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Old 06-24-06, 10:14   #1 (permalink)
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03' Nissan Maxima - Metallic Gray
I detailed my friends WRX STI last week and he referred a couple people that he knows to me who wanted their cars detailed. This car is one of them. It's an 03 with about 30K miles on the clock. Car was in pretty good shape overall. It had some light to medium scratches and lots of fallout on the paint. He specifically asked me to use Zaino on it.

My process:

Washed exterior & cleaned engine compartment

Clayed exterior with Opti-Clay

Re-washed exterior

Buffed complete exterior with Hyper Compound using a foam cutting pad

Buffed complete exterior with Optimum Polish using a foam finishing pad

Wiped down complete exterior with water/alcohol solution

Zaino Z2 Pro (ZFX'd) x3 by hand

Dressed tires & wheel wells with Super Blue Dressing
 
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Old 06-24-06, 10:15   #2 (permalink)
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Old 06-24-06, 10:25   #3 (permalink)
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Looking absolutely fantastic!!

Lovely glossy shine and the flake is alive. Great!
 
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Old 06-24-06, 10:40   #4 (permalink)
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OoOoo wet and flakey. MmMm. i thought those were 04 maximas?
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Old 06-24-06, 11:11   #5 (permalink)
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Rick,

That looks fabulous. You captured a lot of the gloss and wetness I experience with Zaino Z-2 Pro on my metallic silver. I sent you a PM a while back asking what camera you use. My current camera is not doing well at capturing the paint appearance well.
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Old 06-24-06, 11:49   #6 (permalink)
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Looks fantastic!
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Old 06-24-06, 11:56   #7 (permalink)
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Defintely a 6th gen Maxima, 2004 was the first year, I like that color, you really highlighted the flakes.
 
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Old 06-24-06, 12:20   #8 (permalink)
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Looks better than showroom new!
Nice job!
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Old 06-24-06, 12:35   #9 (permalink)
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I guess the car is a 2004. My bad.

Silver Lexus- I will get you the make and model # of the camera on Monday. Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner.
 
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Old 06-24-06, 01:25   #11 (permalink)
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wow thats some flakes u got there.
Yup, thats a '04 alright. I would also like to know what camera are you using?
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Old 06-24-06, 04:12   #12 (permalink)
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Beautiful, Rick! The paint looks very wet and the metallic is popping like crazy!
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