i bet 100, but if i lose jedi said he'll pay for me.

 

lol Michaels FTW!! But dont forget, I like Mr. Jedi have a BB. At the same time WB was my close second in choice
In any event I can take pics and we have others for the judging

 

now the question is: who can we trust to judge this friendly competition?

 

I've got a White RX8 and do not know any of the contestants. I think we need a panel of 3 judges to make it right. Shine and beauty are always subjective.

PS. I've never used Zaino either, so I can be VERY objective.

 

your hood looks all fixed too jorge great shine as well.

i'm going to get my windows fixed tomorrow and then in a week or so ask jun to help me again polishing out the h20 spots. hopefully, i'll get some shine back eventually.

 

thats ok i know there will alot of guys secretly pulling for me.
wheres darth vader when i need him.

 

why not put a poll on the forum after the pics are uploaded....then let member decide maybe?..lol...why isnt this rdy yet?!

 

my car is going into the shop on Monday for some work....once it's ready, I'll set up a date for this

 

Jedi,
Do you use a buffer?

 

Negative.

Everything I've ever posted has been strictly hand polished.

 

Wow! You should charge $10k to rich people and hook their ***** up like your 8 (in reference to the thread where some British guy charges $10k to wash Maseratis in the sun).

I gotta check into Zaino products! I've never seen a black car look that...juicy! Even on showroom floors.

Propers, Master Jedi!

 

haha. discount for friends, jorge? lol

 

haha, for YOU, absolutely!!! Only $11K.

You want to know the scariest part? Pictures don't really do it justice, you really gotta see it in person. The car also ends up SOOOOOOO smooth when it's all finished.
I'd highly recommend Zaino to anyone who doesn't mind spending a couple hours with their RX-8. Zaino is not a fast process but it's definitely worth it.

 

Random picture of my car on a Dyno this past weekend. check out the fresh Zaino !!

 

i have a black 8 and i just bought the zaino kit...because of your thread a couple of weeks ago...i hope my 8 looks like that when i finished with it...is going to be a full day for me...installing tanabe springs, painting center caps and calipers. and hopefully zainoing the car...pretty long day..gone post picks when im done..

 

thanks jedi for the thread....you should be a salesman for zaino....you sold me on the product

 

How much HP does Zaino add?

 

10 rwhp. If you don't believe me, I've got dyno sheets from this weekend to prove it.

 

Thanks kgonz012, I really appreciate that! It's pretty cool to know that people follow my thread and have become zaino users because of it.

 

It's all about the zymol royale...

 

no problem jedi....quick question though....i have the zaino kit....whats the procedure that i should do..to get the most out of zaino...thanks

 

You should check out the zaino site. I switched to zaino last year. Here was the right up I posted at the time that should be fairly correct:

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So, some of you will have heard of this stuff on the rx8club board. I haven't seen a lot of BB owners in the area, but I'm sure most of you can empathize with the woes black cars tend to have. Besides, being impossible to keep clean, swirl marks and scratches are more pronounced on black cars for more or less the same reason that polar bears appear white instead of black. When the clearcoat finish gets marred in any way, it refracts light and appears as white. White on black is pretty easy to see.

Additionally, I have probably the most lax car cleaning tendencies of the club. So, now you have a lazy SOB with a black car. Needless to say, my car was riddled with ultra-fine swirl marks. I decided to bite the bullet and actually wax the car.

The question then became what should I use. I wanted something a simpleton like myself could apply with relatively few restrictions, limited risk, with great results, and durability. So, I went and go a zaino protection kit.

Note: the NJ area retailer of choice for Zaino is http://www.hcvind.com/. You can't order direct from Zaino for some reason and there are only 2 NJ distributors - one of which won't ship.

So, I broke down on Saturday and cleaned the car.

1. Clean the wheels.
2. Wash the car with dawn or other dish detergent to strip the wax.
3. Clay barred the hood, fenders, and upper front bumper where I had the most debris. Should clay bar the ground trim some day.
4. Wash the car with Zaino car wash.
5. Dry car.
6a. Wax with Zaino Z-5 Scratch Removing Wax.
6b. Buff off hazed wax.
6c. Use Z-6 detailing spray.
7. Repeat 6a-c as desired.
8. Repeat 6a-c using Z-2 show polish/wax.

I got 3 coats of z-5 on. I haven't used z-2 yet as it got dark. My hood is now piano black.

Some notes:
1. Everything smells like blueberries. You will have a craving for pie when done with the car.
2. With the ZFX mixed in with the wax, the wax will be ready for buffing off within a couple minutes. It was about 45 degrees outside on Saturday so I let each coat sit for about 30 min. Its easy to tell when it isn't done and trying to buff it too early isn't an issue. It just won't work.
3. You can use as many coats of zaino z-2 and z-5 interchangeably as you want.


So, I think I'll be sticking with this stuff. If it allows me to keep a decent looking black car, it is probably the best stuff on the planet.

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Some quick notes:
Zaino is polarized or something and works best by its self. That's why you wash the car with dish wash to remove other waxes.
Zaino doesn't haze as pure white. It's less prone to leaving that white garbage in cracks and hard to reach places.
Zaino + BB is ungodly sexy until the first breeze blows and the car is dirty again.