Lockdown - What Have You Done To Your's (Car that Is)

[99PBATR]

As I have been doing a lot of tarting to my Ro in the last week or so and doing all of those jobs I've been meaning to do and never got round to finishing, it got me to wondering what you have all been doing to yours.

Clearly any excuses for having a dirty car now (key workers of course being exempt) are not any longer acceptable;)

I've taken some of this lockdown time to finish off the extensive paint cutting back work I started when I got the car. So far I reckon I've done about 150 hours on the exterior paintwork since buying the car 3 years ago. This has been mainly extensive wet flatting using wet 2000,3000 and 6000 grit paper to get a flawless finish, followed by compounding, polish and seal. Its a very very long and slow process but I love it and the results are stunning on a Phantom Black car, with the light metallic gleaming in the sun. I'm completely OCD when it comes to paintwork having run my own detailing business for nearly 20 years as a part-time business. For me there is one colour and it's black. Not for the fainthearted and it shows every single mark, hologram and stone chip but pure perfection when done right IMO.

So one and a half panels left now to do. To give you an idea the drivers door took me a day to do properly and i'm talking 6-7 hours work. To be fair that's to get a show ready finish, zero marks and completely blemish free.

Then it's engine bay time and bits off to be polished and cleaned up. Yes I am mental

[Lincsls1]

Nice to hear you're still clearly loving the car even after a few years! Keep up the enthusiasm. And get some pics up!
As for mine, its recently had fresh diff oil, new bonnet and boot struts, a new door seal and a new battery.
Unfortunately its now at the menders, with gearbox and clutch issues so I have a big bill coming soon!
Here's a very recent pic of my engine bay - looking pretty tidy I feel. Notice the bonnet now stays up!

Edited by Lincsls1 on Wednesday 15th April 22:04

[99PBATR]

Looking very fresh sir, nice job! Will chuck some pics up later of my efforts!

[vxr2010]

well now i’ve mostly got over having corona virus , not fun had a bad time with it , the cars have had a wash and polish , the monaro has had its brake and fuel lines done , doing the pipes was more longterm preventative , some sections of the lines were fine but it appears where there was a clip there was a build up of rust or debris on the pipes , often in a non visible place , not cheap to get done but good peace of mind

[99PBATR]

Blimey, glad to hear you are over the virus fella. Not a pleasant experience I bet. Good luck to you and good to know you are out the other side

[vxr2010]

cheers for that , not been nice , very sad for a lot of people , i hope it’s a one off infection and people can’t get it again ?

[RipGMH]

vxr2010 said:

cheers for that , not been nice , very sad for a lot of people , i hope it’s a one off infection and people can’t get it again ?

I believe Taiwan are reporting repeat infections, but it is still early days. Glad you better pal.

I had some of the symptoms including coughing, short of breath and fatigue for about a week. Lucky for me not more severe so i didn’t get tested.

[leigh1050]

New brake pads today.

[leigh1050]

leigh1050 said:

New brake pads today.

That didn't happen! Took the back left off and they are about 6mm thick, had a look at the front left and they are about the same. Looks like they wont need doing for at least a year!

[Mezzell]

Just cleaning and polishing for me.
Engine bay is next on the list..........

[Mezzell]

And I’ve been on a course to learn how to upload photos to forums 😂

[Lincsls1]

Another fine example.
Nice wheels, any other mods?

[Mezzell]

Lincsls1 said:

Another fine example.
Nice wheels, any other mods?

Thanks. Long list of engine mods, pushing circa 500bhp.

[99PBATR]

And there was me thinking the pictures were a homage to our cars from 'Down Under'

[vxr2010]

I love the photos , it’s the sort of thing i would nearly do , lol