GTA Detailing / training day / questions answered

[35bills]

1) Picus (april 29,30, may 6, 7, 14)
2) 35bills(April 29,30, May 6,7,13)-Bill
3) Whatacar(April 29,30, May 6,7)-Sam
4) Msedanman (April 29,30 May 6,7)-Colin -- Cheers Sam & Picus.
5) God|Zilla168 (April 29,30 May 6,7)-Eric (Guys May 14th is mothers Day)
6) BananaKing (May 6)-Edmund (sorry, have classes all other weekend days)
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Got to drop out on the 14th, Mum's day!!!

[eledin]

I might come out just for the fun of it, but since Kevin is doing my car this week, I should be looking pretty good by then.

[noodleman]

doh...cant' make any of them...my weekends are all tied up, and i'm going to be gone for the better part of may

[godmans]

1) Picus (april 29,30, may 6, 7, 14)
2) 35bills(April 29,30, May 6,7,13)-Bill
3) Whatacar(April 29,30, May 6,7)-Sam
4) Msedanman (April 29,30 May 6,7)-Colin -- Cheers Sam & Picus.
5) God|Zilla168 (April 29,30 May 6,7)-Eric (Guys May 14th is mothers Day)
6) BananaKing (May 6)-Edmund (sorry, have classes all other weekend days)
7) Godmans (May 7, probably April 29,30) - Godmans (who uses real name except me?)
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[Picus]

Originally Posted by eledin

I might come out just for the fun of it, but since Kevin is doing my car this week, I should be looking pretty good by then.

I'll post a thread with before/afters in the detailing forum after I have a beer. It was a pleasure meeting you Erik.

RE: PC training day, looks like it'll be the 6th or 7th. We'll decide shortly.

[kenny mac]

WOW... that black G is gorgeous... what kind of rims are they!?? Great shine!! love it... and of course love the exhaust i'm partial to it cause i have the same one!! Big ups to whosever G that is
-Ken

[Balzz]

I was just looking through some of my old pics...this track pic could qualify as a detailing pic.

[whatacar]

Beeeeeeeaaaaaaaautiful shine Kevin. I think I can see my reflection as I gaze upon it. Black certainly is the colour.
Balzz, that is quite an eyeful as well .

[Picus]

Originally Posted by kenny mac

WOW... that black G is gorgeous... what kind of rims are they!?? Great shine!! love it... and of course love the exhaust i'm partial to it cause i have the same one!! Big ups to whosever G that is
-Ken

That's eledins car, I hopped on down to Stoney Creek to give it a once over today. Let me tell you, he's got it setup amazingly - very tasteful mods, looks super clean. The drop is perfect, the wheels are gorgeous on the car (just the right amount of lip and spoke), and the exhaust - well ya, looks good, sounds better. Here are a few more of his wheels.

[noodleman]

awesome job picus! I'm going to have to get you detail my Z sometime!

I was wondering, would having you detail the car remove the zaino i've put on my car so far (ie, i have to start over)?

[Picus]

Well it depends on what I'd be doing. A wash won't remove it, but any claying or polishing will. I do have Zaino in my arsenal if you prefer'd it re-applied, of course.

Actually Zaino topped with OCW is what's in those pics above.

[eledin]

Originally Posted by kenny mac

WOW... that black G is gorgeous... what kind of rims are they!?? Great shine!! love it... and of course love the exhaust i'm partial to it cause i have the same one!! Big ups to whosever G that is
-Ken

That would be mine.

Kevin did a fantastic job on the car.

[noodleman]

Originally Posted by picus112

Well it depends on what I'd be doing. A wash won't remove it, but any claying or polishing will. I do have Zaino in my arsenal if you prefer'd it re-applied, of course.

Actually Zaino topped with OCW is what's in those pics above.

cool, i'm seeing swirls, but in certain angles my car can shine like eledin's...i don't know if i'm being over anal about the swirls...i'll probrably want you to have a look at it sometime in the summer and have you give me a recommendation

here's a comparison shot pre and post zaino:

before:



after:



I'm not 100% how much the camera and less sun light is hiding...even when i look at it in person, it's hard to tell sometimes..

[Picus]

Ya, Z5 has a lot of fillers, but even so you'll probably see some swirling in the sun. I like fillers for in between polishes just because black's so hard to maintain, but I'd still recommend getting a good solid polish at least once a year to remove most of the marring. What you want in the end are full on sun shots with no swirls ala:





And of course I'm always happy to look at it and give recommendations!

[noodleman]

thanks picus! Somewhat on topic, what microfibre towel would you recommend for use on our cars? Would the crappy tire simonz microfibre towels be good enough? Or is there something better that we should get?