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#1 ·
Hi Guys,

At last some of you may say... I know I know... I have just been so busy that I havent had a chance to do this one.

Anyway...

I was asked to detail this Renault 5 Turbo 2 in black. Its had a nut and bolt restoration a few years ago and was once owned by a member of Travis I am led to believe.

It was delivered to me and upon a quick look you would maybe say that it looked ok (at the right angles)


Renault 5 Turbo 2 by John Hole, on Flickr


IMG_1813_2 by John Hole, on Flickr

Once I hjad a chance to get a good look at it under the lights heres the sort of thing I found!


Renault 5 Turbo 2 Paintworkd defects by John Hole, on Flickr


Untitled by John Hole, on Flickr


Untitled by John Hole, on Flickr

Once I had evaluated the paintwork it was back out to wash it and follow this up with clay and then dry it.

6 caps of Z-7 and a few gallons of water and were ready :)


Untitled by John Hole, on Flickr


Untitled by John Hole, on Flickr


Untitled by John Hole, on Flickr

The wheels were new so didnt need much work.


Untitled by John Hole, on Flickr

Once the car was washed, clayed and dried it was back into the unit to appraise the situation again.

There was a fair amount of swiriting and holograming over the whole car.


Untitled by John Hole, on Flickr


Untitled by John Hole, on Flickr


Untitled by John Hole, on Flickr


Untitled by John Hole, on Flickr

I wont keep boring you with before pics!

I trialled a couple of polishes and settled on Scholl products.

Before:

Untitled by John Hole, on Flickr

After:

IMG_1832_2 by John Hole, on Flickr


Untitled by John Hole, on Flickr

The boot weighed a ton you can see the brace on the right hand side of the photo.

Untitled by John Hole, on Flickr


Untitled by John Hole, on Flickr


Untitled by John Hole, on Flickr

I had to remove a couple of bits here and there to make it accessable for polishing...


Untitled by John Hole, on Flickr


Untitled by John Hole, on Flickr


Untitled by John Hole, on Flickr

Rear Quarter Before


Untitled by John Hole, on Flickr

And After


Untitled by John Hole, on Flickr


Untitled by John Hole, on Flickr

Once the polishing stage was complete I applied Zaino Z-AIO to the whole car and followed this up with 3 coats of Zaino Z-2 which I had ZFX'd the following day before the customer picked it up I applied Z-8 and Z-16 to the tyres.

Here are some of the finished pictures:


Untitled by John Hole, on Flickr


Untitled by John Hole, on Flickr


Untitled by John Hole, on Flickr


Untitled by John Hole, on Flickr


Untitled by John Hole, on Flickr


Untitled by John Hole, on Flickr


Untitled by John Hole, on Flickr


Untitled by John Hole, on Flickr


IMG_1836_2 by John Hole, on Flickr


Untitled by John Hole, on Flickr


Untitled by John Hole, on Flickr


Untitled by John Hole, on Flickr

One happy customer!


Untitled by John Hole, on Flickr


Untitled by John Hole, on Flickr


Untitled by John Hole, on Flickr


Untitled by John Hole, on Flickr


Untitled by John Hole, on Flickr

I hope you enjoyed reading :thumb:

Regards,

John
 
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#51 ·
Thanks for posting this Johnny!!

Had a white one of these back in 97, 1.4 barndoor size turbo, If you don't get the gear wright when cornering it goes very wrong indeed........ It was a fantastic car and lots of fun but scary at times when the lag went an the boost hit at the wrong moment :D:D

thanks for flash back to some great memories :argie::argie:

Metric tyres too if I remember.......
 
#55 ·
Was lucky enough to see this in the flesh at world series renault at silverstone shortly after it was detailed,
looked stunning and the sharpest car there but I had to walk away as I couldn't stand there watching people brushing past it with inches to spare with handbags and zip open jackets swinging in the wind:wall: :mad:
 
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