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    Gave my TT a detail today

    Hi everyone. I gave our new Mazda 5 a clean yesterday, but as it's only a month old and has only 800 miles on the clock you might as well go to your Mazda showroom to look at one! Anyhow, I turned my attention to my TT today. It's not long passed it's 2nd birthday and has around 20k on the...
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    Wax advice

    I'd made a couple of posts over on Detailing World which I've amalgamated here for the advice of you guys over the pond! Following on from this thread when I brought up Swissol Zuffenhausen beading I thought I'd post some pics of my own - having washed the car and the heavens having opened...
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    Black TT meets Einszett

    Hi guys Gave my TT a little TLC yesterday, and of course it rained after! Anyway, it's a 13 month old TT coupe in phantom black [metallic] and is pretty good condition as I only wash it by hand, just the old fine scratch/bird dropping etching to remove/minimise. I'd put some feelers out...
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    Age old question; swirl removal by hand

    Hi guys, just wondering if anyone here can make any helpful suggestions. I've got a metallic black Audi TT which has some swirls/micromarring around the rear spoiler. I've used Meguiar's scratch x several times but it never removes them, Audi paint is a PITA! Whilst I might have to...
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    My black TT

    Hi guys, thought I'd post some pics of my TT after I detailed it last weekend. It's a metallic black 2005 225 Quattro Coupe I bought new last June that's kept outside and is my daily driver doing around 10,000 miles a year. It was the UK TT owner's club meeting last weekend so I thought I'd...
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    Polymer or Carnauba or Both??

    Hi guys, first post so please be gentle, and I'm sure it's one that's been asked time and time again... In a nutshell, I've got two ranges of products at home and can't really make my mind up about them so I'd like some feedback. Meguiars: NXT wash, Quik Clay, DC1, DC2, NXT liquid wax...
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