Klasse Act
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- Feb 21, 2012
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So after my 5 day vacation to the Tail of the Dragon trip (full write up/pics coming soon
) I cleaned up the EN once while on the trip and needless to say the EN was T R A S H E D but that's ok, it's kinda of a badge of honor if that makes any sense
So the first thing I did was run it through the touch-free wash this morning, to skim the surface. I used a mix of CG's Diablo/Bilt-Hamber Surfex on the tires & wheels and Adam's Bug Wash/Bilt-Hamber Surfex on the entire front end and wheelwells, also the windshield. I must say it came out pretty clean but a good hand wash was always going to happen.
After I got home and fog lifted I began the process to get the EN back to its usual clean self:
1. Bilt-Hamber Korrosol for the rims and Griot's Garage foaming tire cleaner, all 4 brushes called into duty and boy did they get a work out
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2. Bilt-Hamber Karrosol on the entire car except the roof, let dwell.
3. While the Korrosol was doing its thing I foamed down the EN with Bilt-Hamber Auto-foam, let dwell and rinsed off. The beading at this point was INCREDIBLE, the Gyeon Pure EVO is really doing its thing here️️
4. Performed the 2BM using TWHS Ceramic Wash and some TWHS Slick and Slide. Finished off the Ceramic wash bottle and it was just what I needed for this wash
5. Free flowing water to make drying easier and to flush things out and dried off with The Gaunlet
6. Tires dressed 2x's with 303 Tire Balm
7. Took all the mats out, vac'd out and wiped down the interior with TWHS Interior Detailer, a little dusty in there. I then cleaned all Alcantara with Colour Lock Alcantara cleaner and leather bits cleaned with Griot's Garage 3 in 1 leather spray. CG's Signature scent was finally sprayed inside and yes, the Weather Techs went in already, next week the temps drop QUICKLY. Because of that I'm hoping to get new winter shoes on the OEM rims...yes, a new look for the EN will happen next spring, stay "tuned"
Btw I also washed my g/f's Cruze with the same pre-wash & 2 BM process and tire dressing, applied a "I survived the Tail of the Dragon" sticker as well as a pink Dragon shield sticker
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) I cleaned up the EN once while on the trip and needless to say the EN was T R A S H E D but that's ok, it's kinda of a badge of honor if that makes any sense
So the first thing I did was run it through the touch-free wash this morning, to skim the surface. I used a mix of CG's Diablo/Bilt-Hamber Surfex on the tires & wheels and Adam's Bug Wash/Bilt-Hamber Surfex on the entire front end and wheelwells, also the windshield. I must say it came out pretty clean but a good hand wash was always going to happen.
After I got home and fog lifted I began the process to get the EN back to its usual clean self:
1. Bilt-Hamber Korrosol for the rims and Griot's Garage foaming tire cleaner, all 4 brushes called into duty and boy did they get a work out
️2. Bilt-Hamber Karrosol on the entire car except the roof, let dwell.
3. While the Korrosol was doing its thing I foamed down the EN with Bilt-Hamber Auto-foam, let dwell and rinsed off. The beading at this point was INCREDIBLE, the Gyeon Pure EVO is really doing its thing here
️️4. Performed the 2BM using TWHS Ceramic Wash and some TWHS Slick and Slide. Finished off the Ceramic wash bottle and it was just what I needed for this wash
5. Free flowing water to make drying easier and to flush things out and dried off with The Gaunlet
6. Tires dressed 2x's with 303 Tire Balm
7. Took all the mats out, vac'd out and wiped down the interior with TWHS Interior Detailer, a little dusty in there. I then cleaned all Alcantara with Colour Lock Alcantara cleaner and leather bits cleaned with Griot's Garage 3 in 1 leather spray. CG's Signature scent was finally sprayed inside and yes, the Weather Techs went in already, next week the temps drop QUICKLY. Because of that I'm hoping to get new winter shoes on the OEM rims...yes, a new look for the EN will happen next spring, stay "tuned"
Btw I also washed my g/f's Cruze with the same pre-wash & 2 BM process and tire dressing, applied a "I survived the Tail of the Dragon" sticker as well as a pink Dragon shield sticker
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I think they're in Texas or Cali but every video they shoot the car is always grimey, at least I've got that going for myself 
on top! Once dried off I applied a coat of 303 Tire Balm on the new winter shoes.
