Wow that is sweet. I love the wheels.

My pillars look like that too - they came all swirled from the dealer :(

Can I bring Clara to AMVIV and have you fix her all up?

 

Richard - I know you like M80 so much you drink it in cocktails - but have you tried Amigo, and if so, how do the two compare?

thanks

 

I am accepting appointments now for AMVIV if anyone would like me to work on their MINI.
Have a look at these threads
Prima Car Care- A Professional POV
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...ad.php?t=84706

Epic on Old Black Paint!!!!**Non MINI Here
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...ad.php?t=86224

I use the products that get the job done best. I like Amigo, but it's not for every situation. On a black Turbo Porsche I worked on recently, Amigo didn't look good at all on the finish. On the other hand, on the trunk of an Acura, it looked great, as well as for the old black Mercedes I linked above.

Amigo really isn't an equivalent product to M80 since the cutting ability is more dependent on the pad rather than the chemical itself.

M80 would be more equivalent to Swirl or Finish, although in practice M83 is really about equal to Swirl, and I don't like using M83 and by extension I don't like working with Swirl. After working on many different cars using Cut, Swirl, Finish, Amigo, and Epic, I still prefer to use M80 Speed Glaze for my polishing and Prima for everything else. M80 never lets me down.

Richard

 

Similarly, do not store the tape in the same box as your peanut oil, which finds a way to leak out the bottle and get all over everything, and completely absorbed into the tape, rendering the whole roll un-sticky. Don't ask me how I know.

 

You know, I also learned this the hard way. I was storing my plastic polish bottles in my trailer along with painters tape--and the heat in the sun caused the bottles to crack--leaking fluid all over and wrecking around 5 rolls of tape. They still work--kinda---not very sticky anymore, they are all wrinkled and funky looking as well.

Definitely good advice!

 

Looks great, OctaneGuy! Not that I'm surprised...

I just saw my first GP at our store last weekend. He's a NAMer... iflymini. The GP is now on our "list"! I would love to get one on the track (and then have you polish it out because I'd be too tired from driving! LOL).

-Heather

 

Looks very very good. I am glad you posted the pictures. The GP is a similar color to my Dark Silver and one thing I noticed with that color is it just about looks the same all the time (given no swirls). I mean... with a deep red or other color you can get a brilliant finish with a polish and wax. With a color like this is looks awesome but the color hides a lot of the imperfections it may have.

Its a blessing and a curse... The car will always look not too bad even if its not polished often, but it will never have that deep red or black paint show car appearance I guess.

Oh also, thanks to this post I hand polished my pillers with scratchX (hope that was the right compound) and they look amazing.

 

Sorry for dragging up an oldish post guys but I've just taken delivery of GP0221!

Awesome work there Richard!

May I ask if you used Prima Nero or Meguiar's #40 on the black plastic trim and tyres because I like the appearance it gives.

Thanks,

Alan W

 

congrats on the GP and welcome to the forum!

 

Thank you!

I've been lurking around here for over 3 years and the GP replaced a DS/DS Cooper S that repalced a PS/B Cooper.

Still trying to find that holy grail of a product for all the external black plastic trim.

Alan W

 

Prima Nero is the way to go, although I haven't used the Meg's product you mentioned earlier. I applied Nero to the trim on my dads VW and it did and awesome job. I drove through the hardest snow storm i have ever driven through (that is for a seperate thread) and although the snow tires were spinning for over half of the hour and a half trip, all I had to do was hose it off and the deep black was back!

Prima definatly makes great products. Try it out and if you don't like it, I will buy the remnants...

 

I don't recall what I used, probably Nero. #40 is a cleaner/dressing and an excellent product when you have wax on your trim and want to clean the wax and make the trim look nice in one step.

They really aren't in the same product categories. The only trouble with Nero is that for extremely deteriorated trim, it may not last that long. On one particular MINI, it was gone in a weeks time with no rain exposure during that time. But for your new GP that won't be an issue.

Despite that, Nero is easy to use, and I like to use it on trim that's still in good condition that needs a light dressing.

Congrats on your new MINI!!

Richard

 

Nero/Hydro junkie here...

 

Hey guys, does Nero condition window/door seals and other rubber trim or is it more about cleaning it and making it look black vs. helping it stay supple and last?

 

Thanks for all the replies guys.

I guess I'm going to need to give Nero a try after all the praise on here!

Thanks again,

Alan W

 

yep. from my experience, Nero cleans and lasted a good 3months on
the dash and a good one month or so on the seals on my commuter.

actually it probably lasts longer but with road salt i couldn't tell if it
dried out or it was just the salt.

on my MCS and G35C's seals, i applied it once last late summer and it still
looks nice matte black.

basically cleaning it and nurishing it with a special moisturizing(?) matte
UV coat makes plastic and rubber last longer. plus the out-gassing
of the dash has been almost zero. no clouding on the winsheild!

none of that sticky ikky slippery glossy crap.

 

This is what BMW recommends for your rubber seals: Gummi Pflege Rubber Protection. I use Nero to keep them clean, but for conditioning use the Einszett followed by a tad bit of talc (baby powder) to keep them from being sticky.

 

Yeah, I remember that stuff, I used to have a tube - it is forever lost in my garage I think Hmm, I have the P 303 and was considering Nero but maybe the Gummi stuff would be best to get/use right now- do you put that on the inside and outside of the door seal?

 

I used it on all the rubber bits around the door and windows. Oh and the boot too.

 

Nero isn't sticky so not sure if baby powder would even stick... does it?


i use to keep some baby powder in a ziplock. looked like something else
so i tossed it. i only carry crackberry now. lol

 

No, what I meant to write was that I follow the Gummi Pflege with baby powder because it is a little sticky - especially on your glass. I don't use baby powder after using Nero. Like you said, not sticky.

I'm afraid we've taken OG's thread way off topic. Sorry Richard.

 

Thanks for the tips - not sure about the baby powder tho, one wrong move and it could spell a perfumed talcum disaster

 

he's still out busy detailing cars, so as long as we bring it back to
topic by the time he gets home, we're okay.

man, that GP on the Epic is nice. the other way around

 

hehehe - Ocean's Eleven
Danny: "We need to walk before we can crawl".
Rusty: "Reverse that".

Yes, I agree with you though about the Epic and the GP.

 

"...oh how the sun beats down upon my face..."