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Old Feb 8, 2006 | 09:06 PM
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It was so cold when I started that sheets of ice were forming on the spoiler.

The lighting wasn't the best, so the pictures aren't my best.

Engine:
Optimum APC agitated with Meguiar's spoke brush
Armor All Tire Foam
Final Wipedown

Exterior:
Optimum APC wheels & wells
Eagle One A2Z on tires
Meguiar's NXT wash
Zaino Z18 claybar w/ NXT soap lube
Poorboy's SSR 2.5 via light cut pad
Klasse AIO via polishing pad
Zaino Z2 Pro
Zaino Z8
Armor All Tire Foam in wells
Meguiar's Natural Shine on tires

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After:







Thanks for looking.

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Old Feb 8, 2006 | 09:13 PM
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WOW!!!!!

Maybe there is hope for my car after all!
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Old Feb 8, 2006 | 09:31 PM
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HOLY ****!!! That looks so amazing i can't even put it into words...

POST MORE PICTURES if you have them....you do amazing work, its just so cool to think that car looked so swirled like that to start with and ended as it did...Now let me drive down there and you can make my white car look that amazing.
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Old Feb 8, 2006 | 09:44 PM
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Damn...amazing, as usual!
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Old Feb 8, 2006 | 09:51 PM
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holy shmoooolie, batman, that is ridiculously good, was this all by hand or did you use a polisher?????? please let me know my black ta has looked awesome with my detailing, but that is just ridiculously spectacular,
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Old Feb 8, 2006 | 09:54 PM
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Thanks, guys!

The polishing work was done with a Porter Cable 7424 polisher.
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Old Feb 8, 2006 | 09:55 PM
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You do amazing work indeed, do you have any write ups and engine bay pics?

During the process, doesnt dust settle on the car? It drives me nuts, how in the hell or what would you recommend to get it to that finished look?
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Old Feb 8, 2006 | 10:01 PM
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Yikes, I wish you lived closer, that looks amazing, I'm going to print those pics and use them for inspiration
(aside from the wheels, that looks exactly like my T/A)
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Old Feb 8, 2006 | 10:05 PM
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Originally Posted by SLIKWS6
You do amazing work indeed, do you have any write ups and engine bay pics?

During the process, doesnt dust settle on the car? It drives me nuts, how in the hell or what would you recommend to get it to that finished look?

It's not a great picture, but:



Dust does settle a bit outside, but I only pull it outside for pictures. I do all the work in the garage with the door down.

What type of write-up are you looking for?
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Old Feb 8, 2006 | 10:32 PM
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AMAZING...
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Old Feb 8, 2006 | 10:32 PM
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Looks great man. I need to get a PC.
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Old Feb 8, 2006 | 10:36 PM
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wow very shiny!
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Old Feb 8, 2006 | 10:45 PM
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holy ***** that is good work... makes me want to go detail mine now
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Old Feb 8, 2006 | 11:00 PM
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ya i wanna detail mine so bad it isn't even funny....Why does spring have to be so far away yet...WHY!!!!
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Old Feb 8, 2006 | 11:05 PM
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Wow , that before picture looks alot like my car, can you drive up here and detail my **** in the spring???
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Old Feb 8, 2006 | 11:06 PM
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Originally Posted by ZaneO
What type of write-up are you looking for?
Exterior:
Optimum APC wheels & wells
Eagle One A2Z on tires
Meguiar's NXT wash
Zaino Z18 claybar w/ NXT soap lube
Poorboy's SSR 2.5 via light cut pad
Klasse AIO via polishing pad
Zaino Z2 Pro
Zaino Z8
Armor All Tire Foam in wells
Meguiar's Natural Shine on tires

Well to be completely honest with you and without sounding like too much of an amateur, a step by step detail write up.

Or correct me if I'm wrong, but bodywise, just use the products on your exterior list in the order you have listed them?

I guess another question is, your using the PC polisher, does the pad your using eliminate swirls as seen above or create them, thus the reason I have always done everything by hand.

Thanks for your time.
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Old Feb 8, 2006 | 11:25 PM
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I just found that porter cable sticky, if I have any questions for you Ill just ask, again thanks.
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Old Feb 8, 2006 | 11:57 PM
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That is one clean badass car!! You did a hell of a job, i feel like my car looks like **** now.
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Old Feb 9, 2006 | 12:03 AM
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I need to get rid of the swirls on my car, but i dont have the money for a porter right now. I'm hoping to be ordering the zaino starter kit soon so maybe my car has hope. Nice job as always ZaneO, you do amazing work and I wish you were closer.
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Old Feb 9, 2006 | 12:23 AM
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That turned out pretty well!!
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