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I traded in my '06 Mazdaspeed6 for this new '07 S2000 last week. The dealer was eager to move it so gave me a nice deal. Basically they threw in every installed accessory for free. It had been with the dealer long enough to get pretty major swirls in it. I started with the PC to see what it...

Gotta love my wife... I really had no intention of buying a new car up until a week ago when I checked out an S2000. I came across this new 07 this weekend that the dealer was eager to move off the lot. My wife just rolled her eyes and said, "Go ahead." :) Dealer-installed swirls. I'll...

This wasn't a full detail...thankfully. I really didn't feel like making two passes of polishing on this monster. I gave the owner the option of a full detail or a lighter detail. He chose the lighter. The truck appeared to see a lot of hard use, so it was probably appropriate. Didn't take...

Haven't posted a before/after in a while. This is my neighbor's car. He had some body work done on the driver's side and they did a number on the finish. It looked like they took a Brillo pad to the paint. I had to run the Hitachi at about 2,200 RPM using PG to get rid of the damage. 3 passes...

This was the largest vehicle I've detailed. I normally don't detail vehicles this large, but the customer is a friend so I made an exception. Clay - the right side wheels wells were covered in white paint. Took forever to get it off. SIP with foamed wool PO106FF with white pad PB's trim...

I've been neglecting my own car lately since I've been busy with customers. But today I finally had a chance to wash and wax my own car. The paint's still relatively swirl-free. No direct sun shots since the sun was going down..and it's my daily driver, so I know where work is needed. :) Just a...

A co-worker of mine showed me this after hearing it mentioned in a podcast. Initially I was laughing, but now it is stuck in my head. I'm not happy. YouTube - "Chocolate Rain" Original Song by Tay Zonday

The owner left this car with me while they went on vacation. It was really nice having the extra time and being able to work on it for just a few hours a day, rather than spending one full tiring day with it. This car was a respray with very soft clear. I used a few products new to me on this...

Detailed this 2004 325 today. Customer contacted me after seeing a previous detail. Really nice guy and a very satisfying detail. I would've thrown a coat of Souveran on this car, but the customer wanted a sealant. Interior: Vac 303 APC 303 Protectant on vinyl Pinnacle leather conditioner on...

Detailed this SC430. Paint was in pretty good condition except for some scuffing on some lower areas of the car and the front bumper. Forgot to take afters of the interior. :( Also, I didn't get any direct sun photographs simply because I could not capture the defects on this white car. It was...

Detailed this 1996 Infiniti i30 today. Over 140k on the ODO and the paint and interior reflected the mileage. This was hard work. Interior cleaning consisted of a combo of 303 APC, Meg's Quick Out and Pinnacle leather/Vinyl cleaner. Finished up with 303 Protectant. Exterior: Clay with Sonus...

Detailed this 750il today. Really nice car: V12, leather throughout with some very nice stitching. Today was exterior only but hopefully the customer will return and I can tackle the interior. This was really tough work. After washing I saw it was covered with severe swirls. I did not get this...

Detailed this car a few months back. Today was just a mini detail. It's in need of a more serious detail as some swirlling has appeared. vac interior 303 interior DP gel wheel cleaner 303 APC wheel wells ONR Wash Clay KAIO via PC/white pad Pete's 53' Pinnacle Black Onyx tire gel Armor All wheel...

On the drive into work I noticed a black car getting on the freeway. It caught my eye as it looked very nice but I didn't recognize it. Then I noticed a second one right behind it. As I was passing them I still didn't recognize them, and there were no rear emblems. But when I looked in the rear...

Damn, today was a tough day in the markets. The Dow was down 416, Nasdaq 96. When I checked them I thought there may be another terrorist attack or something. But it was just following on the heels of China's 9% slide. Hmmm, maybe time to transfer some equities into fixed income?

Detailed this 330 Ci over the weekend. The customer contacted me through a PM on another forum after seeing one of my other details. Really cool guy and he seemed very happy with the results. This was very difficult paint to correct - seemingly more difficult than the '02 740 I recently did. I...

What a week... I ate some beef jerky late Monday night and about an hour and a half later started feeling a bit uneasy in the stomach. I finally got to sleep around 3am, although I was still feeling pretty bad. I awoke around 4am violently ill...vomiting, chills, etc. Went to the emergency room...

I'm doing my best to post more of my details here. So, here's this week's detail... '04 Lexus RX330 Exterior: 303 APC on wheels wells DP Wheel cleaner Washed with Meg's GC using a foam gun and sea sponge. Clayed with Sonus green clay. OP with yellow edge pad @ 1500rpm OP with blue edge pade @...

I saw a post of this on another detailing forum... A few years back I was really fascinated with mechanical watches. The complexity of some of the movements just astonished me. I felt like I was wearing functional art on my wrist. Fortunately the fascination (obsession) stopped before I took...

Detailed this 2001 740i today. Sorry about the lack of many afters. As is the norm lately, it was completely dark by the time I finished. But I think the progress shots get across how it was improved. I started off on the hood with the PC, #83 and a cutting pad - it barely made a dent in the...