And I did. I had a pretty constructive day. Sorry for the huge pictures.
Started out booking someone to come fit tires onto my steels (finally). Only going to cost 192 GBP fitted which is nice for a set of Dunlops.
Started out with a quick wash, I don't do much sealing, snow foam or any of that stuff. Mainly because the paintwork on most of the body panels is truly, truly awful, and also because I don't have a pressure washer and I can't afford loads of nice detailing products. Anyway...
Took the roof rack off, gave the Golf a good wash. Waxed the bonnet and roof because I'm lazy.
Added some stickers too because **** everyone else. Used some Auto Finesse Crystal on the rear windscreen to prep it.
Then prepped my wheels for the tires tomorrow. They have never been fitted to a car, but they are from a Mk 3 so they have been hanging around for a while at the guys place I bought them from, so they were dusty and had acquired some rust.
Ran over them with an Auto Glym wheel brush to get off most of the dust and dirt, then used Auto Finesse Citrus Power to get a bit of the rust and grime off. Here's a before and after, not much but it will make a difference when they are sat on my car for probably the next year.
Stacked them up all ready for the new shoes tomorrow.
Got some tire bags on order from amazon for my old wheels as well, so they don't just sit there.
And so I bought some alloy wheel paint to finish off my roof rack.
Now, I'm usually awful with spray paint. But how hard can spraying something all-black be? Turns out the primer was black...
And there was almost not enough primer for all the pieces. If I were spraying a full set of alloys, there is no way I would have enough primer for even the front of four wheels. But I got everything primed, and the paint is chip-resistant so hopefully it will be perfect.
Just need to buy some wood now, I've got pretty much everything else.