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Hi there I am a new member and picking up my Lapiz Blue 2015 R today. Its a private sale and needs a goo clean inside and out. Whats a reasonable price/ package to pay, and any companies people can recommend, that ideally do a home visit to Epsom, Surrey? Also the car as some scuffs to the bumper and a few very tiny dings in the body work that need rectifying. Any recommendations for this too? Thanks in advance.
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Hi All, Just bought my Lapiz R before Christmas and I've been told to avoid using normal car washes as many places double dip and use the same cloths etc on cars and it can scratch the paintwork. Does anyone know of any decent detailing/polishing places in or near London that won't charge an arm and a leg? Or how much i am looking at paying as I have no idea here. What do you all do with regards to washing your car? It would be good to know if I'm being overly protective of my R (as my brother likes to think). Thanks! -
Hi guys, I've owned my Mk7 R for around a month now and one of the things that has been bugging me is how blackened the two central in particular exhaust tips are, the outer ones are quite shiny still which only highlights this. I've tried cleaning them while cleaning the car but have had very little success. One of my concerns is that the previous owners never cleaned them and they are blackened beyond the point of return. Can any of you recommend any products or techniques that will get them nice and shiny again? TIA
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Just had an email in my inbox from a company called https://www.perfectlycleaned.co.uk/ with two discount codes (I have bought from before no issues) VP20 for 20% off Valetpro products 10DISC for 10% off everything else ends midnight tonight. Also spend over £40 free parcelforce 24 hour delivery. Nice to have 20% off the snowfoam, bilberry wheel cleaner and tar/glue remover. (just ordered - last two not tried before). I am not affilihated in anyway with them, before any bins my post, I just thought you might like some cheaper detailing kit if your quick.
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Evening guys, hope you’re all well! I got around to machine polishing and waxing my beloved R the other weekend with some great hydrophobic results ready for this winter!
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Collected my 7.5 from FX Detailing on Sunday. It was in for new car detail, PPF front end to A pillars and ceramic coating on the rest. Interior was also protected and when my winters go on the Spielberg’s will be getting a clean and seal. Im very happy with the work and results. If anyone in the Midlands is interested in getting their investment protected please google FX Detailing and give Miles a call
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Thinking of investing in a Polish Buffer Machine for my R but don't have much experience in detailing! Anyone got any good brand/model recommendations? Thanks
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I'm fairly new here but looks like i'll finally be picking up an R in a weeks time after looking around for nearly 2 months! I've been reading up on a few things and wondered if anyone could help out with a few questions below please? I've always been into servicing things around the car myself e.g. brake pads etc but understand you need to hook up vcds to allow this on the rear pads? What cable do most people here use as there seems to be a few versions of the cables on eBay such as VCDS lite, VCDS full and OBD11. I probably wouldn't need to tinker too much but would be grateful to hear what the most cost effective solution is here? I have an A3 as well so would also be good if the cable fitted there too. Folding mirror, reverse gear tilt - are these features both part of the mirror pack? And if so, is it possible to enable through VCDS without hardware changes? What other useful features have you enabled using VCDS? Detailing - I've been looking around re paint protection film and am still undecided on the pros and cons so this ones on hold for now. I have however thought to ceramic coat the prets using CQuartz, just think it should make it easier to maintain them given the angles etc on them. Anyone had any experience with this or any opinions on whether its a good/bad idea? I think mine comes installed with the composition media (voice button) on the bottom left so hoping it is at least app connect enabled. May have some questions on this when the car arrives. There seems to be a lot of talk on this already though so will take a read of that first. Apologies for the long post
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I have told my dealer thgat I don't want my new R prepping but he has asked whether I want the wraps on or off? I need advice here as I can see that you cannot check the paintwork with the wraps on but I am almost certainly going to be driving from London to Derbyshire as soon as I pick it up. What do all you experienced people reckon?
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New car detail - Recommendations around Milton Keynes Hi Guys When I get my new R, I don't want the dealer touching it or cleaning it for obvious reasons. I do however, want a new car detail with some paint protection etc. Does any one have any recommendations around the Milton Keynes area? I found these guys http://www.detailr.com/new-car-protection who have quoted a pretty good price for what they do ... I'm just not sure if what they use is good quality, decent products etc. Any advice or help would be most appreciated Cheers Tom
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Hi Everyone I've searched for this but nothing came up. First of all thanks for the really useful forum. Hope to participate further as time goes on. I have a Golf R 5dr DSG to pick up from the dealer on Friday and am extremely excited. I've booked it in with Wharfside at Canary Wharf for a "Single Stage" paint protection on Saturday. I've spoken to them and it'll get a pre-wash, wash, clay and wax. It's £180 for about 6 hours. If I upgrade to the Gtechniq EXO V2 Protection it goes up to over £300. I can't remember what the basic protection is but I think they use Autoglym. http://www.carwashers.co.uk/ http://www.wharfsidedetailing.co.uk/ I think they're the same business but one valeting/one detailing. It's my nearest place I think- I live in Bow. I looked at GleamMachine and other highly recommended places but they're too hard to get to with just one car. In future I aim to do this kind of thing myself but I think I should get it done professionally first time round, especially as I have no kit and no tap in my building's underground car park. Anyone heard anything about these guys? General feedback online seems to be positive but there isn't much around. Appreciate any comments. Cheers Seb
