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Ryan81
30-08-10, 09:41 PM
a ull 3 day detail of my cossie

Well not a full 3 days on and off

saturday i washed it , clay bard it then auto glym resin polished it

sunday i polished it with auto glym HD wax, polished the windows and done the tyres

monday i hoovered it out , cleaned the interior, cleaned the alloys , the used merguiars yellow carnubar wax to finish as i wasnt happy with the finish with auto glym , then done the plastics and windows again

so since nice day tock some new pics .............

more @ http://s30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...rt%20cosworth/

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c331/Ryanburns81/escort%20cosworth/178.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c331/Ryanburns81/escort%20cosworth/183.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c331/Ryanburns81/escort%20cosworth/166.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c331/Ryanburns81/escort%20cosworth/161.jpg

Spudly
30-08-10, 09:44 PM
Very nice, that looks evil as an angry pit bull from the front lol

Andy
30-08-10, 09:44 PM
that is lush

svlet
30-08-10, 09:46 PM
am not really a fan of the white . my mate had a cossy estate before he died it was cool you did a good job of the cleaning

Pistol Pete
30-08-10, 09:49 PM
Nice!! If i had a Nova and a Cossie, i'd neglect it (the Nova) more!!!!

phazer
30-08-10, 09:56 PM
Very nice. Shame white cars don't show the amount of effort put in :thumb:

Keif
30-08-10, 10:16 PM
Looks clean, but seems to lack a depth of shine.

You need something to bring out the colour and reflections like......
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/keith_forrest/Car%20pics/Lotus%20Carlton/May07/DSCN0065.JPG

Mieran
30-08-10, 10:21 PM
pics of nova? lol

Ryan81
30-08-10, 10:21 PM
yeah but its white very very hard to get reflection on a white car , it is 17 years old

Keif
30-08-10, 10:23 PM
Yes Ryan i understand that, that's why i said it was clean (as in polished). Not knocking how it looks at all.

Have you had it machine polished at all?

General Baxter
30-08-10, 10:24 PM
whats all this detail crap about,

you mean you washed it ?

pikey1986
30-08-10, 10:24 PM
is this the 'ive got the best car, no ive got the best car' thread lol

some seriously nice motors keif and ryan, i am what you would call uber jelous

mowgli
30-08-10, 10:25 PM
am not really a fan of the white . my mate had a cossy estate before he died it was cool you did a good job of the cleaning

please explain.......

pikey1986
30-08-10, 10:26 PM
whats all this detail crap about,

you mean you washed it ?

1 bucket and an old sponge with a bit of fairy liquid for me lol

General Baxter
30-08-10, 10:26 PM
no you detailed it lol

svlet
30-08-10, 10:26 PM
got muddled up it was a van was sweet tho it had the full cossy kit on it

mowgli
30-08-10, 10:27 PM
isn't detailing what they do to lambs??

Bubba
30-08-10, 10:27 PM
a full live shine (whatever the hell that is) apparantly sets you back £350-500

ill wash your car for £100 ;)

mowgli
30-08-10, 10:27 PM
got muddled up it was a van was sweet tho it had the full cossy kit on it

oh, a front spoiler then

Bubba
30-08-10, 10:32 PM
oh, a front spoiler then

:o have you never seen the vans with the whale tail?

Ryan81
30-08-10, 10:32 PM
Yes Ryan i understand that, that's why i said it was clean (as in polished). Not knocking how it looks at all.

Have you had it machine polished at all?


was done about 12months ago the week before i bought it , i borrowed my mates merguairs g220 polisher thing but couldnt use it so went with krate kid style wax on wax off lol

mowgli
30-08-10, 10:33 PM
all escort vans eventually get used for their true design purpose........ home to a scrap yard alsation.

saloonwoody
30-08-10, 10:36 PM
is this the 'ive got the best car, no ive got the best car' thread lol

some seriously nice motors keif and ryan, i am what you would call uber jelous

i see a shonky ford and a thirsty opel lol lol






but im still jealous lol

svlet
30-08-10, 10:37 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fN619H_f_2Q its just running a standard cossy engine and the corsa is 280 bhp

pikey1986
30-08-10, 10:42 PM
i see a shonky ford and a thirsty opel lol lol






but im still jealous lol

rofl, i just chocked on me coffee lol

dj_wudgey
31-08-10, 01:53 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fN619H_f_2Q its just running a standard cossy engine and the corsa is 280 bhp

nice!!