GR86 What did you do with your GR86 today

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Today I gave my car it's first proper clean.

There was no fancy ceramic nanotechnology or four-figure bills from detailers here - no sir/madam.

I've gone old school and mostly used Autoglym, which I've been using with all my cars over the last 30+ years (and which my Dad used before that).

After a good wash we have one coat Super Resin Polish and two coats Extra Gloss Protection. Wheels were treated to two coats of Poorboys World Wheel Sealant. Exhausts done with the very old-school Autosol metal polish.


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You'll hear no complaints about AG stuff from me. Have relied on AG SRP for years as it gets good results with just hand polishing. In fact, I just had a order of some of their stuff turn on up on the doorstop this morning, as quite a bit of it is on offer at Halfords. And Autosol is amazing. Good effort :)
 
Conscript said:
You'll hear no complaints about AG stuff from me. Have relied on AG SRP for years as it gets good results with just hand polishing. In fact, I just had a order of some of their stuff turn on up on the doorstop this morning, as quite a bit of it is on offer at Halfords. And Autosol is amazing. Good effort :)
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'Beading' photos, perhaps, to follow!
 
Silver Fox said:
Today I gave my car it's first proper clean.

There was no fancy ceramic nanotechnology or four-figure bills from detailers here - no sir/madam.

I've gone old school and mostly used Autoglym, which I've been using with all my cars over the last 30+ years (and which my Dad used before that).

After a good wash we have one coat Super Resin Polish and two coats Extra Gloss Protection. Wheels were treated to two coats of Poorboys World Wheel Sealant. Exhausts done with the very old-school Autosol metal polish.


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Absolutely nothing wrong with Old School products and some, now apparently out of fashion British Elbow Power 💪

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Silver Fox said:
Today I gave my car it's first proper clean.

There was no fancy ceramic nanotechnology or four-figure bills from detailers here - no sir/madam.

I've gone old school and mostly used Autoglym, which I've been using with all my cars over the last 30+ years (and which my Dad used before that).

After a good wash we have one coat Super Resin Polish and two coats Extra Gloss Protection. Wheels were treated to two coats of Poorboys World Wheel Sealant. Exhausts done with the very old-school Autosol metal polish.


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I’d definitely recommend a wheel brush to reach the inner width of the wheel! Especially on a black rim…
Something like an EZ detail brush, Wheel Woolie or an Auto Finesse barrel brush would work a treat.
 
Booked mine in for it's recall today. Unfortunately, they've advised that as they've haven't done one yet, they don't know how long it will take. So I've had to book it in for the day. Which means I need a courtesy car, so it will be a couple of weeks yet. Also going to request they change the central locking and do the window thing with the keyfob at the same time. Annoying, I was hoping I could wait while they did it, then if they have trouble finding the settings, I could point them in the right direction.
 
LukeC22 said:
I’d definitely recommend a wheel brush to reach the inner width of the wheel! Especially on a black rim…
Something like an EZ detail brush, Wheel Woolie or an Auto Finesse barrel brush would work a treat.
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Cheers, I'll take a look.

(It does look far worse on the picture!)
 
LukeC22 said:
I’d definitely recommend a wheel brush to reach the inner width of the wheel! Especially on a black rim…
Something like an EZ detail brush, Wheel Woolie or an Auto Finesse barrel brush would work a treat.
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Thoroughly recommend wheel Woolies - but the genuine ones and not some cheap knockoffs. Had mine years 👍
 
Silver Fox said:
Today I gave my car it's first proper clean.

There was no fancy ceramic nanotechnology or four-figure bills from detailers here - no sir/madam.

I've gone old school and mostly used Autoglym, which I've been using with all my cars over the last 30+ years (and which my Dad used before that).

After a good wash we have one coat Super Resin Polish and two coats Extra Gloss Protection. Wheels were treated to two coats of Poorboys World Wheel Sealant. Exhausts done with the very old-school Autosol metal polish.


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The Autoglym has lasted well.
 
Silver Fox said:
Today I gave my car it's first proper clean.

There was no fancy ceramic nanotechnology or four-figure bills from detailers here - no sir/madam.

I've gone old school and mostly used Autoglym, which I've been using with all my cars over the last 30+ years (and which my Dad used before that).

After a good wash we have one coat Super Resin Polish and two coats Extra Gloss Protection. Wheels were treated to two coats of Poorboys World Wheel Sealant. Exhausts done with the very old-school Autosol metal polish.


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Almost the exact same products I used at the weekend, including the Autosol and PB wheel sealant. AG bumper and trim gel works very well on the vents, mud flaps and other black bits, while I used PB Black Hole as a polish. Find it gives more of wet look than the AG SRP which picks out the flake more.
 
Dropped car off for recall, oil change with oil I've provided and instruction to not wash the car under any circumstances. Didn't feel that welcome, felt very much another number. I'm nervous about it. They wanted £10 for courtesy car which I didn't want to pay so just walked the 7 mile home. I'll walk back down Saturday to get it. Forgot when I got there but did email saying I want some options changing. I'll have to ring again tomorrow so they do it.
 
KobayashiMaru86 said:
Dropped car off for recall, oil change with oil I've provided and instruction to not wash the car under any circumstances. Didn't feel that welcome, felt very much another number. I'm nervous about it. They wanted £10 for courtesy car which I didn't want to pay so just walked the 7 mile home. I'll walk back down Saturday to get it. Forgot when I got there but did email saying I want some options changing. I'll have to ring again tomorrow so they do it.
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Hope it all goes well and that everything gets sorted to your satisfaction.
 
Beans said:
Initially felt guilty with the state of mine, then I realised all that muck just means I'm out there enjoying the car!
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Good indication of where the dirt goes there. Seems the mudflaps on the front are maybe rendered a bit useless as the dirt just comes through the vent behind the front wheels from the wheel well and down the side of the car anyway, coating the front of the doors and hitting the rear arches!
 
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