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    Scratches coming back after full detail

    in Car Detailing & Paint Care

    Posted

    On 10/22/2021 at 7:00 PM, junkie said:

    What you did there is fill in the scratches with various products and once they break down, the fill in effect wears off.

    The only way to do it right is with a machine polisher and decent pads.

    Even with the machine process you can get some false results, so you need products that remove polishing oils to properly check the end result of your work, before any wax or sealant goes on.

    Thanks for the reply. Guess I'll be buying a machine then.

    What are these actually Selling for? Who has bought/Sold a skyline in the last 12 months?

    in General Automotive Discussion

    Posted

    On 10/22/2021 at 1:39 PM, junkie said:

    One GT-T with some mods and ~200,000km has popped up for 73k... same money will get you at 2017 C43 AMG with a quarter of the mileage

    Geez. After watching the market for close to two years and giving up, i've found that that these only sell if they are:

    Sedan NA: 15k or less

    Coupe NA: 20k- 25k

    Gtt Coupe: 40-50k

    Gtt Sedan ~30k

     

    Any GTT above 50k has never been sold with all I have seen on carsales, autotrader, gumtree, private sellers etc.

    I've also seen a tuned GTT stated to have above 500 HP on throttle addiction (NSW) go from listed at 72k drop down to 58k and is still listed on their website. 

     

    On 10/19/2021 at 2:16 PM, Matty George said:

    40k in Australia.

    So if you sell, you'd be safe a 40k I reckon for a reasonably quick sale.

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    Scratches coming back after full detail

    in Car Detailing & Paint Care

    Posted · Edited by tomaytown

    Hello all!

    Recently decided to de-badge my old car and tried to make the paint a little better as I plan on selling it soon.

    First I removed paint transfer from door dings as well as a scuff on the front bumper. I used WD40 and a magic eraser.

    I then de-badged the entire car with some wire and hairdryer on heat which worked a charm. Used a bit of WD40 to get rid of the glue residue as well, which worked.

    Both steps left behind some hazing from the WD40 as well as an outline of where the badges had been. I then compound/ polished/waxed the entire car. And although not perfect, I was happy with the results.

    Now for the problems. After about 2 weeks all the scratches came back. The haze also came back where the scuff marks were. It looks a whole lot worse than before because the paint got darker from the detail and the scratches/haze is more obvious. I went through the whole detail process a second time and it all came back again!

    I don't know what I'm doing wrong and advice would be much appreciated!

    Products I used:

    Meguiar's Polish, Compund and Wax

    Did everything by hand

    Skyline R34 Non- Turbo

    in RB Series - R31, R32, R33, R34 (1986-2002)

    Posted

    3 hours ago, Dose Pipe Sutututu said:

    Here's an idea, buy a R33 GTS-t OR R34 GT-t, de-rego it and just store it.

    Buy a P plater fun, stock car, enjoy it. Then once you're ready, sell and play with the whooshy break oil pump Skyline.

    Sounds great but, I'll either be too tempted to take it out or it will be pushed out of the garage by my family at some stage. Although I could buy one 2 years into green ps...

    1 hour ago, GTSBoy said:

    Probably not budget compliant though.

    r34 cost plus another car. unless I just stick to my corolla hatch🤨

    Skyline R34 Non- Turbo

    in RB Series - R31, R32, R33, R34 (1986-2002)

    Posted

    7 minutes ago, Kinkstaah said:

    However, they are legal (as are the sedans) and the Evo X platform is going to run rings around any hot hatch, especially if you go modding. The sedans just look like a lancer instead of a WTF is that hatch going on.

    The sedans don't look so bad....might get some cop attention but it seems like a good choice too...thanks for adding another option now I'm confused aha

    Skyline R34 Non- Turbo

    in RB Series - R31, R32, R33, R34 (1986-2002)

    Posted

    2 minutes ago, Unzipped Composites said:

    Golf R great choice as well, impress your mates and ya mum at the same time

    Seriously though, those little VW's are pretty quick. Between the 86 and the Golf, you've literally just described almost half the regular field in our local time attack series haha. None of them are anywhere close to winning, but they're giving it a red hot crack 😅

    Yeah Golf R is probably on the table if I get one for a good price. As long as they sound good I'm not too fussed about speed especially on the P's.

    Skyline R34 Non- Turbo

    in RB Series - R31, R32, R33, R34 (1986-2002)

    Posted

    Hey guys, I'm new round here.

    I'm thinking about buying a car in about 3-6 months these are my options from the research I've done. (20-25K budget and I'm on red P's)

    1. A non turbo Skyline. From what I've heard it's not a good idea to turbo it later on. But maybe I can reuse the parts if I get a GTT later on and just swap them in. My concern is also resale value, which r34's seem to be holding on.

    2. WRX. Non performance. I don't know how good these will be performance wise but they seem the most liveable. 

    3. The safest and cheapest option I have is an 86 or BRZ. Probs won't turbo, but I can mod it I guess. Only issue is don't think it's a great car long term and resale is kinda trash from what I've seen.

    I'm leaning towards the r34, but if anyone has suggestions, would be greatly appreciated!

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