Black LX470...lots of pics, but they're small

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Way2SSlow

~werd to yo mutha~
Did my Mom's 01 LX470 this past Sunday. It is an 01, but we have updated the wheels (got a heck of a deal). Put about 8.5 hours into the exterior and didnt touch the interior yet. I was planning to do the interior this coming weekend, but now that I've been fortunate enough to injure myself, I wont be doing it. Anyway, it's not 100% perfect, but it's nicer than just about any daily driven black car that I've ever seen on the road.



Wash with NXT

No need for clay

2 passes with SSR2.5 on a Polishing pad, speed 6

AIO on polishing pad

EX on finishing pad

Souveran by hand

Adam's In&Out spray on the running boards

AA in the wells

VRT on the tires



On the roof I used Pro Polish and Z1, Z2



I'll probably put a coat of EX-P on the metallic gray when I get off these damn crutches.



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Damn Wade, that thing looks great!





That paint looks perfect from here, but I know what you mean. When you detail you start to pick out the most minute of details that wouldn't come out.
 
tdekany said:
very nice!!



Wish the pix were larger.



How did you figure that it didn't need claying?
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I sized them way down for the 56K'ers. I clayed it not long ago, and that car isnt really out in the elements much at all. Surface was smooth according to my ziplock test. I know Scottwax is on 56K and I thought he might have a pointer or 2 for me. :D



Thanks Sean. Yeah, it's close enough, certain angles when the light hits it, you can tell it's not perfect.
 
Way2SSlow said:


Thanks Sean. Yeah, it's close enough, certain angles when the light hits it, you can tell it's not perfect.
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But then again, who's daily driver is perfect :)? Learning to accept defects is hard, but when you drive it every day and deal with non-Autopians in non-Autopian conditions, you just learn to grim and bear it, and remember that your vehicles do look better than any others in the parking lot.
 
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