Well actually it took me 2 days and I clay barred, polished, and waxed it, but it was well worth the effort. Soooo shiny:-)

Anyhow sorry for the crappy pics, but you can only do so much with a shop light and I probably won't have chance to snap any pics during daylight this week.

 

Some more:-)

 

looks great man!

 

pretty

 

looks good. Nice an Shiny

 

is that SGM or CGM?

 

wow, sweet! so shiny!!! :-)

 

It's SGM but looks lighter because it's so reflective now:-)

 

...It looks great, but couldn't you have gotten that with just wax? Or are the paint jobs really that bad from the factory?

 

Wax is just a top coat, and it doesn't correct problems with the paint. Think of it like a clear coat; putting clear coat on a bad paintjob doesn't fix things. There was quite a bit of factory overspray on mine which the clay bar and polish helped with (but did't eliminate). Also despite being only a few weeks old and getting a thorough wash I was suprised at how dirty the claybar got. I think a lot of it may have been brake dust getting embedded in the paint.

It doesn't translate well in the pics but the surface looks like glass now and has depth that waxing alone wouldn't have acheived.

 

Yeah, I knew that wax just coats I just didn't know that the factory job needed fixing. Good to know, mines a year old and I was thinking about doing a detail job...now I know it's definatly worth it.

 

A good way to test for paint contaminents(after washing) is to put your hand in a sandwich bag, put it on the area of paint you want to test (around the fenders, near the rocker panels and on the hood are good places to test) and with the bag stationary run your fingertips over the inside of the bag. If you feel any specks or bumps, your paint could probably benefit from a clay bar (which should always be followed by polish and wax).

 

any chance I can see some night time picture of the cuttoff on this hids?

 

SO shiny!!

 

I didn't know you can get it that shiny! =p