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Originally posted by RobYob

Dude your cars are so digustingly clean! How much do you change for a full detail?

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they're clean, but faaaaar from perfect. helps that im stupidly anal about them being clean... and have no life! [B)]

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They're all so clean & shiny - puts most of the rest of us to shame! What products do you use for cleaning etc?

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the paint on most of the cars is not really all that flash. i dont bother with making them imprefection free (so they still have swirling, light marks, waterspots, orange-peel finish etc) i just keep them clean and wax often.
as far as products go, the cuts and polishes i use are made by Menzerna, and the wax is P21S. to polish/cut i use a Bosch random orbital with Edge brand polishing pads. also TONS of microfibres i use once then put in to wash. easy 50+ cloths. helps prevent spreading poo poo.
but basically i wash each car once a week, wax once every 4 weeks, condition anything leather once every six weeks, and would claybar the whole car once a year.
i also wax almost everything on the exterior of the car, from paint to plastics.

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never seen such an emacualte aw11. wish more people looked after their cars as well as this so there weren't so many S---box's goin around

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thanks for that. i LOVE seeing clean original cars.. cant help it. i dont care if its an SV21 camry wagon or a 85 Magna... if its clean, ill sure as hell appreciate it. 'a cars a car' and only transport to 95% of people though.. and they're probably right. [:I]

hey man, i remember seeing a photo of your aw11 with wirewheels and a SC engine lid.
i was wondering what mods did you do to fit the SC engine lid and have it latch properly?

a million times better!

i saw the engine on the stand when it first came in. had about 2 litres of oil on the OUTSIDE of the engine haha.

^^ haahaha. lawl. thanks! needs new paint/trim i reckon..!

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Originally posted by kameleon

a million times better!

i saw the engine on the stand when it first came in. had about 2 litres of oil on the OUTSIDE of the engine haha.

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urgh... i felt sorry for Ian to pull that all apart... the back of the motor was absolutely filthy. looks so schmick now! :D

Absolutely great looking car. Really happy to see someone taking such care of their AW11.

I love all the odds and ends that you have collected over time. You've got a bit of the same disease that I do.

Whatever happened to the retracting fog lights? I was expecting to see them installed at some point.

You've also got a good eye with the camera. Keep up the photos.

And lastly, great job on cleaning out the engine bay. About the only thing holding me back on a similar project is that I am waiting to get a portable steam cleaner to use on mine before I put everything back in, and to have for future tidying up. I'm getting too old for all the hand scrubbing.

Update Time..!
car is running better and better... n done nearly 3,000km since! still easily outrun by old magna's and kids on bikes, but freak it eh, im having fun!
heres the list of the work that was done recently anyway. :)



had a fun time driving the car around in stock 1987 showroom fresh look for the last year, but im going to go for something different now! The plan to mod it like it would have been done in the late 80's.. period perfect! it works so well, and its actually interesting hunting down oldskool bits n bobs.
seemed like a good idea after flicking through my nerdy collection of 1985-90 car magazines. the 80's is fkn rad! basic plans became:
- Simmons. preferably V4's with the full centre part. ive wanted some of these for years, and are an iconic aussie wheel. what sportscar in australia in the 1980's HASNT been fitted with a set of them.
- Momo wheel. 3 or 4 spoke, with the full centre cover. as 80's as possible.
- Recaro/Scheel/etc seats with the hollow centre headrest. wanted a Recaro LX/LS
- Retrim seats and doorcards to match. something bright... and fkn tasteless. ;)
- Foglights. like an old 911, hanging from under the bumper. i have the pair of these, but need them on the car!

aftermarket parts ad from a 1987 wheels magazine:

f&%kcyeah! i need a car-phone..!


now i was fairly lucky, and the parts i wanted popped up on ebay around the world fairly quickly. the recaro's took a few weeks to find though!

the parts so far:

Simmons V4. 15x7 +35ish (flushness is unimportant.. lol!)
$910 posted off ebay. when the hell did these get so dear?? nice and straight, but lips need refinishing, and centres probably repainted gold (or red)


the recaro's-with-mesh-headrests of my dreams. LS-L's as far as i know (edit - they're LX-C's). actually ended up being identical to the ones used in the AW11 Super Edition, complete with LN130 SSR-G Surf rails. $600ish posted, off ebay. not actually in as bad a shape as i originally thought! bolsters to the door side of the bottom are crushed, but will hopefully be repairable when they get retrimmed.



