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  1. Name: Mike

    Drives: 95 R33 GTST

    Born: 17 Dec 1971

    Job: Vehicle painter / Detailer

    Hobies: Car's & Drag racing

    Ok I'm in the UK at the moment but moving over to Perth next month, and hope to buy another Skyline when I get over, Been a member of the Skyline owners club in the UK since 2004 and helped out with paint jobs for club members, including www.projectgtst.com

    Hope to join up and meet some of you in the near future.

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  2. I looked into this after buying a second hand set of SSR 3 piece rims, I found out I had two choices..

    1) get them diamond cut and lacquered by a pro.

    2) take off what was left of the lacquer, flat them down with wet and dry paper, then polish up with autosol.

    I went for option 2 in the end but months later really wished I had got them diamond cut and lacquered, the brake dust gets right into the join to the centre piece, there now all pitted and are a real pain to clean, not to mention polish back up, get them done buy a pro then it makes cleaning them easy and they will stay polished. :down:

  3. So, do you recommand Farecla top performance wax?? Are they better than Merguires?

    But there are alot of people happy with the jobs with Merguires........

    AND, do i always have to use hand polish???

    If you meen there Gold top machine polish? then its ok, dont last long though, There black top hand glaze is good for cleaning off water marks etc but again dont last long, there Topwax is ok to but only lasts 3 months and does not give a good a shine as most wax's, I use the Swissvax wax as its really good top quality stuff that lasts for ages :nyaanyaa:

  4. When i buffed my car i used Farecla G3 cutting compound

    Followed by 3M Perfect-it II foam pad polishing glaze- This removes the swirls left by the cutter and cleans the panels.

    Then follow with a normal hand polish.

    There is another 3m product that is good for removing 'hologram' marks that is sometimes noticable on dark coloured cars.

    Can't remember the name of it off the top of my head but if you take your time and buff your car properly you wont need to use it ! :nyaanyaa:

    Hope this helps

    Rich

    Same here but I only use G3 to remove large scratches, then go over with G4 and the Farecla fine white foam, and finish with Swissvax Onyx wax, I've use Farecla compounds for the 18 years I've worked in the Car repair trade, and still recommend them.

    Pic of the last time I buffed and waxed my car (which is dark blue pearl)..

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