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Sunday Afternoon

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Avtar
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Sunday Afternoon

Post by Avtar » Mon Sep 13, 2010 11:41 am

There I was on a nice pleasant Sunday, thinking is this the last of the sunshine? So an ideal opportunity to give the X a good clean and polish ready for the autumn (pics to follow).

Exterior

Jet Wash and clean (two bucket method)
Dried (chamois and towel)
Waxed with Collinite 915
Finished with Auto Glym Extra Gloss Finish
Wheels cleaned and waxed with Rym Wax and tyres dressed with Meguirs
Chrome and metal cleaned with Auto Glym Metal Polish

Interior

Vacum (normal not a Dyson)
The windows cleaned with Autoglym Fast Glass
Seat cleaned with Zymol leather cleaner
Treated with Autoglym Leather Balm
Current Drives:

Alpina D5 BiTurbo
E70 3.0sD SE (Sold)
E46 330 Convertible
Alpina B3 S BiTurbo (SOLD)

History:

E39 528 Sport, 530 Sport
E38 735 Sport
E36 318iS, 320, 325

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Re: Sunday Afternoon

Post by pvr » Mon Sep 13, 2010 2:48 pm

Yes, did the same here. Excellent weather, makes you really wanted to do things.
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Re: Sunday Afternoon

Post by lezmtaylor » Mon Sep 13, 2010 2:52 pm

[quote=""pvr""]Yes, did the same here. Excellent weather, makes you really wanted to do things.[/quote]
Yes and me, went out on the boat and had a couple of hours fishing.
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Re: Sunday Afternoon

Post by squeaky2 » Wed Sep 15, 2010 2:36 pm

Spent 5 hours washing, claying and waxing. Happily listening to the radio........car looks sparkly.

2 days later..........phone call from an unhappy partner as the car wont start :(

Annoying but the car looks lovely :)

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