Finally the weekend is here. Finally I can drive the car with the top down after an entire week of rain.

Believe it or not but I've been driving with the shipping tape on , but that's only cause I've been driving late at night for the week.

Anyway, it was time to take the damn tape off and finally give my car a long deserved wash and detail.

Arsenal (for those interested)
Meguiars NXT Tech Wash
Klasse All-In-One (AIO)
Meguiars NTX Tech Wax
S100
Sonus Quick Detailer
303 Protectant
1Z Glass Cleaner
Terry cloth wash mitt
LOTS of variety of Microfiber Towels (pakshak)

Ok, first things first, final pics with the tape on



Yuk, check out how dirty this car is right now...



One last shot....



Goodbye tape

 

Ok lets get started...

I was planning to claybar, but after the sandwich bag test I realized the paint is smooth like a babies butt good, this should save me time...

It was a little sunnier than I would like, but I could not wait till later or a more overcast day. I wanted to do it NOW

So we start with Meguiars NXT Wash and a terry cloth mitt, NXT was nice and sudsy(sp) it also had a good smell. Using the 2 bucket method I got the car clean pretty quickly. NTX did a good job of cleaning the car.

Time to dry with a waffle weave microfiber. this mf towel is super absorbant. It did a great job drying the car.

Next some paint cleaning with Klasse AIO. This is my first time using AIO and it's very similar to Zaino's application. You have to put a thin layer on. Unfortunately like Zaino it's hard to tell if it's going on at all. But I'm use to that now.

Once I was done with AIO it was time to try Meguiars NXT Wax. The stuff smelled just like the car wash, which is a good thing . This stuff went on a lot easier than the AIO and it came off pretty easy as well. Now the car is starting to shine.

Next up to add a little more shine, I topped it off with S100. Now if you never used this, S100 literally goes on like BUTTER, super smooth. It came off just as easily. Not the greatest smell but who cares

Wow, nice it's looking shiny. To finish it off I did a quick detailing with some Sonus Quick detailer.

Protected the top with some 303 protectant and cleaned all glass with the 1Z glass cleaner.

Some pics...

Check out that shine







Ugh, these rotors rust so quickly







I think it's time to put the top down.

 

Ok, had enough pics yet? sorry I have to admit I'm a pic whore.

Here's some more pics now that the Sun has gone down a bit. Good my vision is finally back.











Ok, I'm done... time to go drive and get to this 600mile mark quicker

 

About time you exposed that paint!

 

Oh, one other thing, I'm a lot tanner now and my arms and legs are killing me. Haven't done something like this in a loooong time. Overall time, around 6hrs...

 

Don't trust mantis, he's too good at photoshop Prolly made those pics from scratch

jk

Great work!!! But you need to get a new license plate cover

 

well dayum..it look so good!! great work. can i drop off my car by your house??

i guess you like silver...i see 2 silver cars in the back ground.

 

More driving, less posting.

You'll never hit VTEC if you keep washing the car and posting pictures of it

Looks good bro.

 

nice pics.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by SuperDyu
Don't trust mantis, he's too good at photoshop