well its time for some long overdue pictures of the Ed35
car had some subtle branding for GTI International and i'd deliberately held off having the car detailed until after the shown and most of the mechanical modifications were done and Goodwood FOS was out of the way

car was shipped up the Nath and Gaz at detailmyride.co.uk for some much needed protection and removal of a parking door ding
Car looked on arrival at DMR HQ:












First up, wash and decontamination! Wheels cleaned with AS Smart Wheels, and various brushes inc. wheel woolies, Arches/Tyres with AS G101.


Car was then given a pre-wash, badges/rubbers etc agitated with G101:




Following a 2BM wash with Auto Finesse Lather and Lambswool Mitts, decontamination with Iron X and Tardis revealed little in the way of any contamination!
Once pulled inside and dried off with microfibre towels, the only areas requiring any real correction were the black gloss trim and rear lights, which were tidied up with Meguiars D300 Correction Compound and Pads, before later being refined (pics pre-refinement)
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Exhausts also cleaned up:


Paintwork was then cleansed with Lime Prime via DA, before applying Auto Finesse Tough Coat as the LSP to paintwork and wheels. Finishing touches including glass, tyres etc were completed and the interior detailed.
Please note in some of the pics tyres had second coat of Swissvax Pneu to the tyres, and had not been buffed so some excess is visible!
Finished pics:





















more than happy with the results as despite the weather water mainly beads off and its really easy to keep on top of things
i need to tweak the ride height at the rear as slightly to low and have some recommended settings from Bilstein so may try some a firmer set up, also exhaust tips need adjusting but been waiting for the gloss black set to turn up
i drove the Pirelli on the weekend for the first time in ages and it felt slow (despite Revo Stage 1) but biggest difference was how the suspension upgrades had sharpened things up and car just gives your more confidence