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Oct 26, 2009, 10:12 AM
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GG Evo X with Rotas after 4 hr detail!
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Oct 26, 2009, 12:38 PM
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Looks great, is the paint now really smooth like glass?
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Oct 26, 2009, 12:53 PM
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Yeah and it has a really deep sparkle to it as well. Exactly like that Phantom Black Evo X that was detailed professionally.
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Oct 26, 2009, 01:04 PM
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Nice!!! I need to claybar mine, but damn, I am lazy..... I may just pay a detailer to do so.
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Oct 26, 2009, 01:17 PM
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Yeah it's a lot of work but I figure if I put myself through it I'll get faster every time....not to mention that feeling you get after detailing your own car...
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Oct 26, 2009, 01:25 PM
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I detailed mine a month ago with P21S stuff and the touch is completely different than before, definitely worth the time. Glad you are getting similar results with your detail job. However please get yourself a set of springs and lower your car!
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Oct 26, 2009, 01:36 PM
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^ Haha well said. I will be getting a set of swifts soon enough. I also used P21S...this is the order of my detail:
1) Wash with soap and water and dry
2) Mother's California Gold Claybar
3) P21S
4) Applied Meguiar's NXT Wax with G110 Meguiar's Electric Dual Action Polisher
First time ever doing anything other than just a hand wax (never did clay, P21S, or the electric polisher) and it makes all the world of a difference. Even after using just the clay alone I was thinking to myself...I could stop right now and it would still look better than ever before.
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Oct 26, 2009, 03:27 PM
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Big thanks to Dan at Wheeldude for the Rota Grids. They look amazing on my car and they feel so much better on the road with the wider offset. Been driving them for about a month with no issues whatsoever  |
No problem Steven! Your car looks great with the new setup
Also congrats on the detail  I know exactly what you mean, I always run my hand along side my car just to feel how smooth it is  
-Dan
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Oct 26, 2009, 03:44 PM
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Yeah and it has a really deep sparkle to it as well. Exactly like that Phantom Black Evo X that was detailed professionally.
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Looks great, How much was the detail if you don't mind telling. Also, is that a throttle controller by the a/c controls?
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Oct 26, 2009, 03:45 PM
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Are those stock tires? the reason I ask is because the sidewall looks kinda large. the car looks good though! you need to drop it!
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Oct 26, 2009, 04:28 PM
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No problem Steven! Your car looks great with the new setup
Also congrats on the detail I know exactly what you mean, I always run my hand along side my car just to feel how smooth it is
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Thanks Dan!
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Oct 26, 2009, 04:37 PM
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Looks great, How much was the detail if you don't mind telling. Also, is that a throttle controller by the a/c controls?
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Didn't cost me anything except Supplies (I did it myself).
Got all my stuff on Amazon. Clay was around $20 (two applications), P21S was around $17 (probably enough for 5 applications), Meguiar's NXT Wax was around $13 (probably enough for 5 applications).
As for the Meguiar G110 electric polisher, I got it used for $80 on craigslist lol and it worked perfectly. Just had to purchase an applicator pad on Amazon for $10 and I was good to go.
So the one-time application cost of expendables to do it myself was:
Clay - $10
P21S - $4
NXT - $3
Electric Applicator Pad - $10
Total one-time application cost with Electric Polisher (expendables) = $27
If you don't want to use an electronic polisher you could easily just use the applicator pad that is included with the NXT Wax which would save you the purchase of the Electric Applicator Pad.
Total one-time application cost without Electric Polisher (expendables) = $17
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Oct 26, 2009, 04:40 PM
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Are those stock tires? the reason I ask is because the sidewall looks kinda large. the car looks good though! you need to drop it! |
Thanks! I bought the tires before I started modding so they were originally for the stock rims, thus the large sidewall. Definitely getting the drop soon
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Oct 26, 2009, 07:33 PM
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thats clean
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Oct 26, 2009, 08:38 PM
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Thanks! I bought the tires before I started modding so they were originally for the stock rims, thus the large sidewall. Definitely getting the drop soon |
Cant wait to see it with the drop.. btw what % tints do you have
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