What have you done to your Mk6 today then?

[Ess_Three]

Yeah they're 19s. 

Perish the thought of having mismatched tyres    Conti SC5p all round for me - brilliant tyres.  My second choice would be Eagle F1s though.  I'm just glad I don't have to replace all four at once.

I just priced a full set of 225/35/19 F1s...£170 each, fitted and balanced. Ouch.

[Booth11]

Yeah they're 19s. 

Perish the thought of having mismatched tyres    Conti SC5p all round for me - brilliant tyres.  My second choice would be Eagle F1s though.  I'm just glad I don't have to replace all four at once.

I just priced a full set of 225/35/19 F1s...£170 each, fitted and balanced. Ouch.

Mine are a positive bargain at £166 each then.  I feel much better now

[mwad gti]

Yeah they're 19s. 

Perish the thought of having mismatched tyres    Conti SC5p all round for me - brilliant tyres.  My second choice would be Eagle F1s though.  I'm just glad I don't have to replace all four at once.

I just priced a full set of 225/35/19 F1s...£170 each, fitted and balanced. Ouch.

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Mine are a positive bargain at £166 each then.  I feel much better now

Lol
Man logics

[JayGTD]

Just washed it, polished it, and waxed it! Can't beat a clean black car. Until you walk up close and see swirl marks and stone chips..that's when your heart breaks after spending 3 hours making it look like a mirror






As did my friend who owns a BMW F20

[Booth11]

Prefer your golf, looks great   

Did the polishing not get rid of many swirls?  Maybe you need to use a more abrasive polish compound and/or pad with a deeper cut.

[JayGTD]

Prefer your golf, looks great   

Did the polishing not get rid of many swirls?  Maybe you need to use a more abrasive polish compound and/or pad with a deeper cut.

Haha thanks! Look the the difference in wheel arch gap :p
I didn't really take note, but i just hand polished using a maguiars pad and some quick detailer's polish rather than a machine polish..too scared to use a machine polish in case i cut away too much

Jay

[RocketRossUK]

Prefer your golf, looks great   

Did the polishing not get rid of many swirls?  Maybe you need to use a more abrasive polish compound and/or pad with a deeper cut.

Haha thanks! Look the the difference in wheel arch gap :p
I didn't really take note, but i just hand polished using a maguiars pad and some quick detailer's polish rather than a machine polish..too scared to use a machine polish in case i cut away too much

Jay

Seriously Jay, machine polishing with a Dual Action is so easy, there is 0% percent chance of you doing damage you you start off easy and work you way up. I was nervous at first and now it a breeze, you could seriously do it with a blind fold on. Best move i ever made was picking up a DA polisher.

[RocketRossUK]

these bad boys turned up today, just need some braided lines. Cant wait for the extra stopping power 

[Booth11]

Haha thanks! Look the the difference in wheel arch gap :p
Jay

Yeah, massive gap.  Thought mine was bad on 19s and unlowered, but that's worse 

Seriously Jay, machine polishing with a Dual Action is so easy, there is 0% percent chance of you doing damage you you start off easy and work you way up. I was nervous at first and now it a breeze, you could seriously do it with a blind fold on. Best move i ever made was picking up a DA polisher.

^^
'Tis true.  I did a practice run on my partners van before letting loose on my car for the first time, it was absolutely fine.  Depending on the degree of swirling / marring, just start off with the least abrasive pad and polish and off you go, then check the results and if necessary step up to more abrasive polish and pad.....and so on.

[seabrook132]

Mine had a good interior clean today. All hoovered out, dash and trim cleaned with Auto Finesse Total and dressed with 303 Aerospace, door shuts cleaned and seals protected with Auto Finesse Revive and all leather cleaned with Auto Finesse Hide and dressed with Raceglaze Leather Balm. No pics unfortunately!

Also tried to update my maps to V10 but tried burning the image file to 2 dvds now, one with windows and one with mac and neither of them seem to be recognised by the unit, which just says CD/DVD error. Hmmmm, may have to find another source to download.

@Jay I haven't had much time at all to practice with my new DA but did a small patch on the bonnet of my girlfriend's corsa the other day and found it really easy to work with. I really need a good light source to check the paint with though and couldn't get a good pic of it. Just have a read of the guides on Detailing world and i also found Junkman2000's videos on Youtube really helpful. I too was worried about trying it and messing up but if you go in with a bit of knowledge from the above sources and be patient I don't think you can go wrong really.