The Official Car Care Thread

[trvs]

The shining monkey one works well but I prefer the meguiars hot shine. Not the aerosol version.

[Aaron 2NR]

[nemesis]

Good job there. Reflections like dat. What products were used?

I hate that tire shine. It doesn't last, slings like crazy if you drive through water, and looks extremely fake unless you wipe it off after it dries..which is more work than a normal good tire shine.

It really is a pity we can't bring aerosols though. Very interested in seeing how the new Blackfire aerosol midnight sun works.

Copper : Swissvax products are quite good. Contact Swissvax US. They do accept trini CC's and will ship here. You can buy a few things on some other sites but if you want the kits modified in any way or only a sample size sent you'll have to contact them directly.

There's also DrBeasleys which is cheaper, but you probably wouldn't find anyone that has tried it before you in trini so read on the net and hope for the best if you go this way.

http://www.drbeasleys.com/blog/2012/05/ ... ish-myths/
http://www.drbeasleys.com/matte-paint-prescription.html

BMW also has their own line that they sell for the stock matte paint vehicles. Not sure who makes it for them.

Before you get any stuff e-mail the company and ask them the product restrictions. You might find that some of these things only work on certain factory matte finishes or some weirdness like that.

[Karim Khan]

Good job there. Reflections like dat. What products were used?

Products that were used :

1.Menzerna Super finish nano polish applied with Flex 3501 forced rotation dual action with white lake country polishing pad.
BLACKFIRE WET ICE OVER FIRE
2. Black fire Wet Diamond All Finish Paint Protection applied with Meguiar's dual action polisher with black meguiars finishing pad.
3. Black fire Midnight Sun Ivory Carnauba Paste Wax applied by hand.

Number of hours to complete the job- 8 1/2 hours

You should have seen the other car that i did.

[nemesis]

Nice finish by blackfire there. Would like to see it irl.
Did the wax have any darkening effect after the sealant? Or does it just have very good reflections but less depth than other waxes?
From the picture it looks really great though.

When my griot's polishes are finished I'll probably go with Menzerna.. but that depends also on how that blackfire SRC finishing polish and gloss enhancer I just got works out.
The griots polishes just take too long to produce ANY cut on euro finishes. Hoping the SRC is stronger, but still easy to control.

[Aaron 2NR]

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[K74T]

Looking good!

[nemesis]

Nice interior. Great new ride you got there.
Panoramic roof?

[r3iXmann]

damn.. i think that's the cleanest car i EVER saw

good stuff aaron

[S_2NR]

nice merc

[Stephon.]

Oh! MY! GOD!

[crazychinee]

this is the finished product...the detailed done by the firm for delivery wasnt up to par so Karim was called in the day after to apply a proper sealant and detail on the car

Detail from the firm? You hadda be a big sawateee.

The cyats take a cloth and pretend they 'polishing' my car before I took delivery. I had kareem do mines as well..the clay bar wasn't pretty at all..look like used toilet paper.

[Aaron 2NR]

Nice interior. Great new ride you got there.
Panoramic roof?

yep...only one with this interior locally...

[trvs]

Very nice Aaron and Karim. Making me miss my black car now


Gona try out the Hot Rims all wheel cleaner this weekend.

[Aaron 2NR]

thursday will get the hilux detailed...will post pics then

[Karim Khan]

Below is a pic of the Benz . To the centre is what the paint looked like before the paint correction. You can see the swirls . No good . To the left and right is what the paint look like after the paint correction. No swirls and in perfect condition.

[DSM_05]

Fantastic work K-Khan! Definitely something to admire

[nemesis]

Nice interior. Great new ride you got there.
Panoramic roof?

yep...only one with this interior locally...

Cool. One of my friends has one with the darkish red interior. Very good looking cars. Quiet and good ride quality too.

[crazychinee]

Nice interior. Great new ride you got there.
Panoramic roof?

yep...only one with this interior locally...

Cappuchino?

[Aaron 2NR]

mocha black

[Stephon.]

dad went WHS today and I told him to see if they had NXT, which I didn't expect them to have because everywhere else I've checked looked at me like I was crazy when I asked for it.

Anyways, hi.

[Bizzare]

Wow!! Sweet Mercedes.... Extremely clean !!!!
Can I borrow it for a day to check my ex?

[nemesis]

In future say next, not ex.

[shogun]

Karim, you're a boss. Looks like undisturbed water, it's so clean.

[Karim Khan]

Thank u very much man.

Here are some more pics

[S_2NR]

Karim, no wonder u take 8.5 hrs, look @ pics u does be takin..

[nemesis]

Hmm, was the foaming really necessary in a case like this?

Aaron lewwe know how that brake dust barrier works please. I've tried way too many things on wheels to just go experimenting again.

[Aaron 2NR]

ive washed the car twice since and the rims weren't that tough to clean but the brakes do give off a lot of dust...think this is the first vehicle ive owned that give off so much lol.....

car is still on the factory 18" wheels and with the brake upgrade there isn't much clearance to clean in inside area of the rim... *tote*

[Karim Khan]

Hmm, was the foaming really necessary in a case like this?

Aaron lewwe know how that brake dust barrier works please. I've tried way too many things on wheels to just go experimenting again.

Foam
Hey Nemesis, the foaming solution i used , was to gently "loosen" the existing wax and bonded contaminants. So in this case yes.

Brake Dust Barrier-
Euro cars = plenty brake dust. lol
The brake dust barrier is a rim sealant, it will not fully prevent the accumulation of brake dust on the rim, but it makes cleaning them much easier. You really have to try it to see the results.

[crazychinee]

Hmm, was the foaming really necessary in a case like this?

Aaron lewwe know how that brake dust barrier works please. I've tried way too many things on wheels to just go experimenting again.

http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/pro ... ing-4.html

guy did a nice review.Read page 1, and then I think jump to 3 for the results.