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Presidential Detailed: 2005 Lotus Elise TURBO!

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Old Feb 2, 2009 | 09:33 AM
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Default Presidential Detailed: 2005 Lotus Elise TURBO!

This car also belonged to the owner of the red S2K I just posted. This car is absolutely INCREDIBLE! The owner said it should be pushing somewhere near 350whp and this car is super lightweight! This car is tracked/auto-x'd quite often and actually just got back from one just before I detailed it as you can tell from the blue painters tape..haha! this car is so fast, the Targa flew off Fast and Furious style going over 120mph on the interstate and it SURVIVED!! :-o

Products:
Exterior:
Dawn Soap Pre-Wash
ONR diluted to clay lube
COBRA UMF Wash Mitt
COBRA Deluxe "Jr" MF's
Dual Buckets with Grit Guards
3m "green" Masking Tape
Adams Professional Clay Bar
Meguairs APC+
Meguairs Hyperdressing
Menzerna SIP/Orange
Menzerna 106fa/White
UK 3M Ultrafina/ UK 3M Finishing Pad
91% Isopropyl Alcohol
Tons of (retired) Cobra Towels(AP)
Swissvax Pneu

LSP:
Optimum Opti-Seal applied with Uber Foam Applicator
Two coats of Dodo Juice Supernatural Paste Wax applied with Uber Foam Applicator

Tools:
Dual Work Lamps
Makita Hi Speed Rotary
World's Greatest Boar's Hair Wheel Brush
Foam Pad Cleaning Brush
DD Detail Sponge
The Wheel Well/Fender Brush
The Spoke Brush
Canon Rebel XTi
Craftsmen 295MPH Vac/Blow
E-Z Detail Wheel Brush
Swissvax Wheel Brush

BEFORE: Note. The wing was removed for polishing purposes.




















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Old Feb 2, 2009 | 09:34 AM
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All the plastic trim and moldings were cleaned with Meguiars APC+ and a Swissvax Brush and then treated with 1Z Einszett Gummi Pflege Stift.






This is the only damage the Targa sustained from its flight at 120mph on the highway!


After being compounded and polished..



A couple test 50/50 shots, the best I could capture on the camera with this color.




All the plastic trim, painted edges and the clear bra were taped off to prevent any damage from the buffer..




The engine was also degreased and dressed with Meguairs APC+ and Hyperdressing..




The only hint that you get to watch out for this thing!
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AFTER:










If you cant tell, this is my favorite porton of the car.






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Old Feb 2, 2009 | 09:35 AM
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Finally got the wing back on it, looks SOO much better!




















And one without the Targa.
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Old Feb 2, 2009 | 09:51 AM
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thats a beautiful ride and i've love to drive it, that thing has got to be STUPID fast.
i might have to pick up some of the meg's APC sometime. very useful o tons of different things.

how's that opti-seal been? and hope you're still loving the SN - i just revised the detail of my car a couple weeks ago with additional info i found out about the 3 or 4 different versions of it
keep up the great work billy

-marc
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Old Feb 2, 2009 | 09:52 AM
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That is soooo sick!
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Old Feb 2, 2009 | 09:55 AM
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oh, and why are the cobra towels "retired" ? they start wearing out/ linting too much/marring or what? you've been going through so much product down there that you have some changes over the past couple months - how about giving us some reviews
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Old Feb 2, 2009 | 09:58 AM
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Hows that Meguiar APC stuff workin for ya? I was thinking of getting the greenTOTAL APC cleaner from Chemical guys,
http://www.chemicalguys.com/Green_All_Purp...r_p/cld_103.htm

anyone have experience with both?
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Originally Posted by MuttGrunt,Feb 2 2009, 11:55 AM
oh, and why are the cobra towels "retired" ? they start wearing out/ linting too much/marring or what? you've been going through so much product down there that you have some changes over the past couple months - how about giving us some reviews
I love reviews!
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Old Feb 2, 2009 | 10:20 AM
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what would you guys like reviews on?

The Cobra towels are good, but since I have been so busy and washing them so often they do tend to start linting or I will just get them too dirty so they will then become "retired" for duties like door jambs and interiors, etc.

Meguairs APC+ is an awesome product as well as their hyperdressing. I bought gallons of both and still have a ton left even after so many details since you can dilute it.
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