What did you do to your VW today?

TimV wrote:

Meguiars Gold Class Liquid Wax is the favourite around these parts Bumble.  Epsom Halfords stock it.

This one?

http://www.halfords.com/motoring/cleaning-products/polish-wax/meguiars-gold-class-liquid-car-wax-473ml

sadly didn't seem to have any Meguiars products when I went in about 5pm today

Yup that's the one.

The Meguiars section in Epsom is HUGE! It's on the rh end of where all the waxes and polishes are.

TimV wrote:

Yup that's the one.

The Meguiars section in Epsom is HUGE! It's on the rh end of where all the waxes and polishes are.

Ah, that would be this one, then:-



However, I have found it at a much reduced price on Amazon (£11.99 delivered):-

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Meguiars-Gold-Class-Liquid-Wax/dp/B001MPST2S/ref=pd_cp_auto_3

So what's the difference between:-

Meguiars Gold class liquid wax

and

Meguiars gold class Carnuba plus premium liquid wax

The Amazon people have sent me the latter, when I ordered the former, so need to know if I should insist they send me what I asked for, or am I onto a good thing?

That's the latest version Bumble. Use it and enjoy the shine.

Removed my bumpers today to get them sprayed same white as the roof LB9A Candy White together with the roof of the trailer I'm refurbishing. Ordered some new empi rep 5 spoke polished alloys and avon tyres. These will replace the ones on the bus which in turn will go on the trailer so I'll have the same all round so will have multi purpose spare wheel.

Screw holes for the front bumper got some surface rust which I need to sort before they go back on as this was bleeding back through the holes. Not surprising though given the amount of crud trapped behind it - no wonder they have a habit of rusting

Tatty said

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Screw holes for the front bumper got some surface rust which I need to sort before they go back on as this was bleeding back through the holes. Not surprising though given the amount of crud trapped behind it - no wonder they have a habit of rusting

Any pictures, please?
osg

I'm sure there was mention on another thread about covering the bumpers in a vinyl wrap. I'd be interested if anyone has tried this.

osg wrote:

Tatty said

Quote :

Screw holes for the front bumper got some surface rust which I need to sort before they go back on as this was bleeding back through the holes. Not surprising though given the amount of crud trapped behind it - no wonder they have a habit of rusting

Any pictures, please?
osg

Pictures of what? Rust around screw holes or crud?

harryhornet wrote:

I'm sure there was mention on another thread about covering the bumpers in a vinyl wrap. I'd be interested if anyone has tried this.

I'm looking into this. Just need to give my bumpers a good clean and de-rust then will get them done. No time frame as yet, just when I get round to it

kiteman wrote:

harryhornet wrote:

I'm sure there was mention on another thread about covering the bumpers in a vinyl wrap. I'd be interested if anyone has tried this.

I'm looking into this. Just need to give my bumpers a good clean and de-rust then will get them done. No time frame as yet, just when I get round to it

Scooby could doo with one of those round 'to its' as well - could you pick one up for us kiteman when you get yours, the square one's are no good!

ive finally got some interior in! ive gone for a 3/4 width bed this time after loads of soundproofing/ dynamatting and foil insulation going in! had to wear my sun glasses as the reflection was too much when trying to put the bed in! Budget was hit by some welding that needed doing for mot but im getting there! (german not brazillian rust!!) lol

It's a lovely dry morning so I decided to take Eddie out for a cruise. He's been stuck in the garage since the Halloween bash but started 1st time and purred along for a good hour. Im sure he benefitted from getting all that lovely oil around his moving parts.

Gave Tallulah a wash and polish ready for her last minute hire as a birthday treat for a Vdub mad 10yo.

I noticed that the rhs rear mudguard was loose the other day so took it off to avoid risk of losing it - I'll refit it with new bolts when I get the chance.

It's amazing how much muck the mudflap stops, the lhs rear quarter was considerably cleaner than the rhs after only a few days and very little driving.

Headed down to the Witterings and went surfing, then chilled on the beach watching the world go by.

Saw Damon Hill whilst I was there as well

Hope you didn't let him race round in your Kombi.

Having not been out in Bumble since the end of October, we went out to Box Hill on Boxing Day (very appropriate! ) Bumble started first time - no problems at all

After a short walk on a cold day, we went back to Bumble and had a kombi coffee and kombi hot chocolate with two of our children who came out with us.

Drove to Market Overton, just north east of Peterborough on Sat 27th, the day after they had 5-10cm of snow

Tallulah performed brilliantly, slowing down through any icy patches on tip-toes and parked up at our destination on a friends drive which happened to be up a short slope - other vehicles had tried and failed to get up the slope earlier in the day.

We spent the night on the drive with snow all around (roof down, electric blanket on) and headed back late on Sunday evening in temperatures of -10 with ice on the inside of the wondows when we set off!

Once again Tallulah performed impeccably and is now back on our drive having a well earned rest.

Investigated the wiring of the 'not working' fridge - still no obvious answer than 'its broke'

Emptied all of the contents from Scooby ready for some rust/repair/paint treatment later this month.

Although we are using two Pingi dehumifiers in Scooby this winter for the first time, we have still removed the curtains to stop them getting damp.

Swept out the last of the dried mud and pine cones from our New Forest day trip on 29th Dec 2014.

Packed away the last of Scooby's Christmas decorations for another year

Gave Dizzy a good wash after a hectic couple of weeks, and found a rust bubble forming on the tailgate      



Looks like some damp had got down inside the edge weld, so took the door card off and sprayed some ACF 50 down into the gap, it's very liquid, so hopefully it will seep down and do its work. Followed up with a good dose of waxoyl until I can rub it down and repaint.

After watching the car SOS programme highlighted by beakyboy, and seeing that the only way to repair the roof gutter is to cut a chunk out and re-weld a section in, I checked my gutters, and they look like they are going to need another coat of white hammerite in the near future, prevention being better than cure.

Also checked the nearside door switch for the alarm, as a couple of days ago Pat managed to open the door without the alarm going off. The contacts had got surface corrosion, so a quick squirt of ACF 50 sorted that as well. May be worth a check as wouldn't normally be apparent.

Reconnected Max's starter battery after a charge - not been out for 6 weeks! Started on the button, ran a load of stuff to the dump. Met another BraziBay on the way.

Is 'Wiiggy' a Kombi we know?

harryhornet wrote:

Is 'Wiiggy' a Kombi we know?

I don't believe so, I left a card.

Stranded over Xmas with a dead starter motor, took a chance on the 27th dec and phoned vw Kampers, Ian was in the office. Got Mish booked in, bumped started early Monday morning, took him up the road to Ian at henfield. Back on the road today with new starter motor and bush, also got front beam greased while we were there. Starter sounds soooo much better now, big thankyou to Ian and Dave at VW Kampers for Thier prompt service.

Don't suppose you have a record of the part numbers for the starter motor and bush, do you Irishman.

I'm trying to build up a database of part numbers so that the right ones can be ordered on line should the need arise.