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Old Sep 5, 2010 | 02:08 PM
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Summer Love....lots of pics

Decided to completely detail the car.

steps:
clean engine bay
clean wheel wells
presoak car
wash car
claybar
polish
wax
dress engine
polish exhaust


http://www.flickr.com/photos/53650278@N02/4960598157/http://www.flickr.com/photos/53650278@N02/4960598157/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/53650278@N02/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/53650278@N02/4960588133/http://www.flickr.com/photos/53650278@N02/4960588133/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/53650278@N02/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/53650278@N02/4960584677/http://www.flickr.com/photos/53650278@N02/4960584677/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/53650278@N02/, on Flickr


all pics here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/53650278@N02/show/

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Old Sep 5, 2010 | 05:10 PM
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Did the same today. I zainoed my baby. It was 6 of the longest hours of my life. Honestly, ive never felt soooooo physically exhausted in my life. Was supposed to go out tonight, but my bodys in pain.
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Old Sep 5, 2010 | 05:48 PM
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Hehe I love the little car tent.... pretty sweet idea so you dont have to always wait for the sun to go away
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Old Sep 5, 2010 | 09:23 PM
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Looks good man. How long did you spend cleaning it?
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Old Sep 5, 2010 | 11:00 PM
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Reminds me of my car when I had my 19's lol. Looking good bro.... Your car is clean!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nycdriftking/4407063431/http://www.flickr.com/photos/nycdriftking/4407063431/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/nycdriftking/, on Flickr
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Old Sep 5, 2010 | 11:55 PM
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^lol funny how much our cars look the same.... the little differences make them very different but nice looking car too

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Looks good man. How long did you spend cleaning it?
about 8 hours
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Old Sep 6, 2010 | 12:35 AM
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sweet.

is there any disadvantage to ripping out the insulation in the engine bay?
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Old Sep 6, 2010 | 01:19 AM
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You werent kidding when you said dress.
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Old Sep 6, 2010 | 01:45 AM
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love that oil cap! Is that stock? if not where to get?
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Old Sep 6, 2010 | 01:49 AM
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love that oil cap! Is that stock? if not where to get?
???, your talking about the yellow one. Yes, it is stock.
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Old Sep 6, 2010 | 02:50 AM
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Looking at your last picture makes me want to put up a tent next time I wash/detail my car. The garage is too tight at my place and I would be out in the sun if I did detailing.
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Old Sep 6, 2010 | 04:47 AM
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:O what rims are those?
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Old Sep 6, 2010 | 09:28 AM
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Looking good!
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Old Sep 6, 2010 | 10:37 AM
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your car is awesome good job keeping it clean
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Old Sep 6, 2010 | 12:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Fortunate Few
sweet.

is there any disadvantage to ripping out the insulation in the engine bay?
There are several threads about this but noise would be the only one I can think of for me personally
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Old Sep 6, 2010 | 01:20 PM
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i perosnally dont think the noise is significant enough to be a disadvantage
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Old Sep 7, 2010 | 03:41 AM
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Looks great. Did you machine polish it? I did mine a few weeks ago, and the difference is night and day, although mine was in great condition before.
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Old Sep 7, 2010 | 07:59 AM
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Beautiful car, inside and out.
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Old Sep 7, 2010 | 08:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Nopstnz8
Looks great. Did you machine polish it? I did mine a few weeks ago, and the difference is night and day, although mine was in great condition before.
I didnt get my Porter Cable in time for this detail but I did use a 2800 rpm buffer. When I get the PC I will go for a cut, polish, and wax

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Beautiful car, inside and out.
Thank you, I try very hard to keep it that way too

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