30 Hours of cleaning the E30...

[Mandeep_VW]

This was all done for the show & shine @ Gaydon...

I worked on the car during evening after work, and on one day off...

Work started on the engine bay...

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After...











Engine bay just abouy complete...



Wheels...

Before...



After...



All 3 grills took me 2 hours, only have a picture of this one though...



Onto the outside on my day off...

















Removed the spoiler...

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After...









And the final result...

[dom-1984-320i]

Stunning results, well done for all your hard work the car looks great and very shiny!!!!

[safedave]

WOW! fair play mate nice car too! i got one stitting on my drive could do with a clean if your not busy lol

[no2lurch]

what polish/wax/products do you use?

[Mandeep_VW]

safedave... i'm sure we can sort somthing out.

no2lurch... tell me what you think to the finish and then i will let you know mate...

[no2lurch]

its stunning. my mate (with the 130i at gaydon in the show and shine) voted you 1st.

really, he did!

[Mandeep_VW]

kool tell him thanks

Ok i don't use no expensive stuff, i never have with any of my cars, at the moment i'm using Megs, Autoglym products.

I'm going to move on the Zymol stuff as everyone keeps going on about it!

[Alex]

looks like the hard work paid off, looks great

[racinrabbit]

WOW! fair play mate nice car too! i got one stitting on my drive could do with a clean if your not busy lol

+1,

do mine before his, ive owned mine longer, lol,

great job, i seem to spend hours but never get it that good,

[Mandeep_VW]

Just pm me and we can sort somthing out, first come forst served

[d6dph]

Fantastic result!

Wax applied with the bare hand, A really satisfying technique but I tend to find I get through more wax that way.

Go on, What were the products used?

[csl]

Really nice car in really nice condition. Well done Mandeep!

[saqi]

fantastic result young mandeep mr bhachu would be so jelous.

[lukescott]

Can you tell me what was used on the back of the wheels ? I have a garage queen & recently had a go at the wheels. But some of the build up would not come off.

[AlexBaur325]

But some of the build up would not come off.

i did a set of wheels recently which were bad, used some gunk first then a couple og gos with "Wonder Wheels" (amazing stuff made by carplan)

[Mandeep_VW]

But some of the build up would not come off.

i did a set of wheels recently which were bad, used some gunk first then a couple og gos with "Wonder Wheels" (amazing stuff made by carplan)

That will just kill your wheels.

[NatDJ]

Incredible job Mandeep. Well done.

[SHAKEELE30]

mandeep, you can that alot of effort was put into cleaning the car, did that once and never again, but my one took me nearly 2 weeks, but that was on and off, and my car was creamy colour, but by the time i finished with it, it return to its orignal white....

Your car looks overally clean, so did you get any prizes for it....

[gooner1]

But some of the build up would not come off.

i did a set of wheels recently which were bad, used some gunk first then a couple og gos with "Wonder Wheels" (amazing stuff made by carplan)

That will just kill your wheels.

So tell him/us what you did use Mandeep.

[Mandeep_VW]

Thanks for all your comments, makes me appreciate the hard work i put in

Gooner1 - Any wheel cleaner is bad for your wheels, there are a couple out there that are wheel freindly, but i know woner wheels is really really bad.

I used Autoglym wheel cleaner, and tar and bug remover, but don't make a habbit of it as eventually it will ruin your wheels.

Keep on top of your wheels with fairy liquid and they will shine up real good!

[fuzzy]

i cant argue with the results but 30 hours...? fook that for passing time.

[mattsbmw]

I used Autoglym wheel cleaner, and tar and bug remover, but don't make a habbit of it as eventually it will ruin your wheels.



Absolutley right, but for one off use it's ok, just nomal car wsh water is ok once they have been thourghly cleaned

[mk1nurburg]

wow what truly amazing results!!! a credit to you mandeep!

[Jhonno]

Fantastic results there dude! She looks good!

[sparky1972]

impressive most impressive

[Mandeep_VW]

Thanks!

[Alex]

what did you use to get the black bits, black

[skh]

When cleaning your alloys it is most important to finish with good few coats of (wheel)wax otherwise brake dust will stick direct to your clean alloy and eat away!!
Remember the tyres also need 'feeding' try Pinnacle Onyx which I find v.good and sheen lasts.

Zymol waxes are certainly good and not just hype , but I have success with both Pinnacle and Blackfires as well.

[Retro-Marc]

Wheels wise guys a safe and very effective wheel cleaner is Autosmart Smart Wheels. Fairy liquid will simply strip wax and ruin your finish seeing it has salt in it autoglym products are OK, but there wheel cleaner is wayy too strong. There custom wheel cleaner is pretty safe however

[scurran83]

What way did u clean the engine bay?