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Get the car up on stands. Remove wheels. Soak with D103 @ 4:1 and scrub everything in sight. More D103 @ 4:1 on wheels/tires. Dry and seal with 2 coats of Opti-Seal. Opti-Bond on tires. Foam car with CG CW&C @ paint prep ratio. 2BM wash with more CG CW&C. Clay. Tape. Inspect. Judging from what...

For all my MF towels and foam pads I've got 3 of these: They're fairly big, probably 22" wide by 14" deep. $12 each at WalMart around back-to-school. For all my chemicals I've got a plastic shed thing. 3x6, maybe 18" deep, 3 shelves inside with room for my buckets/gallon containers on the...

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1 pass for me means I've fully broken down the polish 1 time.

The other Lexol Leather cleaner/conditioners are fairly mediocre in my experience. So I'd be a little wary of trying it. I think AG has a small bottle for like $7 though. Might be worth a shot. Aside from Leatherique I like Optimum Leather Protectant. Works great on leather and both interior...

Tie between XMT 360 and FK 425 for me. I love cherries and XMT 360 smells like a jar full. FK 425 reminds me of a fresh pack of Big League Chew.

I've always got room in my cabinet for new stuff to try.

Another vote for FK 425. In addition to being an awesome QD, it smells like a fresh pack of Big League Chew. That alone is worth the price imo.

My feelings exactly. I was quite surprised how much XMT 360 can correct. Klasse AIO is a great product though. I use it on wheels/jambs/glass all the time.

I went through the same thing when I was 18, except mine was a '90 vert. Everytime I got stopped for no apparent reason other than having a modded car it pissed me off. Do yourself a favor and just go with it. Back on topic. Looks great man. These black cars are a disease. Every time I've...

I can't really fathom how you're coming up with all this. Staying with this line of thought, rotary's are absolutely in the basement in terms of correction, seeing as they are 100% forced rotation, and random orbits are at the top of the food chain. In reality it's exactly the opposite. A...

Sealants: Chemical Guys JetSeal 109 Optimum Opti-Seal Waxes: Natty's Blue Chemical Guy's Pete's 53 Can't comment on the higher end stuff because I don't have any...yet.

I polish my (black) daily driver once a year. Coming up on my year in March, I've got some very fine swirling which will be easily corrected with 106FA on a LC Black.

That's kinda odd. I find that 360 works for what seems like forever. Used it at all since your post?

Going from an (original) model 7424 to the 3401 will cut your polishing time quite a bit. There was a video somewhere, maybe a year ago, showing side-by-side polishing of a panel using 106fa. The Flex machine broke it down and finished over a minute earlier if I remember correctly. I don't time...

Great work. Owner hit a homerun with the color combos on that car.

Pads tend to gum up a bit when compounding and polishing and lose their cutting power. Not bad at all for a first purchase. I would definately look into some quality microfiber though. AG sells a few kits that you may want to look into.

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It would be interesting to see the readings for sure.

I use 1Z Gummi Pflege for the rubber seals and (normally) 303 Aerospace Protectant for all plastics/vinyl. I just picked up a bottle of Optimum Leather Protectant though. Heard nothing but good things about it so if it works well it may replace 303 in my cabinet. For the tires, Opti-Bond Tire...