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Tyre Dressing

I remember as a teenager when i first had a car (a wee while ago....) I used to paint on a tyre dressing which i recall looked great for much longer than the modern "wet look" sprays and didn't make...

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Machine buffers

Im thinking of buying a car machien buffer from ebay like this- http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Automotiv...Home_Garden_PowerTools_SM&hash=item519521a458 Has anyone used them or would it be advisable to...

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Cleaning ventilated leather seats

Does anyone have any recommendations as to what to use to clean leather ventilated seats? I don't want to use a cream or similar as it clogs the ventilation holes and leaves small white dots all over...

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Great wax product

Hi Everyone just wanted to share this. I bought a bottle of Showroom Shine from Greased Lightning and used it with a high degree of scepticism. I actually does what it says, great finish,infact...

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Carbon Wrap

Hi All I got myself some 3M 1080 yesterday and decided to have a go at the rear diffuser and some other bits and bobs. It wasn't as easy as YouTube makes out and there are a few wrinkles, but over all...

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Diesel spillage in boot

Was carrying a container of diesel in the boot of my car as my mate had run out of diesel at his house. Unfortunately the lid on the container was loose and some diesel leaked on the carpet floor of my...

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Ultimate Finish Car Competition!!

So, a few weeks ago after a few beers I entered a monthly car care competition! Maybe I should have written a bit more and hopefully the website in question are going to rotate my pictures for me but...

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Hood Reproofing Offer

Got my issue of "Torque" last week, it has an offer this month with "partaking dealers" for reproofing of convertable hood at £199, what do members think of the price, personally I may go for it. My...

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Damaged seat

Hi, have got a 95 on a 57 plate it has cream leather seats with small black inlays. Recently on the drivers seat the black inlay has started to crack so I took it to a car upholsterer for a repair....

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Restoring damaged dashboard

I own a 2004 9-3 SS and my dashboard is kind of damaged, the plastic around the dashboard the one that is coated with some sort of plastic fabric (leather imitating coat) is damaged some parts of this...

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Issue following paint job?

Hi guys, hoping someone might be able to help me here. A few weeks back, I had an "argument" with a wall in a car park in my red 9-3 which basically caused a big gash in the paintwork. I got a couple...

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Headlight polishing?

Hi all! I thought this post made sense in this category. If not, sorry... I have no garage and my 2005 9-3 sits a lot in the sun. The headlights were polished for the first time last year (7 years...

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Renovo is this the correct one

My hood got a bit of green mould on,its only 4yrs old in April so its not in to bad a condition but want to give it a spruce up,or do I just need a cleaner....

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Cleaning the interior

Ok so what is the best thing to clean the dash and door panels with? I don't even know what frickin material they are, they aren't plastic as they feel somewhat spongey, hateful material just looks and...

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stone chips

Hi everyone iv got a saab 93 2003 2.0t,i think the colour is expresso black and its full of stone chips ,just wondering if anyone new where i could get the right stone chip pen to do a good job.Also i...

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Dry Shampoo Wash

Hi, just wondered if anyone has used products such as the 'Miracle Dry Wash' on their cars? Just spent a couple of hours washing my at the weekend. I did bit of driving yesterday and I have now got...

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sunday treat

Had a few hours spare,wash and wax.Pleased how new wheels and tints look.

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Best wax or polish

Ive just had detailing done on paintwork of black 9-3 convertible, can anyone recomend the best wax or polish to keep the new look shine?

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Dry leather seats - best remedy?

Hi all, I've got some Dover Grey leather seats in my 1991 Saab 900 and the condition is generally pretty good - but they're rather hard and dry and luck lustre. Especially the rear head rests, which...

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Dried Compound

Does anyone know of a good product to remove leftover, dried on compound? I thought that McGuirers final inspection would take it off but it didn't Any ideas???

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