The old Swede! 850R

[evo230]

So I thought I'd start a little thread that I can update as and when I do things to my 850R.
Whilst I sort final prices on the mechanical side of things (bushes, engine mount and the usual wear and tear things - brakes etc) I had a few hours spare on the weekend so I thought I'd have a little look at the paintwork and see what I can do by hand.
So I got my trusting detailing kit out of the garage - brushed of the dust (I've been car-less for nearly 3 months) and set about panel by panel seeing what I can do.

I gave each panel a wash using a more concreted wash mix than I normally do and then realising I'd run out of clay thought I'd go straight to a easy grade polish and see what happens. I thought depending on the results of just one coat I'll know how much effort I need to be put into it.

I managed 3 panels and the boot lid before it chucked it down with rain, but with only two coats of polish I was quite impressed. Hopefully you can see from the pics the difference. The photos aren't great.

This is just one coat





I didn't do the front wing as its rusty so will be replacing that.

Not bad for polishing, I cant wait until I can clay it, polish including swirl removing, wax and seal it - its going to look great. I'm a bit scared by the expanse of bonnet and roof tho!

[M-R-P]

Gotta start somewhere, nice work

[smithy]

Nice job and nice evo too

[expolicev70t5]

That's a lovely finish

[martybelfastt5]

making quite the difference

[T5frankie]

Feel free to do mine

[T5RPete]

Lookin' good!!

[AndysR]

Nice work, that's made a lovely difference to the look of the car judging by the way the spoiler looked

[Saaamon]

A marked improvement there, are you using a machine?

[evo230]

A marked improvement there, are you using a machine?

Hi, no all by hand. I've never attempted using a machine- scared id buff all the paint off!