Very nice, must look to get my alloys done on my other car.
Cleaned up this grimy bu88er
Before:
After:
Wife not too impressed with me doing it in the kitchen sink though… 
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Thanks. The car came with some kerbing on the front wheels and a small bit of corrosion around the barrels, nothing major. They also came with a load of adhesive marks from previous weights so I wanted them all freshened up. There was never any doubt as to which colour - always silver against a black car for me.
I got some AutoFinesse Wheel Caramics coating at Christmas for £15 so I’ll do the wheels with this in a week or so, which should hopefully keep them looking good. Doesn’t look like AutoFinesse do it any more so maybe the stuff is guff 
Still can’t decide what colour to do the calipers.
Noticed water wasn’t draining away during a quick wash so cleaned out the two drains with a pipe cleaner.
One was completely clogged with decaying leaves and the other wasn’t far behind.
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The hose on this side was kinked on our ND RF, so the hose blocked quickly and everything either flowed off the side or across to the passenger side which quickly became blocked, flooding the passenger floor. I used compressed air to blow the crud back out the window side, freeing up the blockage.
Here’s the passenger side grill after clearing the worst of the blockage on that side.
That looks like the bottom section which thankfully mine didn’t reach. Looks like a pain to get to
That’s right, grill on the passenger side. The hose on the drivers side being blocked meant I didn’t need to clear that grill, just the passenger side. I used a long handled bottle cleaner brush and ordered a trombone cleaner for, shudders, next time.
Pulling the trim wasn’t too bad, just contorting yourself to access the grill being the tricky bit.
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Looks lovely! 
Works every time!
Gave the seatbelts a bath in a bucket of Woolite. I wouldn’t say they are like new but they are vastly better than they were - not a bad result for £5
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Started and completed the mechanical uninstall steps of DIY BBR Supercharger Stage 1 kit.
Found out why my horn sounds so puny!
Glad I bought this as a toy to abuse and track, as everything we touch has corrosion.
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Also started the Installation phase of the BBR Stage 1 Supercharger kit…
Hopefully get back to it tomorrow…
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Washed and detailed it and polished a few areas, scratch removal. Removed a layer of dust Friday and again today and detailed the wheels. Went in the garage again (yes it’s garaged) and there a layer of dust on it again, b***** strong winds no good for us car buffing nuts.
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New horns ordered from mx5 parts. Fitted the supercharger…
Took the crash bar off, shook my head a lot at the state of the car…
Ended up in a conversation with my neighbour (guy that’s been letting me use his workshop) about how useful a dry ice blaster would be, he ordered a blaster as he has compressors and a sand blasting oven, I’ve ordered dry ice…
Progress update next weekend…
If you haven’t already, I’d look at the rear crash bar, as they are usually a lot worse than that…
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Nothing interesting I’m afraid, but today I replaced the original factory battery in my 2018 ND for a new one.
The original was still OK-ish but I’ve been worried since run the parking mode on the dash cam quite often and currently it is reaching it’s auto cut-off time very soon so figured a fresh battery would help.
Straight forward, just followed the destructions here, including the notes to open both doors before disconnecting the battery to avoid the auto-window down function getting messed up.
Last year on my ND I sprayed Dynax S50 inside the subframes and various box sections having removed the wheel arch liners but did not do the sills. Today I removed the Scuff Plate Trims and sprayed the outer sill sections through the location slots and then the inner section through the carpet trim clip hole. There must be a large drain for the inner sills as I ended up with S50 puddles on the drive.
My NB rotted around the wheel arches. Is it possible to get inside the wheel arches on a ND?
Next job is engine, gearbox and diff oil changes.
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To get inside the wheel arches remove the trim in the boot and go to work from there.
If you get a cheap endoscope for your phone you can have a good look around in there to see exactly where your ‘liquid’ of preference has penetrated.
