Outback, Sportage, Black Mazdaspeed3 Detailed

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Some of my recent details



First belongs to my friends "GF", she got this Outback late last year and had a few tiny surface scratches that needed buffing out and wax applied.





Washed with ONR

Scratches buffed with Meguiar's DACP and a Meguiar's cutting pad

NXT applied with a grey finishing pad

Wheels/tires cleaned with Meguiar's All In One Cleaner (3:1)

Tires dressed with Meguiar's Hyperdressing (3:1)



It started to rain/drizzle about 2 mins after I finished it up, but at least it was protected and scratches were removed.

Next was my buddy who was painting some wheels for me, we traded services. So he had me detail his mom's Kia Sportage.



Wash with ONR

Buffed each panel 2x with Meguiar's DACP and a red cutting pad

Sealed with Meguiar's Ultimate Wax

Wheels/tires cleaned with Meguiar's All In One Cleaner (3:1)

Tires dressed with Meguiar's Hyperdressing (3:1)

Interior stained cleaned with Meguiar's All In One Cleaner (3:1)

Dressed with Meguiar's Interior Quick Detailer

With Doug's sweet Harley

 

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Products used:

Wash with ONR

Wipedown with Meguiar's Quick Detailers

Polished with Meguiar's DACP #83 and red Meguiar's cutting pad (x2 on each body panel)

Wipedown with Meguiar's Quick Detailers

Sealed with Meguiar's Ultimate Wax

Wheels/tires cleaned with Meguiar's All In One Cleaner (3:1)

Exhaust polished with #0000 Steele Wool and generic glass cleaner

Polished with Mother's Metal Cleaner

Interior wiped down with the same AIO cleaner

Dressed with Meguiar's Hyperdressing (3:1)

All glass cleaned inside and out with Stoners Invisible Glass

Tires, exterior vinyl dressed with Meguiar's Hyperdressing (3:1)

Final wipedown with ONR Quick Detailer



Pics:



Spotted this GTR on my way there.

before the wash:

Exhaust before:

After (went through 2 #0000 steel wool pads, carbon deposits were caked on, I could have spent another 30-40 mins on this to make it perfect) but it's still tons better than before.

Some all done pics at his house:

Then we went to a spot where we could snap pics with both cars



A few of his alone:

Then a couple of both our cars togther

And a pic of my car, these OEM RX8 wheels were painted last week(forgot to pick up the center caps from the painter, he is mailing them to me) and new tires (Hankook V12's, 235/40/18's) mounted on them Monday. The wheels will be wetsanded and buffed out next weekend, look for a thread later!

Thanks for looking!



David

 

[mikenap]

Looks great! I've always had a soft spot for Speed3s.

 

[kingofsorrow]

those speeds look hot. are you guys on the mazda3 forums? i have the speed3 exhaust on my regular3 and i have to keep up a regular cleaning for the exhaust tip otherwise it gets so dirty i have to spend 30+ mins just cleaning. the cars look great. good work.

 

[imported_sal3291]

They all look great nicely done

 

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Looks great! I've always had a soft spot for Speed3s.

Thanks, me too!

those speeds look hot. are you guys on the mazda3 forums? i have the speed3 exhaust on my regular3 and i have to keep up a regular cleaning for the exhaust tip otherwise it gets so dirty i have to spend 30+ mins just cleaning. the cars look great. good work.

Thanks! I'm on the Mazda3 forum, but I'm rarely on it, I'm on Mazdas247 more often. I clean mine each time I wash my car, really keeps those carbon deposits from forming.

They all look great nicely done

Thanks!

 

[AuAltima3.5]

Exhaust before:

After (went through 2 #0000 steel wool pads, carbon deposits were caked on, I could have spent another 30-40 mins on this to make it perfect) but it's still tons better than before.

I have the same problem. I didn't spend that much time, but after five minutes I knew I was at diminishing returns.



I am planning on using a dremel abrasive foam type attachment and taping up the good parts then polishing out. I haven't had good luck before with this method (left lots of fine scratches) but it would look better than black gunk.

 

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I have the same problem. I didn't spend that much time, but after five minutes I knew I was at diminishing returns.



I am planning on using a dremel abrasive foam type attachment and taping up the good parts then polishing out. I haven't had good luck before with this method (left lots of fine scratches) but it would look better than black gunk.

Yeah, I spent about 10 mins on it and wasn't making any progress, so I gave him a fresh #0000 steel wool pad and told him to attack it with a dremel to get that carbon off of the tip then polish it out.

 

[kingofsorrow]

you know what i found that helps. those copper scouring pads for doing dishes. i swear, with a little care you can clean the tips and avoid too much scratching. then polish to a shine. it has to be the copper pads though, the steel ones don't seem to work right. also keeping the pad and the surface your scouring wet.