My First Show N' Shine

[SVT1147]

Here is my first post in the show n' shine section :xyxthumbs:

Spent a few hours Saturday cleaning up the 'fun' car. I wanted to take off what I had on there before and start fresh.
Previous products used were DoDo Juice Lime Prime, Meguiars Final Inspection, and it was topped with a whole sample tin of DoDo Juice Rain Forest Rub. I got about 2 applications out of the Rain Forest Rub (waited 24hrs between applications). Im not sure what it was but the Rain Forest Rub just didnt do it for me. It was streaky, hard to apply evenly, maybe one of their other products would have worked better? I really liked the Lime Prime though!

So I started off with Meguiars car wash, 3M Perfect-it III Clay, and Meguiars Hot Rims

Pulled in to the Garage for the rest

Trying to get rid of some water spots/oxidation

I broke out the PC7424XP, green foam pad, and a polish that will remain nameless and got to work. Speed 2 to spread the product, speed 5 to polish

On the fly pad cleaning

After reading some on Autogeek, I HAD to track down some Meguiars #16!! It was a lot softer than I expected it to be considering it came in a tin. I put it in the fridge to thicken it up a little, as soft as it was I would have wasted a TON of product and probably would have put it on way too thick. I applied the #16 with a black foam pad and speed 3 on the PC. A little goes a long way with this stuff!

Finished up and ready to show off!

Hello Autogeek!!

water spots GONE

Thoughts, well Im in LOVE with #16!!! I need some different lighting to take better pics, my LED shop light wasn't working very well. I should invest in some smaller pads, currently using all 6.5in. I have used my PC maybe 5 times, still learning new things as I go. My car has 161K miles, paint is orginal except the front bumper.

 

[alexjn1]

Sweet looking ride. Nice job on the clean-up.

 

[A4 1.8tqm]

Looks great, whats the "nameless polish"?

 

[SVT1147]

Looks great, whats the "nameless polish"?

I didnt want to catch any flak....
It was Chemical Guys 3n Nano Polish. It doesnt like humidity, it started getting dusty on me and its work time was cut in half. Once the wind started blowing and the rain was on its way I found it a lot easier to work with. I used it previously on a 2009 Lincoln MKS and a yellow pad, figured I would try my luck with a pad that wasnt as aggressive this time

The paint didnt really have any defects/swirls/etc. So 50/50 shots wouldnt have showed much. I will say the reflections are a lot crisper, and not as blurry as they were before.

Next set of pics will be my 191K mile daily driver honda civic....its in BAD shape paint wise.

 

[Shane731]

Lookin' good! rops:

 

[SRHTX]

Ahhhhhhh....... Contour. SVT CONTOUR!!!!!!!! I miss those days when I use to auto cross in one. Everyone, in the class, hated when I too my friends Contour out to race. They had to put on racing tires, vs. the stock tires the Contour had, and could not catch me. he he he

You made that SVT look great. I also love that carbon fiber hood it has. Great work. rops:

 

[Bobby B.]

The SVT Contour looks great. Keep up the good work.

 

[SVT1147]

Ahhhhhhh....... Contour. SVT CONTOUR!!!!!!!! I miss those days when I use to auto cross in one. Everyone, in the class, hated when I too my friends Contour out to race. They had to put on racing tires, vs. the stock tires the Contour had, and could not catch me. he he he




You made that SVT look great. I also love that carbon fiber hood it has. Great work. rops:

These cars love the corners, I REALLY need to get mine out on an autoX course!! Nothing like going out on a Sunday afternoon finding your favorite back road, and ripping through the twisties :righton:

thanks for the compliments!

 

[SRHTX]

These cars love the corners, I REALLY need to get mine out on an autoX course!! Nothing like going out on a Sunday afternoon finding your favorite back road, and ripping through the twisties :righton:

thanks for the compliments!

I just wish Ford had the Contour available in the US. We will just have to see what Ford is going to do with the 2012 Ford Focus. I "HOPE" they will be smart and bring back an SVT version, if ya know what I mean. he he he...... :dblthumb2: