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I posted a few pics of this car a few months back after I picked it up. It's been tough. The clear swirls if I look at it wrong. The paint still has swirls. I could've spent the time to remove them, but it's a daily driver and merely looking at it wrong induces swirls. Regardless, it cleaned...

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. Thanks to everyone for the feedback in my post in the Car & Driver section of Autopia. It had been with the...

I've been considering purchasing a low mileage, 1 - 3 year old S2000 or G35 coupe. I basically want the car to be as new as possible without having to take the hit of the depreciation of driving a new one off the lot. I've been going back and forth between these two cars. Just looking for...

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...

I only became aware of peak oil May of this year. But since then have been tracking oil production and devouring all the information I can find related to this issue. If you're unfamiliar with peak oil, here's the Wiki page: Peak oil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia With oil now over...

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...

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. Wash and clay SIP with foamed wool PO106FF with white pad PB's trim restorer Pete's 53 Before: Working into the night... Tail...

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. Interior (forgot to take after pics)...

Detailed this 2004 325 today. Customer contacted me after seeing a previous detail. Really nice guy and a very satisfying detail. Interior: Vac 303 APC 303 Protectant on vinyl Pinnacle leather conditioner on seats Exterior: Foam gun wash w/BHB & DP extreme foam Sonus green clay OC...

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...

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...

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...

Detailed this car a few months back. Today was just a mini detail. It's in need of more serious attention as some swirls have 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...

Detailed this 330Ci over the weekend. The customer contacted me through a PM here on autopia 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 an '02 740 I recently did. I...

Here's this week's detail. It was a bit swirlled, but not to bad. Silver hides imperfections well, which is great for the owner, but tough for me. Trying to make sure it was rid of swirls was tough. Sorry about no full sun afters. The sun was gone when I finished. Exterior: 303 APC on...

Detailed this 2001 740i yesterday. I started off on the hood with the PC, #83 and a cutting pad - it barely made a dent in the swirls. So it was out with the PC and in with the Hitachi. Process was... OP yellow edge pad @ 1500 - couple passes in certain areas OP blue edge pad @ 1100...

Detailed this 2007 MazdaSpeed3 yesterday. I thought this was going to be a simple wash, possible clay, AIO and seal. The car is only about 3 weeks old and had yet to be washed, so I didn't think there'd be too much going on with the paint. And apologies in advance for limited full-shot afters...

I picked up this car about 5-6 weeks ago. I made sure to ask the dealer not to wash the car, which they didn't. But it had obviously gone through a few dealer washes on the lot before, as there was quite a bit of marring. Gotta love those dealers. For some reason, no befores. I thought I had...

I initially posted this on a different forum, but thought I'd share here, as the results were pretty impressive. Hope this helps anyone with hard water decide whether a filtration system is worth the money... ============================================ I received the Deluxe Filter System...

Today I traded my silver '06 Mazda MX-5 for a black '06 Mazdaspeed 6. I made sure to mention NOT to wash the car. They were surprised, but fortunately agreed. Anyway, I'm guessing I may miss how easy it was to keep the silver looking great, but I'm also looking forward to being able to get...