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    eclipse

    So i havent posted in a while since i havent been able to detail due to moving. So today i finnaly got some time to work on a car, i scheduled the guy who did my web site 9 (i would do his car if he did my site.. i thought it was a good trade).
    So its a perlecent orange eclipse, its a cool little car.

    Proccess:

    Spray down with p21 total auto wash
    P21s wheel cleaner (left on while washed car, all the grime came right off)
    Filled the bucket with water and added qew
    QEW`d the whole car
    QEW wheels and wells
    Dried
    Clayed using poli-clay, it wasnt strong enough so i moved onto VW clay (its not aggresive but a little more then poly clay).
    Wipe off clay lube
    Zymol HD-Cleanse the whole car (reminded me to do a review)
    cleaned windows
    applied VW concoours wax (man i love this wax)via foam appicator pad.

    Then idid the inside, it was a basic detail, nothing special so i didint get any pics.

    Here is the car before hand. it was nice and dirty, gota love calgary streets





    Heres the pre wash and wheel with cleaner





    After the wash



    me on the pre-wash, its in the wrong order but oh well





    and in the next post the finals... i didnt bother taking pics of each step but i did get a few throughout.
    06 Nissan Altima 3.5SE

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    Re: eclipse

    Welcome back and next time wait for the car to get dirty
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    Re: eclipse

    Here are a whole bunch of after shots, i hope you like them.. there are non of the back since i didnt want to show his plate. .so here they are















    any comments or questions would be greatly appricated. Thnkx


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    Re: eclipse

    Quote Originally Posted by Beemerboy
    Welcome back and next time wait for the car to get dirty
    haha thanks, and i decided i didnt want the car to get to dirty or it would be to muich work. I thinik nex time i will late untill theres an inch cake on it
    06 Nissan Altima 3.5SE

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    Re: eclipse

    Great job on that Eclipse! Maybe the owner will come back for another detail after he`s seen what his finish is supposed to look like. It`s a shame that he let that nice paint get so dirty.
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    Re: eclipse

    Nice job Calgary, I`m sure that the owner is real happy with the way it come out, but from the looks of the snow and all, it don`t look like it`ll stay that way too long

    Side note:
    Hope that you and your brother are all settled in in your new place.

    "J"

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    Re: eclipse

    Thanks everyone.. and the owner dosent mornaly let it get that bad but he knew it was comming in so he let it go. Also the roads have been bad laltley, thats a day of driving here.
    And Jay we are working on it.. there is still alot in boxes, heck i dont even know where all my detailing stuff is.. but thank you the thoughts are appricated
    06 Nissan Altima 3.5SE

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    Re: eclipse

    Looks pretty good!

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    Re: eclipse

    Real nice..the 5th pic looks like the car is glowing..it wasn`t too dirty




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    Re: eclipse

    The whole process looks good. You sure have some shimmering pictures. The winter snow makes for some bright pictures.

    I feel for the owner of that vehicle when he has to go to driving in Calgary streets. Within blocks it is polluted again. At least it is protected.
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    Re: eclipse

    Haven`t seen(heard from) you in a bit! Very nice start. VW seems to have a competitive color range.

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    Re: eclipse

    Excellent job. I love dramatic befores and afters.

 

 

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