My WRX After Poorboys Polish and EX

[JayC]

Hopefully these photos aren`t too large and don`t blow up the forums.



Below are some photos of my WRX after giving it the Poorboys treatment. I had previously been using Zaino Z2 with ZFX but I wanted to try something new. I went back and forth reading all the good info here and changed my mind 2 or 3 times before finally settling on Poorboys.



Here`s what I did in the order I did it.



Washed the entire car using PB`s Spray and Wipe. I was a little apprehensive of this step but Steve assured me that I`d be pleased with the results. The stuff did work as advertised.



Clayed all the horizontal surfaces and some problem spots on the doors/rear quarters with Mother`s Clay Bar. My car had some "rail rust" that got left on it by the "detailers" at the dealers. I`ve been claying it to get rid of it every time I find a spot of it.



Applied PB`s Polish with Carnuba



Removed with MF towel and applied a coat of PB`s EX.



Removed the EX and waited 24 hours and applied another coat of EX with a buffer.



Removed that with a MF towel. I`d also like to say that the EX is like night and day when done by hand and with a buffer. Much less residue with the buffer but that probably goes without saying.



Here`s the photos and I apologize for those who are broadband challenged. Please ignore the neglected CRV in the photos :)







http://ctrl-alt-l33t.com/pics/wrx/wrx1.jpg



http://ctrl-alt-l33t.com/pics/wrx/wrx2.jpg



http://ctrl-alt-l33t.com/pics/wrx/wrx4.jpg



http://ctrl-alt-l33t.com/pics/wrx/wrx5.jpg



http://ctrl-alt-l33t.com/pics/wrx/wrx6.jpg



http://ctrl-alt-l33t.com/pics/wrx/wrx7.jpg



http://ctrl-alt-l33t.com/pics/wrx/wrx8.jpg



I`m pretty happy with the results. It`s hard to get yellow to do much of anything but I do think that the PB`s stuff has a deeper shine than the Zaino stuff I was using before.



Granted I`m a mere wannabe compared to some of the jedi master detailers around here and there probably are more effective ways to accomplish what I did but I`m happy with the overall results.



My next project is going to be to tackle the CRV but I`m probably going to have to work it a little harder to get rid of some swirl marks.



Jay



Jay Carter

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www.MeanKidsRacing.Com

[disasnguy]

that yellow looks great. usually the WRX yellows look very bland to me. but you managed to make the yellow really "alive". <thumbs up>

[Scottwax]

Now that my dial-up modem has stopped smoking....:p



(btw, you can get a great free image optimizer at www.xat.com that would easily cut the file size of those pics by 2/3rds with no loss in quality).



That is one of the wettest yellows I`ve seen!

[JayC]

Resampled the images down by about 50% so hopefully people`s modems will stop smoking :)

[Blue-Sun]

sweet WRX man. . .not that I`d know anything about those cars :lol:



I like that yellow in you`re pics. as mentioned above, the yellow isn`t the greatest shade of yellow available (slaps subaru`s colorist across the face)



Looks nice!