First detailing of my 350Z

[Pats300zx]

Looks awesome..is that the Track model???

[Aurora40]

Looks nice! What did you use on the tires? They have that nice clean black look that I like, not all shiny and unnatural.

Out of curiosity, why the 3 dawn washes? If it's for the Z regimine, you'd have wanted to do one of them after all the polishing.

[blkZ28Conv]

Originally posted by Pats300zx
Looks awesome..is that the Track model???

I believe the "Track" model has the dual piston Brembo brakes.

Gotta love BLACK when detailed to the extreme.


Great Job!!

[YIELAR]

Thanks guys ! Let me first say that I let the dealer wash and buff out some minor webbing within the first month I owned it. DOH ! So after using MPPC I wasn't happy so I tried #9 and still had a few areas I wasn' happy with. So I bumped her up to DACP and finally got the finish to where I was happy but had some slight hazing. I then used #9 followed by #81 which gave the finish a mirror like shine.
Yes 2hotford is correct the camera is a Powershot A70 which I bought just to take some pictures of the finished product. I plan to take it back in a couple of days as my Powershot S40 is getting fixed. ( Friend went swimming with it in his pocket while at Merritt Mountain Music Festival those who live in BC will recognize )
The tire treatment was done with Turtle wax's Wet N' Shine I think its called. I want to use the rest up before I go and spend more $$ on something better. I like the results they just don't last longer than maybe 2-3 weeks.
The car is a Canadian Performance model. It has every option except Navigation which I don't need living in Kelowna BC.
I only have another month before I have to put her to sleep for the winter so I'm hoping for great weather until then.



Yielar

[GoodnClean]

Great work! If I could drive a coupe, that'd be the one I'd drive.

[C-MDX]

Nice Z

[Deanski]

YIELAR,

GREAT WORK GUY!!

Good choice on the Z2 for the wheels as any other carnuba type does not last as wheels get HOT as hell!

See, all it took was, try this... nope, tray that.. nope, try this other method.. AHHH NOW WE'RE TALKIN'! DACP does work well if it breaks down, but I always keep moving down in polish till Hand Polish on a finish pad for that mirror shine!

Now, if you need more depth and wettnes, top with Souveran or CMW and really see how deep it gets! If you don't like the wax, strip with Megs APC+ @ 64:1 water/APC+. APC= is an all purpose cleaner for almost everything.

If you ever get some Megs Engine Kote, use that in the wheel wells after washed and dried as it keeps them black w/o picking up debris as other dressings. I also spray it all over the underside suspension. My SC still looks as if it rolled off the factory! Use 303 for the engine dressing, as EK can spatter and you get this milky looking bobs. Or, use a disposable foam paint brush. EK is really a floor wax.. smell it and you'll see what I mean!

For leather: zaino cleaner & "leather in a bottle" or 1z Lederpfedge for weekly keep-clean, then Leatherique once a month if needed.

If you have any coated wood trim in the inside, Z2 works well on that too! My birds eye maple just pops with the z2 on it!

Glad to know it came out well!

Get an Autopia CBT towel or a DFTowel for QD work. Softest towels you can get PERIOD! And, get some Megs FD or Clearkote QS for day-to-day QD to save the Z6 for those special outings!

Regards,
Deanski