Not going to lie, an inordinate amount of planning went in to this picture!
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Lovely frosty Sunday morning in Edinburgh before heading up to Knockhill Racing Circuit to help promote some of the SMRC race series…
Tuesday morning, in the driveway, some lovely frost beads just before the snow started…
Decided to have a go at giving the car a touchless wash using just Snowfoam, no separate wash.
3 weeks since it’s last wash but the roads here actually haven’t been too filthy.
Also proof that the wing vents must do something on the 4 series, even if it is just accumulate road grime and salt crystals!
Used a bit of G101 diluted 5:1 in water to help out with the wheels. Rest of the car was just foamed, AutoBrite Magifoam diluted 4:1.
Tools:
Video of the whole shebang:
Mid wash pics:
Let it dwell for about 7 minutes whilst I grabbed a coffee, then rinsed it off (and missed a bit on the rear bumper
Didn’t foresee quite how many miles I would be covering over the Christmas break so ended up hitting 9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 on the 30th not the 31st. Epic fail.
Anyways, eight days of mucky and wet road use now since it got its mini valet before Christmas and I’m impressed with the level of beading the application of Quik Detailer is giving on the paint work.
I’ve heard of a new hydrophobic product for this off a YouTube channel I follow so hopefully doing to get my hands on some of that soon.
…the snow-pocalypse posts are coming!
Yup, winter is pretty much in full swing here, so I went and bought myself a set of winters.
Well, I went and bought stage 1. Spotted a set of wheels with tyres for sale on the F3X UK Facebook group, sadly I was about to go on honeymoon so left it. When I got back, they were re-advertised, now £500 cheaper than 3 weeks ago. Done!
My car came with the MSport Plus spec 704M wheels but they’d been kerbed by previous owners. These were refurbished and painted anthracite prior to me buying the car. With the painted finish, they would be the ideal candidates for winter wheels where I wouldn’t need to worry about the salt getting in about the OEM diamond cut finish.
So I actually bought a new set of summer wheels, 704Ms with anthracite insert, wrapped in barely used OEM spec Bridgestones. They were fitted to a brand new car that the buyer decided to upgrade to 20in MPerformance alloys, they’ve barely lost the mould hairs!
Now I just need to source a set of winter rubber for my current wheels. Having these is making me debate lobbing one in the boot for winter, allowing me to go for non-runflat winter tyres which could save around £400
