Ben vs Mk3. Round 2.

[Ben J]

One of those digital gauges would be very nice, with one of those you would just have the pressure senders at the vu4 and would just have to run wires to the gauge. Although the 1/8th lines I ran for mine are pretty small really and were't hard to run to the front if thats what's been putting you off. Not sure what fittings and all you would need to buy and what comes with different things as everything I needed came with my kit

[vdubin]

That digital gauge is very nice I might look into that one of its not too expensive.

Whats put me off, nothing just lazy lol.

[Ben J]

Been a bit of stuff happening to the car since the last update, although I' feeling far too lazy to go into detail right now. Got a major defect for driving 2 cm above laying frame and had the car towed home, a fistfull of fines and enough demerit points to take my license off me twice. A bit extreme considering I've lost 8 points all to do with incorrectly displaying p-plates and defects, and no actual driving offences, but whatever, **** happens. Have also cut/grinded some **** and the car practically lays frame now. Also painted the wheels silver and gave the car a full 3 day detail, including a good wash, wolfs decon gel, clay, 3 stages of polishing and a couple coats of duragloss sealant. For a white car I think it scrubbed up alright

Also cleared the defects so am allowed to drive the car again, although I blew one of my air fittings so need to get a new one of those from somewhere before I can drive the thing.

A few snaps:
Wolfs decon gel doing its thing, dissolving contaminants you can't see, like metals and such:


After spending hours with heavy cutting polish I discovered there are actually scratches under the paint. The car has been resprayed at some point and either the prep work was not done well, or fillers have shrunk, leaving scratches all over the paint work I can not get out. Most of the car is alright, their mostly on the bonnet. Still, the car looks 100x better without all the swirls and oxidation.


For a white car, im very happy with the glossyness I now have



And my favourite snap out of the very few I took

I know that looks really photoshopped because it is and I'm **** at it, all i did was play with colours and stuff though, that is how it sits now

[anthony--t]

Wow your paint looks nice. You have inspired me to give my car a VERY good detail soon

[Ben J]

Also, defect sticker acquired:


Grandma spec restored


Roadworthy passed, bags back in. **** the police.

[Flat-Mango]

The white and silver look great!
The White looks so....WHITE! I'll definatly have to show my car that TLC this uni holidays.
Hope that cop doesn't keep tabs on ya.

My brother is now qualified to do RWC now
Not that mine's going that low.

[Ben J]

Hhehhe yeah I hope the poliec dont watch me too much, I was defected in Toowoomba which is where my parents live, I was up visiting for the uni holidays. I live in Brisbane (for those non-qlders its about 150km away) so I doubt the brisbane police will know anything about my car. I'm going to drive around with it pumped up a lot more than I used to. I use to drive the car without less than an inch of ground clearance daily, but now I think I'll drive at a much more standard looking height, as I really don't want any more police attention.

But thanks guys, I'm really happy with how it turned out after the detail, even after just claying it it looked more white, the rest just made it more shiny. A white car will never look as reflective as my old windsor blue one will, but it just looks really clean now, which I'll try to maintain.
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Btw please excuse all the typose im sure to have made tonight, am a "few" drinks down tonight with nothing better to do than sit on my computer, being stuck in a town with not much else to do haha

[GoLfMan]

looks great! That paint really did come up a treat, and well done for clearing that defect.

The State governments need to stop wasting their time on such petty stuff and actually concentrate on the real problems.

[Jarred]

wow, paint really did come up great. good work!

[GeorgeMK1]

The State governments need to stop wasting their time on such petty stuff and actually concentrate on the real problems.

This ^

And props to passing roadworthy man, i know its not an easy thing to do !! So happy its back on the road again