whitejavaS500
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Well guys, shes done. After countless hours, this is the final result of months of reconditioning. Heres the basic story of the car:
Bought it new in '02. Cleaned the wheels with paper towels daily, and every now and then washed it my self with blue coral and a sponge. I usually left it out in the sun to dry, which left MAJOR water marks. If I didnt wash it, then my buds down the swirlomatic did:sadpace: . It then got somewhat neglected when we got our S500, and was cleaned only ever now and then. The S500 got toatled, and I had been learning on this website. This car was my test bed. I used SSR2.5 in May of 06, but basically applied it and buffed it off as wax :think2. While it might have made a slight difference, the car got battered as it had been before after that. When my father got a new car in the Summer of 06, this car would sit until my brother recieved it this month (still driven on and off between then). I made the decision to knock it out over the long time. An hour here, a panel polished there, then I decided to take it seriously and finish it up. I had to do this with my PC, as my d*mn Hitachi was broken. Heres the finals.
Keep in mind, this car has 112,000 miles.
CWG Wash
Z-18 Clay
Wetsand about 40% of the car with Unigrit 2500 then 3000
HTEC/OP 50/50 on LC Lambswool leveling pad at 6
HTEC/OP 30/70 on LC Yellow at 6
ZPC on LC orange at 6
ZAIO/ZPC 70/30 on LC grey at 4-5
CK Moose Wax Buffed off with 50/50 mix of OCW and Pinn Souv Spray
bigups)
Opti Seal x2
Afters
Bought it new in '02. Cleaned the wheels with paper towels daily, and every now and then washed it my self with blue coral and a sponge. I usually left it out in the sun to dry, which left MAJOR water marks. If I didnt wash it, then my buds down the swirlomatic did:sadpace: . It then got somewhat neglected when we got our S500, and was cleaned only ever now and then. The S500 got toatled, and I had been learning on this website. This car was my test bed. I used SSR2.5 in May of 06, but basically applied it and buffed it off as wax :think2. While it might have made a slight difference, the car got battered as it had been before after that. When my father got a new car in the Summer of 06, this car would sit until my brother recieved it this month (still driven on and off between then). I made the decision to knock it out over the long time. An hour here, a panel polished there, then I decided to take it seriously and finish it up. I had to do this with my PC, as my d*mn Hitachi was broken. Heres the finals.
Keep in mind, this car has 112,000 miles.
CWG Wash
Z-18 Clay
Wetsand about 40% of the car with Unigrit 2500 then 3000
HTEC/OP 50/50 on LC Lambswool leveling pad at 6
HTEC/OP 30/70 on LC Yellow at 6
ZPC on LC orange at 6
ZAIO/ZPC 70/30 on LC grey at 4-5
CK Moose Wax Buffed off with 50/50 mix of OCW and Pinn Souv Spray
bigups)Opti Seal x2
Befores
Afters
