josh99ta

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I cleaned the car up today as it was nice out and the car has been overdue for a big cleaning. Excuse the pic as it was taken with my crappy digital camera and also by the time I finished cleaning the car tonight, the sun was setting which made it VERY difficult to get a decent picture. You can still get an idea of how the angles and lines of the car create certain shades in the factory red paint, and you can also see that "glow" around the curves (especially on the hood area) that are so nice. The paint feels as slick as anything. I need a better camera and some better lighting though. Here is the process...

Dawn
Clay Magic
Zaino Z7

Busted out my cheap $20 Advanced Auto Parts random orbital buffer (PC is in the future, but not for a while)

Meguiar's Paint Cleaner from their 3 step system
Meguiar's Color-X
Zaino Z1 followed by Zaino Z2
Duragloss spray detailer

After the Color-X went on microfiber was used after. The car had alot of spiderwebbing in it and while there is still some there, a noticable amount is gone. Makes me more anxious to get the PC and the right products and see what I can really get out of this paint.

Here is the picture and links to two more...



http://www.mtfba.org/forum/images/up...sh99ta/597.jpg
http://www.mtfba.org/forum/images/up...sh99ta/596.jpg

Payne01SS

Looks sweet man! Love that hood. Next take the side moldings off.

RobTheHog

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Looks sweet, gotta love the red!! I agree with payne01, pull the side molding. I removed the emblems and moldings on my red bird and I love the clean look of the sides now. Check it out below with them removed. Good job man.

Rob

Nick D

Wax job looks great, !moldings is up to you. It does make washing and WAXING your car easier though. I've done it and never regret it. Nice job.

Sudz

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i know that car looks better than what it does in the pic because the pic quality kinda sucks, but looks badass in person, i know this from experience.

josh99ta

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I'd love to, but the car has 114k miles on it. I took off the door emblems around 90k and pulled the side molding too, but the paint under the side molding was not looking so hot, so I had to stick it back on. I tried everything to clean it up to no avail.

I definitely need to get some better pictures. Now that I'm here at work on the good computer I see how lacking that picture quality really is.

Any suggestions from some of the pros on what could enhance the look further (besides the side molding)?

Bad Blu Formula

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Nice work man.