so I had heard a lot about this detailing malarky and the clay. I bought a bar of that Bilt Hamber stuff in regular and some new polishing cloths.

car was clean, had a quick wipe out then got the plant sprayer out to wet the area and clay.

OMG what a difference it makes. I started on the bonnet of Cesil and it felt like sandpaper so I was like WTF is this. I thought my car was clean!!

you don't need to press hard and just the weight of yr hand, with a forward/backward motion. Within a few strokes you can feel the area getting smoother and all the grit / dirt particles coming off.

I had to dry off, then wet area next to it with a bit of overlap. Once i had done the bonnet it felt so smooth! I ran finger over area and onto the wings. They felt like a bit of sandpaper!!

put some decent autoglym polish on the bonnet and wow it just looks n feels awesome.

I have still got to do rear wings n bumpers.

the amount of crap that came off the roof was unreal. It was really rough and it took two lots of going over to get super smooth.

this bilt hamber clay is unreal and really worth spending time n money on. Sorry if you know this already but I cant believe I had not used before.

makes sure you use loads of water and lots of patience too. If u drop the clay then bin it straight away too.

DC

Sounds like you're having a Eureka! moment there mate :wink: :hahaha:

Just goes to show you're never to old to learn new tricks - Keep of rubbing!:thumbs:

yes it was Matt tbh. I had no idea. brilliant stuff.

Excuse me, but is this on about washing your car?

Shouldn't this be in the 'Home and Garden' section :gayfight:, moderated by Glendog.

Ha, ha, No - it's about him washing his car - the one that he's glad to be back in. I just hope he managed to remove all that vandal (spray paint) damage to his front and rear plates, without too much effort!:thumbs:

finally got the trim bits that have been carbon hydro dipped by a friend back on the car to replace the OEM trim and well happy. pretty good match to OEM as well.

the rear view mirror had leaked so that trashed the window switch and SMG trim. door handles were scratched up as were the dash trims. rear console was cracked and scratched too so at £550 for a replacement from BMW I was looking at other options.

have kept the original 'titan silver' trim as not everyone's cup of tea in carbon effect.

window switch area:

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps8e72b180.jpg

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u...psf4068393.jpg

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps6f46d28b.jpg

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps161ecbf6.jpg

dashboard trim area:

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps64fef843.jpg

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps47c16dea.jpg

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps28322124.jpg

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps97b5dca6.jpg

door handles (funny light with flash I think):

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u...psc43d87d3.jpg

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps31755188.jpg

rear seat console:

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps5c9c976d.jpg

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps0c81d3ed.jpg

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps84d1e59a.jpg

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps3301577b.jpg

has defo sorted out the rather worn and scratched painted areas of the car.

Looks proper mint! :notworthy:

Will you disclose total cost of getting this done das chin?

sent you a pm ben and i can.

It costs peanuts to dip trims.

I personally think it looks naff as it's not even a close colour match

If however your carbon console was the same colour it would look great.