What did you do to your Polo today?

[MissVuks]

i drove mine from the south coast and then he got a nice thorough wash when we got home - getting all those smooshed bugs off the front bumper..

Hes so shiny now

[brumue]

Well after a recent trip i found lots of tar spots all over the sides and back of the car so...

Washed
Clayed with Pinnacle ultra
Polished with Menzerna Po85RD
Sealed up with Zaino z2
Did the plastics with 303 aerospace

Looking good again!

[s1831559]

yesterday, went for a drive on mt Tam.

[NickZ]

Washed, clayed, polished, waxed, blackened trim, rotated the wheels and gave them a good clean, and blackened the tyres. 7 hours spent on the car today and I still need to do the interior!

[DaveMack]

Hey Maris ... don't suppose I can convince you to take a quick trip to Bris while I'm away and give my lil' Pogo the thorough treatment you're giving yours, can I?

Dave

[WEDEL.1]

Hey Maris ... don't suppose I can convince you to take a quick trip to Bris while I'm away and give my lil' Pogo the thorough treatment you're giving yours, can I?

Dave

I'm exhausted after doing mine. NickZ even clayed, polished & waxed in less time than it took me to rotate & clean.

I'm getting too old for this.

Maris

[pomme]

I don't think i've ever seen wheel arches that clean...

[ryan_GTI]

i don't even think cars coming off the dock is that clean too lol

i can honestly eat off that.

[WEDEL.1]

Thank you for the kind words.

Maris

[Cygnus]

Pardon my ignorances, but I only wash my car. Can someone please explain what all the other steps involve? In particular...claying, polishing, waxing, sealing, plastics treating, leather treating? Also, anyone recommend a product I can use to protect/treat/condition leather in the GTI? I bought a bottle of the Meguiars Gold Class leather cleaner/conditioner, but I haven't put it on yet, anyone tried it? Thanks in advance.

[NickZ]

Pardon my ignorances, but I only wash my car. Can someone please explain what all the other steps involve? In particular...claying, polishing, waxing, sealing, plastics treating, leather treating? Also, anyone recommend a product I can use to protect/treat/condition leather in the GTI? I bought a bottle of the Meguiars Gold Class leather cleaner/conditioner, but I haven't put it on yet, anyone tried it? Thanks in advance.

Gday,

There are two main reasons for doing all the steps - the results you get, as well as the protection you give the paint. It is really important to polish and wax your car on a regular basis especially if the car is exposed to the elements a lot and/or you want to keep the car for a long time. Every 3 months is good in a perfect world but i tend to do mine every 6.

I used the meguiars stuff - there is other brands that others find better but I already had some of their products so it was the choice for me and I was happy with the results. The main steps are:

1. Washing.
2. Prep work. This is where you clay the car. It makes the paint nice and smooth which is ideal for doing before you apply the polish, but is not ideal for surface scratches in my opinion. If your car has a lot of surface scratches, perhaps another product that is designed to remove the scratches would be suitable. I used the meguiars clay kit which I thought was pretty good.
3. Polish. Buy a bottle of polish and follow the instructions on the bottle. Usually its apply and wipe off straight away on small sections of the car. I used Meguiars Deep Crystal Polish.
4. Wax. Also just follow the instructions, but usually its apply on the whole car, leave it for a bit to set in, and then buff off. I used Meguiars Nxt Gen Wax.

I would also make sure you have:

1. Microfibre washing cloth for washing the car.
2. Microfibre chamois for drying the car.
3. Microfibre polish towels for removing the polish and wax after application.
4. Foam Applicators if they do not come with the products you buy already.

Using the microfibre stuff whilst a bit more pricey will make a big difference to your results IMO.

And if all this daunts you, just think of the end result and how much your car will love you for it .

[Kai]

Go to godfreys and get heaps and heaps of microfibres.

5 for 10 dollars

[ralphk]

Attached a trailer with dirt bikes on it to my GTI and am going bush.

[Flaps]

that makes jebus cry.

I was wheel spinning in 3rd yesterday morning. I like...

[Timbo]

Waxed and polished

Gave mine its semi-annual TLC of polish & wax....a couple of pics