I finally got around to posting some pictures of my bone stock BB after I cleaned it. Some people had seen pictures and asked me to post them along with what I did to the car. To be honest, once I saw how well the pictures my sister took turned out I wished I had planned to have the car at a more exotic locale rather than in front of my place. But oh well... maybe next time!

So here's what I did, pics will follow:
1. Washed the car (of course)
2. Clay Bar (I used Clay Magic)
3. Meguiar's Deep Crystal System Step 2 (the Polish step)
4. Meguiar's nxt Tech Wax Paste

I worked the polish in, removed the polish and applied the wax by hand. I went over the wax with a buffer once it had dried and then went over it all by hand a last time.

Since I did the work (a few weeks ago) the car has been driven daily and has seen some weather. I've been really, really impressed with the way the wax has held up.

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r94/dgarvich/DG001.jpg
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r94/dgarvich/DG005.jpg
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r94/dgarvich/DG004.jpg
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r94/dgarvich/DG003.jpg
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r94/dgarvich/DG006.jpg
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r94/dgarvich/DG002.jpg

And one for the people who always say "we want to see a side view!" ;)

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r94/dgarvich/DG007.jpg

Uhh that's my car. For real, exact same with everything even down to the strakes, tint, and moonroof deflector. Good choice! :) http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/955/dscn09677he.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

except he has appearance package. lol

man must've been a cloudy day, so many clouds in the reflection

Wow a black stock RX8.

Looks nice. You should have gotten the chrome wheels.

except he has appearance package. lol

man must've been a cloudy day, so many clouds in the reflection
He does? Shoot, I can't even tell. Well, you win I guess.

Wow a black stock RX8.

Looks nice. You should have gotten the chrome wheels.

sure its a black stock 8, but he's here showing off his detailing also.

Wow a black stock RX8.

Looks nice. You should have gotten the chrome wheels.

Yeah, it's stock. I blew up my RX-7 by pretending I had enough money to own / drive a race car. Hopefully I won't do that to this car. :P

I'm really just posting the pictures to show the detailing on the car and give people who had asked me about it some pictures of a car detailed using Meguiar's products. Perhaps it should have been in the detailing forum... but the pics were big so I figured they'd go best here.

It looks like you missed a spot :p: Just messing with you. It looks stunning. :ylsuper:

It looks like you missed a spot :p: Just messing with you. It looks stunning. :ylsuper:

Yeah, yeah, yeah... I saw that after the picture was taken but the picture was a cool reflection shot so I decided to use it anyway.

You can see by the daylight I was rushing to get everything finished for the pictures. It's the best time of day to take pictures like this but it's also the shortest window to take pictures in.

I gave a serious D'oh when I saw that hehe

:doh:

Wow a black stock RX8.

Looks nice. You should have gotten the chrome wheels.
Will you please stop with the jerk comments? In every thread you have some comment complaining about how you don't like the car in some way. I'll have to say what I really think about your car the next time you make a thread rather than keeping my mouth shut.

ha ha that's called the hatin virus. a lot of that going around.

a clean BB that lasted 5 seconds before a lay of dust caught up to it?

very clean! time for some mods! make yoruself stand out..

Very nice, but why take pics with the sunroof open? It akes so much away from the looks of the car.

Good job on the detailing. Love the pic of the hood and clouds. Wish it would stop snowing here, so I can wash and detail my car.

mirror finish...nice

damn, that's like driving a mirror. NICE! I can only hope that when I repaint my car, I have the patience to keep it looking that nice.

Very nice man. Don't mind Razz, he is just hatin' because his car has no flow and it's always dirty in every pic.

wow looks good. its to cold over in ny to give my bb a good cleaning and waxing. have to settle with the car wash. if you want to complete the look go for some clear corners they look really nice on black. but well done regardless.

i could use dat car as a mirror!!!!

wow looks good. its to cold over in ny to give my bb a good cleaning and waxing. have to settle with the car wash. if you want to complete the look go for some clear corners they look really nice on black. but well done regardless.

I definitely agree with that... of the (very) few modifications I plan to make to this car that's one of the ones near the top of the list.

Thanks all for the kind words!

i wanna get my car detailed sooooo badly!!! :sad:

Wow a black stock RX8.

Looks nice. You should have gotten the chrome wheels.


chrome is lame :rock: black with polished lips.

Very nice man. Don't mind Razz, he is just hatin' because his car has no flow and it's always dirty in every pic.
no to mention his chrome rims..LOL

no to mention his chrome rims..LOL
dEE - i wanted to say this so bad but withheld for fear of a flame war..

Chrome is so 80's :ylsuper:

I can totally see Razz being the first RX (#)8 to sport these:

http://i2.sell.com/4/137/268142/21/92/1429367-m.jpg

wow those wheels are just freakin headious!

dgarvish thats a really nice detailing job! I used zaino but its just too pricy i have been seeing some really good detail jobs with mcguires. i think deedubb uses that as well.

For the 15 minutes black cars stay clean, they're AMAZING! :)

For the 15 minutes black cars stay clean, they're AMAZING! :)

5 minutes. lol

Looks beautiful man. How long did it take to make it look that good?
I'd add clear corners to complete the look (if you won't get pulled over)

As for those wheels a few posts back.... just say no!

You should have gotten the chrome wheels.

Yeah if he wanted his car to look like ass.

:yelrotflm

Looks beautiful man. How long did it take to make it look that good?
I'd add clear corners to complete the look (if you won't get pulled over)

As for those wheels a few posts back.... just say no!

It actually took me longer than it probably should have. The weather was beautiful and I had a long weekend so I didn't really rush anything. I just washed the car and pulled it into the garage on Saturday morning and went to work. I worked about 4 hours on Saturday and 3-4 hours on Sunday. If you moved quickly you could probably cut that time down a lot.

The car actually stayed "clean" for about a week (garage kept, parked in a deck during the day). I'm on the other side of week three now and... well... it's definitely ready for some love again. ;)

...the pictures my sister took...

Any pics of your sister? :naughty:

Any pics of your sister? :naughty:
:iwstupid: lets see some pics of the sister

:cool:

Wow a black stock RX8.

Looks nice. You should have gotten the chrome wheels.


:cussing: :cussing: :cussing:
dont post anymore your an idiot.

Looks absolutely fabulous—it's perfect!
Though I can't believe you blurred out not just your license plate, but the name of your street. (You know, with a little Photoshop, you can make those houses in the background look like an apartment complex.)

Looks absolutely fabulous—it's perfect!
Though I can't believe you blurred out not just your license plate, but the name of your street. (You know, with a little Photoshop, you can make those houses in the background look like an apartment complex.)

lol :D

Hey, how often do you clay bar? I usually do it once a year—is that not enough?

Hey, how often do you clay bar? I usually do it once a year—is that not enough?

I wouldn't recommend any more often than that unless you had a specific need for it.