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Old 05-05-07, 04:35   #1 (permalink)
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Black Land Cruiser with Pinnacle XMT 360

I'm out of BMW's to do until the end of May, so I took on a driveway detail of a Black Toyota Land Cruiser. Lot's of swirls and the interior was a disaster (the owner has 3 small boys that use the Cruiser for formal dining).

I used Meguiar's #83 and their 8006 pad for swirl removel with the Metabo. Following that, I used the Pinnacle XMT 360 with a finish pad and buffed until no haze was left (that's the directions). The 360 is a great 1-step product and all that is required is a little Quick Detailer and a microfiber to finish up.

Here's some before's and after's

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After 83 application on the fender



After XMT 360 on the fender (nice outcome for a driveway detail)



Overall shot of the finished Land Cruiser



Closeup hood shot after XMT 360



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Re: Black Land Cruiser with Pinnacle XMT 360



That reflection is awesome!!! Great job as always Richard!
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Re: Black Land Cruiser with Pinnacle XMT 360

Nice work, swirl free and very wet looking.
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What an improvement! Looks better than new. Nice turnaround.
 
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Re: Black Land Cruiser with Pinnacle XMT 360

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Nice work, swirl free and very wet looking.
Thanks Scott! Coming from you, that's the highest compliment I could ever get! Doing this vehicle renewed my appreciation for all those detailers that do on-site work. I've done 3 vehicles with XMT360 and 2 of them are daily drivers. The owners are going to give me an update on the 360 durability in a week or so. Kansas is having lots of wet weather (and bad tornados), so it should be a "real world" durability test.

What really astounded me was working the product until the haze disappeared and that being the final step. I really didn't even need to go over the car with an mf towel (old habits I guess).

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I have to agree with you...I have been an XMT user for a few months now, and it really is a wonderful product.
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Re: Black Land Cruiser with Pinnacle XMT 360

Wow, look at how that thing shines! Looks very nice indeed.

I really need to get some 360, everybody has had nothing but good things to say about it, and the results are simply stunning.
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