Hey before anybody says anything, I know It needs to be lowered. I just wanted to share a few pics of the time I put in this weekend to clean her up. It is to be reminded that it is a 99Z with original paint and It is also a daily driver all seasons, especially where I live in Atlantic Canada where the winters suck hard. It was the first time that I clay barred the car and WOW what a difference in a smooth surface.


All comments welcome

Thanks

VERY clean and very nice. looks smooth as glass.

Nice Shine and Reflections

If I drive out will you do mine? You did a great job she looks like new.



Thats Him Officer The WICKED One.

that came out real good!





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wow very nice and shinny, good work

Astra GSi 2.4lt 16v

what did you use for a buffer if you used one, and what products did you use? the car looks flawless, great job.


"It's not illegal until you get caught"

mmmm, nice. Brings back memories....

My car used to look like that.





AIR RIDE MAFIA (~airbagsource.com~)

that car is clean in every sense of the word


On the other hand....you have other fingers.

KevinP (Stabby McShankyou) wrote:not funny... i just can't find that funny... not with 2 copies of the Candyland board game on your shelf.

what all did you use? my car is in dire need of a good cleaning

I wish my daily driven cav looked like that. Great job man, like everyone else said what did you use and in what order?

Well, I'm glad that you all appreciate a good clean looking car. I took a few hours of work but It turned out nice. To answer your question on what I used. Well first I washed it with just a regular car soap (RainX) in my case. then dried it off with a simonize "shammy". Then I applied the Mothers clay bar system with the show time detailing stray. From there I used Mothers Scrach remover on all bad visible swirls and scraches. And to finish it off I used Mothers "Carnauba Cleaner Wax". And for the less visible stuff Tires were dressed with Meguiars Hot Spay/Tire Shine. Windows were cleaned with Simple Green auto Glass Cleaner and well the Wheels where waxed with Mothers Mag Aluminum Polish.


Thanks for the positive comments

Looks sweet man.. Looks so clean, it looks wet.













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Thats looks great for a 99. I need to clay bar and wax my 01.

im too lazy to clay bar lol

i just double wax (cleaner + gold class)


but damn that looks gorgeous

yup, im sold. mothers clay bar kit here i come

awesome job dood, love to see 95-99 J's still gleaming in the sun.

WOW, I wasn't expecting such positive response from everybody. Well that just makes my appreciate/like my car even if its a 99. Ah in passing the paint isnt the only thing in good shape. The engine only has 84000km on it. Yes I don't go far hehe

Thanks again guys for the uplifting comments

Nicely done.

Later on, you can move into the professional grade things with larger bars and conditioners, but that really look smooth. Black is such a bitch to clean, de-swirl, wax and re-wax... I used to have black cars until the silver bug bit

That's the kind of thing you want to do this time of year and right before the end of the season when you put the heavy coats of wax on for the winter. 2x a year and nano-wax...

Anyhow... Very nice.

very nice looking! i really need to do that to mine.

Damn that's CLEAN. I'd like to see this car slammed and just the way it looks now!

Good Job ! You could take a ride to Quebec and do mine ?

Car looks great


Has anyone tried the Turtle wax Ice liquid clay bar?

Thanks again everybody for your comments, I really enjoy detailing, in my second life I would definitely do this for a living. The funny thing is is I try to keep my car always looking like that all summer.