[Alex L]

Just had a little play on the front wing of my new car, a 2007 Subaru Legacy.

Sadly it's a 2.0i which means its insanely underpowered and according to the stats half the bhp of my old car and it's auto

But it serves a purpose and once the wife goes back to work after the babies are born shes promised something more powerful as she likes faster cars too lol.

So after giving the windscreen a good going over with Carpro FlyBy30 I decided to give the front wing a quick polish to see how it goes.

So a quick decon with Iron X, Tar X and a clay to pick up whats left I got out the yellow 3M polish on a blue waffle pad and got a reasonable result.

Then a quick wipe down with Eraser and the Polish Angel Escalte Lotion on a black waffle pad and a coat of Polish Angel Master Sealant.

The finish from the Master Sealant was awesome and I cant wait to give the car a full going over in the holidays and getting a few coats put down.

One thing I did notice was the isane orange peel, one thing I may have to address as it does bug me.

So some pics:

Before









After 3M











After Escalte and Master Sealant

 

[minnnt]

Nice depth Alex.

 

[GarveyVW]

Nice gloss and nice job.

 

[Jonnybbad]

nice finish great reflection

 

[montymondeo]

great job, so much more depth :thumb:

 

[Will-S]

Looks good, wish I had a garage to apply all these sealants that need to avoid sunlight and water whilst the cure ��

 

[Alex L]

Looks good, wish I had a garage to apply all these sealants that need to avoid sunlight and water whilst the cure ��

My garage isn't ideal, it's dusty and it leaks. But its undercover so that's all that matters lol

Got my new DW stickers on today



I know, wrong country for Waxstock, but a nice chap sent it over and if people here see it, they may google it and end up here, meaning more Kiwi members



And the wing I polished:

 

[Will-S]

Looks fantastic:thumb:

 

[Summit Detailing]

Good to see you keeping your hand in fella:buffer:..nice colour too!

Chris:wave:

 

[efib]

esclate and master sealant did make the difference, nice work Alex !

 

[Alex L]

Good to see you keeping your hand in fella:buffer:..nice colour too!

Chris:wave:

Trying lol, luckily we have a good supplier here trying to bring the Kiwis upto date with the rest of the world in detailing terms

esclate and master sealant did make the difference, nice work Alex !

They're awesome products, I cant wait to find the time to finish the rest

I was going to try Art De Sicko, but I knew Master Sealant on this colour would be awesome.

 

[MaxDe]

Awesome finish on the Subaru, love that colour! Cant wait to see you finish the car. I got some Nice new products coming as well from Scholl Concepts!

 

[Guru]

That's a very nice colour to work on.

The finished wing and the unfinished door side by side tell more even than the before and after pics. Nice work.

 

[Berylburton]

I like that colour a lot. My Volvo V50 is a very similar colour and it looks great when cleaned and polished. Which is most of the time.

 

[Bill58]

That's a huge improvement! Great work.

 

[Alex L]

Time for some more playing around:

Sort of befores, I forgot to take pictures until after. But this is what the whole car looks like.





50/50 of sorts, the flat parts has been sanded and the recess has not



Half sanded, half polished



And some reflections













Not 100% but then all I've tried is 2000 grit and Scholl S3 and a Scholl wool pad.

Tomorrow will be 2500, 3000 & 4000 and S3 and wool and then polished and refined.

Unless the my wife goes into labour then it'll be 18 years until I finish it lol.

 

[suspal]

Lovely reflections Alex :thumb: