Mopped and polished

markrobertyeo · Post by **markrobertyeo** » Thu May 24, 2012 9:33 am

Here's my Toskana red LS hatch after about a years worth of work including refurbed fan blade alloys, SRi side skirts and boot lip, removed rear wiper, pre facelift slatted grill sprayed satin black, completely debadged, full Vibe Slick sound system with kenwood headunit, wind deflectors, matt black sunstrip, clear repeaters, aftermarket mudflaps, Laguna splitter, colour coded wing mirrors to grill and trim, Irmscher plate surround, pair of spoilered wiper blades, modified headlights, indicators and tinted rears, Pipercorss cone filter, twin matt black exhaust and to finished it off, a much needed mop and polish to bring it back to its original Toskana Red as she'd look 18 years ago! So here it is until the next job

jb1kenoby · Post by **jb1kenoby** » Thu May 24, 2012 10:19 am

Lovely job you have done there mate love the shine

What polish did you use was it auto glym hd ???

markrobertyeo · Post by **markrobertyeo** » Thu May 24, 2012 11:51 am

jb1kenoby wrote:Lovely job you have done there mate love the shine

What polish did you use was it auto glym hd ???

Yeah I used Auto Glym to polish mate but its mopping it that has given it that colour and shine, I've never got it like that with polish alone. If you can get hold of a mop I'd strongly reconnmend it

gsi pie · Post by **gsi pie** » Thu May 24, 2012 11:55 am

looks sweet buddy

TurboSteven77 · Post by **TurboSteven77** » Thu May 24, 2012 12:01 pm

for hatch that looks minted

5853moore · Post by **5853moore** » Thu May 24, 2012 3:09 pm

looks pukka mate 2 things tho lower it and get a facelift grill!

markrobertyeo · Post by **markrobertyeo** » Thu May 24, 2012 4:09 pm

5853moore wrote:looks pukka mate 2 things tho lower it and get a facelift grill!

Thinking about lowering it, only by like 40mm though... anything more and it just becomes impractical.

Hmm everyone has a facelift grill, I like the retro look too

Post by **Lowrider Dave** » Thu May 24, 2012 4:13 pm

I think we all agree the car is lovely, but your photos are also very good, nice and clear; they show your car off to it's best potential.

Post by **iangsi** » Thu May 24, 2012 7:11 pm

markrobertyeo wrote:
5853moore wrote:looks pukka mate 2 things tho lower it and get a facelift grill!
Thinking about lowering it, only by like 40mm though... anything more and it just becomes impractical.

Hmm everyone has a facelift grill, I like the retro look too

IMO I'd get pre-face lift lights & indi's to match the grill.

Deeksin · Post by **Deeksin** » Thu May 24, 2012 7:26 pm

DODs looking clean as fook!

done a grand job with the polishing mate!

V6power · Post by **V6power** » Thu May 24, 2012 7:42 pm

unusual colour, really liking that

Rage · Post by **Rage** » Thu May 24, 2012 7:48 pm

loving the simple look of that looks like an advertisment photoshoot real smart wish i had the money to get my paint more complete to be able to get that shine

marcia · Post by **marcia** » Thu May 24, 2012 8:11 pm

Very nice indeed.

William

HAIRIBO · Post by **HAIRIBO** » Thu May 24, 2012 9:13 pm

Cant get over how good the grille looks. I've always wondered what it would be like.

markrobertyeo · Post by **markrobertyeo** » Thu May 24, 2012 9:38 pm

iangsi wrote:
markrobertyeo wrote:
5853moore wrote:looks pukka mate 2 things tho lower it and get a facelift grill!
Thinking about lowering it, only by like 40mm though... anything more and it just becomes impractical.

Hmm everyone has a facelift grill, I like the retro look too
IMO I'd get pre-face lift lights & indi's to match the grill.

By pre-face left lights and indi's do you mean the morettes? If so, I'd love a pair of them. Dont seem to come about very often though! Like these? http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9 ... scX3-Q5Wsw

markrobertyeo · Post by **markrobertyeo** » Thu May 24, 2012 9:39 pm

And thanks for all the compliments, makes it all feel that bit more worth the work!

Mikebmth · Post by **Mikebmth** » Thu May 24, 2012 10:07 pm

Nice work there matey, would love to get mine done at some point....

markrobertyeo · Post by **markrobertyeo** » Fri May 25, 2012 12:14 pm

Couldnt recconmend it anymore

Post by **iangsi** » Fri May 25, 2012 10:23 pm

iangsi wrote:
markrobertyeo wrote:
5853moore wrote:looks pukka mate 2 things tho lower it and get a facelift grill!
IMO I'd get pre-face lift lights & indi's to match the grill.
By pre-face left lights and indi's do you mean the morettes? If so, I'd love a pair of them. Dont seem to come about very often though! Like these? http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9 ... scX3-Q5Wsw

The pre-face lift lights have flat fronts & sit flush with your grill, the face lift lights you have fitted have a ridge in them & sit a little forward of your grill.

markrobertyeo · Post by **markrobertyeo** » Sat May 26, 2012 1:47 pm

Oh right mate, didn't even know they existed!

gsi pie · Post by **gsi pie** » Sat May 26, 2012 1:55 pm

these are preface lift light

morettes are also preface lift type

as morettes were made for the base spec grill like yours

as the 3 lines on the morettes line up with the grill

markrobertyeo · Post by **markrobertyeo** » Sat May 26, 2012 2:35 pm

Ah right yeah I see. I want the morettes, they look class.

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