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Long-term update: Honda S2000 gets bonnet "PDR" & car-foiling "wrap"

Long-term update: Honda S2000 gets bonnet “PDR” & car-foiling “wrap”


As we’ve been harping about for a year now, the Honda S2000 is tough to maintain cosmetically. Even after we got it detailed a couple of months ago, it was going to be a major task keeping the car looking clean. The aluminium bonnet had a pebble-sized ding on it for half a year now. We don’t know where it came from, but it was time to do something about it.

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Long-term update: 2009 Renault Safrane gets Farba Guard detailing

Long-term update: 2009 Renault Safrane gets Farba Guard detailing


Our Renault Safrane continues to chug along without issues since the last service. It’s been several months now since we asked for some prematurely-worn interior panels to be changed under warranty, but it finally looks like it will get done this week as the parts have arrived from Mars. Anyway, last month we gave the car in for an exterior detailing at Farba Guard.

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Competition: Win 5 Farba Guard Premier Detailing Packages in the UAE

Competition: Win 5 Farba Guard Premier Detailing Packages in the UAE


That’s right. In association with DriveArabia.com, Dubai-based Farba Guard is giving away their Premier Detailing Package exclusively to FIVE lucky readers. The package, worth Dhs 900, includes full exterior detailing, interior detailing, headlight polish, engine-bay detailing and wheels. All you have to do to take part is finish a couple of easy steps. Update: The winners have been announced.

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Car detailing at Farba Guard in Dubai

Car detailing at Farba Guard in Dubai


There I was, letting my Jeep collect dust as I tested various other cars. Then I hear from a friend of a friend about a new detailing shop that he’d opened in Dubai recently, and was looking to make his mark in the industry. The place is called Farba Guard, and after speaking to Mohsin, the owner, and seeing his passion for detailing cars, I figured I could give the new place a shot and hand over my stagnant Jeep for a complimentary full detail for this story.

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Car detailing at Yellow Hat Dubai

Car detailing at Yellow Hat Dubai


Last year, I got my Jeep detailed at Yellow Hat in Dubai’s Times Square Mall. While I obviously had it done for free as part of our partnership, the full-detail job actually costs a relatively-low Dhs 750, including the exterior, interior and engine. I was always interested in seeing what they had to offer for this low price.

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