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Old Apr 17, 2008 | 04:58 PM
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Well today turned out to be a pretty nice day, so i got off my *** and gave my car a pretty good wash. Drove it over to my dads to take some pics, but since its spring it got dirty as hell on the way over (damn mud).
His is the silver ls1




Eventually it started to clear up and get kinda sunny, so I washed my car again and got some more pics by a lake on the way home.






And I've still been too lazy/cheap to buy a digital, so all these were from my camera phone, it takes alright pics, but they dont do either car justice.

Any suggestions for new appearance mods?
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Old Apr 17, 2008 | 05:02 PM
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Nice pics....like the plate----TRANZAM...
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Old Apr 17, 2008 | 05:11 PM
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Nice pics.
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Old Apr 17, 2008 | 05:12 PM
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very nice car! wish i lived next to a lake
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Nice looking car.
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Old Apr 17, 2008 | 05:38 PM
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Beautiful car man...I think it looks great the way it is!
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Old Apr 17, 2008 | 05:50 PM
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Thanks for the comments guys. I was wondering if anyone knew of any good products to get rid of some swirl marks. I guess the previous owner wasn't too good at washing/drying the poor thing. I've heard some pretty good things about the 3m stuff, anything else out there? Also, would it be possible to do it by hand?
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Old Apr 18, 2008 | 08:12 AM
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Damn, you still have that much snow in mid-April in Maine!! Looks good!
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car looks really good

I use Turtle Wax Ice along with the Clay Bar and the car looks really good, took many of the small scratches and swirls from the car
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Looks amazing for camera phone pics!
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Old Apr 18, 2008 | 02:07 PM
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Beautiful cars, and beautiful area....washing my car always cures my bordom...
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those are some beautiful T/A's... taking pics of black cars in daylight sucks unless you have a really good camera... but that is one of the nicest LT1 T/A's i have seen.... good job man
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Nice cars, I love the scenery around that part of the US.
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Car looks great. On a side note, those are the best pictures I've ever seen coming from a cell phone!
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Thanks for all the compliments guys. Yeah we do have some nice scenery around here (its a lot better when the snows gone and the trees aren't so bare). As for the pictures, i was pretty impressed how well my phone was doing too, thats basically the reason i haven't invested in a camera, although I would like to. For those who are curious its a sony ericsson w580i.
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Originally Posted by zdc590
Thanks for the comments guys. I was wondering if anyone knew of any good products to get rid of some swirl marks. I guess the previous owner wasn't too good at washing/drying the poor thing. I've heard some pretty good things about the 3m stuff, anything else out there? Also, would it be possible to do it by hand?
Go to a body shop supply store and pick up a bottle of 3m perfect it polishing compound and some blue paper towels (no they won't scratch). Polish the car by hand with those two. Works wonders on black.
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Old Jun 20, 2008 | 12:12 AM
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Those are good pictures for a camera phone

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Well today turned out to be a pretty nice day, so i got off my *** and gave my car a pretty good wash. Drove it over to my dads to take some pics, but since its spring it got dirty as hell on the way over (damn mud).
His is the silver ls1




Eventually it started to clear up and get kinda sunny, so I washed my car again and got some more pics by a lake on the way home.






And I've still been too lazy/cheap to buy a digital, so all these were from my camera phone, it takes alright pics, but they dont do either car justice.

Any suggestions for new appearance mods?
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Old Jun 20, 2008 | 12:26 AM
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Damn man, where do you live! Looks sweet.
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