Recent content by Gunslingermonk

nice car matey.

First read of this thread and am blown away by your skill and craftsmanship. Well done sir, well done.

If I choose to go with this bloke, I will post pictures. However, I am slightly worried now that he wont do a very good job. Will probably shop around. I know its not all about the price but how much is the average bumper respray?

So this is caused from shoddy respray?

orange peel?

Bit of an update on the buff to the bumper. It will need re painting but a lad I know works in a body shop and said he can do the whole bumper £100 all in. Didn't think it was too bad?

Hello, I am a Leon owner with a TDi.

First time - February 2010. No Accidents!

Cheers PG, very interesting read and I will post pics for my skills to be assessed :P I have a slight problem however, after 1 week of owning my car, some t*** has buffed my rear bumper and has left some scratches. I will post a picture tomorrow when I got some light but I was wondering how much...

So If i Follow this literally step by step I will get a nice finish to my paintwork? is there anything else i need to do? I cant imagine so cause this was a very comprehensive responce :D

So how do you guys rinse your car without a pressure washer?

PGarner - Fantastic post and extremely helpful for someone like me with no experience. I've read a lot about these snow shampoo's, are they not worth getting then? also i need a relatively cheap pressure washers if anyone knows of any? Country Bumkin - Cheers mate ill check it out. Do you use a...

Ah right fair enough, so are DMF's likely to fail then?I will definitely look at converting. Thank you for your help. I dont feel any slippage at the minute, I only purchased the car on Sat so it may be the case that someone has fitted a new clutch before. I remember them saying about a clutch...

So none of the upgrades need to be done before the re map? What would the benefits be of converting to a SMF? Could you possibly post some links or pictures to some of the items youve listed as I have absoloutly no idea where to look. Sorry to be a pain. Thanks.

So keep my flywheel and upgrade my clutch?