who else has been polishing

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who else has been polishing

Post by Graeme4130 » Mon Apr 13, 2020 10:06 pm

Seeing as we've all got bugger all else to do, who else has been out shining up their cars ?
I'm so bored, I even took some pics of it with a drone
My B9's 2 years old today, and easily the best of the 4 RS4's I've had over the last 10years
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Gone - 11/06 B7 RS4 Avant - black/black (Daily drive & kids taxi)
Gone - 05/13 B8 RS4 Avant - Suzuka grey (Daily drive & kids taxi)
Gone - 01/14 B8 RS5 Coupe - Short term car
Gone - 09/14 B8 RS4 Avant - Misano Red/Ceramics (Daily drive & kids taxi)

Current - 04/18 B9 Rs4 Nardo Grey
ZX10R Race bike - 210bhp and a few skid marks on the seat ;)

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Re: who else has been polishing

Post by Rwg » Mon Apr 13, 2020 11:37 pm

Polish & swopped wheels out winter/summer

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Re: who else has been polishing

Post by 535dboy » Tue Apr 14, 2020 8:14 am

You must be bored as you have polished it down to the primer...

...Will this joke ever get old?
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Re: who else has been polishing

Post by Graeme4130 » Tue Apr 14, 2020 8:20 am

😂😂
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Gone - 11/06 B7 RS4 Avant - black/black (Daily drive & kids taxi)
Gone - 05/13 B8 RS4 Avant - Suzuka grey (Daily drive & kids taxi)
Gone - 01/14 B8 RS5 Coupe - Short term car
Gone - 09/14 B8 RS4 Avant - Misano Red/Ceramics (Daily drive & kids taxi)

Current - 04/18 B9 Rs4 Nardo Grey
ZX10R Race bike - 210bhp and a few skid marks on the seat ;)

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Re: who else has been polishing

Post by Rs4spark » Tue Apr 14, 2020 9:37 am

:D Looking good Graham,
How many miles have you done in 2 Years ? ,
I have had my B9.5 a month & already realise its better than the B8 my Miles. :D

I have stopped machine polishing now otherwise it will be a similar colour to yours :lol: :lol:

All the best mate
Sold B9.5 RS4 !! WHY i keep asking ! looking sat ordering another before a new model arrives
RS4 2020 Navarra & Jet Blue Gen 1 R8
RS4 Sepang 2015
RS4 Suzuka 2014
RS4 Cab Daytona 07
RS4 Cab Phantom 58
RS4 Cab Phantom 06

Crazy, also too many to list in between, get board too quickly but hopefully not this time !!

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Re: who else has been polishing

Post by Graeme4130 » Tue Apr 14, 2020 3:32 pm

Rs4spark wrote:
Tue Apr 14, 2020 9:37 am
:D Looking good Graham,
How many miles have you done in 2 Years ? ,
I have had my B9.5 a month & already realise its better than the B8 my Miles. :D

I have stopped machine polishing now otherwise it will be a similar colour to yours :lol: :lol:

All the best mate
It's on about 32k now I think
I missed the noise and the DSG of the B8 initially, but as soon as you hit the throttle or turn into a corner and not understeer straight on, you soon forget about the V8 sound track :)
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Gone - 11/06 B7 RS4 Avant - black/black (Daily drive & kids taxi)
Gone - 05/13 B8 RS4 Avant - Suzuka grey (Daily drive & kids taxi)
Gone - 01/14 B8 RS5 Coupe - Short term car
Gone - 09/14 B8 RS4 Avant - Misano Red/Ceramics (Daily drive & kids taxi)

Current - 04/18 B9 Rs4 Nardo Grey
ZX10R Race bike - 210bhp and a few skid marks on the seat ;)

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Re: who else has been polishing

Post by Rs4spark » Tue Apr 14, 2020 4:12 pm

Agreed Graham, Its great to hear you are still loving the car after 2 Years.
Sold B9.5 RS4 !! WHY i keep asking ! looking sat ordering another before a new model arrives
RS4 2020 Navarra & Jet Blue Gen 1 R8
RS4 Sepang 2015
RS4 Suzuka 2014
RS4 Cab Daytona 07
RS4 Cab Phantom 58
RS4 Cab Phantom 06

Crazy, also too many to list in between, get board too quickly but hopefully not this time !!

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Re: who else has been polishing

Post by nastro azzurro » Tue Apr 14, 2020 4:24 pm

Agree with all of the above re the B8 ( which I thought was excellent BTW )
The B9 is so much better. I love it even though I’ve hardly driven it!

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Re: who else has been polishing

Post by paulread69 » Thu Apr 16, 2020 5:15 pm

Nothing else to do, so I took the wheels off and detailed them and gave the wheel arches a good clean too. Looks nice now, just a shame we can’t drive anywhereImage

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Re: who else has been polishing

Post by Rs4spark » Thu Apr 16, 2020 5:44 pm

Looking good Paul, What do you put on the Callipers
Sold B9.5 RS4 !! WHY i keep asking ! looking sat ordering another before a new model arrives
RS4 2020 Navarra & Jet Blue Gen 1 R8
RS4 Sepang 2015
RS4 Suzuka 2014
RS4 Cab Daytona 07
RS4 Cab Phantom 58
RS4 Cab Phantom 06

Crazy, also too many to list in between, get board too quickly but hopefully not this time !!

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Re: who else has been polishing

Post by paulread69 » Thu Apr 16, 2020 6:49 pm

I used Poor Boys wheel sealant, same as I used on the wheels. I did the same on my old S4 with great results once a year. Image

I bought the car April last year when it was 9 months old, so this was the first time I have taken the wheels off and treated the insides & calipers.


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Re: who else has been polishing

Post by Rs4spark » Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:00 pm

Thanks Paul , I will look at getting some of that
Sold B9.5 RS4 !! WHY i keep asking ! looking sat ordering another before a new model arrives
RS4 2020 Navarra & Jet Blue Gen 1 R8
RS4 Sepang 2015
RS4 Suzuka 2014
RS4 Cab Daytona 07
RS4 Cab Phantom 58
RS4 Cab Phantom 06

Crazy, also too many to list in between, get board too quickly but hopefully not this time !!

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Re: who else has been polishing

Post by RS4John » Fri Apr 17, 2020 8:56 am

Me too...no longer with an RS4. Back when I had the B9 I bought a couple of machine polishers, one large orbital and a smaller one- specifically to address those gloss black strakes in the sills that are so vulnerable to scuffs. Have been on a learning curve with them having clay-barred a car for the 1st time the other day, with plenty of time, patience and YouTube one can achieve an amazing finish to the point that I can't see that I'll have a car professionally detailed again.
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Gone, 2016 8U RSQ3 Performance
Gone, 2018 B9 RS4
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Re: who else has been polishing

Post by paulread69 » Fri Apr 17, 2020 9:33 am

Usually it’s the time factor with nice weather that doesn’t allow us to do much detailing, unless you have a large garage. With this time off, we can do a little bit at a time, the good weather is a bonus. I guess normally we would choose to drive the car rather than polishing it

I still need to do my sill skirts, they have shoe marks. All the other panels were fine with some needing just some minor marks polishing out by hand. I’ll get the DA out for these sills, I think they need PPF for the future before they get badly scuffed.


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Re: who else has been polishing

Post by RS4John » Fri Apr 17, 2020 10:24 am

PPF is the way I would have gone with the sill skirts had I kept the B9. I have the garage...

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Gone, 2016 8U RSQ3 Performance
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