polishing

How often would you all do this? I gave mine a great polish yesterday and it really helps the look. I dont think it has been polished in easily 2 years. I may start waxing the car a bit more now to start protecting the paint, as the car is 6 years old now!

I have managed to borrow a machine polisher and I plan to give my car a good clean a week tomorrow, however i have a few questions about doing this for the first time. In terms of pads what stuff do i need to look at getting the required stuff for the machine polisher? anyone have any tips...

Hello. Got a black Leon which has some annoying swirls and stone chips on the bonnet and front bumper. The previous owner didnt wash it properly and the swirls are annoying on a sunny day so I'm going to either borrow or purchase a machine polisher, something like the meguairs ones for £100...

well since money is tight, and I have had to cancel my stg3 polish with jonjay (again, sorry!), I am going to have a go at polishing the car myself this is what I have: http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/polishing/polishing-machine/meguiars-g220-complete-meguiars-kit/prod_416.html 1 x...

I've seen this on a few cars, and I quite fancy giving it a go myself. Are there any special methods to it? I've got a grinding wheel on a bench that I can put a polishing wheel on, so hopefully that should make life a lot easier. So what do I need to do though? Take it off, strip the...

Hi, My Cupra R has seen the best side of 60k and the headlights look pretty pitted with stone chips and minor scratches, one stupidly by myself when i used a hot air gun to help remove the moisture in the unit. Any abrasive polish i can use to bring these back up as they look terrible? Cheers Adam

Can anyone give me an idea of what polishes to use on my Tornado Red Ibiza? I've seen a lot of threads on here about this - but they suggest Dodo Juice etc :whistle:, which is rather extreme and expensive I must say :think:. I was thinking auto glym maybe? Or Simoniz? Let me know what you think...

Right ive been thinking about polishing my charge pipe for a while now. I decided to try and get on with it now i have some days off went down to halfords but the finest wet and dry they do is 1500 grit any idea where i can get hold of some 2000 or 2500grit Also i had a quick look the other...

:lol:Maybe u guys have read it before but I just got sent it... Apparantly the engine is stil running! http://www.audiforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=80267

Hello I bought a Leon Cupra in Jan and im going to be cleaning it properly tomorrow for the first time, got a machine polisher for christmas last year. Am a little nervous bout using it on the paintwork, anyone got any tips on how to use it properly to get a really good shine on the paint...

I found this on another site and thought that it may be of some interest to people on here, http://civic-eg.com/viewtopic.php?t=2&highlight=polish Insane amount of work but, amazing results ! Would be interested to know if anyone has tried this and what kind of results they got ?

After washing my car the other day I noticed what a mess my headlights are in. when i turn my hids on you can see loads of little pock marks where stones have hit them over the years. It looks like the headlights are covered in road salt and when you turn the hids on it looks awful. not only...

Hi guys, i'm looking to polish the charge pipe on my LCR, but i'm not that confident at taking it off and not being able to get it back on. If i take the pipe off, do i have to destroy any clips and replace them or can I re-use them. I've searched but haven't found anything relevant to...

When machine polishing for the first time, many many questions will go through your mind. below I am going to try to put 8 years into words!! Which polish? Which machine pad? What speed do I use? How much pressure should I apply? How often should I work the area for? and so on...

Can anyone tell me the best way to polish the pipe on the LCR engine that runs to the turbo please. sorry dont know the correct name of the pipe its the one with the F8cking hot dont touch sticker:confused:

I know this sound like a daft question. However what are peoples opinion on what this should involve ? e.g. Enlarging of ports Knife edgeing the channels Smooth out the casting Anything else? Cheers

Posted a while ago about giving my new emocion red leon its first polish and wax. Its only a month old and has only done 300 miles so far so its not grimey, it just has some very minor dealer installed swirls at the top of the doors So I've got Autoglym srp and egp. My question is, how...

Right guys.. Ive had my car for about 1 year and 4 months now. so far I generally wash it say once a month and add meguiars liquid wax every 1 or two washes. i understand wax is something you apply as much as you want, but polish should only be applied say 1 or two times a year as its...

After a winter of collecting salt & road grime, my Forge FMIC is looking a bit minging :( First question, can it be cleaned with the bumper on (does the centre grille pop out?) or is it a bumper off job? (It's an LCR by the way... if that makes any difference? :shrug: ) Secondly, what's...

Hi all, Im currently considering mirror polishing my standard sport alloys, has anyone done this before or can anyone suggest how to go about it. Alternatively I may consider spraying them black or anthracite. What does everyone think ????