Gave the car a full detail! 56k warning..

Delvance · Post by **Delvance** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 2:01 am

Woah, been so busy lately... but today i finally got a chance to detail my car. It's been crying out for it ever since i bought it a month ago. Previous owner must've washed it with sandpaper or something

Soon as i got to my cousins (for their carport/garage), took some photos. Car was dirty-ish with 3 week old Meg's nxt tech wax on it. Not too bad and it filled up some of the swirls nicely. Looked like this...

Started off with a wash and chamois dry then clayed the areas that needed it. Moved on to a light cutting compound that got rid of a lot of the swirls, followed by a layer of sealant/wax

After the sealant/wax got on, it was time for the carnauba wax...

All done now...time for some obligatory reflection shots. Cannot put into words how smooth the paint was hehe. Shame it was overcast, couldn't get better shots but the shots give a good idea i think ?

And dropped into work afterwards and took some photos in the car park...

All up it took about 8 hours including a meal break etc. Was worth it though! Car still has swirls but much less now and nowhere near as deep. I'll get the rest next time...need to invest in a good random orbital first!

rock_it · Post by **rock_it** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 7:32 am

Come and do mine ...

Looks nice though ... I have always liked that colour ... When I was spraying the Evo, I was planning on that red or the blue I have now ... I was also thinking of the RX8 blue too ...

But yeah, ended up going with blue as it matched everything else on the car already ...

Post by **aza013** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 8:53 am

that looks great well done thumbs up from me

eThix · Post by **eThix** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 10:20 am

What products did you use!! me want names, so clean

Delvance · Post by **Delvance** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 12:39 pm

Thanks for the comments

Products used were Meguair's professional range swirl remover 2.0 on an orbital buffer with microfibre pad/cloth. Then Pinnacle clay, followed by Pinnacle liquid souveran (a polymer sealant and some carnauba wax) then finished with Pinnacle Souveran paste (a paste wax with oils and high % of carnauba wax).

If you do this once or twice a year followed by a good careful cleaning routine, your car will love you for it and it will show!

Rock_it,
Yeah the blue is nice! I was gonna get my car in blue but when i rang the dealer, they already sold it.. so i settled for red.. it is faster you know

I've seen the pics of your respray on your project, very nice colour! If you want any tips...let the paint cure for 3 weeks then sealant and wax or use a liquid wax if you're lazy hehe..

rock_it · Post by **rock_it** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 8:55 pm

Thanks mate .... Yeah, I am lazy ... lol ...

When the time comes I will PM ya about the best product... I have a really bad memory ... But, I don't have a buff, or pads... I guess it would be too hard to do by hand ....

Ecnerual · Post by **Ecnerual** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 1:36 pm

thats not an fto

hahahaha

harry90 · Post by **harry90** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 1:46 pm

Ecnerual wrote:thats not an fto

hahahaha

TA · Post by TA » Tue Jan 08, 2008 1:56 pm

ecnerual....

thats a new car isnt it?!

how much did you pick it up for?!

Ecnerual · Post by **Ecnerual** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 7:54 pm

TA wrote:ecnerual....

thats a new car isnt it?!

how much did you pick it up for?!

Hey TA,

haha no its not a new FTO but thank you for the compliment hahaha i just looked aroudn for the best conditioned FTO i could find and that was it!

it was orginally $16k but owner had price dropped it to $14k because he just bought a ford tyhpoon! =D

we discussed price i got him to give it to me for $12k

TA · Post by TA » Thu Jan 10, 2008 8:02 pm

haha i ment new to you lol

cause i went and had a look at it as well when i was in the market for a car.

nice one though

fto617 · Post by **fto617** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 3:00 am

nice work man
want to detail my car too?
mines red also if u remember