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dgarside
 


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United Kingdom 2012 Discovery 4 3.0 SDV6 HSE Auto Aintree GreenDiscovery 4
Freshly Polished Aintree Green

Hi All,

Decided after nearly 3 weeks of being inside, that it was time to get outside and what better excuse but to give the Disco the much needed polish. Gave it a good snow form, wash, clay and then a multi-stage polish with two strengths of pad and polish. Needed a hell of a lot of work on the sides as it had a very bad case of bramble rash (should have seen the doctor earlier). Unfortunately it still has the scares on the arches of the last Land Rover Monthly Offroad day as well.... but hey why have a LR and not use it Offroad.

Anyway here’s a few pictures of the old girl, hope you like. Any questions, just let me know.



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Post #21355216th Apr 2020 6:34 pm
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DSL
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I don’t think my shaving mirror is that shiny! Shocked Shocked
   
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Lee Trinder
 


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I thought I had given mine a good going over, obviously not. Still some time yet probably.
  
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dgarside
 


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United Kingdom 2012 Discovery 4 3.0 SDV6 HSE Auto Aintree GreenDiscovery 4

2 days from washing to that picture, started on Saturday/Sunday mid morning and did until about 5pm each day. It’s a big car.... thank god for Ibuprofen/Paracetamol 😂
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Post #21355286th Apr 2020 6:58 pm
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dgarside
 


Member Since: 17 Jan 2010
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United Kingdom 2012 Discovery 4 3.0 SDV6 HSE Auto Aintree GreenDiscovery 4

I can understand now why I was quote 4 to 6 hundred quid to give it a 2 stage polish/full detail.
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Post #21355306th Apr 2020 7:00 pm
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DSL
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And I thought I’d done a good job.

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Truth be told, I’d missed the bottom half of the driver’s door & SWMBO had missed a third of the front passengers side. Whistle Whistle
   
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dgarside
 


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United Kingdom 2012 Discovery 4 3.0 SDV6 HSE Auto Aintree GreenDiscovery 4

For anybody considering doing a good polish of their Disco, after years of trying different products like Meguirs, Zymol, Menzerna, AutoGlym etc and some good quality all in one polishes, I tried Chemical Guys V range of products.

I used the V36 cutting polish with the orange Hex Pads, and the V38 final polish with the white hex pads. To be honest you could get away with the orange pads and the V36 for a one step polish it was that good. It really did remove the swirls really well, but on the doors took 3 passes to get them right before final pass with finishing polish. Finished off with a couple coats of Chemical Guys InstaWax.

Would really recommend the Chemical Guys polish and pad combination on a Dual Action Polisher.
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DSL
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Beats my bucket (not that clean variety), old sponge, warm water & fairy liquid approach. Thumbs Up
   
Post #21355546th Apr 2020 7:54 pm
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dgarside
 


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United Kingdom 2012 Discovery 4 3.0 SDV6 HSE Auto Aintree GreenDiscovery 4

Got to finish the rest of it off now, not touched any of the trim, glass or anything else Sad

Might as well do it right while nothing else interesting to do.
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Hot Tub
 


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Looks good want to do mine Big Cry but guessing one of the lucky ones still working and job doesn't have a lot of contact with others scenic sites in the Chilterns Thumbs Up
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Red Merle
 


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@dgarside:

That's looking really good! (Aintree Green is still my all time favourite D4 colour Thumbs Up )
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J@mes
 


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Is that Aintree? Looks more like Galway Green to me!
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dgarside
 


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United Kingdom 2012 Discovery 4 3.0 SDV6 HSE Auto Aintree GreenDiscovery 4

Yep Aintree Green, and certainly don’t see many around, although is one in the same village as me Smile

Thanks everyone, appreciate the feedback and was worth the effort. Wish I had a before and after picture with the amount of scratches and swirls it had.
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This was my mates new car shockingly from a main dealer it needed some paint correction

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This is after correction
  
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United Kingdom 2005 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE Manual Cairns BlueDiscovery 3

That looks very nice. I should realy get my backside in gear and give mine some external TLC.
  
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