Subaru Day (Legacy GT Wagon & WRX)

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Well, a friend recently got a nice dark blue 05 Legacy GT 2.5 wagon and I noted the moderate dealer-installed swirls and told him that the coat of #26 he put on, while nice, could be done better. Nice car, pretty quick. Diggin' it.



He shows up today and says his friend will be coming by later to get his car done, too... Another 2-week old Subaru. 05 Silver WRX. Love the interior. Didn't need a detailing, but it looks and fits great.



Everyone with the new cars! (I have a 750Li and 545i lined up next week)



The Wagon

Dawn wash (i know, i know... ISO wouldn't strip the wax effectively)



DP Gel wheel cleaner - wheels

DP exterior surface cleaner - wells & tires



Wheels took about an hour. This guy is hard on these for only 500 miles!!



Spot clay. Not in bad shape at all.

Clay like mad - water spots on top surfaces (GRRR)

SSR2.5/Sonus Orange/6 to remove hood swirls and scratches

AIO/Sonus Green/4.5 to remove light swirls on entire car

AIO on plastic bits by hand

SG (man, i gotta learn how to put this on thinner!)

P21S topcoat (mmm, deep!)

303 on wells and tires

NevrDull on tips and mufflers

Stoners IG on glass



Damned process and water spots had me all messed up. Took WAY too long, but it was a whole shade deeper and even better looking than it was to begin with. He was very happy.



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The WRX

Z7 Wash

wipe down wheels and wells, very clean

clay top surfaces w/QD and some rocker panel areas

spot AIO some tar and dealer-left plastic protective coating glue (?)

--- clay wouldn't touch the glue, AIO took it right off! ---

2x Z2pro+ZFX / Z8

(including plastic trim, emblems, lamps, glass)

AIO wheels

Meg's Endurance Tire Gel

ArmorAll wheel wells

NevrDull exhaust tip + muffler



Far fewer swirls on this silver beast, even when trying to find them - I decided to skip any machine action and go right to LSP. The car absolutely glowed, dripping wet and metallic popping like nobody's business. The dealer and owner hadn't put anything on the car, so it was a clean slate (minus the contaminants). Nice and easy, just time consuming... It was late by now, but I hope to get some daylight photos... Only one here.



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Thanks!

- Chris
 
I love that last shot of the blue fleck. Nice lookin' car. Great job on getting rid of the swirls. Those sunshots are very unforgiving, and your attention to detail is obvious.
 
Excellent work! :up



Question - Did you like the interior on both cars of only the WRX's? Last time I looked I wasn't too impressed. (when the WRX first came out)
 
Since the server switch-over I've not been able to log in, but I'm back. Sorry for reviving this dead horse, but I liked the interior on both cars, the interior on the WRX I particularly liked (the fabric weave on the seats, especially). Liked it so much, I bought one last week! :D
 
Nice, dude, I'm probably the biggest scoobie fan on the forum...nice to see some on here finally. Try and get some more shots of the WRX. Looks excellent bro.
 
Corey Bit Spank said:
Really nice but I really question the point of a dawn wash if you are going to be polishing anyway. :)
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Yeah, I hear you there. There was a pretty good layer of #26 on there and I thought, since I'm going to wash it anyway, might as well do what I can to get as much off before it comes to polishing. And the polish was just with AIO/Sonus Green, with the exception of the hood (which got a little more aggressive).



I haven't seen the silver WRX since I did the car, unfortunately, or I'd have more pix. He and the Legacy are getting the Cobb AP soon, so I'll probably see then when they get those. I'll get some pix then.



I'm about to head out and take some pix of my newly Z'd (2nd set of layers) WRX so I'll post those up too :)



Thanks!
 
animes2k said:
He and the Legacy are getting the Cobb AP soon, so I'll probably see then when they get those. I'll get some pix then.
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They won't regret getting the Access Port. I started with Cobb's Stage 2 flash, and have since upgraded my turbo, injectors, and exhaust and moved on to the VF-34 map (often called Stage 2.5). Estimates based on Cobb's dyno results are that my little 4-banger is now cranking out around 320 hp. :D



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