Lotus Exige

bmxboy

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This little fella belongs to a friend & was my Easter Sundays job.



She's in very good shape considering she is 7yrs old & used as a track car, as well as a every day run about.



I started off by rinsing her down with some SNOWSTORM through the hosecoil sudblaster, & whilst that was dwelling I got on to the wheels using a 4:1 solution of Megs Wheel Brightener & a megs wheel brush.



I then risnsed this all off & washed her down using SERIOUS PERFORMANCES own shampoo (:thumb: )



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I then dried her off using a SONUS waffel weave towel



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The paint was medium-hard, so it was a case of Menz IP & A 6" SFX-1 pad, run at speeds 2,4,5.5, with about 6 passes on easch speed.



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I then went over the car by hand using ZYMOL HD-Cleanse, & in sundays heat, this wasnt an easy job, plenty of QD was used in the buffing off



Next up was the top wax, I mulled over what to use



I eventualy picked out ZYMOL CARBON after testing a section to see if it muted the flake pop, results were



The car has lots of carbon fibre extras on it & the Carbon really worked well. On the front splitter & sills I used Collinte 476, as these take a battering from all the crud.



I also used it on the rear engine cover, mainly for the 476 beading qualities.



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There was tons of dust in the air, so I gave it a final dust over with a plush cobra MF & then a QD with Sonus Acrylic Spritz



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The wheels were treated to a coat of SRP & PB Wheel sealant, the glass was done with Einzeitt glass cleaner.



It was then driven out in to the full sunday sunshine glory



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Not a Halfruads add on

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For Brazo

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A few random shots



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The owner is at least 6'4" & god knows how he does it, I'm 5'8" & struggled getting in & out





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Thanks for looking
 
Those curves look intimidating.. Great JOB!





That car looks sooo basic and to the the point, no wonder it is soo light. Its like a toy practically..
 
man thats a nice car.

you should tell your friend that someone put a steering wheel on the wrong side of his car :wavey
 
Excellent PC work, and the Zymol Carbon continues to amaze me. For an entry level zymol, it has a very extended reflective and color range. Dare I say one of their most interesting waxes in terms of potential!



Very nice detail.
 
Superb work, just love the flake after the Carbon. Nice to see you had warm weather on Sunday, we had snow! Thanks for sharing, you made my day.
 
Great color on that car...great job bringing it to life.



I recently worked on an Elise and I know EXACTLY what

you mean about interior passage...I'm 6'-2".

I had to crawl out of the car on my belly.

Fun little cars ,though, eh?
 
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