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Old Aug 20, 2008 | 10:42 PM
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Default 5 Step Wax job.. -PICS-

Holy crap my arms are gonna fall off..

(buff Between each coat.)

-Clay Bar
-ScratchX
-Polish
-NXT Tech Wax
-New hydrophobic polimer De3tail spray (stuff in the black spray bottle)
-THen a final buff with a mink buffing bonnet..

This thing looks like a damn mirror now!!! Now I just gotta clean the INSIDE and finish doing the windows.. I clay bar'd the windows too..














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Old Aug 20, 2008 | 10:48 PM
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what did you use the keystone light for?
car looks good.
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Old Aug 20, 2008 | 10:55 PM
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looks good!! are u in san antonio??? mine needs a wax real bad.. I own'd it 4 years and not once have I
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Old Aug 20, 2008 | 11:05 PM
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New Mexico.. My buddy wants me to do his SOM SS.. I'd charge a case of beer..

I wax it about twice a year..
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Old Aug 20, 2008 | 11:08 PM
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very nice! great job.
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Old Aug 20, 2008 | 11:19 PM
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Originally Posted by bayer-z28
New Mexico.. My buddy wants me to do his SOM SS.. I'd charge a case of beer..

I wax it about twice a year..
**** thats well worth it thats a lot of work lol. I just washed, clayed, washed, compounded some bad spots with the rotary then porter cable with meg 83, then 80. I didnt even finish with the glaze and wax and that was a **** load of work.
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Old Aug 20, 2008 | 11:28 PM
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Originally Posted by shaun
what did you use the keystone light for?
car looks good.
He probably used it to get over the pain in his arm. LOL
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Old Aug 20, 2008 | 11:30 PM
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good wax...wrong beer
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^^.. Bah!! It's either that or Coors Light for me! I haven't touched Keystone Light in a while... Still good beer to me.. It's still produced byt the Coors brewery..

I can't drink Bud light any more.. It KILLS me the next day.. I was TRASHED later that night.. I cleaned out the bottom row of my keystone 30Pak..

I'm not driving this thing for a WHILE!!!! I DON'T WANT TO FK this up!!!!!! Car is staying in the garage and getting a car duster once a day... Too much work for some rain or bird crap to mess up.. She's gonna be the true garage queen and stay parked on her carpet scraps..
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Old Aug 21, 2008 | 12:28 AM
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cool, another guy from new mexico here.
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Old Aug 21, 2008 | 12:29 AM
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Originally Posted by bayer-z28
^^.. Bah!! It's either that or Coors Light for me! I haven't touched Keystone Light in a while... Still good beer to me.. It's still produced byt the Coors brewery..

I can't drink Bud light any more.. It KILLS me the next day.. I was TRASHED later that night.. I cleaned out the bottom row of my keystone 30Pak..

I'm not driving this thing for a WHILE!!!! I DON'T WANT TO FK this up!!!!!! Car is staying in the garage and getting a car duster once a day... Too much work for some rain or bird crap to mess up.. She's gonna be the true garage queen and stay parked on her carpet scraps..
LOL Carpet Scraps dumdumdum
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Old Aug 21, 2008 | 12:39 AM
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What exactly does parking on the carpet do for it? I guess you dont want her to get cold feet? lol
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That things looks bad ***.. Very nice job. Looks liek the tires could use a clean tho lol.. Rims look great as well.. Im gonna be detailing my buddies Audi tom and gonne be using a clay bar as well lol.. Looks killer have fun and keep it clean bro

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Old Aug 21, 2008 | 07:04 AM
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Originally Posted by SpdFrk1990
What exactly does parking on the carpet do for it? I guess you dont want her to get cold feet? lol
helps prevent flat spots on the tires when sitting for long periods of time
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Old Aug 21, 2008 | 07:09 AM
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Originally Posted by bayer-z28
New Mexico.. My buddy wants me to do his SOM SS.. I'd charge a case of beer..

I wax it about twice a year..
God your lucky your wax lasts that long. Stupid desert. I wax like once a month or every other and clay bar once a year
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Old Aug 21, 2008 | 10:05 AM
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Originally Posted by krobinson123
helps prevent flat spots on the tires when sitting for long periods of time
Ok cool I thought that might of been why.
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Old Aug 21, 2008 | 10:07 AM
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you know I Love the look of a freshly waxed car, I just hate the thought that it will get dirty again .
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Old Aug 21, 2008 | 11:48 AM
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The car looks great. Just got finished doing all the same steps to my girlfriends Jeep. The only thing that I did differently is that I used a wax that can be layered, where as the tech wax isn't made for several coats. But the NXT tech wax is very good for a single stage, and is what I use on my Camaro.
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Old Aug 21, 2008 | 05:09 PM
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Damn, nice job.

I wish I knew how to detail my car like that.
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Old Aug 21, 2008 | 05:16 PM
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Good job, Looks great!!!
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