Came up with this after reading a thread with waxing a car. Anyways this a simple game. Just rate from 1-10 10=perfect of the above users waxing/washing/shine job on his/her car.
I'd say about a 8. Pretty nice job there. What kinda wax did you use?
Well on that day i was lazy and used my quick ice wax. You just spray and buff. If i really wanted a deeper shine i would have used my speed bead from stoner (the people who make invisible glass) i think that is my fav wax but it takes a little longer to do and buff out. So went with my inbetween wax
@99lx looks like a very nice shine. Wished the sun was more out so i could see it sparkle. Give it an 8
B!@ckBoYwiTaC!v!c
03-25-2008, 10:54 AM
ORIGINAL: mill$civic
Pictures always make cars look better lol. But It looks really nice, BTW your rims look mint on the car, very nice! I bet they turn some heads.
thanks, and yeah i do get alot more head turners now :)
addiction2bass
03-25-2008, 11:54 AM
well id say 8 but photos are not that great PLUS further away pictures always look better.LOL
Forty04
03-26-2008, 04:48 AM
This thread would be way better with the following items..
1 - List of your process, products, and tools
2 - Decent Quality pics
3 - Any tips and tricks you may use that others may not.
Both that have posted so far look pretty good. IMO Ice is on the top 5 worst waxes ever, but to each his own.
If Michigan ever thaws, I'll get the suby detailed and get some pics up.
GReddy_Civic
03-26-2008, 04:52 AM
ORIGINAL: Forty04
If Michigan ever thaws, I'll get the suby detailed and get some pics up.
Uhoh, someones been called out
addiction2bass
03-26-2008, 10:54 AM
i used ICE stuff on my 99 and it looked great!
i wish i had my rims when i waxed the car.LOL but i havent waxed the car since i got my rims.
best picture i got... i should have done a close up side shot because it was like a mirror!
tho i wont wax the car until spring at least! its parked till then. then eventualy ill wax her @ss up real good...
black cars look SICK when shined up BUT it gets dirty so quick :(
i was always wiping the dust off it every day!
Vilex
03-26-2008, 04:32 PM
Wow Addiction2bass, your car looks clean as hell. You make even the steelies look good lol. Did you wax your car when you took that picture? It looks like it.
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/Virecksu/NickPics/civic1.jpg
(A close-up, and you can see some imperfections in my bumper =/)
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/Virecksu/NickPics/civic2.jpg
(I really like the shine on this picture)
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/Virecksu/NickPics/Civic-projectors.jpg
(Possibly my favorite night picture, and my halos arn't on, its just how the light reflected into them I guess. I love the shines in this picture, it was the night when I washed/waxed my Civic)
Well.. I used a car wash, because it was still a little chilly, and I used Turtle Wax, because thats all I could find. I need to go into autozone sometime and get me some Mother's and some other detailing stuff, i'm not satisfied with my shine lol.. I want it SHINE like no other :D.
B!@ckBoYwiTaC!v!c
03-26-2008, 07:47 PM
nice shine @ Addiction2bass. And personally i like that style with the no rims. Looks black and smooth and @ vilex looks nice as well. Always good to see a nice em2
Vilex
03-26-2008, 08:01 PM
ORIGINAL: B!@ckBoYwiTaC!v!c
nice shine @ Addiction2bass. And personally i like that style with the no rims. Looks black and smooth and @ vilex looks nice as well. Always good to see a nice em2
Haha, thanks [8D]. I dunno if i'm still feeling the altezza lights, I mean.. They look okay. If anything, i'd wanna smoke 'em a little, i'm sure they would look sick if I did :D. And when I get my rims/tires ordered, it'll look ALOT better(If wheelmax ever gets my rims in stock.. Bastards, they sell so fast lol).
