Hi,
I'm new to the forum as well as purchasing my first Scirocco.
The back ground of the car is that it's a 2 owner 1986 MK2 1.6 auto GT in white with a black bodykit. It has covered 54,000 miles and been stored in a dry garage for the last 5 years.
My only real plan for the car is to keep it as an immaculate yet subtly modified original example.
The reason for the title is that I plan on spending the next few months bringing the car up to standard and hopefully debuting it at the Ultimate Dubs show in March 2016, my ultimate goal is to be on the scirocco register stand.
Any feedback would be welcomed
Chris
Here is the one and only picture I have of the car so far.
1. Removed rear lights to inspect behind them (which was ok) before cleaning and waxing. I have now replaced all bulbs and stripped/ cleaned the rear lamps before refitting.
(Please ignore the discoloured washer pipe this will be replaced ha ha)
2. The first retro modification/ accessory comes in the form of a Fischer Cassette Box
3. Wax on wax off... Windows!
Now this car is 7 years older than me and with it been stood for as long as it has a large ammount of dust has settled on it so it's time to start with a little bit of detailing.
As you will probably gather once you've read this I have a bit of an OCD when it comes to cleaning cars ha ha
Here's a before shot showing the dust/ streaks
First of all the whole surface was dusted down and a detailing brush used to agitate the hard to reach areas such as under the spoiler
Secondly the windows were cleaned using AG fast glass
Then they were clayed and we're surprisingly clean, I've seen a lot worse on car windows that are only a year old!
Then on to the AG window polish which was allowed to cure for around 15 minutes and buffed off
Finally two coats of Poorboys world paste wax which in all fairness having been using a lot more expensive products is excellent, just to finish off and get them shiny!
So there we have it, how I spend my bank holiday Monday's while it's pouring down.
Waxed so it's now like... Glass
4. Something I think really sets off the rear end of the mk2 which my car didn't have... Now fitted
'Scirocco' script decal
I did plan on claying the full car and giving it a mop today but I've ran out of detailing tape so will have to wait for that!
Anyway next up will be removing individual pieces of bodykit to check/ clean and protect behind.
A quick pic of my daily that was at a show yesterday beading while I wait for the wax to cure on the rocco.
Yes it's a vauxhall shame on me
I'm new to the forum as well as purchasing my first Scirocco.
The back ground of the car is that it's a 2 owner 1986 MK2 1.6 auto GT in white with a black bodykit. It has covered 54,000 miles and been stored in a dry garage for the last 5 years.
My only real plan for the car is to keep it as an immaculate yet subtly modified original example.
The reason for the title is that I plan on spending the next few months bringing the car up to standard and hopefully debuting it at the Ultimate Dubs show in March 2016, my ultimate goal is to be on the scirocco register stand.
Any feedback would be welcomed
Chris
Here is the one and only picture I have of the car so far.
1. Removed rear lights to inspect behind them (which was ok) before cleaning and waxing. I have now replaced all bulbs and stripped/ cleaned the rear lamps before refitting.
(Please ignore the discoloured washer pipe this will be replaced ha ha)
2. The first retro modification/ accessory comes in the form of a Fischer Cassette Box
3. Wax on wax off... Windows!
Now this car is 7 years older than me and with it been stood for as long as it has a large ammount of dust has settled on it so it's time to start with a little bit of detailing.
As you will probably gather once you've read this I have a bit of an OCD when it comes to cleaning cars ha ha
Here's a before shot showing the dust/ streaks
First of all the whole surface was dusted down and a detailing brush used to agitate the hard to reach areas such as under the spoiler
Secondly the windows were cleaned using AG fast glass
Then they were clayed and we're surprisingly clean, I've seen a lot worse on car windows that are only a year old!
Then on to the AG window polish which was allowed to cure for around 15 minutes and buffed off
Finally two coats of Poorboys world paste wax which in all fairness having been using a lot more expensive products is excellent, just to finish off and get them shiny!
So there we have it, how I spend my bank holiday Monday's while it's pouring down.
Waxed so it's now like... Glass
4. Something I think really sets off the rear end of the mk2 which my car didn't have... Now fitted
'Scirocco' script decal
I did plan on claying the full car and giving it a mop today but I've ran out of detailing tape so will have to wait for that!
Anyway next up will be removing individual pieces of bodykit to check/ clean and protect behind.
A quick pic of my daily that was at a show yesterday beading while I wait for the wax to cure on the rocco.
Yes it's a vauxhall shame on me
