`02 Pontiac WS6 Trans Am detail (ZPC and Z-8 review)

[1 Clean WS6]

Hey all!!

My good friend Woody brought over his beautiful `02 WS6 yesterday for us to "play" with and try out some new Zaino products. The car is his daily driver and has about 45K on the odo. It had never been deep polished (aside from a few areas on the hood) but is garaged and well kept.

Our process for the detail was as follows:

Drink beer and eat pizza. Finally actually start detailing the car around 5 or 6 pm.

Wash with Z-7.

Clay with Z-18 using Z-6 as a lube. The clay revealed absolutely zero contaminants with Woody and I doing this step more to strip the paint of any leftover products than anything else.

Polish with Zaino`s ZPC Fusion using Meg`s 8006 pad`s and our PC`s set on 5 - 6. My initial impressions of this polish is that it is a fairly aggressive product. I would equate its cutting power and work time to Menzerna IP or SSR 2.5. It dusts a fair amount but is not excessive and spreads evenly with little effort. I quickly learned that just when you think the product is completely broken down...it`s not...and requires a few slow final passes on each section at speed 6 with minimal pressure. What I really loved about the ZPC is what it finished down to...a beautiful high gloss shine that was free of any haze and ready for a LSP. It was like using an aggressive polish in its initial cut but ended up finishing down like a final polish. It smells scrumptious to boot.

Wipe down car with Z-6.

Apply 3-coats of ZFX`d Z-5 with a coat of Z-8 in between each layer. Z-8 is an absolutely wonderful product. It works very much like Z-6...it`s a bit thick...but leaves a totally different finish. I noticed it was MUCH slicker than Z-6 as I wiped each panel down. The thing that got me is the amount of depth the Z-8 added to the black paint...something I am not accustomed to when using Zaino products. The look of the product reminded me very much of what applying Crystal Mist does to dark colors...enhanced gloss and depth.

Below are some pics of the detail and the pretty cool sight of two WS6 Trans Am`s parked in my garage!! I apologize for the poor quality of the pics. I did not want to use the flash because it would wash out the detail and I was obviously shaking during the exposure. I`ll get a tri-pod one of these days...

Enjoy,
Mike

[1 Clean WS6]

[1 Clean WS6]

Last ones...



My boy Samson standing guard and keeping Woody and I company...

[mtodde]

Nice job & review Mike. What did you do with the Vette while her spot was "occupied"?

[AZ Ferrari Man]

Hey, love the Car! Where did you get that red air compressor, that is the perfect size! Also what would you say the work in time was for the Polish on each panel?

Andrew

[Miami_Sunset]

very nice job. I envy your collection

[Boozman]

Nice job

[91LSMAN]

Nice work-very wet looking!!!

[jaybs02]

Nice job and nice review.
Love the last shot (the hood, not the doggie)

"J"

[1 Clean WS6]

THANKS all for the kind words!

Todd she`s parked in one of the bays of my wife`s house...I booted her Civic into the driveway. :biggrin:

Andrew my wife bought that compressor for me for Christmas about a year ago...I think she got it at the Home Depot. My guesstimate is that each panel took between 5-10 minutes to polish.

[G35stilez]

Looks great Mike! (the rods, `rage, and pup )


I found very different findings via rotary...as I should though, I guess.

[DARKSTI]

looks great! i also love Z8/ZPC, i tried the ZPC on my white mustang that had swirls galore and it took 98% of them out and was ready for some z5.

[SilverLexus]

I don`t know Mike...moving the Vette. Wouldn`t that add something to the odometer? At this rate you might break 500 miles by like 2007.

Cars look great.