Madmarky Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 Wow! what a hectic and tiring weekend, and I thought Wales was bad. I have had a fantastic weekend tho was such a great experience and I have learnt a lot and got some ideas on how i will move forward with the progression of my Zed. It all started on Friday, I was up early and gave the car a good old clean before the 40 minute drive to Peterborough showground. On arrival the place was hectic and slighly disorganised unfortunately. I finally found out where I had to put my car but they were seriously behind schedule. I had intended on waxing my car once I got there but time was really ticking on. A friend came with me and we went to put up the tent while we waited for them to finish. Finally got into the indoor arena about 3 which meant we had a couple of hours to get the car sorted. Here is how the car looked, I was fairly happy but would of loved some more time. Friday night had a brilliant atmosphere and set the scene for the whole weekend. I had a few drinks but was shattered and retired to the tent around midnight, my friend/helper didnt roll in till 4am Up at 7.30am gave me another couple of hours with the car. It was fairly clean but wasnt shining like i wanted, I tried a new quick detailer from Poorboys but was not very happy with the outcome. I was looking around at everyone else and some people were still cleaning at 1pm I still didnt know what the judging was all about so i started asking around. They judge the cars throughout the whole weekend, so will look at how the car changes during the show. 2 judges came round, one looks at the paint and finish the other looks at the mods and bits that make the car unique. They asked to look in the boot and under the bonnet which was a suprise as I hadnt spent much time cleaning as I had not expected to show them off. I also noticed the paint guy spent a lot of time looking for swirl marks and imperfections which made wish I had proper detailed the car before the show but just didnt have time. I felt really under prepared!!! I had a talk with my friend and saturday afternoon we were both so tired we decided that we were gonna have a early night and get up early and properly sort the car. We were up at 6.30 and managed to get on the car at 7am. We quickly stripped off the protection, de-swirled, a full coat of wax and a quick detail on top. I also sepnt a little bit of time cleaning the engine bay a bit to make it look more presentable. It is amazing what you can achieve in a few hours when there is 2 of you. This is how it looked for the Sunday I dont think i have ever seen it so shiney and the pictures dont really do it justice but i was very happy. On the whole the car got some great attention and i got some great feedback. I really didnt realise how big Modified Nationals was but people spend a lot of money just for this one show. The car that one the best bodywork awatd had only been resprayed days before, you cant get much better than that can ya! Here is the top 25 area and some of the cars Best Bodywork Best Interior Dont seem to have pictures of best engine or best sound system Best show car Some of the other 25 Most waxed car - The owners were never not cleaning the car all weekend, I counted at least 3 coats of wax. Fully carbon To sum up it was a fantastic show and if I got a chance to go again I will prepeare better like many get the car professionally detailed before had. The show is definately one for the calendar as it was very well layed out and the organisation once the show had started was good. Camping was really a great idea and the facilities were pretty good as it goes. Cant wait for the next one but for now im shattered and need some sleep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bounty Bar Kid Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Glad you had a good one dude! Nite Nite! Lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wasso Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Well done Mark for making the effort and delving into the unknown. It's a shame all the other cars were teenagers first cars, except for a few. There's a lot of preparation for these things and shocked you'd not done the engine bay, but at least you know for next time. Good effort car looked the best IMO. Did you get any free bits from AutoGlym? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MITZ@CougarStore Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Nice one, Mark, sounds like you had a good weekend... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogyRev Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Looks like you had a good weekend Is it just me or do most of those cars look ridiculous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Mcgoo Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Nice one mark! Glad you enjoyed the experience. To me, yours looks by far the best there as it has been modded in a mature way and is a propper car in the first place. I know so much time, money and effort goes into these cars but to me that just looks like a full on chav lineup With the exception of yours and that little grey Honda. I must be getting old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glrnet Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 +100's Well done Mark, glad you got it looking how you wanted it, I notice there were a few there who attended Japex, thanks for posting your pix, she certainly looks v shiney and bright. The weather here is grey and dull but your car made me smile........................as usual Nice one mark! Glad you enjoyed the experience. To me, yours looks by far the best there as it has been modded in a mature way and is a propper car in the first place. I know so much time, money and effort goes into these cars but to me that just looks like a full on chav lineup With the exception of yours and that little grey Honda. I must be getting old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tprice Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 