ok, so ive owned my 'z for around 3 months so far and always intended on giving it a really thorough mop over but have untill now, barely even showing it a good jet wash!
startd the job on saturday morning around 10 am and finished on sat at about 3. followed by a 8:10 start on sunday, finishing at 14:20 !! far too long. but hey its was my first time personally moping a car over rather than watching my dad do it.
im pleased with the results, however dissapointed with how many stone chips are all over the car, especially the front bottom half of the bumper, it looks horrid so a re spray wil be needed. Im by far not the best at detailing, it took me far longer to do it than someone who has a bit of experience, and i cocked up some bits
hope you enjoy the large pictures taken with my phone, i have to confess i wish you could see it in person, the pictures do it no justice at all! to feel the paint compared the my dads freshly polished mazzer is crazy which you can still feel tiny little nicks and micro blisters, touching the mopped 'z is like glass 8)
1) wash with soap
2) wipe it down
3) mop the car all over using makita sander/polisher and farecla g3 to cut the top layer of grime a scratches off
4) "speciality spp1001" dry polish to remove any swirl marks and generally give it a fine cut, machine polished.
5) pre-wax cleaner to remove any grease or anything (hand).
6) carnauba detailing spray on the black bits
7) auto glym super resin polish the whole car (hand)
8) metal polish and interior clean
9) front wheels off for a deep clean as well as change of light bulbs (keep getting light sensor warning and side light intermittently working)
the before images... i cant tell the difference on the computer/ phone images.
this is afterthe first 2 "corse" polishes feels like glass
used a knitting needle to help get into all the shut lines and grooves to remove all the gunk left over
the tips arent as clean as i'd like to get them but they're tons better than before.
the only thing i havent done is use a real "wax" which i do have in the drawer, however figured i'd put so much product on the blasted thing, i'd save the waxing for another wash the only thing that really lets down the look now are the wheel calipers. i have the paint and the new wheels, i just need to wait for a favourable weekend to remove them from the carriers, rub them down and then paint.
going to go for black calipers with black hubs.. any objections? my dad wants silver hubs.
startd the job on saturday morning around 10 am and finished on sat at about 3. followed by a 8:10 start on sunday, finishing at 14:20 !! far too long. but hey its was my first time personally moping a car over rather than watching my dad do it.
im pleased with the results, however dissapointed with how many stone chips are all over the car, especially the front bottom half of the bumper, it looks horrid so a re spray wil be needed. Im by far not the best at detailing, it took me far longer to do it than someone who has a bit of experience, and i cocked up some bits
hope you enjoy the large pictures taken with my phone, i have to confess i wish you could see it in person, the pictures do it no justice at all! to feel the paint compared the my dads freshly polished mazzer is crazy which you can still feel tiny little nicks and micro blisters, touching the mopped 'z is like glass 8) 1) wash with soap
2) wipe it down
3) mop the car all over using makita sander/polisher and farecla g3 to cut the top layer of grime a scratches off
4) "speciality spp1001" dry polish to remove any swirl marks and generally give it a fine cut, machine polished.
5) pre-wax cleaner to remove any grease or anything (hand).
6) carnauba detailing spray on the black bits
7) auto glym super resin polish the whole car (hand)
8) metal polish and interior clean
9) front wheels off for a deep clean as well as change of light bulbs (keep getting light sensor warning and side light intermittently working)
the before images... i cant tell the difference on the computer/ phone images.
this is afterthe first 2 "corse" polishes feels like glass
used a knitting needle to help get into all the shut lines and grooves to remove all the gunk left over
the tips arent as clean as i'd like to get them but they're tons better than before.
the only thing i havent done is use a real "wax" which i do have in the drawer, however figured i'd put so much product on the blasted thing, i'd save the waxing for another wash
the only thing that really lets down the look now are the wheel calipers. i have the paint and the new wheels, i just need to wait for a favourable weekend to remove them from the carriers, rub them down and then paint. going to go for black calipers with black hubs.. any objections? my dad wants silver hubs.
Only consolation is they are replacing the seat cover under good will which is why I haven't got it back.
i didnt go very heavy on the g3 as perhaps i should have gone, it was my first time, the makita is a rotational machine but we have two others, both orbital i think, started on the orbital with the fine spp1001 polish but it takes so long to work so we switched back to the makita as it was very good, had it on low speeed the whole time 
