Insert Newbie Here - My 2005 Scion TC Pics

[otocan]

Hey everyone, my first post here, been a big reader on here for almost a year and quietly kept my car showroom clean - the autopia store is top notch 100% - I`ll try and get better and closeup pictures in the sunlight, but it`s raining constantly here, so it probably won`t be for a little while. These pictures were taken inbetween rains, if you look close at the driveway you can still see wet spots haha.



Here`s a list of my products:



Sonus green clay

p21s paintwork cleanser

KAIO+SG(x2)

p21S wax(x2)

Ultimate gloss detail spray

sonus tire gel



+a horde of other sonus/meguiars/ultimate products for washing and interior cleaning. I plan on stripping it clean and going back over it when the weather is better because I know there are some swirls hiding under there I can get to with my new incandescent light. I`m also planning on upgrading to an orbital, but I`m getting a little pride out of hand maintenance so far. That Mazda Tribute in the background just got handed to me as a work vehicle, and I don`t think it`s EVER been detailed... and it`s driving me crazy, but too much work for me to do both cars by hand... sooo.... :bigups - I also have higher rez pics if anyone knows a better host, the originals are 3600+ x 2400+ - but click to go bigger



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[otocan]

more pics:



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[awahl63]

I think your car may be wet still...nice job

[serge03]

looks like a nice place to take pictures! paint looks top notch.

[otocan]

well thanks, but you`d be surprised, it`s on part of the few acre plot my mother-in-law owns next door to her house, it`s flat for about an acre and drops down about 20ft to nothing but trees for a few more acres. I`d like to go to the lake in the area, and the old stone railroad tunnel... but pics`ll come soon :cool:

[Scottwax]

Very nice! Any mods planned for it?

[stilez]

Nice ride/work!





You may want to step up to some Menzerna Final Polish II on the PC to take out your light swirls. I think it would do wonders for that color.

[otocan]

Added the modifications to my Garage - check it out, lots of work done so far and my eyes keep getting bigger about what else I can do!

[Steve02SLT]

Just wondering what your luck has been with the Scion paint. We have a Nautical Blue tC, and it seems to get scratch marks from just looking at it. I`ve used scratchX with some luck, but some of the spots must have gotten hit pretty hard and are missing paint in like a 5mm circle :( Yours does look very nice though! Paint looks nice and wet :goodjob

[otocan]

My take on my TC`s paint, the clearcoat is fragile, and I do have some nasty rock chips in the bottom of my front bumper that go down to the primer, but because of the expansion primer they use on bumpers, I could expect that. I DO have a rock chip on the front of my hood and on my front quarter panel down to the primer as well, and that`s on metal. I`ve owned it for 1yr 9mo @ 18,000mi and I think 2 rock chips outside of the bumper cover is mighty fine.



I think it`s because of how crazy Toyota has been lately in the makeup of their paint and the harms against the enviornment. Bah.

[Atrocity79]

love these cars. nice job on it.