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I've got one of these for sale. Again, it's industrial grade not a flimsy DIY store effort!



It's double sided, and will hold 64 of these big yellow bins. The panel measures 2foot wide and 4foot tall. The base is 24"by 28".



They are 6" wide, 5" deep and 9" long. The clear plastic bit lifts up slightly then folds forward if you need it to.

I have the double sided rack and all 64 of the bins for sale.

Here are some of the bins.....


I can sell this in 1 of 2 ways. Either I can sell it as it is, dual sided, on the wheels with 64 bins for £160

OR

I can remove the base and sell the metal frame with a single louvred panel (so it can be wall mounted) with 32 bins for £85, or leave it on the base for £100  

The other panel will be mounted to a wooden frame, so as to be wall mountable and sold with the other 32 bins for £75.  I'd have to sell both parts this way,

So..... Any takers, either way?

Ive got 2 sets of injectors for sale;

a set of 8 21lb (2001 cobra) pink top injectors at £125






I've also got a set of 8 30lb red top injectors with a matching calibrated Granatelli Motor Sports (GMS) 90mm MAF and PRO-M filter














asking £350 for the set

items can be collected from cheshunt/enfield or couriered.  Payment by BACs, cheque, paypal, cash all ok :)

anyone?

lol... its actually really good on vista, has never crashed once... I can put a legal copy of xp on it if you prefer

lol... cheeky fooker art... who's side are you on

I'll host a pic of it tonight

£400 Andy?

lol... probably..... ill work on him

Anyone interested in this mint Sony Vaio p11z/q?  It's a full laptop rather than a net book, 2gb ram, brand new 60gb hdd, and processor and a screen with such a high res it'll make your eyes bleed!  Runs windows vista. Oem license sticker and fresh install.

There are a few tiny marks on the lid, the battery isn't the best now either. New ones can be had for £30 though. Looking for £250 but with the battery not being the best (lasts about an hour) I'm only after £220

Any takers

Anyone else interested, im desperately trying to avoid selling it on eBay.....

That's a beautiful car and id have another in a heartbeat!  Shame Fieldy sold it to someone who drove it in to a fence post really..... It was back up for sale Ian right state a few years ago, not sure if it ever got sold...... Hate to think that they might have scrapped it :(

Ahhhh nuts...... You sure, I do you super country price :). What will you edit your new pics on!!!!!

Thanks for letting me know :)

Anyone else before I eBay it away???

C'mon art. You know you want it :)

I have also got a brand new apple wireless keyboard that I could throw in for £50, cost me £75 a few weeks back so that could be a nice option :)

It's 3 1/2 years old art, it'll come with a remote and the magic mouse (which I hardly used as I bought a 9 button mouse for work). They keyboard is currently being used but I could be persuaded to part with it for a little towards a new one.  

It's not got a mark on the casing anywhere, works faultlessly and even has e original cardboard box with all the foam packaging so it can be transported safely.

Come on....... You know you want it.... Feel free to pm me an offer, it couldn't hurt!

I've still got this or sale, I never did get round to putting it on eBay. The hard drive started making some odd noises so it's been replaced with a brand new western digital 160gb 7200rpm drive which will have a years warranty from WD. I'll drop the price a bit as it was a 320gb drive originally. This one is WAY quicker though!!!  

Any takers?  Andy??

No ones laughing dude, I did exactly the same when working on the truck out in the snow, one pair cotton tight gloves, 4 pairs of latex gloves and then fingerless market traders... Worked wonders!

Yeah, I watched that then scowered eBay for a bronco!

We stayed at that hotel!!!

Oh right, is it a chain on these then?

Has the cam belt been done?

Once the whole car was machine polished and free of scratches and swirls (after about 6-7 hours) Andy went around the whole car yet again with a very fine compound and pad to match the gloss levels perfectly panel to panel.  We then had a long discussion about car waxes and sealants.  I knew the difference between a wax and a polish but I hadn't even heard of a sealant before.  Anyway, we went through several different products on the shelf and Andy explained each one and the benefits for different paints and finishes.  He suggested that SwissVax "Best of Show" would be the best choice for my paintwork, and to be honest, who was I to argue!  Andy says that some customers that show the cars on a monthly basis request certain waxes.  I almost fell off the chair when he told me that some are £3,000 for a tiny pot!  Anyway, the SwissVax is a completely more digestible £250 per pot, a tiny pot at that!


Once we had decided on the SwissVax Andy cleaned the car again with an alcohol based cleaner.  This was to remove all the oils from the compounds which are added for lubrication.  After that it was cleaned again with SwissVax paint cleaner.  It was finally time for the wax.  It was applied with a little foam applicator and left.  While we were waiting the 30 minutes the wax Andy used PoorBoys wheel protectant on the faces, dishes and insets of the wheels and used the polisher to buff them.  He then applied a tyre dressing with a small brush for accuracy.  The paint work was then buffed to its final sheen with microfiber cloths.

