Klasse Act
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- Feb 21, 2012
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So it was time once again for me to detail my buddy Hectour's 2008 MS3. The car got hit in the d/s rear quarter panel in the winter and repaired quite nicely I must say but as with most bodyshops they did a crappy job of removing the overspray, so this was a priority of my buddy Hectour. I would've done this car sooner but time never seems to work out, not to mention Mother Nature this spring (did we have a spring even) So I got to do this car this past Sunday, arrived before him and his family woke up, around 7 a.m. and got to it.
The Process:
1. Did a DG rinseless wash, the car was pretty clean but I wasn't going to take any chances.
2. GG clay bar. The area's Hectour told me about were really bad but the GG clay bar did its job.
3. Pulled out the 3" GG RO, set it to speed setting 6 (there is NO other setting to use with this machine), put on one of their orange pads and reached for M101, first time using it. I did the bumpers, mirrors and lower body kit with it. Once finished I grabbed the 6" GG RO to do the rest of the car, used speed setting 4.5 on everything but the body panels that were done by the bodyshop 3 monthes prior, for those I just dialed it down to 3.5.
4. Re-washed the car with DG rinseless, wiped down the engine bay and re-cleaned the tires and wheels too.
5. Pulled the car across the street, under a shade tree and applied DG #501/601 to the entire car.
6. Finished the car w/ Collinite #845.
7. Applied Pinnacle Black Onyx tire gel to the tires.
Conclusions:
This was the first time using the M101 and I must say I have a new friend, this stuff is amazing! It made the metallic silver paint on the Mazda come alive, really "popped", just gleemed as you'll see in the pics. I decided to use the DG #501/601 because of its cleaning abilities and once again I couldn't have been happier with what it did for me! Finishing with Collinite #845 was a great choice and besides that, I wanted to see about durability as this car is washed maybe once a week and sits outside 24/7. I then showed Hectour why Pinnacle Black Onyx is THE BEST tire gel on the market, one application and the tires came out looking like that, he said now the tires look like the wheels, LOL!
I didn't take any "before and afters" and this was for a couple reasons, #1 the car is silver, you can't see anything anyways and #2 I like to get right at it, I spent 8 hrs on this car and half of the day was working in 90 degree heat, so it was the last thing on my mind. I'm going to try and have him post some of the pics he took of the car as well but here's my pics, taken with my cell, so there's NO special effects, just what the car looked like when I was done, enjoy:
I should've taken some pics in the shade but that would be cheating and other angles just didn't come out good, it was so sunny and the car shined in the other shots and they pics just didn't look right, so sorry, this is all I was able to take.
The Process:
1. Did a DG rinseless wash, the car was pretty clean but I wasn't going to take any chances.
2. GG clay bar. The area's Hectour told me about were really bad but the GG clay bar did its job.
3. Pulled out the 3" GG RO, set it to speed setting 6 (there is NO other setting to use with this machine), put on one of their orange pads and reached for M101, first time using it. I did the bumpers, mirrors and lower body kit with it. Once finished I grabbed the 6" GG RO to do the rest of the car, used speed setting 4.5 on everything but the body panels that were done by the bodyshop 3 monthes prior, for those I just dialed it down to 3.5.
4. Re-washed the car with DG rinseless, wiped down the engine bay and re-cleaned the tires and wheels too.
5. Pulled the car across the street, under a shade tree and applied DG #501/601 to the entire car.
6. Finished the car w/ Collinite #845.
7. Applied Pinnacle Black Onyx tire gel to the tires.
Conclusions:
This was the first time using the M101 and I must say I have a new friend, this stuff is amazing! It made the metallic silver paint on the Mazda come alive, really "popped", just gleemed as you'll see in the pics. I decided to use the DG #501/601 because of its cleaning abilities and once again I couldn't have been happier with what it did for me! Finishing with Collinite #845 was a great choice and besides that, I wanted to see about durability as this car is washed maybe once a week and sits outside 24/7. I then showed Hectour why Pinnacle Black Onyx is THE BEST tire gel on the market, one application and the tires came out looking like that, he said now the tires look like the wheels, LOL!
I didn't take any "before and afters" and this was for a couple reasons, #1 the car is silver, you can't see anything anyways and #2 I like to get right at it, I spent 8 hrs on this car and half of the day was working in 90 degree heat, so it was the last thing on my mind. I'm going to try and have him post some of the pics he took of the car as well but here's my pics, taken with my cell, so there's NO special effects, just what the car looked like when I was done, enjoy:
I should've taken some pics in the shade but that would be cheating and other angles just didn't come out good, it was so sunny and the car shined in the other shots and they pics just didn't look right, so sorry, this is all I was able to take.
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