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I'm also curious if there's a better way to clean matte black wheels. I just got a set of flat black Rotas as well. My usual cleaning techniques, highly effective on OEM wheels, leave brake dust embedded in the Rotas. Maybe the non-clearcoated surface is more porous or textured, compared to...

Here's an oldie but a goodie. This is after just doing the hood on an '85 Corolla several years ago: I haven't had anything that bad since, maybe because I use IronX beforehand to get some contaminants off first.

Small update of where the car is today. :) It's still shiny, although the extra 'glow' of the P21S Canauba Wax seems to have worn off. I have been washing the car weekly, as it sits outside and is dark enough to show dust esaily, and using FK425 sparingly as a drying agent each time. I find...

Wow, that's some serious paint abuse on a car that's not very old. Great job bringing it back where it should be!

Good eye. A previous owner (I am the 3rd) must have installed the TT front bumper cover, possibly at the same time they added the rear bumper extension. What's funny (or sad!) is that when the car was looking ragged, I'd get almost daily compliments or waves from other drivers. Now that the...

Awesome. I wanted to do this with my Z for dramatic effect, but soon the desire to just get things done took over.

Thank you all. It was a labor of love as they say. Or a labor of "I have standards dangit!" :) I didn't, but the car did sit outside for a couple nights early on in the process. It was outside after polishing the paint, and it rained a little that night. I'm a bad man. The next morning, I...

Part Two. At long last, full shots of the car... this whole process took me about a week, counting the few days of curing time for the touch up paint before the polish and seal. So happy to have the hood be the same color as the rest of the car! Now that most of the car looks good, the...

Thanks to the great resources and community here at AG (among other sources), I attempted my first machine detail recently. It was my first time having a general idea of what actually happens to the paint during this process. So while not my first detail ever, I'd say it's my first "real" one...

Thanks for the answers. Good to know what it's there for!

I'm aware of the importance of having a washer on the backing plate thanks to some great posts here. In my recent AG order both the W67DA and the backing plate included with the G110v2 came with washers. But there's also a washer the same diameter but twice as thick that came in a small...

I'm an admitted three pedal elitist: I'd say that was a worthwhile trade up! :xyxthumbs: Absolutely. :) It will never look as amazing as your RX-7 but I see plenty of potential for improvement with this Z.

Oh yes, I should have mentioned that my intention is to use it as a drying agent once the car is detailed and protected. :) I just thought I'd see what happened as it sat.

I did this just for kicks. Or maybe I was just itching to use some of my new AG-supplied detail products. :) My recently purchased '91 Z has a paint finish needing plenty of TLC. The hood is especially bad. Washing the car feels wrong because there's so much friction over the paint, even...

Careful with a black marker. It's likely a lot darker than the "black" plastic trim which is really a dark gray.

Update: I received my replacement foam gun today. It went together perfectly. Thanks everyone for the problem solving!

Now that I know how it's designed to fit (thanks everyone), I think I may have to try to get mine exchanged. Like I said unless the brass nozzle can be extended and I just haven't figured out how yet. Here's the problem:

I do see a metal spring clip in the black plastic attachment. I can imagine it might be designed to clip into the valley of the brass nozzle. But the brass nozzle isn't long enough for the clip to reach the valley. Maybe the brass nozzle can be pushed further out? Is it designed to adjust...

There's no way to ask this without embarrassment so I'll just get straight to it. :) I just took delivery of a Foamaster 75QGFMR and it doesn't seem to completely assemble. [After sticker shock of a $900 shopping cart here at AG, I went on an aggressive money saving campaign and part of that...

I said it before but it's worth repeating. What a beautiful car! A great example from a golden era of sports cars.