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  • How I spent my 4th of July

    Friday:

    Cleaned under hood:

    Removed all the plastic covers, blew all the dust away with my leaf blower. Applied a nice liberal amount of APC+ to all surfaces; used an old wash mitt to clean everything; rinsed with a light water spray; blew dry with leaf blower; applied Hyper dressing to all plastic/rubber surfaces. Cleaned plastic covers with APC+; applied Hyper Dressing to all surfaces.

    Engine before:





    Engine bay after:





    Wheels/Wheel wells:

    Pulled each wheel, cleaned front and back with 3 piece wheel cleaner. Polished wheels with All metal polish, treated tires with All Season Dressing; sprayed wheel well with APC+,srubbed with wheel brush, applied All Season Dressing and wiped with old micro-fiber:

    Before:







    After:








    Wash using Gold Class wash using two bucket method. Clay (mild) with QD.

    Saturday:

    Polish w/#80 Speed Glaze and two coasts of #26 Yellow Wax applied with PC.

    Sunday:

    Vacuum interior/trunk. Treat leather surfaces with Gold Class Leather cleaner/conditioner. Hyper Dressing on all plastic/vinyl surfaces. Clean windows with Professional Glass Cleaner. Finalize with a quick coat of UQD.

    Before:



    and some afters:









  • #2
    Re: How I spent my 4th of July

    Nice job on the Lexus!

    Looks better than new

    Aaron
    Philippians 2:14 - Do all things without grumbling or questioning,

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    • #3
      Re: How I spent my 4th of July

      Great job!

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      • #4
        Re: How I spent my 4th of July

        Your Lexus looks great. Really like your rims. Car looks great. Way to go.
        quality creates its own demand

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        • #5
          Re: How I spent my 4th of July

          Looks great! You captured some sweet reflection shots.

          I really like the color. What is that, like a metallic charcoal?

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          • #6
            Re: How I spent my 4th of July

            Originally posted by Kooz View Post
            Looks great! You captured some sweet reflection shots.

            I really like the color. What is that, like a metallic charcoal?
            It's called Smoky Granite Mica. Your description pretty much describes it

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            • #7
              Re: How I spent my 4th of July

              Nice work on those wheel wells! Your car looks amazing...
              My Car!

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              • #8
                Re: How I spent my 4th of July

                that looks great!
                2004 Mustang GT - Sonic Blue

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                • #9
                  Re: How I spent my 4th of July

                  Great job! I really like the reflection shots. One of my favorite cars. Nice set of wheels too




                  Tim
                  Last edited by TimG; Jul 7, 2008, 03:55 AM. Reason: typo
                  Learning new things everyday

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