Decided that it was time over the weekend to give my Mini her first proper clean and detail of the year..... I wash and wax her most weekends (as quite a few of you are already aware! lol) but this time I wanted to give her a thorough clean, clay, polish, wax & seal on the outside and a complete clean inside too.

This was to coincide with the London to Brighton run on Sunday as I had entered the Show n Shine competition..... don't know why I did in the end as they said it WASN'T going to be a concourse competition but ended up that it was!! No way I can get a normal jack or trollyjack under my car to get the wheels off seeing as it's so low!!!

Anyway, here's a selection of pics that I took.... sorry I didn't get any of how dirty she was before I started cleaning

Shame the sun wasn't shining to show the sparkle in the DS paintwork!

All washed and now some masking tape prep work:







Removed the tail lights so that I didn't get any wax residue stuck in the gaps between the lights & the bodywork:



Polished up the zaust tips:



The shiney reflective finish after 7 hours of cleaning by hand!!!

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Mint as allways mate

How dirty was the clay when u finnished as ur car is constantly mint
Looking amazing as always

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With only a Dave.f and she puts out 200 bhp
And in 30 odd degree heat she is still putting out 200 bhp
Mods: omp strut brace, spax lowering springs, Dave.f, grs motorsport ic, full milltek exhaust system
Next mod 15% pulley

Top work Lex... I don't think I've ever seen your car dirty...

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awsome great work

Excellent work Lex, certainly looks good after all of that work.

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Cheers for all the comments guys

I was absolutely shattered by the time I had finished! My arms, hands and fingers just ached like you wouldn't believe!! I just had enough energy to lift my pint of Strongbow up! lol

I wish I had taken pics of it dirty as it honestly was dirty.... it had rained during the week and driving around town & to Lakeside meant that there was dirt all up the sides and rear

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Looks awesome Lex - i bet you enjoyed that Strongbow after 7 hours of cleaning!!

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Dave F fitted...loving that whine

Very nice Lex, looking very good. MCUK isn't only the best MINI Club around, its the cleanest too!

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get ya self a dual action for next time lex it will cut down the time by half so more drinking time lol