B!@ckBoYwiTaC!v!c
03-26-2008, 08:28 PM
ORIGINAL: Vilex
ORIGINAL: B!@ckBoYwiTaC!v!c
nice shine @ Addiction2bass. And personally i like that style with the no rims. Looks black and smooth and @ vilex looks nice as well. Always good to see a nice em2
Haha, thanks [8D]. I dunno if i'm still feeling the altezza lights, I mean.. They look okay. If anything, i'd wanna smoke 'em a little, i'm sure they would look sick if I did :D. And when I get my rims/tires ordered, it'll look ALOT better(If wheelmax ever gets my rims in stock.. Bastards, they sell so fast lol).
yeah not a big fan of the euro and altezza lights. Think the stock lights look better and if would have just smoked the stock ones. Also before you get rims man i think you should get it lowered first. It sits way too high now. So get it lowered if the place don't got your rims and just save up for that later. But good headlights though. What kind of headlights you got and how much did it cost and where you get it from?
Vilex
03-26-2008, 08:47 PM
Believe it or not.. I got my headlights for $115 shipped on ebay lol.. It was called like "Xtreme" something.. Some eBay store. They fit great and i've had no problems with them. I wired the halos to a switch and they work great.
B!@ckBoYwiTaC!v!c
03-27-2008, 08:18 PM
ORIGINAL: Vilex
Believe it or not.. I got my headlights for $115 shipped on ebay lol.. It was called like "Xtreme" something.. Some eBay store. They fit great and i've had no problems with them. I wired the halos to a switch and they work great.
how long have you had the lights now? Because that might be a mod i do later on
Vilex
03-28-2008, 12:29 PM
ORIGINAL: B!@ckBoYwiTaC!v!c
ORIGINAL: Vilex
Believe it or not.. I got my headlights for $115 shipped on ebay lol.. It was called like "Xtreme" something.. Some eBay store. They fit great and i've had no problems with them. I wired the halos to a switch and they work great.
how long have you had the lights now? Because that might be a mod i do later on
I've had 'em for about 3 months now. I just bought 'em for a nice cosmetic look, because I was tired of looking so stock :D.
timpartizan
04-03-2008, 05:33 PM
7, pretty good. give us some tips man
itinerant
04-04-2008, 02:03 PM
You parked in a white striped zone. That would have warranted a parking ticket if I had been there.
Nice shine, though. Wish I could get that same look on my Civic, but it's gold so it's not the same.
Forty04
04-18-2008, 04:42 AM
Finally got around to putting some effort into a decent detail yesterday. Didn't go all out, but I'm pretty pleased with the results.
Products: Meguires Gold Class Car Shampoo, 3M Glass cleaner, Mother's Back to Black trim treatment, Armor All, Black Magic Tire Foam, Royal Blue Carnauba Wax.
Process: I didn't have the time nor the energy to completely wheel the car, claybar or polish, but will do all of those next time. All I did for this round was a good hand wash and dry, then broke out the orbital and laid on a nice layer of wax. It turned out decent, but without running the clay and wheeling out the paint, there are still some imperfections.
Also have a TON of wet sanding to do on the front bumer...weak ass Suby paint. Anyway, heres some pics
Now to be able to repeat the same results THIS year will be the challenge. Everything is a year older INCLUDINg ME!!!!!
The ZR2 turned 8 on April Fools day and the GN will be 21 on 10 August 2008.
GReddy_Civic
04-18-2008, 09:27 AM
Wow rob, the GN sure is lookin purty. ::thumbup::
88civichatch
04-18-2008, 09:39 AM
i ive it a 9. looks great. what do u have under the hood?
Smokem
04-22-2008, 04:32 AM
Thanks Trent!
Under the hood is a 231 V6 ( 3.8 liter Turbocharged , Intercooled , SFI ) Engine never opened, just bolt on, go fast stuff. 43lb injectors ( up from 28lb), High Output Coil, Walbro 340 hotwired fuelpump, RJC Raceplate, K&N 10 inch cone, Garrett TA49 set for 20lbs boost, 3.5" LT1 MAF, Translator + w/extender chip, VDO Boost guage, VDO Water Temp, VDO Oil Press guage and VDO Knock Sensor, 3 inch downpipe feeding full stainless ATR exhaust with Flowmaster Delta 40's. Moog Progressives with 2 inch lift all 4 corners , KYB gas, ARE 15x10 Outlaw II , 295/50 BFG T/A in back and ARE 15x8 OutlawII 245/60 up front. 200r4 4speed OD auto tranny with a 3.21:1 Posi rear. Current setup is putting down 414whp and 430 ft-lbs tq at 3400rpm 0-60 in 4.6 secand standing 1/4 in 12.2 sec with NO torque braking.Just line up, stomp it and go. I am original owner purchasing the GN on 10 August 1987.
