A day with a Nissan GTR

Post by **Stuart** » Sun Sep 01, 2013 9:16 pm

A style of my own I think, but what can you do!

With a head like a dustbin lid I can't afford to be fussy.

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Sun Sep 01, 2013 9:24 pm

Awesome work.

What gets me though is that the GTR is 50kg heavier than my truck! Unreal.

Hope4sun · Post by **Hope4sun** » Sun Sep 01, 2013 10:13 pm

That's a cracking finsh for 6 hours work

biggist problem is their so bloody big lol and removing the carbon from the underside is a bit of a faff =/

Post by **Stuart** » Sun Sep 22, 2013 11:19 am

A brief update after a recent maintenance visit

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/93963817@N07/9871438406/" title="IMAG0196 by Stuart Staples, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2886/9871 ... 61fb_c.jpg" width="800" height="478" alt="IMAG0196"></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/93963817@N07/9871425286/" title="IMAG0198 by Stuart Staples, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7451/9871 ... 0e7a_c.jpg" width="800" height="478" alt="IMAG0198"></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/93963817@N07/9871423196/" title="IMAG0199 by Stuart Staples, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3816/9871 ... dd58_c.jpg" width="800" height="478" alt="IMAG0199"></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/93963817@N07/9871417146/" title="IMAG0200 by Stuart Staples, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7423/9871 ... 48db_c.jpg" width="800" height="478" alt="IMAG0200"></a>
After the initial valeting work I have been booked to come back each month and keep on top of the GTR's condition. Minor scratches were removed and the protection was layered up after the usual two bucket wash routine. I never get tired of looking at or working on this car

kev@tga · Post by **kev@tga** » Sat Oct 05, 2013 7:31 pm

Cheers stu fantastic work as always :-)

But I am thinking of going for this :-) what ya think ?

http://www.gtr.co.uk/forum/202633-nissa ... cents.html

gary@apt · Post by **gary@apt** » Sat Oct 05, 2013 7:43 pm

like you need to stand out any more than you do! haha

kev@tga · Post by **kev@tga** » Sat Oct 05, 2013 7:47 pm

gary@apt wrote:like you need to stand out any more than you do! haha

Lol I am very low key mate and lost a lot of weight too so don't stand out that much

gary@apt · Post by **gary@apt** » Sat Oct 05, 2013 7:48 pm

i love wrap idea not sure on colour though

id love one on my evo ,will stand more stones than paint

kev@tga · Post by **kev@tga** » Sat Oct 05, 2013 7:50 pm

gary@apt wrote:i love wrap idea not sure on colour though

id love one on my evo ,will stand more stones than paint

They do a really nice Matt black or Matt grey , I am not sure what will happen if it will damage easily with stone chips or how easy it is for stu to clean lol

Post by **Stuart** » Sat Oct 05, 2013 8:55 pm

How honest am I allowed to be?

I thought/think the gold and carbon is shocking. And that's shocking as in bad, but that's my preference. Style and taste is always a personal thing mate but I think the 2k ish could be spent on something a lot more likely to preserve value than looking like a 2 tonne Crunchie bar

All of the matt finishes can look really good and the better wrap's are quite durable and far more resilient than paint. Matt wraps (or any other finish) is easy enough to clean on lesser used cars, but they have to be cleaned very carefully so matt finishes on cars that get driven regularly or hard can be tough to look after (briefly, more bugs/tar/affixed rubber means more chemicals or pressure to remove them. More pressure means the risk of flattening that area and increased gloss, more chemicals means the risk of the wrap being effected but these are not things you need to worry about Kev

That's what you pay me for!)

If you want to see some samples of wrap finishes in the flesh (on cars) and talk to someone who I consider to be the best guy in this part of the country let me know

Just in case you didn't take the hint the gold is pony.......you'll look like this guy