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 Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 8:55 am |
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Joined: Feb 26, 2011
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Location: Nuneaton
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Why is black the worst colour to keep clean, my silver gti got cleaned 1-2 times a week but even when I came to clean her it never looked that bad, the black however is a bar steward, don't get me wrong it looks great when clean but tomorrow when I get back from work I'll have a bug graveyard on the front of my car due to driving through the lanes to work, so today I decided I'd had enough, got home about 12:30 and decided I'd give the car the clean of it's life, spent just over 3 hours on it, started off with a snowfoam, then the 2bm and dried off, next off was poorboys black hole glaze which is great stuff IMO, then some ex sealant, then wax and tyre dressing etc, the car looks great right now but come tomorrow it will look dirty again, I think I'm ready to sell it and buy a different colour lol, anyhow here's some pics
My plan was to clean it and take a drive to get some nice pics but I'm that fooked now I can't be bothered 
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Last edited by furryhobnob on Thu Jul 28, 2011 9:49 am; edited 1 time in total
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Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 9:01 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
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Location: Northants
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I wish i didnt get a black car, the amount of people that have nearly ran into me is mad, now i drive with my lights on during the day....
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Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 9:04 am |
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Joined: Feb 26, 2011
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Location: Nuneaton
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Your car looks awesome pugjh, people are probably trying to crash into you out of jealousy lol
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Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 9:04 am |
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Joined: Mar 28, 2010
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Location: Blackburn and Catterick
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looks nice but in my opinion lose the red badge. do it black 
and i know what you mean bout the black car  i run over mine nearly every day now  its a joke
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Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 9:05 am |
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Joined: Feb 08, 2010
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Location: Salisbury / New Forest
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You sure that's clean? The paintwork looks a little cloudy 
I've got the same problem with my dark blue BMW. My silver Fabia I could wash once a week. But the BMW gets dirty just hours after washing it. So I don't wash it as often
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Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 9:06 am |
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| furryhobnob wrote: |
| Your car looks awesome pugjh, people are probably trying to crash into you out of jealousy lol |
if thats based on my avatar then im lying, my car doesnt look like that, just what i'd like to be done to it
one day.
but it does look pretty nice, just a shame ive nearly had 2 side swipes and 1 damaged wing in my car after about 3 weeks of driving it HA.
due for a clean, and wing repair
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Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 9:06 am |
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Joined: Feb 08, 2010
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Location: Stafford
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But black is smexy
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Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 9:08 am |
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Location: Nuneaton
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Yeah the red badge went on a couple of days ago, I'm not liking it either I'm trying to source a silver one again, I did think about going black but as the rest of the car is that colour thought it might be a bot overkill?! And I think I'm gonna follow you mate and not bother cleaning it, I hate driving around in it when it's dirty!
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Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 9:10 am |
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Joined: Nov 06, 2010
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Location: The Netherlands
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Hmm i know what you mean. You also see all the little scratches on black paint  Next to the black paint i also have superturismo alloys, now thats hard to keep clean, with all the brake dust
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Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 9:10 am |
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Joined: Feb 26, 2011
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Location: Nuneaton
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Your right Harry it is sexy when it's clean, trouble is it only stays clean for about 5 minutes! Lol
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Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 9:11 am |
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4 minutes longer than mine then
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Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 9:11 am |
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Haha swordfish I def wouldn't like to be cleaning them alloys, they would do my head in, bet they look nice when clean though
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Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 9:12 am |
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Location: Nuneaton
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| Harry wrote: |
| 4 minutes longer than mine then |
Haha yeah I was being generous really, I bet if I look out the window my car will be rubbing itself in mud 
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Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 9:13 am |
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Joined: Mar 28, 2010
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Location: Blackburn and Catterick
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| furryhobnob wrote: |
| Yeah the red badge went on a couple of days ago, I'm not liking it either I'm trying to source a silver one again, I did think about going black but as the rest of the car is that colour thought it might be a bot overkill?! And I think I'm gonna follow you mate and not bother cleaning it, I hate driving around in it when it's dirty! |
I would go with black its not overkill at all looks smart in black or going back silver im just not keen on the red thats all but suppose it was worth a try
i made the same mistake with the roof on my car im gonna get that resprayed along with my other white bits
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Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 9:15 am |
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Joined: Mar 25, 2010
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Location: Ipswich
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Nice work mate looks good! Black is indeed harder to keep looking clean but its harder to get a nice wet finish from silver.
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