Astra VXR Nurburgring Detail

DaveB · 11-08-2008, 10:59

http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/foru...ad.php?t=81391

..done by the same chap that did the blue one ages ago.

Personal view: probably the biggest display of anal-ness I've ever seen. However, the brake detailing, engine bay details and ICE install is awesome

chip · 11-08-2008, 11:50

Loving the 3 door cossie in some of the pics.

Nice install etc in the astra, but I guess in the long run it will cause it to depreciate because of it, as people buying limited edition cars tend to want them standard generally.

**Lugy** · 11-08-2008, 11:59

Once again I can't see any difference. (Apart from the engine/ICE)

That exhaust is a little to the left

**CraigGreen** · 11-08-2008, 14:21

OTT. That guy is nuts!

Many of the pics at the bottom of the DW page didnt load for me, a bit annoying not seeing the finished article tbh.

Mitch2.0 · 11-08-2008, 15:07

I saw him do a 48hour clear, wax, polish, buff, of a VXR8, OTT in my opinion, but each to there own.

I still love the nurburg though - one mod it does need is a short shift, gear change in the Astra vxr is rubbish.

**CraigGreen** · 11-08-2008, 16:02

I've read the full thread now.

Its funny how most of his plans all looked cack, yet came out really well.

The mock up of the engine bay looked dreadfull, yet all the etched & cromed bits looked ace fitted. The wheels looked crap in the 1st pics, bbut really came out well when back on the car. Likewise with the install. Guy certainly knew what he wanted.

OCD indeed.

vallanc3 · 11-08-2008, 16:30

the wheels looking horrible IMO. should of letf it totally standard rather than adding his silly touches. he comes accross as a very big looser to me

Tappits · 11-08-2008, 17:08

I was going to reg and rag him for been a prick tbo
It’s a mass-produced car ffs but he was expecting the paint work (which is done by a machine not by hand) to be perfect wtf it’s a 20k car but he spent prob 5+ cleaning it before he even drove it?
I like nice looking cars but going to that extreme is pointless on a lets face it a **** Vauxhall (its not a work of art is it now) and I bet if you see it driving down the street you would never know that it has been cleaned every 3 days and 51 layers of wax and crap.
All he has done in my eyes is clean a clean brand new car put some ice in it and put some crappy chrome all over it so about the same as most other chav type people do so does that make him a chav? Well he is a bit special, and I don’t mean the kind that can bend spoons with his mind.

**Lugy** · 11-08-2008, 17:09

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Originally Posted by Tappits

I was going to reg and rag him for been a prick tbo
It’s a mass-produced car ffs but he was expecting the paint work (which is done by a machine not by hand) to be perfect wtf it’s a 20k car but he spent prob 5+ cleaning it before he even drove it?
I like nice looking cars but going to that extreme is pointless on a lets face it a **** Vauxhall (its not a work of art is it now) and I bet if you see it driving down the street you would never know that it has been cleaned every 3 days and 51 layers of wax and crap.
All he has done in my eyes is clean a clean brand new car put some ice in it and put some crappy chrome all over it so about the same as most other chav type people do so does that make him a chav? Well he is a bit special, and I don’t mean the kind that can bend spoons with his mind.

*Adz* · 11-08-2008, 17:35

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Originally Posted by Mitch2.0

I saw him do a 48hour clear, wax, polish, buff, of a VXR8, OTT in my opinion, but each to there own.

I still love the nurburg though - one mod it does need is a short shift, gear change in the Astra vxr is rubbish.

Would that be brians old one? would of cost £1000 or something using disstilled water, down @ greens vxl....

J Sabo · 11-08-2008, 17:37

its called a VXR Nurburgring - he needs to get it out there and thrash the FOOK out of it - stonechips and all!!!

Noodles · 11-08-2008, 17:49

so has anyone seem Marcs detail of a dyson then ? i kid you not

*Adz* · 11-08-2008, 17:52

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Originally Posted by Noodles

so has anyone seem Marcs detail of a dyson then ? i kid you not

yeah lol....... mad int he! must get really bored

Beenie · 11-08-2008, 18:14

I appreciated the time and effort thats been spent doing this, but why buy a hot hatch hardcore version and rap it up in cotton wool, it's a car ffs drive it!

Big Col · 11-08-2008, 19:37

lol at him thinking about rejecting it cos he found a 1mm 'blob' of paint

The guy must be a nightmare. I wonder if he treats everything else with such attention to detail. eg rejecting his Whopper in BK cos it doesn't look exactly like the one in the picture.

And yeah, I would respect him more if he bought it and immediately drove to the 'ring and thrashed it for 2 months instead of giving it 51 layers of wax. Although is it really not just an advert for his business??

BazW · 11-08-2008, 19:56

link doesn't work anymore

I remember the blue VXR, total waste of time...there's a bloke that needs to go and get laid instead of spending days on end measuring his paint density

***GTE 16v*** · 11-08-2008, 20:13

Link Fail.

Dave Dempsey · 11-08-2008, 20:26

http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/foru...t=81391&page=1

**Benn** · 11-08-2008, 20:33

The first thing thats come in to my head is over the "blob" of paint on the roof, look at the pic the finish on the paint is shocking, theres so much orange peel its al most matt. Chrome on the air box isnt very mirror'ed either and wtf is the engraving on the heat sheld all about?
Filler cap and caps are quite cool but a lil ott.. Love that hes waxed the jubliee clips.
Love the deatill of waxing the brakes and painting the arb white and waxing it..

Credit for the work theys put in.

nuss · 11-08-2008, 20:33

Niether link work for me

Dave Dempsey · 11-08-2008, 20:46

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Originally Posted by nuss

Niether link work for me

Go onto detailingworld.co.uk
into forums,
scroll down towards the bottom of the page and theres a forum section called showroom with a sub-forum of projects and restorations, its in there.

**Dave Broomfield** · 11-08-2008, 21:53

lol at him thinking about rejecting it cos he found a 1mm 'blob' of paint

The guy must be a nightmare. I wonder if he treats everything else with such attention to detail. eg rejecting his Whopper in BK cos it doesn't look exactly like the one in the picture.

And yeah, I would respect him more if he bought it and immediately drove to the 'ring and thrashed it for 2 months instead of giving it 51 layers of wax. Although is it really not just an advert for his business??

He does not do it for a living he says it to much like hard work and does not pay, i think hes a printer by trade. But he will take £300 plus off you to clean your car at the weekend

he will come on here now and slate me for that because i a low life valeter

**Lugy** · 11-08-2008, 22:14

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Originally Posted by THE VALET MAN

He does not do it for a living he says it to much like hard work and does not pay, i think hes a printer by trade. But he will take £300 plus off you to clean your car at the weekend

he will come on here now and slate me for that because i a low life valeter

From reading your threads and seeing your pictures I can safely say that you appear to do as good a job as him, only slightly quicker.

Maybe if he stopped dicking about it wouldn't be so hard work.

I hope that he doesn't bring the wrong impression to the modified Vauxhall scene

keithcdb · 11-08-2008, 22:25

***GTE 16v*** · 11-08-2008, 22:27

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