1st week of owning my 406, jobs done so far

[iangt4]

Day 1 : Complete interior valet, seats scrubbed, cleaned & leather treated. Carpets, interior panels & roof ligning shampoo'd, all plastics scrubbed & treated, windows cleaned & polished (literally all day spent on this)

Day 2 : Exterior steam cleaned, Wet sanded (1500 grit) bonnet, wing & scratches, compounded the whole car, realigned the bonnet, compounded the alloys, washed & 2 coats of meguirs Tech 2 wax. cleaned & treated all exterior rubber & plastics, Steam cleaned chassis & engine bay (to make sure there was no more nasty surprises under there.

Day 3 : Serivce time, Oil flush, New oil & filter, fuel filter, air & pollen filter, Lower Crank Pulley, (coolant will wait untill later in the week) New front & Rear Discs & Pads, Hand brake shoes, Dot 5.1 Brake Fluid Change, Power Steerring Fluid, repair to both front ABS Ring gears, 4 Wheel Alignment.

Day 4 : Remove DIesel Particulate Filter & fitted new Floor Mats ordered off eBay (quiet day for the old Pug )

Day 5 : Trip to Bromsgrove for new Bonnet, Bumper, Head Lights, Fog Lights, & Grills (6 hour round trip, sat 2 hours in a bloody traffic jam on the M42)

Day 6 : Remap to 180bhp no fap, Fitted Kenwood Head Unit with ipod control, Found huge water leak (rain water) Passenger footwell & A-Pillar trim was soaking wet after a good downpour, drainage channels for the sunroof were blocked, defap'd a 406 coupe owners car (Parm) who collected for me a new Aircon Compressor & 406 coupe gear knob & Gaiter from Ade (406 coupe breaker)

Day 7 : Remove the front of the car literally ! changed damaged lower rad support panel, changed the aircon compressor, cleaned out intercooler & air pipes, flushed out the radiator, Changed the coolant for toyota 4 life red, rebuilt alighning all the front end panels correctly.

She is starting to look & drive Superb !! i love driving this car

Job list left to do.....

Gearbox oil change (forgot to do this), get new bonnet & bumper sprayed, underseal the car, tint the windows, get stonechip on windscreen repaired, or replace screen if not repairable, cover the "Faux Wood" in something buy rubber boot mat. The List is getting smaller

[plod]

Well if there ever was a prize for most done in first week of ownership I think we can reliably say you'd win it hands down by a country mile.....or two lol

[iangt4]

Well if there ever was a prize for most done in first week of ownership I think we can reliably say you'd win it hands down by a country mile.....or two lol

Pmsl, i just get bored easily...... i am sat here wondering what i can to her today, think i might instal a sub, need to get a iso adapter anyway

[highlander]

The faux-Walnut is pretty garish, right enough. Much classier is the faux-Ashwood (not very common).

If your car is blue, you could try and find a wrecked 406 D9 SRi and steal the blue trim inserts from that. Or if you prefer a silvery colour, try and find a wrecked SE and get the trim inserts from one of those.

Some people on here have used a carbon fibre-effect vinyl wrap (not keen on this myself), while others have sanded their faux-Walnut, then primed, sprayed, and laquered it. Most who do this paint theirs silver, but I think that coding these inserts with the colour of the bodywork of your car is an acceptable alternative to this.

Photos please, once you're done

[waue1978]

Some people on here have used a carbon fibre-effect vinyl wrap (not keen on this myself), while others have sanded their faux-Walnut, then primed, sprayed, and laquered it. Most who do this paint theirs silver, but I think that coding these inserts with the colour of the bodywork of your car is an acceptable alternative to this.

Photos please, once you're done

Those that showed up at Gaydon can testify to the fact that I'm crap at the paint option...

Black ashwood will probably be staying on mine.

[graymalkin]

When you bear in mind god took 6 days to create the universe I think what you have done in a week is amazing!
What did you use to treat the leather?
Honestly i am in awe of people that can do stuff to cars like this...