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WoWo, our friendly detailing forum sponsor, have got 10 of their 'Please do not clean my car' hangers to giveaway to discerning VWROC members. But just giving them away would be no fun at all, so how about a little mini competition for you to get your detailing mitts (no pun intended) on one of these precious little signs. As anyone familiar with WoWo detailing accessories will know that their products are a detailer's delight and this welcome little hanger is another sure winner. So, girls and boys get your WoWo gear and your cameras out and snap a shot of your lovely clean R alongside your favourite WoWo product(s) and post it into this competition thread. The top ten most ‘liked’ pics will receive a WoWo hanger. Here are a few simple rules: One entry per member One pic per entry Competition closes at midnight Wednesday 4th May. Entries must be posted by this date. No spam please, entry posts only. For chat please use the dedicated competition chat thread. The top 10 most ‘liked’ images will win and winners will receive a WoWo hanger. Entries with tied number of likes will be deliberated by the VWROC team (Admin and mods) and their decision will be final. Winners will be announced 7 days after the close of the competition. Any submitted entries may be used on social media, so make sure you have permission to share the image. Any questions or opinions to express please use this thread. Don't forget to check WoWo out on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram So……get posting and get 'liking'. Good luck! -
Know that feeling when your R is in at the dealers - the dread of them washing it even though you’ve asked them not to touch it? The detailers among us know that feeling all too well. Cue the ‘Please do not wash’ hanging sign – the saviour of many a dealer swirled R! WoWo, our friendly detailing forum sponsor, have got 10 of their 'Please do not clean my car' hangers to giveaway to discerning VWROC members. But just giving them away would be no fun at all, so how about a little mini competition for you to get your detailing mitts (no pun intended) on one of these precious little signs. As anyone familiar with WoWo detailing accessories will know that their products are a detailer's delight and this welcome little hanger is another sure winner. So, girls and boys get your WoWo gear and your cameras out and snap a shot of your lovely clean R alongside your favourite WoWo product(s) and post it into this competition thread. The top ten most ‘liked’ pics will receive a WoWo hanger. Here are a few simple rules: One entry per member One pic per entry Competition closes at midnight Wednesday 4th May. Entries must be posted by this date. No spam please, entry posts only. For chat please use the dedicated competition chat thread. The top 10 most ‘liked’ images will win and winners will receive a WoWo hanger. Entries with tied number of likes will be deliberated by the VWROC team (Admin and mods) and their decision will be final. Winners will be announced 7 days after the close of the competition. Any submitted entries may be used on social media, so make sure you have permission to share the image. Any questions or opinions to express please use this thread. Don't forget to check WoWo out on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram So……get posting and get 'liking'. Good luck! Click here to view the article
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Fellow detailers! Fancy trying to get your detailing mitts on one of these little WoWo beauties? For full details, please step this way...... Don't forget to check WoWo out on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram
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Having just had a full ceramic detail by Wow Factors I thought I would render my opinion on the forum in the form of a semi-literate mini review. So, to start our story... Prologue I collected my brand spanking new Lapiz Golf R at the end of December. The showroom prepared it for me and on inspection it looked pretty damn good. I had to go to Wales (they did the best deal) some 200 miles from where live and the drive home was in torrential rain through salt road, muck and mud. Upon arriving home and seeing my new beauty looking like I had just done a rally, in light of the fact I have a family and demanding career and can no longer spend my weekends pampering and polishing as I used to I decided to arrange a protection detail. However, before doing that I decided to take my car to a local 'posh wash' which advertises detailing, has pro-detailing branding everywhere and always has nice / expensive cars being done. My logic was that it was probably the best of the options short of doing it myself. Car looked clean and away I went. Its been dark and horrible so I couldn't see anything but a clean car. Then, two days before I was due to take it to Wow Factors for the detail the dun was finally out and while at the shops I looked at the paintwork ion the sun and nearly vomited. It was covered in swirls as badly as my 5 year old Merc. Don't know whether it was the dealer or the car wash (i suspect the later) but it looks like it had been washed with rocks, then buffed with wire wool. I had booked it in with Wow based on a 'new car detail' so felt I should alert Marvin at Wow to the potential gap in the correction he was expecting to perform and what might be required. He said he would look at it but not to worry too much. The Detail Dropped her off first thing in the morning. Later on in the day I got some helpful update photos from Marvin showing an area of the paintwork post-clean but pre-polish. This is on a 2 week old car thats been washed twice!!! Confirmed my fears and the note said it was terribly scratched but he would sort it out, no extra charge. Post first stage polish and looking much better. Went to collect it the next day at the full Ceramic needed 12 hours to cure and I must admit it looked spectacular. I walked over it with a fine tooth comb for about 15 mins under LED lights and was spotless. Here are the photos. They are from texts to unfortunately low-res but you get the idea: So, overall I'm super impressed with Gtechniq and particularly Wow Factors in Orpington, Kent. Huge thanks to Marvin who was working from 10am to 7.30pm at night and did the additional correction without extra charge. Took a real pride in his work and took care of my pride and joy also. Top marks! Thoroughly recommend it! The End? So, is this the end of the story of our plucky hero and his metallic steed? Alas, no! Not 24 hours later I had to drive 30 miles to Gatwick airport and had to drive past and through a feking salting lorry on the M25. It sounded like my car getting battered with hail - except it was in fact hundreds of thousands of small rocks. Dont remember much as the red mist descended but distinctly rember screaming "muther f*&^%ers" as I drove through the barrage. Stopped at Gatwick long-stay parking for a little bit of a cry and took this photo Que sera - nothing stays new forever I suppose On the plus side, with the Getchinq CS and Exo detail I just had to point a hose at the car and the muck just fell off, water beaded up and looked like it had just been re-detailed. Amazing stuff! Stay tuned for my upcoming review of the QS Tuning MTM M-Cantronic box in the next couple of weeks.
