Grande Punto My Grande Punto "Winston"

Sweex said:

Wheels i think he means!

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Ahhh makes sense! Going to say, he kept that quiet

Yeah wheels

Afternoon All

With regards to my Abarth's I would like to think that from the middle/end of April they will be on the car! :slayer:

Well a few nice parcels arrived:



Can't wait to try the poorboys black hole stuff read some great stuff. In terms of the bulbs they are for the indicator side repeaters and the rear number plate.

Also, I have managed to fit some rear grande punto mud guards on the front! I wanted these ones as the "Punto" logo was on them and I wanted all to be matching so I painted the "Punto" logo chrome and then gave them a heavy coat of Meguiars Tire Gel.





I must admit the cutting of the mud guards wasn't too bad need a nice fresh Stanley knife and a cutting board and keep your finger out of the way lol Andy Monty gave me that tip. Was a little bit of a PITA but it is done now.

Also a quick pic from last night as it was Fill Up Friday lol:

Mmmmmm shiny! Looks awsome mate, going to fit my mudflaps today I think

the mud flaps look really good! Good idea with the wheels, wait until the nice weather I have the poorboys gear, it leaves a slick finish but i think the marks on mine are too deep for the filler to cover them, but it gives an amazing finish!

Oo poorboys watsapp me results i haye having a black car it looks great clean then an hour later looks ****e

Mjet220 i used poorboys blackhole on my girlfriends mk2 punto.
Used it via a DA on a finishing pad.
Before.

After


As you can see its filled a lot of the hazing but left the deeper marks.

You have to seal it with a wax or sealant afterwards or all the fillers will wash off really quickly.

Sweex that's the results I get with it. I didn't think it was great but it just isn't th product needed to get rid of scratches. I'm sure SJB1985 will get it looking amazing

rossul said:

Sweex that's the results I get with it. I didn't think it was great but it just isn't th product needed to get rid of scratches. I'm sure SJB1985 will get it looking amazing

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It gets good results for what it is mate.
You need a proper compound based product.
A lot of random deep scratches (probably what you couldnt get rid of) are very hard to get out as they can be very deep.

I only used it on my girlfriends for a quick clean up.

Yeah I cannot fault the product. It does what it is required to do SJB1985 told me about g3 scratch remover and poorboys ssr so I am giving them a try

rossul said:

Yeah I cannot fault the product. It does what it is required to do SJB1985 told me about g3 scratch remover and poorboys ssr so I am giving them a try

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G3 dosent work all the time mate, only works on small scratches and it also removes polish so you'll need to build up layers of polish again

thanks i will give it a try but yeah i would be waxing again SJB1985 seems to like cleaning his car a lot so hopefully he knows some other products or you may? Don't want to hijack his thread!

rossul said:

thanks i will give it a try but yeah i would be waxing again SJB1985 seems to like cleaning his car a lot so hopefully he knows some other products or you may? Don't want to hijack his thread!

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I clean mine every saturday done it yesterday, but working as a valleter I use a lot of stuff we use at work, which is a lot of auto glym and neilsons, I prefer neilsons which is cheaper , I won't hijack much lol

I always use a fine cutting compound first then at the moment limeprime after then wax took everything out

Good evening all,

So I have installed my new Osram Chrome indicator repeaters and have also installed Osram Blue Intense side light bulbs. I am now running Osrams all round lol

Once the bulbs were installed I then gave the car a very good cleaning starting with some Carbon Collective Satsuam Snow Foam:



Once the car have been rinsed of the snow foam I then washed the car using the 2BM with Carbon Collective Lusso Shampoo.

Then took to the task of drying the car (I must admit this is one part I don't enjoy too much so I am going to invest in an electric dryer) that might put a little more fun into it for me lol I cant be the only one who hates the drying part

This is how the car looked once it was dry:



Now time for some Poorboys SSR1, Black Hole and some EX-P here are the results of that little lot :



I then went a little OTT even for by standards and then gave the entire car a nice heavy coating of Meguiars Carnuba Wax just to finish off:



Thanks for looking lads,

As always comments and feedback more than welcome

Regards
Stephen

absolutely amazing, as ever! I hate drying the car too! You get nothing out of it. I'm looking forward to seeing the osrams too Im a bit busy next weekend, fancy doing my car

Must be something wrong with both of you!
I love drying the car!
If you've got some half decent sealant or wax on there then you can use a open ended hose and sheet all the water off then you just use a microfibre drying towel, takes about 5 mins if that no smears either!

Cars looking good though mate

Sweex said:

Must be something wrong with both of you!
I love drying the car!
If you've got some half decent sealant or wax on there then you can use a open ended hose and sheet all the water off then you just use a microfibre drying towel, takes about 5 mins if that no smears either!

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yeah i havent waxed my car in quite a long time im sorry guys

Looking loverly as ever! Hardly see this colour GP for some reason :/ I need your spoiler!