Looks flippin amazing Rob. Especially being as old as it is, looks like a showroom shine. I give it a 9!
Forty04
04-23-2008, 05:47 AM
I had a detailing job last night. 2001 Ford Thunderbird. Tons of small scratches, road tar (that had been on since LAST summer), swirls/cob webs, etc. I did a wash, full claybar, non-aggressive cuttingpolish in spots, and Wax (Zymol).
The Zymol wax produced a nice shine, but lacked the depth I like to see, and was a bitch to remove the excess. It dried very fast, and powdered, which I hate. Anyway, onto the pics
Hmmmm,we'll just assume its the lighting and the platform that makes it look like ****, nice suby that guy has though;)
modenatr
05-23-2008, 09:19 PM
looks good, i give 8
GReddy_Civic
06-13-2008, 05:19 PM
So did this today for my moms bf for $100 (inside is done/shampoo'd as well) So here are some pics...this is just a wash and wax only (hand wax) didnt have a buffer and didnt clay bar it either. And the last pic is my car, washed/waxed her 4 days ago
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x265/greddy_civic/Cars/CIMG0723.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x265/greddy_civic/Cars/CIMG0725.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x265/greddy_civic/Cars/CIMG0731.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x265/greddy_civic/Cars/CIMG0733-1.jpg
Forty04
06-20-2008, 03:40 AM
Both turned out really nice Trent! I give the truck a solid 8.32
Forty04
06-20-2008, 03:45 AM
Did the Suby again two nights ago. This time I actually took the buffer to it. It still needs to be clayed, and cut insome areasbut I didn't have the energy. I think next spring I'm going to have the entire front end resprayed, as there are hundres of rock chips and the clear is cracked in some spots. Whoever owned it before me had a shotty respray done...asshat
Mequires Wax, Random Orbit buffer, Invisible Glass, Armor All, Mothers Aluminum Polish, Blue Coral Wheel Cleaner, and lots of Bug n' Tar remover. Also used cutting polish to remove that yellowish BS on the headlights. I didn't have any tire dressing either, gay
Glad you're diggin it man, looks fantastic! Did you do it all by hand or do you have a buffer?
Did it by hand. It was a PITA, but the results were nice. I'm thinking about buying a buffer that goes on my drill and seeing if that works out decent, I dunno.
Forty04
06-26-2008, 03:20 AM
ORIGINAL: Vilex
ORIGINAL: Forty04
Glad you're diggin it man, looks fantastic! Did you do it all by hand or do you have a buffer?
Did it by hand. It was a PITA, but the results were nice. I'm thinking about buying a buffer that goes on my drill and seeing if that works out decent, I dunno.
Black n' Decker makes one for like <$40, I'd go that route.
heres a link http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/601-8824616-2180942?asin=B000077CPT&AFID=blackdecker&LNM=B0000 77CPT&ref=tgt_adv_XPNT0069
Vilex
06-26-2008, 01:25 PM
ORIGINAL: Forty04
ORIGINAL: Vilex
ORIGINAL: Forty04
Glad you're diggin it man, looks fantastic! Did you do it all by hand or do you have a buffer?
Did it by hand. It was a PITA, but the results were nice. I'm thinking about buying a buffer that goes on my drill and seeing if that works out decent, I dunno.
Black n' Decker makes one for like <$40, I'd go that route.
heres a link http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/601-8824616-2180942?asin=B000077CPT&AFID=blackdecker&LNM=B0000 77CPT&ref=tgt_adv_XPNT0069
Mmm. Sweet. I'll keep that in mind the next time I wanna spend some money on my car :D.
My04Civic
07-14-2008, 04:11 AM
detailed my wifes 04 explorer sunday...check it out!
Very nice ! What products did you use? Did you apply by hand ( you are the king of the hand job according to James and Tony ) or did you use a machine ( Gene's method of choice ) ?
Is that your vehicle, btw? It's good for you ! Good luck with your upcoming power adder build. Don't forget to take inventory ( wink, wink )