heptagon Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 My ex-Academy car currently sports a wrap and some stripes, been on for about 4 years (1 year in my ownership). Now toying with the idea of going bare or polished aluminium for a change, would be much like the Superlight Twenty I think for a while if I do it. I might even just remove or change the stripes at first as that would also dramatically change the look.Anyone gone this route and share any thoughts, I will go through the archive on the technical aspects of wrap removal and polishing the aluminium (I have a polisher).I guess I should expect to see some old dings showing up, so should be prepared for that and there is certainly a mark in the back panel that the wrap hides well.When polished does the bodywork come up in consistent finish across the different panels? If anyone has any photos of their bare metal cars I'd be interested to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Temple Cloud Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 The car I've just bought is mainly ali with painted nose cone and wings. When I got her there were bits not well enough polished in my view so I armed myself with some Autosol and that really did the trick. She has come up beautifully and I love the look of the car. I'll take some pics later. As I believe you can ceramic coat ali I'll probably do that too as I have loads of Gyeon Q2 Pure left over from my last car. And that worked brilliantly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john g Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 "If anyone has any photos of their bare metal cars I'd be interested to see" This is mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heptagon Posted March 24, 2022 Author Share Posted March 24, 2022 Wow, now that is polished! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drumster Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 Not mine, but this is 'polished' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JP Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 This is what happens if you don't polish them for 10 years... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Ford Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 Unless you really love polishing (or don't mind the unpolished aluminium look) don't do it. It's a mammoth amount of work to keep it shiny. Of course if you're one of those weirdos who obsess about "detailing" and have a shelf full of product, you'll probably love it. Probably won't have any time to drive it, though.Check your browser bookmarks. If 10 or more of them are for car cleaning / polishing sites, then yes - it's for you. Otherwise it isn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heptagon Posted March 24, 2022 Author Share Posted March 24, 2022 I'm definitely not a polisher, barely a car washer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Temple Cloud Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 Worth the effort if you like aluminium. Certainly couldn't be described as hard work. More a labour of love. And not much labour at that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A7 OOH Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 One more for the pot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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