Momo wheel from 'back in the day'! actually in really good shape, and all there. looks good with the center off, but nice and daggy with it on. nice wheel to hold. i think it was only $150 or so.. but the new momo boss kit (ML 4417) another $120. [xx(]

as for the trim, im going for an AWESOME plaid tartan Porsche used to use in the 80's. its fkn amazing.

unfortunately its very expensive for even a small amount, let alone enough to do the centre's of two seats and doorcard centres. so i'll be going for something more generic. blue and red tartan of some sort, otherwise some other variation of loud colours.

mm..


subtle?


bit overdone?

just right?

nah.. bugger it!


anyway things to-do:
- choose a fabric for the seats, and get a bit of the recaro black trim.
- get rails to suit the seats, or modify the LN130 ones. get them set up right in the car, and visit the trimmer who did my GTS a year or two ago.
- take wheels to wheel place to get lips refinished, and then to the tyre shop (thinking RE001 in 205/50 R15...)
- find some brackets to suit my JDM motorized fogs..
- repaint front lip.
- fit Fujitsubo, momo, pop the racks on, and go to town. :D

lets see how quickly i can get this done... ;)

BEST idea for your car ever!!!!!

will look awesome with your roofrack too. ill be watching this thread even more closely now;)

In regards to the trim check this thread out http://www.stanceworks.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2187&highlight=headliner

This is all the rage with euro cars in the states atm. As LOUD and different as possible! Some of them are using old doona covers for their trim haha.

bit of an update:

got a new power antenna after years of ignoring the non-working poo pooness.

off RPMgarage.. for a painful price. why are these so dear?
pretty much because a few weeks ago i stuck my hand down in the antenna space in the RHR quater panel. to my suprise, the aerial cord casing had absolutley rusted to bits! the drain hole to let the water out the bottom of the guard had become blocked, and probably a LONG time ago.
i had to pull out the aerial, then all the airbox piping in that corner (with much effort), then vacuum out all the rusty flakes of poo pooe in the bottom of the guard. luckily it hadnt affected the body at all, but if left there i guess it wouldve eventually!
but new antenna in anyway. good stuff. :)

bought a new boss kit for my vintage Momo:

couldnt be bothered buying a second hand one, or a generic one. im lazy, and atleast this way it went on perfectly. no headfark. nice.
Put on a silver 350mm Prototipo for the time being:
The other wheel will go on shortly, but im loving this one!


The Fujitsubo finally arrived in the country last week too, so went and got that, and popped it on.
i was umming and aahing about buying a second handy, but goddamn, when it arrived... what a nice exhaust! other than the discolouring, its in BRILLIANT shape. SUPER impressed with the quality of the exhaust.. its absolutley top notch. justifies the 'new' price, no doubt! [:0]


ooh!


as for an update on the recaro's - been trying to find rails lately.
Theres none available in the country, new or used.
They're around $150 plus shipping each from yahoo japan.
Idealseat in Melbourne cant supply, but can completley make rails to suit for $385 a seat. they wont modify the surf rails on the seats though, even though they seem so close to fitting. :(
anyone know of a place that can modify or produce rails?

and an update on the wheels?
got the outer edges of the lips cleaned up last week. could've (shouldve) payed to get the centres pulled and the barells polished properly @ $100 a rim, but that seemed too rich for me at the time. i went with just cleaning up the rash @$40 a pop. was done at Neway wheels in heidelberg, and very impressed with the work. its perfect.


just need tires now. was going with either KU36's, or another set of RE001's. been very happy with the RE001's though, so will most likely end up in another set, but in 195/50 R15 this time round! :)
hopefully get that sorted this week.