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So I had tons to do for the car show. First, I had never cleaned my car from the time i bought it. I took delivery and it blew up before I could wash it or clean the interior. The thing was FILTHY. I also found tons of flaws that I hate but i'm just an anal freak i guess. Anyway, with my scheduale I work a ton and the car needed lots of work. Long story short. I Dawned it, striped the wax, and started teh Zaino process (which is teh ROX0R!) > claybar (Z18) > Z6 > Zaino soap wash > Z5 > Z6 > Z5 > Z6 > Z2 > Z6 and then stop b/c you can only put three coats of polish on in a 24hr period. (This took 13 hours straight) It was TONS of work but the end result is completely amazing. I washed the car two days later to continue that process and I have never, ever seen water beads on a car like this. And i'm a uber detailing freak. I will never use anything but zaino ever again.
Also, it mad ethe paint look so much deaper and 3-d. WOW. All the products were top notch, and you can just keep layering it on for a better shine. Guys on the 350Z forums have over 60-70 coats on thier cars and the finish is AMAZING.
Which brings me to wed. before the show. more Zaino! Zaino wash > Z6 ? Z5 > Z2 > Z6 > Z2 and i ran out of time so i put on another Z6 and called it good. My windows were horrendous and had horrible hard water damage. I tried everything from 3m rubbing compuond on a buffer wheel to polish and ended up razorblading the entire windows with window cleaner and lube. Still not perfect but better. Any suggestions are helpful!
On thursday I installed what DGM pieces I could, waxed to engine bay, and cleanred out the interior hard core. Cleaned up very nice. ITS NOT DONE IN THE PICS! I installed the blue bay taillight overlays which look PIMP and put in daveb's, and pulle dthe condoms off the dash lighting to match the defi's.
I got more DGM stuff 2day aired in to get to me for the show which i installed the next day. All the cleaning keept me up working working on her until 5:30AM the day of the show. I went home, slept until 9, and got pushed across the street for the show. The speed was amazing! The first time driving my car in 7 months and I hit a top speed of 3 mph!!!! The guys even made zoom zoom noises while pushing me.
And the end result is below. It should go in order from the begining to the end. Sorry for the size of some of the shots. Thanks for your support and I hope to have her running soon!
THE NICE CANON 10D PICTURES WOOHOOO!!!!
Thanks for looking!!!!
So I had tons to do for the car show. First, I had never cleaned my car from the time i bought it. I took delivery and it blew up before I could wash it or clean the interior. The thing was FILTHY. I also found tons of flaws that I hate but i'm just an anal freak i guess. Anyway, with my scheduale I work a ton and the car needed lots of work. Long story short. I Dawned it, striped the wax, and started teh Zaino process (which is teh ROX0R!) > claybar (Z18) > Z6 > Zaino soap wash > Z5 > Z6 > Z5 > Z6 > Z2 > Z6 and then stop b/c you can only put three coats of polish on in a 24hr period. (This took 13 hours straight) It was TONS of work but the end result is completely amazing. I washed the car two days later to continue that process and I have never, ever seen water beads on a car like this. And i'm a uber detailing freak. I will never use anything but zaino ever again.
Also, it mad ethe paint look so much deaper and 3-d. WOW. All the products were top notch, and you can just keep layering it on for a better shine. Guys on the 350Z forums have over 60-70 coats on thier cars and the finish is AMAZING.
Which brings me to wed. before the show. more Zaino! Zaino wash > Z6 ? Z5 > Z2 > Z6 > Z2 and i ran out of time so i put on another Z6 and called it good. My windows were horrendous and had horrible hard water damage. I tried everything from 3m rubbing compuond on a buffer wheel to polish and ended up razorblading the entire windows with window cleaner and lube. Still not perfect but better. Any suggestions are helpful!
On thursday I installed what DGM pieces I could, waxed to engine bay, and cleanred out the interior hard core. Cleaned up very nice. ITS NOT DONE IN THE PICS! I installed the blue bay taillight overlays which look PIMP and put in daveb's, and pulle dthe condoms off the dash lighting to match the defi's.
I got more DGM stuff 2day aired in to get to me for the show which i installed the next day. All the cleaning keept me up working working on her until 5:30AM the day of the show. I went home, slept until 9, and got pushed across the street for the show. The speed was amazing! The first time driving my car in 7 months and I hit a top speed of 3 mph!!!! The guys even made zoom zoom noises while pushing me.
And the end result is below. It should go in order from the begining to the end. Sorry for the size of some of the shots. Thanks for your support and I hope to have her running soon!
THE NICE CANON 10D PICTURES WOOHOOO!!!!
Thanks for looking!!!!
