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Old 09-24-2008, 01:45 AM
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Detailing Pics

Took many hours and much elbow work but pretty happy about how it came out.

Products Used:
1) Mequiars Quick Detail / Mothers Clay Bar
2) Turtle Wax Paste Polish
3) Zymol Liquid Wax
4) Armorall

Steps:
1) Power (Pressure) / Hand Wash
2) Clay bar
3) Polish w/Porter Cable 7424 Random Oribital Dual-Action Buffer
4) Hand Wax
5) Armorall trim and tire sidewalls

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Old 09-24-2008, 04:09 PM
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beautiful!!
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Old 09-24-2008, 04:49 PM
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Not bad..good job. You should try Black Magic for tire dressing. it works better then armoral and lasts longer.

I feel you on how long it takes. Did my X on Saturday (same process, wash, clay, wax, tire dressing, etc) It took several hours. I was beat afterwards. The clay took awhile because I had to freakin muscle off some tree sap that was on my hood. And then of course it rained today so basically i have to do it all over again on Saturday..Agh!!

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Old 09-25-2008, 05:56 PM
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Wow, nice clean and shiny X...yes, it does take time to clean a car. My wife keeps toying with me saying why does it take so much time to clean one car. You think that's tiring....try cleaning 2 suvs at a time. I clean her GX470 first then I clean my X5. Now that's 4-5 hours at one time.

I'm even tired just thinking about it....whew!
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Old 09-25-2008, 10:18 PM
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yep time i don't have but a good detail can be $$$
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Old 09-26-2008, 01:30 PM
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Old 09-27-2008, 07:21 AM
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bow-chicka-bow-wow....nice "x5 porn" !!!

can i ask what % tint you have on the windows? I'm wanting that same "look". Thanks!
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Old 09-27-2008, 08:50 AM
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I cringe every time i hear of someone useing armor all products... yikes.

Why not stay within a product family, like Meguiars. (just curious)
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Old 09-27-2008, 08:40 PM
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this is just what i have laying around, i think next time around i will go with a family of products...
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