Managed to get my sunroof replaced Thursday evening by my good friend Miles - quick jaunt to Ringwood cross country 
and £35 later, new roof, oil & filter change and new gearbox mount and we're sorted. Just now needed to fix the paint damage where all the glass collapsed/smashed.
Consulted Johnny and decided to blast the entire car with the Karcher rather than foam it as I wanted any bit of glass gobe totally. Did this for 5-10 minutes just to be safe, then Hyper Wash via Karcher foam gun.Steel wool to sunroof as it had dried paint on it.
The damage was actually a lot less than I'd initially thought and was easily fixed via Makita & Menzerna. There are a few deeper scratches remaining but nothing that can't be sorted. HD Cleanse'd the roof then 2 coats of Carbon and decided to Carbon the whole car again (well, why not ).
I then headed off to my favourite photoshoot venue, via a few local B roads and including a rather spirited 10 minutes with a CTR
for some photos.
I realised today that I don't think I can take the 205's paint a great deal further. I honestly believe I've almost reached the ultimate and I'm not going to say "it was because of XYZ" but months of careful work, reading what has worked for others and a lot of trial and error. The photos speak for themselves IMHO. A bit of a sad day as I always thought I'd be seeking the best finish I could get and I believe I now have it!
and £35 later, new roof, oil & filter change and new gearbox mount and we're sorted. Just now needed to fix the paint damage where all the glass collapsed/smashed.Consulted Johnny and decided to blast the entire car with the Karcher rather than foam it as I wanted any bit of glass gobe totally. Did this for 5-10 minutes just to be safe, then Hyper Wash via Karcher foam gun.Steel wool to sunroof as it had dried paint on it.
The damage was actually a lot less than I'd initially thought and was easily fixed via Makita & Menzerna. There are a few deeper scratches remaining but nothing that can't be sorted. HD Cleanse'd the roof then 2 coats of Carbon and decided to Carbon the whole car again (well, why not
). I then headed off to my favourite photoshoot venue, via a few local B roads and including a rather spirited 10 minutes with a CTR
for some photos. I realised today that I don't think I can take the 205's paint a great deal further. I honestly believe I've almost reached the ultimate and I'm not going to say "it was because of XYZ" but months of careful work, reading what has worked for others and a lot of trial and error. The photos speak for themselves IMHO. A bit of a sad day as I always thought I'd be seeking the best finish I could get and I believe I now have it!
