Grrrrr, swirl marks!

[ColinE]

I need to get mine professionally detailed after some paint repairs to remove the swirls and minor scratches

In terms of mods i try to keep mine in line with how I think the car would have evolved over time, as well as adding some features it was missing or those removed in project drive

[wraith01mg]

I've bought some colour match polish to try and reduce the swirl marks. But as you say collin i'm going to have the car profesionaly detailed for Z10, in and out, £100 not too bad for a full days work for the guy.

[robert.jamieson]

as well as adding some features it was missing or those removed in project drive[/quote]


Hi Colin,

What things were removed during this project then?

Cheers

Rob

[MichaelG]

I've bought some colour match polish to try and reduce the swirl marks. But as you say collin i'm going to have the car profesionaly detailed for Z10, in and out, £100 not too bad for a full days work for the guy.

careful if its car plan t-cut colour fast black

while it may make it look good in the short term it will have stripped a thin but significant layer of paint/laquer to remove the swirls,

far better to use SRP which uses the most delicate of abrasives and fillers, it will preserve the paint work long into the cars life.

several passes of SRP can be used (but takes time), it may still show some swirls but better to live with that and know there is still the original laquer/paint left on the car with swirls.

I followed an almost new Black Jaguar XK a few days ago and when the direct sunlight hit the rear from certain angles the paint work lit up with swirls marks. Made me feel much more relaxed:

black cars + direct sun + clean = swirl marks

The wax acts as a lens.

Has anyone with a black car tried autoglym UDS yet?

[ColinE]

as well as adding some features it was missing or those removed in project drive

Hi Colin,

What things were removed during this project then?

Cheers

Rob[/quote]


Hi Rob

Take a look here

http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/foru...ve+illustrated

Cheers

Colin

[spartacus]

I've tried the AutoGlym Ultra Deep on mine - didn't look much different to their normal polish. Using Poorboys Black Hole and Harly Wax at the mo, which is much better... but I've still got swirl mark (obviously)

[wraith01mg]

careful if its car plan t-cut colour fast black

while it may make it look good in the short term it will have stripped a thin but significant layer of paint/laquer to remove the swirls,

far better to use SRP which uses the most delicate of abrasives and fillers, it will preserve the paint work long into the cars life.

cheers micheal i'll give that a go next time.

[colintf]

Hi Colin,

What things were removed during this project then?

Cheers

Rob

Hi Rob

Take a look here

http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/foru...ve+illustrated

Cheers

Colin[/quote]

Many thanks Colin, I had not seen that before

[AndyG]

http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/foru...ve+illustrated



Very interesting thread


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[wraith01mg]

Call me an old cynic, but it looks like all the redesigns lowered the quality of the car. They would have saved lots of money on, say using the same washer bottle across the range rather than getting rid of rather the nice touch of the head rest embossing. I mean realy omitting the plastic plugs around the seat belt nuts? Wires held on with tape? No acces to the tail lights? But as andy says. Very illuminating. Good link.