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It took 18 years to get one, but I finally got the car that sunk the hot-hatch-hook in me. The car got an exterior respray and a good mechanical once-over, and then I jumped in on the cleaning up and detailing. Used PC w/Wolfgang Polish, Pinnacle Souveran wax. The interior oddly enough...

Freqent lurker/reader, but I deemed this project post-worthy. Hopefully the pics will work. I finally got the time, materials, talent, money, etc all together to get my garage the way I've always wanted it. Sorry, no "before" pics, but think standard 2-car garage. 2 common walls...

I have a 2004 Golf R32 w/pleather seats w/cloth inserts. On the bolster of the seat, as well as a couple of places on the dash, I have some light scuffs that I'm trying to diminsh with a protectant that would possibly deepen the black of the vinyl. I've tried 1Z's cockpit premium, and...

I was @ a VW show and another owner that had the same paint told me he used 3M hand glaze. I was impressed w/the results. Can't say if his finish had more pop than mine (Zaino 5/2) but I felt like trying something new...and I had the hand glaze already. I've used it and my finish DOES...

I picked up a new VW GTI this summer. Black paint w/a high metallic clearcoat...it's much more forgiving than pure black, thankfully. I've Zaino'd the heck out of it. Z2 and Z5 w/the ZFX activator. Buffed off w/MFT and Z6, finishing buff after that w/a plush MFT. I've noticed that after...

I was a Klasse AIO/SG user on my silver VW, but I have a friend w/a black Zaino'd Chevy Trailblazer, so when I got my black pearl (metallic black, forgiving on dust) GTI, I decided to go Zaino. I'm very pleased. Tough stuff. This is 2 coats of Z5 and 5-6 coats of Z2. The line...

Got a 03 VW 20th Anniversary GTI in Black Magic pearl. Think darkest gray with high metallic, not true black. BMW's "cosmic black" w/out as much multi-colored refraction in the metallic. Anyhow...the paint is unbelieveably soft. Klasse AIO was OK, but even the slightest elbow grease...

2001 GTI GLS 1.8T (AWW engine code/K03 sport turbo) -Reflex silver exterior, black leather interior -Dynoed @ 203whp/250lbs torque Engine modifications -APR 91,93, 100 octane ECU programs -Evolution motorsports intake (new filter) -ECS N75 valve -Forge 006 DV (the big one) -ECS...

I guess I shoulda asked first, but I wanted to add some "power" to detailing, w/out buying yet another specialty tool. For scratch removal/compounding For wax and polish I have a good multi-speed, variable-torque drill. Any tips other than what CMA says about keeping the...

I was crossing over into PA from OH and i started hearing a "ticking" sound all around the car. I thought the car was somehow sucking up grit from the grooved road that I just started driving on when I entered PA. A couple of miles later I see a dump truck w/a cover tarp flapping in the...

It's a pretty standard bright silver "Porsche" finish I'd like to spend some time some cold Saturday sanding out nicks and stuff and touching up the wheels. Anyone touch up wheels? I've been getting by w/those metallic silver markers...lasts about a month or so.

During the winter, the coin-op place helps feed my detailing urge. I did a wash/clay/AIOx2/SGx2/Blitzx2 winter prep. The car comes spotlessly clean at the coin-op. When it's sunny, I use the "spot-free low-pressure rinse" water...I have no clue what's in it, but it works. 30 minutes...

I'd like to Dawn the car and start fresh for fall/winter. It's a garaged 01 VW GTI and it's in great shape-thanks to this place. This is what I have, and I'd like to not buy more stuff. Mother's Clay Wax Shop QD 3M FI-2 3M HG Klasse AIO and SG Blitz Plenty of MF's Is this...

I wetsanded s(1500 grit) some small touched-up rockchip areas and of course the clearcoat hazed. The clearcoat is not broken, this was some seriously quick/light sanding. I've used an orbital buffer with multiple passes of AIO and topped w/Blitz. The haze is greatly reduced, but I'd like...

I upgraded the brakes on my VW Golf to Audi TT rotors w/Porsche Boxster calipers. The calipers look anodized, not painted. What should I clean my wheels with now that I have these pretty brakes behind them? I don't want to clean w/just anything and end up dulling them.

Washed, clayed, Klasse AIO/SG, mft's, blah blah blah... Anyone hear of a QD called "Slick Stuff" from "The Wax Shop"? No silicones, I got some on a whim, and while claying I ran out of the Mother's QD and swapped this stuff in. Waaaay slicker movement of the clay. I'm hooked...

My car got 2xAIO and 2xSG pre-winter, and got some AIO coats during the winter when I just "had" to detail. Last week I washed, clayed, AIO'd and then topped w/Blitz. Should I go back and AIO a few times over, then SG a few, then a Blitz topper? Does that sound OK?

Brought out the buckets and hose today. Nearly 60, in January?? Have to take advantage of it. Funny, I felt like the car was "finally" getting washed after dealing w/coin-op washes...C'mon SPRING.

Got my shipment Friday. The cleaner is very watery and easy to spray on. It suds just the tiniest bit. It leaves the leather very matte and very "ready" for conditioning. I haven't done true leather cleaning before, but I could really tell that I "took it down" to it's base. The...

My friend brought his 530i over yesterday for a spa-day in my garage. Cosmic black is regular black w/a metallic-reflective sprinkling of who knows in the clearcoat. It's really neat. 95% of the beauty of black w/50% of the upkeep. Anyway, he washed/dried/clayed and the paint needed some...