Today I.....

Had a full
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detailing session
 
Turzyx said:
Another job done today. Car should pass it's MOT next month with no advisories now. Last year it had one for "deteriorated headlight blah blah"

Not quite perfect but it's a hell of an improvement.

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Looks great, what was your technique?
 
A2Steve said:
Looks great, what was your technique?
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Used lots of wet & dry, alternating left to right & up and down between grades. Started with 400, 800, 1200, 1800, 2400, 3200 & 4000. Some guide online says you can start with 1200 but I tried it and it didn't even touch it. Lots of water, rinsing between passes. It's also good to let the paper soak for a bit before starting.

When I'd done the 4k grit I used PlastX clear plastic polish on a polishing pad. I'm really happy with the results but if you look reeeeeally close you can see some fine scratches from the lower grit phases. That's user error since I didn't quite get the overlapping coverage to make it perfect.

Side by side you can't tell at all.
 
Turzyx said:
Used lots of wet & dry, alternating left to right & up and down between grades. Started with 400, 800, 1200, 1800, 2400, 3200 & 4000. Some guide online says you can start with 1200 but I tried it and it didn't even touch it. Lots of water, rinsing between passes. It's also good to let the paper soak for a bit before starting.
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Where do you guys find any grades above 1200?! I can't find anything better than 1200, polishing right after 1200 doesn't help at all.
 
6stings said:
Where do you guys find any grades above 1200?! I can't find anything better than 1200, polishing right after 1200 doesn't help at all.
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You can get up to 2500 from Halfords, I had some left over from another project. The really fine grades you can get from Amazon if you're stuck.
 
Today I....

Polished and then waxed the paintwork also used glass polish and Rainex on the roof - weather forecast is for rain tomorrow but I don't care as I love to see the water beading off the glass at speed :)

Simon.
 
Today the engine light came on - again - after I deleted it with a standard cheap diagnostic tool.
I guess then that it's either the first lamda sone, the second (nox?) or lamda sone, or air flow sensor.....or maybe a coil pack failure?
It runs ok, but it har a somewhat uneven accelleration.....anyones guess before I take it to a garage to be ripped off? It's a 2004 1,6 FSI.
 
A2Z3 said:
Today the engine light came on - again - after I deleted it with a standard cheap diagnostic tool.
I guess then that it's either the first lamda sone, the second (nox?) or lamda sone, or air flow sensor.....or maybe a coil pack failure?
It runs ok, but it har a somewhat uneven accelleration.....anyones guess before I take it to a garage to be ripped off? It's a 2004 1,6 FSI.
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A friendly recommendation: Drive it to Germany.
Leave it to Audi for a day, rent a new Audi whichever for €40, have some beer, fill the car with 10kg sausages for the summer parties at your mountain house and forget about the engine light.
 
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