle with the lowering stick on Monday
Would have got more pics but the camera needs a charge.....plus its taken me about 8 hours to do it all and I'm knackered! (great, work at 22.00hrs tonight!).