car looks stunning, colour scheme really suits that kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebized Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Is it just me or do most of those cars look ridiculous +1 Well deserved Mark to get an invite to the show and the work you put in at the show and to get it there..... Yours was from me - even if the Judges couldn't see it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will370z Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Car looks great mark as always. Seems it was a whole weekend of cleaning andpolishing. I recognise quite a few of those cars from japfest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spursmaddave Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Real credit to the forum You car certainly looked more 'grown up' next to all those slammed hatchbacks But as for the engine bay Dirty Boy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarmac@TarmacSportz Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Well done Mark, car looks great What was your favourite car in the show ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetSet Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Is it just me or do most of those cars look ridiculous I thought that when I saw them last night. Seems to be a trend to lower the cars and have the wheels way inside the arches . Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmarky Posted June 4, 2012 Author Share Posted June 4, 2012 Thanks for the comments guys, it was a great weekend, I still ache all over Did you get any free bits from AutoGlym? No, nothing. I was chatting to one of the judges who was trying to convert me to using the Autoglym HD Wax. I asked him for a free sample and he said he couldnt as its £40 per tub. I sat there thinking that it prob costs them sod all, they had a open tub he could of just let me try and it may of made me buy a full tub, there loss I guess. your car made me smile........................as usual Well that is better than winning any awards I thought that when I saw them last night. Seems to be a trend to lower the cars and have the wheels way inside the arches Most of them just drop the car for the show, some are trailored in like it. I would actually love to slam my car just for the show and may be something i might look into for the future. I still dont get the stretched tyre look or why everyone seems to put Porsche wheels on their cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spursmaddave Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Some of those cars are so low and the tyres so stretched they might as well have just been sitting on the rims.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRF4N Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Nice one. I really don't get the euro look... All the jap cars photographed above I can appreciate for one reason or another but the budget hatches just look Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragon Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Well done mate the car looked the biz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK350Z Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Good on you for putting in the effort Mark, but why is it just a bunch of max'ed shopping trolleys??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shire350Z Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Looks awesome mark as always! You should have got more!!!! What they don't realise is what you were doing a few weeks ago ..... Hurtling around Wales chasing me down The best of both worlds, a great show car and at the same time it can be going full throttle around Wales I bet not one other show car can say that!! Looking forward to you coming up matey in a few weeks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glrnet Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Happy days What they don't realise is what you were doing a few weeks ago ..... Hurtling around Wales chasing me down The best of both worlds, a great show car and at the same time it can be going full throttle around Wales I bet not one other show car can say that!! Looking forward to you coming up matey in a few weeks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronzee Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Looks great Marky. Still amazes me that some of those cars are allowed on the road with such rolled tyres, looking like they're going to fall off the rims at any minute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haytonz Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 I cant understand why you didn't win but some chafed up hatches did. Your car was in a diffrent class to there's it was like putting a Lamborghini in a fiat 500 meet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oj121 Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Almost all of those cars look truely awful. Plus it had our control room flipping out with all the calls going in about 'boy racers' travelling around in convoy ha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spursmaddave Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Looks awesome mark as always! You should have got more!!!! What they don't realise is what you were doing a few weeks ago ..... Hurtling around Wales chasing me down The best of both worlds, a great show car and at the same time it can be going full throttle around Wales I bet not one other show car can say that!! Looking forward to you coming up matey in a few weeks I was thinking the exact same thing, best of both worlds indeed.... A lot of people would have bottled out if the drives or nursed it round but Mark certainly did neither :no1: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyZed Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 glad you had fun. i entered my fto show car into that and got in :-) its a good show and good fun to be entered! privilege :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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