Hello all, running in gong fine -------------- 336 miles now, cramming in as much S2 time as possible, difficult with my line of work (slaving over a hot stove).

Cleaned her twice already, managing a pre polish and full polish with Zymol and fed the leather too!! My doesn't Zymol dry quick!!!

Anyway BUGS!! Whats the best way to shift im?? Dirty little blighters, nose of the car looks like an artistes palate!!!

Yours a very Happy Jamman Jersey

 

Bugs are a big problem I agree. I've tried all sorts of proprietary "bug shifter" products over the years and they're all crap. The best thing by far I've found is a sponge wrapped in a plastic mesh available from Halfords. Used with hot water, it works a treat! Tif pointed me to it a couple of months ago and it's brilliant!

Pete

 

Good to hear you are enjoying you new car

Re Bugs: Baby wipes Cover the nose of the car with baby wipes and go off and have a cup of coffee for fifteen minutes. When you return to your car the bugs will wipe off very easily.

Tesco 'value' baby wipes are *very* cheap and ideal for the job.

 

We dont have Halford in Jersey, although have seen this sponge in town, was worried it may be a little coarse, as I tried to remove a bug with the side of my nail and actually scratched the laquer. Well off to the shops monday watch out you Bugs!!

 

On the subject of bugs. If you have ArmourFend on your car, be sure to remove the bugs as quickly as possible. There are certain inserts that have very acidic gut contents and according to ArmourFend this will cause a discolourization of the film. Apparently the guts soak through the porous top layer of film and are then practically imposible to shift. Happened to me when I left the bugs there for two days. Cleaning (many times) and polishing didn't help.

 

Is that like Diamond Bright????

 

Sorry, don't really know what that is. Isn't it just a paint treatment to prevent damage by bird's cr*p - my dealer offered me some Scotch branded treatment, but I decided against it as I wanted the Tif inspired Zymol-shine!
ArmourFend is a multi-layer film covering, probably about 0.5mm thick that is supposed to prevent (or substantially reduce damage done by stones, etc.
I had the whole of the nose, both headlights and door sills done. Fitted cost about

 

Hey Kev

Keep going with the running in - its worth the trouble to do it right

Next time someone you know is in the continent, ask them to get you something called Bug Away or Bug Clear (memory's gone) from motorway service stations.

It works better than anything else I've tried. Proved very useful after 130mph laps of the Nurburgring at clearing all the (very) squished bugs from the front of the car.

Cheers

Ben

 

Nooooooo!

Those sponges are fine for the windscreen but they put very fine scratches in the paintwork (I know, I followed this recommendation a few weeks ago ).
Hot towels and elbow grease are the only thing I have found which shift bugs - soak the towels in boiling water then lay them across the bodywork for a while - this softens the bugs up, then you just have to use a SOFT cloth or songe and a lot of elbow grease.

 

Oh gods! Sorry to hear that Mark, I guess Black is far more susceptible to showing scratches and swirls I haven't noticed a problem with the sponge in the past but will stay clear of recommending it in the future.

Tif