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Old Jun 27, 2012 | 04:12 PM
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Old Jun 27, 2012 | 04:17 PM
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Very nice!
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Old Jun 27, 2012 | 05:00 PM
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Old Jun 27, 2012 | 05:03 PM
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Hey I did this two weeks ago


Did you use Meguiars?
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Old Jun 27, 2012 | 06:13 PM
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I did it too a few weeks ago mixed with 10hrs of polishing... and 2 hrs of sealing... and than some waxing
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Old Jun 27, 2012 | 07:53 PM
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Originally Posted by PatricksEvilEvo
Hey I did this two weeks ago


Did you use Meguiars?
Looks great....I used a Mothers kit

Originally Posted by GTijoejoe
I did it too a few weeks ago mixed with 10hrs of polishing... and 2 hrs of sealing... and than some waxing
I bet it looks mint...post up some pics.....waxing is next for me
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Old Jun 28, 2012 | 05:27 AM
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Originally Posted by drrobo82
Looks great....I used a Mothers kit


I bet it looks mint...post up some pics.....waxing is next for me
I didn't have any good pics cause my camera sucks, in person it looks amazing and retarded smooth, but honestly speaking it can use another 10hrs of polishing to get more of the light swirl marks out, in certain light you can still see them.

But either way, its a worlds difference than before.
Good job dude
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Old Jun 28, 2012 | 07:01 AM
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Originally Posted by GTijoejoe
I didn't have any good pics cause my camera sucks, in person it looks amazing and retarded smooth, but honestly speaking it can use another 10hrs of polishing to get more of the light swirl marks out, in certain light you can still see them.

But either way, its a worlds difference than before.
Good job dude
As said before I've owned my car for almost 5 years and have never barred or buffed it before. On a black car that has seen 2 winters, you can imagine just how much mess there was, never ending swirls and tar stuck to it etc. I spent about 5 hours claying, 5 hours buffing and another 10 or so polishing but so worth it.

Mothers has good stuff as well, the only product from them I don't recommend is the light restoration kit, it ruened my headlights I have hair line cracks and spots in them now. Going to get them lightly tinted today actually.

EDIT, I wish mine was silver. I doubt I'll ever buy a black car again, when it's clean it looks amazing but the day after all that work it rained...

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Old Jun 28, 2012 | 07:26 AM
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So clean! Its hard to beat the look of a stock super clean IX.

Cheers!
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Old Jun 28, 2012 | 09:34 AM
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Originally Posted by PatricksEvilEvo
As said before I've owned my car for almost 5 years and have never barred or buffed it before. On a black car that has seen 2 winters, you can imagine just how much mess there was, never ending swirls and tar stuck to it etc. I spent about 5 hours claying, 5 hours buffing and another 10 or so polishing but so worth it.

Mothers has good stuff as well, the only product from them I don't recommend is the light restoration kit, it ruened my headlights I have hair line cracks and spots in them now. Going to get them lightly tinted today actually.

EDIT, I wish mine was silver. I doubt I'll ever buy a black car again, when it's clean it looks amazing but the day after all that work it rained...
I understand exactly what you mean, I've had mine for 4 years, two winters, one with severe ice storm... so my paint had alot of light swirl marks, my bumper needs to be repainted. it looks great from the pics, requires a lot of time.

I used all Adam's products... pretty good stuff, not expensive too.... I also have PC polisher.
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Old Jun 29, 2012 | 11:45 AM
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Originally Posted by GTijoejoe
I understand exactly what you mean, I've had mine for 4 years, two winters, one with severe ice storm... so my paint had alot of light swirl marks, my bumper needs to be repainted. it looks great from the pics, requires a lot of time.

I used all Adam's products... pretty good stuff, not expensive too.... I also have PC polisher.
Haha my front bumper is roached, never ending rock chips and small scuffs so I'm sanding it down and re-spraying it. I regret using mine as a dd, now I have to correct everything. It will be getting the full strip down this winter...
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Old Jun 29, 2012 | 01:24 PM
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looks great wish i had the time
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Old Jun 30, 2012 | 12:09 PM
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Waxed it today. Also a lil rain-x on the glass. I figure one day it may become my dd, but for now she's a garage queen!!!





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Old Jun 30, 2012 | 01:44 PM
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Looks great. That work really pays off.
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Old Jun 30, 2012 | 02:13 PM
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Keep it a garage queen it looks great!
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