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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 12:17 AM
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I put it off long enough so after we got back from the track thursday night I took the car out to wash it and started on it with the clay bar. My paint felt like sandpaper no matter how much time I wasted waxing it. I know the previous owner had never used a clay bar let alone wax the car so it was in need of help. After 4+ hours of clay bar work and a coat of meguires polish and a coat of meguires gold glass it's lookin great. The firs pic is of some of the crap coming out of my paint and the rest is the car yesterday in the sun. Let me know what you guys think.






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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 01:06 AM
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Looks good
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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 01:44 AM
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you shouldn't be able to see the crap on the claybar, well your supposed to fold over/in the clay as you use it.

Car looks great. I would maybe lose the windshield banner though, we know what it is but im not here to critisize.
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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 02:01 AM
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looking good!
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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 02:20 AM
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wow can you do my car next? lol
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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 03:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Ell Ess Won
you shouldn't be able to see the crap on the claybar, well your supposed to fold over/in the clay as you use it.
I know, that was what came from just a small section of the spoiler. I told ya my paint needed help.
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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 09:54 AM
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Looks very nice!
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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 10:36 AM
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I recongnize that shop lol, Polishing her up for the meet this friday night????
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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 11:50 AM
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looks good, i just ordered a zaino kit with claybar for my black t/a yesterday, so i can't wait to get mine looking like yours
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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 12:05 PM
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The first time you clay the car it will take FOREVER because you'll get the clay looking like that after just a small section, but now that you've done the hard work it wont take very long at all the clay it. I clay my car once at the start of every year and keep polish on it throughout the rest of the year. This past weekend I Dawned the car to get any excess polish and whatnot off, clayed the car, washed the car again, then put two coats of polish and spray detailed the car all in just over two hours. I know I spent more than two hours just claying the car the very first time I did it. Looking good, very nice car man. Keep it shinin' now.
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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 08:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Z28LS1camaroguy
I recongnize that shop lol, Polishing her up for the meet this friday night????
Hell yeah! That shop is a nice place.
I'll be down there friday if it doesn't rain.

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The first time you clay the car it will take FOREVER because you'll get the clay looking like that after just a small section, but now that you've done the hard work it wont take very long at all the clay it. I clay my car once at the start of every year and keep polish on it throughout the rest of the year. This past weekend I Dawned the car to get any excess polish and whatnot off, clayed the car, washed the car again, then put two coats of polish and spray detailed the car all in just over two hours. I know I spent more than two hours just claying the car the very first time I did it. Looking good, very nice car man. Keep it shinin' now.
Thanks man! I knew the first time claying it would be a real b!tch, that's why I put it off for so long. Now that it's done I'll just keep it up twice a year.

Thanks again for the compliments everyone. It's nice to see hard work pay off.
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yeah i will be pissed off if it rains on the first meet night.
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weeoowwwww looks nice nice clay job
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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 09:04 PM
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what exactly is a clay bar?...any where do u get it...is it just modeling clay or what...and how do u use it?
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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 09:04 PM
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Yeah, I was amazed the first time I clayed a car. It was my 96' Formula (dark green) and the finish was amazing. Looked like a new paint job. Nice job BTW.
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Originally Posted by SVThis
what exactly is a clay bar?...any where do u get it...is it just modeling clay or what...and how do u use it?
You can get it at Autozone or anyplace that sells car stuff usually. And it's not modeling clay. I bought the Meguire's kit last time for $10.00 I think.
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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 09:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Wino

That looks way too smooth for a factory finish. Did you wetsand this car?
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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 09:18 PM
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it basically feels like silly puddy dont know the relatedness, but it helps sooooo much its incredibly, just make sure you put a coat of wax on afterwards
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Old Apr 6, 2006 | 03:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Hawk312
That looks way too smooth for a factory finish. Did you wetsand this car?
Nahh, it just needed some TLC. When I bought the car in 2003 it actually looked brown from not being taken care of. I thought the paint was beyond saving but I guess not.
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The clay bar is great. It makes black cars look like mirrors, along with the help of sealants and waxes and top coats. Heres a picture of everything that can possibly be done to a black car that's 9 years old with 63,XXX miles.



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