Ty's Bumblebee

[ZACK]

I've had paint made to match the car so I can do the black plastic splitters on the side skirts and front bumper to make it look even lower

"Make it look lower"

Why don't you just make it lower ? lol

[TyDS3]

Thanks Chris! I've spent quite a bit on her already. I'll have a look at deport backboxes. Will any modifications be needed to the rear to make it fit alright?

Zack... I am as low as the coilovers will let me. There are no helpers to remove on the front and by painting the black plastics gives it the visual look of being lower.

So today consisted of painting the brake calipers yellow, fitting the Cupra R front splitter and debasing the front and rear! Looks soooooooo nice at the moment!!!

[Chris]

Thanks Chris! I've spent quite a bit on her already. I'll have a look at deport backboxes. Will any modifications be needed to the rear to make it fit alright?

As far as I'm aware, all I needed was a clamp to connect it where it had been stuck, and also a new black plastic diffuser with a wider opening for the twin pipes, again can be sourced from eBay

[TyDS3]

OK so first thing I done this weekend was polish the exhaust and to debadge the boot and front.


Next up was to fit the Seat Leon Cupra R front splitter and paint the calipers yellow.


Then came the 20mm hubcentric spacers and 46mm bolts sourced by the infamous Zack himself.


And this is how she is looking at the moment after just one month of owning her.

[TypeDS3]

It Bee very good!

[Chris_Blue]

Nice photos Ty.
Shame someone sprayed up the wall behind you in the last shot:redface:

Looks reaaaaal good

[Clean Your Ride]

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What polish/glaze/wax/sealant are you using on this picture?

[TyDS3]

Believe it or not RabidRacoon...It's just good lighting and original paint work. I am hoping to have a good detailing session this weekend if I can borrow my friends machine polisher.
Then I'll wash the car in Fairy Liquid, wash it with Auto Glym shampoo, clay bar it, wash it again, then machine polish it with Menzerna polish, then hand polish with Auto Finesse Tripple, then another coat and then top off with Meguires Tech-Wax. Will take about 8 hours but the result will be immense!!!

I work for Mercedes so might even chuck some SuperGuard all over it and the interior. Watch this space!

Looking good now though!

[Clean Your Ride]

It looks very good indeed

[TypeDS3]

Someone once told me never to use Fairy Liquid as it contains salt - so is this true?

[Gazski66]

No...

[cyclone]

Actually yes it does have salt in it. List of ingredients of Fairy, Sodium Chloride (Salt)

Aqua
Sodium Laureth Sulfate
Lauramine Oxide
SD Alcohol 40
Sodium Citrate
C9-11 Pareth-n
Sodium Chloride
PPG-34
2-Propylheptanol ethoxylated
PEI-14 PEG-10/PPG-7 Copolymer
Sodium Hydroxide
Phenoxyethanol
PARFUM
Methylisothiazolinone
Colorant
Colora

[TyDS3]

It contains minimal amounts of salt and if used regularly...yes it will damage the paint work. You can use it as a one off rarely if you are going to clay bar it and fully re-polish it and seal it etc which I did. A lot of professional detailers also use it to strip the paintwork of everything so can't be that harmful.