Hello I'm new here!

[chocice]

I posted a new topic the other day but I think I might have been a bit of a tit and posted the standard about which tyres are best and when does the cam belt need changing which appears every other day I presume, so I would like to start over.

Hi, I picked up my Black Golf GTI yesterday, its a minter, Garaged from new, only 18,000 miles and a bargain £10,000. I am a bit of an enthusiast with my cars over the last few years I have owned some fun cars, Fabia Vrs (really quick little car) Fiat Panda 100HP, Fiat Coupe 20v Turbo (lasted a week then needed a new engine) Skoda Ocatavia 2.0l equivalent to the old golf GTI with 18" Audi wheels, and my mum had a mk4 GTI, every time I drove it the engine management light would come on so I didnt get on well with it.

I spent most of the day cleaning the car from top to bottom, but had a bit of a mishap on the bonnet, I think I clayed to large and area and the clay was a bit dry I thought It was just snagging on the ingrained dirt but it left a patch of foggy scratching, after an hour of polishing I managed to remove most of it an it looks mint but I think I will leave claying from now on as my heart sank when I saw what I did, I really thought I had buggered it!

Heres Some pictures:




This is the area I clayed badly so if you have do the same there is hope

[_Adam_]

looks lovely mate really clean looking car.

had you used a clay bar before this time?

[AlanD]

Car does indeed look in great condition.

Welcome to the forum

[chocice]

I have clayed a white car before but I don't think white cars show marks as easily I think a good polish really does the same job, there is one thing I would like advice on, I have the grey leather seats and they all look good apart from the drivers bolster which gets rubbed every time you get in and out of the seat, it lost some colour and has cracks, is there any way to restore this, I was thinking of some grey shoe polish but worried it will rub off on my clothes.