That is pretty much, in a nutshell, how the day went.  The car went in looking ok and came out of the work shop looking utterly amazing!!!!  I still have trouble putting in to words how good the paint looks; it's like a different car.  Andy's experience and expertise is really second to none in my opinion.  He explained each step to me as he could see how nervous I looked :)  The results are absolutely phenomenal.






Just comparing the before and after pictures is insane!!


It really makes you appreciate how flat the paint was and how shiny it now is!!!

HAPPY DAYS!

Andy's services are not limited to machine polishing; he offers all manor of services ranging from valeting to a wet sanding service which entails exactly what's in the name.  The whole car is wet sanded for 2 or 3 days and then machine polished.  This removes all the orange peel from the factory lacquer and leaves an unbelievable finish.  Andy had some photos of previous jobs and the results are literally like a mirror!

I couldn't be happier with the service, the secure location, the explanations and the general reassurances that 25 years of Andy's experience bought to the finished result.  I would not hesitate to use Andy's services in the future and I have already recommended him to my family and closest friends.

A massive thank you goes to Andy for all of his hard work, and for putting up with me hanging about for the whole day.  We started at 8 and I think I left at 6ish.  A full day but what a result!


In conclusion, if you're looking for someone to machine polish your car give Andy a call, his results speak for themselves :) - 07836 345 854.  You can check out his website too: http://www.unique-detail.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.unique-detail.co.uk Tell him you saw his details here and I'm sure he'll look after you :)

One happy bunny!

Well, where do I begin?....  My Saleen was chosen by Andy to receive a 'paint enhancement' detail a coupe of weeks ago, up at his workshop near Toddington.

My car was in pretty good condition, but, it did suffer with swirl marks from the bad car washing habits of the previous owners.  I had tried to polish out these marks over the past 6 years but I could never get them 100% gone.  

This is how the paint looked, it's been this way since I bought the car 6 years ago:


It's quite hard to pick up the scratches on a camera but when the car is in the sun they were REALLY visible.

When I got to Andy at 8am, he explained the whole process thoroughly and told me exactly what each step did and why things would happen in the order they would.  I do have a FULL list of every single step Andy took but I won't write them all out here as there are almost 40 stages!  I've picked out what I think are the most important bits, I will of course post up the whole list if people are interested.

OK, so Andy started at the wheels, spraying on a non acidic wheel cleaner and brushing the wheels inside and out as well as in the wheel nut recesses and inside the tyre bead.  I could already tell from this attention to detail that it was going to be a top job!  He then jet washed the wheels and arches followed by rinsing off the whole car to remove any debris that may damage the paint.  This makes so much better sense than just attacking the car with a sponge if you think about it!

Here is what the car looked like after just a rinse so we've got a starting point for reference


Andy then used the first of many awesome detailing gadgets, a 'Snow Foam' lance.  It covered the whole car in a foam which was left to sit for 5 or 10 minutes to break up any dirt.  I thought the foam would just slide straight off but it's somehow so thick it defies gravity!

Awesome huh!  While the snow foam was dwelling Andy went over all the shut lines, rubbers, badges etc with a small brush to clean the grain of the rubber and remove and old wax residue that may have been there.

The car was then washed using a 2 bucket method with a grit guard in each bucket to trap and loose particles and then rinsed off.  To me the car looked pretty damn good already.  Andy showed me how to feel the paint for imperfections and then proceeded to clay bar the car using Zaino clay and a lubricant.  The car was then rinsed yet again and dried with microfiber drying towels.  I asked Andy why he didn't use one of those big rubber squeegees to get rid of most of the water, but, as with the grit guards and the multiple rinsing stages, everything is carefully done to avoid scratching the car.  

The car was then taken inside and all of the rubbers and badges were masked off, along with the wing mirrors, antenna base, number plate and door locks.  The decals were checked and they were stuck firm.  Apparently if they had been loose they would have been masked around too.

The paint thickness was then measured all over the car; the thickness varied from the boot lid to the doors, Andy needed to know exactly how much paint was there to work with.  The Saleen had between 120 and 130 microns all round, anything below 80 microns is not really suitable for machine polishing so I was good to go!

Here's the paint thickness measuring jobbie


Based on 25 odd years of experience Andy then selected a polishing compound and head to use as a starting point.  As I was about to find out there are 100's of combinations of head and compound which get different results on different paints.  With each one though the process was the same; the pad was primed by hand, working the compound in, the head was then smeared over the panel and the polisher started on a very slow speed to build up heat and break down the compound.  Once at the desired level, Andy then started working the panel.  He worked his way around the car using a combination of 3M, Scholl's Concept and Menzerna compounds and heads.  While he was working he constantly checked reflections, gloss level and most importantly, constantly checked that the head was still wet with compound.  If the head runs dry it can over heat the paint and cause damage.  For tricky areas a small head was needed which allowed the polisher to get right inside the ducts.

Here are a couple of pic's of the polisher in action

Quoting: F Body

I put a tank full in the Maro last week

£1.01 per litre

NB : Get with program it's called V Power now

that was 2007, optimax was £1.49 when i filled it up last week!