G35stilez
Ari Gold
I'd like to thank Craigster and groebuck for there generous donations of Flitz Metal Polish, Z2, Z5, Z1, Z16, and ZFX. They proved to be quite successful today. 
Today was beautiful! Very sunny out and a touch brisk but I made the best of it. Got started a little before lunch time due to a belated birthday party extravaganza last night ... I S+W'd, then inspected the surface.
Clay was not needed as all of the panels were very smooth. I started with the windows and Autoglym Glass Polish. This polish claimed to lift deep down grime leaving my windows very clear. The polish went on and off very easily with a terry applicator and MF towel to remove. It left the glass very smooth and definately lifted anything that was on/in the glass, out. I ended up using Zaino Z5 x 3 on the glass to experiment, but I will get to Zaino in a bit.
On to the rims, tires, and wells. I repainted my rims flat black over Thanksgiving and just hated how flat they looked. Thanks to 69GTOJudge's tip at the Poorboy's Meet back in August, I used a tire dressing to make the black of the rims, uniform with the tires. For this, I used Zaino Z16 x 2. I ended up doing the same on the tires and wells. Z16 left a nice low-medium gloss sheen and a little goes a LONG way. I will post back durability once a rainstorm hits.
For the exhaust, I used Flitz Metal Polish. This stuff is REDICULOUS. Its has the consistency of a car polish and works in very easily. I used it with #0000 Steel Wool in some areas to remove tar and such. In short, I have used many different kinds of metal/aluminum polishes in the past on this exhaust and I haven't receieved such reflectivity than with Flitz. When I do some more testing, I will give it a formal review.
For the paint, I had some light marring throughout the finish...Gotta love Honda clearcoats ...I used my trusty Makita Rotary and LC Polishing Pad @1500 rpm using Menzerna PO85RD polish. This did an exceptional job of removing the defects and leaving a swirl free shine. Following, I applied Klasse AIO with a Sonus MF applicator and removed with a Pakshak Ultra Fine MF. The surface was ready for Zaino! Mixed up about an ounce of Z5 and 5 drops of ZFX. I ended up doing 3 consecutive THIN coats in under 90 mins. Zaino goes on quite easy and THIN coats is the key. It dried up for me in about 10-15 mins and came off rather easy with an Adam's MF. Coat 1 and 2 I really noticed a whole new meaning to the world "BLING"...The surface was very bright and picked up every ounce of light leaving an extremely glossy finish. With the 3rd coat I noticed the biggest gain in slickness. When done, it felt almost as slick as UPP. Anyways, thus far, I am very happy with the Z. Tomorrow I will use ZFX and Z2 x 3 and I should be good for winter
Oh yeah, winter trim consists of:
-Swapped back to original bumpers and skirts
-Grillcraft grille and PIAA fogs on the front bumper
-Flat black stock wheels with All Season Dunlops
-Black Widow Spoiler Removed
For the pics:
Enjoy!
Today was beautiful! Very sunny out and a touch brisk but I made the best of it. Got started a little before lunch time due to a belated birthday party extravaganza last night
... I S+W'd, then inspected the surface.Clay was not needed as all of the panels were very smooth. I started with the windows and Autoglym Glass Polish. This polish claimed to lift deep down grime leaving my windows very clear. The polish went on and off very easily with a terry applicator and MF towel to remove. It left the glass very smooth and definately lifted anything that was on/in the glass, out. I ended up using Zaino Z5 x 3 on the glass to experiment, but I will get to Zaino in a bit.
On to the rims, tires, and wells. I repainted my rims flat black over Thanksgiving and just hated how flat they looked. Thanks to 69GTOJudge's tip at the Poorboy's Meet back in August, I used a tire dressing to make the black of the rims, uniform with the tires. For this, I used Zaino Z16 x 2. I ended up doing the same on the tires and wells. Z16 left a nice low-medium gloss sheen and a little goes a LONG way. I will post back durability once a rainstorm hits.
For the exhaust, I used Flitz Metal Polish. This stuff is REDICULOUS. Its has the consistency of a car polish and works in very easily. I used it with #0000 Steel Wool in some areas to remove tar and such. In short, I have used many different kinds of metal/aluminum polishes in the past on this exhaust and I haven't receieved such reflectivity than with Flitz. When I do some more testing, I will give it a formal review.
For the paint, I had some light marring throughout the finish...Gotta love Honda clearcoats
...I used my trusty Makita Rotary and LC Polishing Pad @1500 rpm using Menzerna PO85RD polish. This did an exceptional job of removing the defects and leaving a swirl free shine. Following, I applied Klasse AIO with a Sonus MF applicator and removed with a Pakshak Ultra Fine MF. The surface was ready for Zaino! Mixed up about an ounce of Z5 and 5 drops of ZFX. I ended up doing 3 consecutive THIN coats in under 90 mins. Zaino goes on quite easy and THIN coats is the key. It dried up for me in about 10-15 mins and came off rather easy with an Adam's MF. Coat 1 and 2 I really noticed a whole new meaning to the world "BLING"...The surface was very bright and picked up every ounce of light leaving an extremely glossy finish. With the 3rd coat I noticed the biggest gain in slickness. When done, it felt almost as slick as UPP. Anyways, thus far, I am very happy with the Z. Tomorrow I will use ZFX and Z2 x 3 and I should be good for winter Oh yeah, winter trim consists of:
-Swapped back to original bumpers and skirts
-Grillcraft grille and PIAA fogs on the front bumper
-Flat black stock wheels with All Season Dunlops
-Black Widow Spoiler Removed
For the pics:
Enjoy!
- did you ever get your PDA?
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