cvrefugee

My friend and I cleaned up my car this morning/afternoon, I think it took us about four hours to finish it. We started with a regular wash, used a clay bar on the hood, roof, and rear hatch, then used a two-stage polish/wax (AutoGlym). I brought my camera along to take some photos of the final result.



We used an orbital buffer to get the hood really nice and shiny


What you can't see are the dozens of chips on the front fascia (stupid gravel trucks)


If my car was darker this would have a mirror finish


You can see my friend's Integra poking out :D


Waxing the windows works wonders (nice use of alliteration!)


I was messing around with the shutter speed so I made my friend run around to test it out


The clay bar really takes out the nasty dirt and grit


"Is that one of dem Skee-ons?"


Some french sticker I got for free when I was in Portugal, I think they make clothes or something


That's my buddy's Element with 6000K HIDs, my car has 4300K


Another shot during the sunset


Now just my car


Friend's old 1998 Acura Integra GSR


Domokun power!

maximthegreat

iTrader: (1)

i wish i had time/effort/weather to clean my car like that

cvrefugee

If it's any consolation, it will probably rain here the next three days. I'm keeping it garaged until the sunny skies appear once again

maximthegreat

iTrader: (1)

^that is not consolation as my car is covered in salt bc it has been snowing since the beg of december

andrewdustin

looks great! i have been meaning to clean up my car now for something like 6 months and everytime i decide to something comes up (or down like rain).

D_M_A_N

Nice job.
I need to do a good detailing to mine.
It was way over due for a wash...
I went the fast route.
Mr. Clean Car wash system! heheh
Ya'll know what that is?

It'll do for now.

Metro273

The RS2 is looking good!
I need to do this to my Box, since I've owned it for almost 2 years now and I still haven't waxed it...

D_M_A_N

is right

I got the new miguires paste. Its pretty good.

snowromance

looks very nice. needs some LED tail lights ;-)

BilboardxB

sweet car man, how much do you charge? i would like a nice wash

Rubyred

thats purdy. I dont think i have the patience to do it for 4 hrs though.

giimmelub

hope you were able to keep your baby safe from that storm on friday night when it got all hurricane-y

looks like a shiny square M&M

cvrefugee

Yep, it's garaged until the weather calms down

bBsactoguy

Yup.. its all about claybar-ing your car, anddd giving it the full treatment.

I claybar everynow and then...This time around though, Im going to experiment with the 3-step care... :D Paintcleaner, Polish, and Carnuba Wax... YUM