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Offline kalimon

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Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Reply #3740 on: 12 February 2016, 19:08 »
I'm sure you just keep posting the same pictures Rebecca
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Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Reply #3741 on: 12 February 2016, 19:19 »
You're shaming us all again Rebecca - mine hasn't been washed for 3 weeks and is minging.

Yours looks stunning now as usual.

Clean for a day only I suspect, as I've got a 250 mile drive to West Yorkshire tommorow.  And then it'll be driven in anger up and down the Pennines. Snake Pass beckons :evil:
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Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Reply #3742 on: 12 February 2016, 19:20 »
I'm sure you just keep posting the same pictures Rebecca

Haha!  Sorry to disappoint Kalimon but photos taken today.  I only ever post up current photos to accompany detail g posts.  I'm no cheat!  :grin:
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Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Reply #3743 on: 12 February 2016, 19:22 »
Go on then, I believe you😀
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Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Reply #3744 on: 12 February 2016, 19:22 »
Gave it a quick 1 hour wash ready for a little trip oop north.

As a matter of interest how long do you go between wax and sealant and how often do you wash it.

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Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Reply #3745 on: 12 February 2016, 20:22 »
Gave it a quick 1 hour wash ready for a little trip oop north.

As a matter of interest how long do you go between wax and sealant and how often do you wash it.

It depends on the time of year.  In spring/summer it normally gets washed every week, failing that, fortnightly.  In winter it gets washed every 2-3 weeks, although it went 5 weeks a couple months ago due to time constraints.

Routinely - sealing and waxing gets done approx every 3 months.  I might stick another coat of wax on after around 6 weeks if weather permits.  I do a lot of testing of various waxes/sealants though so if I'm doing a test then it will get dine especially for that purpose.
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Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Reply #3746 on: 12 February 2016, 20:27 »
Go on then, I believe you😀

Photos date stamps are visible in Exif data in Flickr if you really doubt me. :tongue: :laugh:

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Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Reply #3747 on: 12 February 2016, 20:30 »
New tail pipes fitted and gave it a good clean..






Nice hacksaw work Simon :) looks good, is that a triple r splitter?
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Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Reply #3748 on: 12 February 2016, 21:16 »
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Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Reply #3749 on: 12 February 2016, 21:27 »
Gave it a quick 1 hour wash ready for a little trip oop north.

As a matter of interest how long do you go between wax and sealant and how often do you wash it.

It depends on the time of year.  In spring/summer it normally gets washed every week, failing that, fortnightly.  In winter it gets washed every 2-3 weeks, although it went 5 weeks a couple months ago due to time constraints.

Routinely - sealing and waxing gets done approx every 3 months.  I might stick another coat of wax on after around 6 weeks if weather permits.  I do a lot of testing of various waxes/sealants though so if I'm doing a test then it will get dine especially for that purpose.

Dam, in winter I wash my car once if not twice a week and in the summer at least once. I don't do a lot of miles, my CC has just over 20k on it and it is nearly 3 years old. I'm guessing you do a fair few miles a year?