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Rickrack
06-24-2006, 11:14 AM
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



http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y296/rickrack/More%20cars/Maxima001.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y296/rickrack/More%20cars/Maxima002.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y296/rickrack/More%20cars/Maxima003.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y296/rickrack/More%20cars/Maxima004.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y296/rickrack/More%20cars/Maxima005.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y296/rickrack/More%20cars/Maxima006.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y296/rickrack/More%20cars/Maxima007.jpg
Rickrack
06-24-2006, 11:15 AM
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y296/rickrack/More%20cars/Maxima008.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y296/rickrack/More%20cars/Maxima010.jpg
imported_Dave KG
06-24-2006, 11:25 AM
Looking absolutely fantastic!! :drool:



Lovely glossy shine and the flake is alive. Great!
SayNoToPistons
06-24-2006, 11:40 AM
OoOoo wet and flakey. MmMm. i thought those were 04 maximas?
SilverLexus
06-24-2006, 12:11 PM
Rick,



That looks fabulous. :bow 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.
ZaneO
06-24-2006, 12:49 PM
Bla-dowww :drool:



Looks fantastic!
mdsmithers
06-24-2006, 12:56 PM
Defintely a 6th gen Maxima, 2004 was the first year, I like that color, you really highlighted the flakes.
GrayHawk
06-24-2006, 01:20 PM
Looks better than showroom new!

Nice job!
Rickrack
06-24-2006, 01:35 PM
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.
djfergi
06-24-2006, 02:21 PM
Beautiful Work :bow Check your PMs
klnyc
06-24-2006, 02:25 PM
wow thats some flakes u got there. :cool:

Yup, thats a `04 alright. I would also like to know what camera are you using?
Scottwax
06-24-2006, 05:12 PM
Beautiful, Rick! The paint looks very wet and the metallic is popping like crazy!
imported_Amused
06-24-2006, 05:24 PM
Flaky = Good

Looks great!