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    that's alot of shine carbonxe! what did you use? claybar+wet sand?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tinywagon View Post
    that's alot of shine carbonxe! what did you use? claybar+wet sand?
    That picture is actually over exposed a bit, and causing the reflection to look washed out. I washed the car, clayed it, used paint cleaner, polish, cleaner wax, then used meguiars Color X to restore the color, then polished and waxed the car again. Took a long ass time, but it was worth it.

    Here's the before and after of the hood, which was the worst area. The dark blotch on the bottom left of the first pic is where it was still wet.



    It's my beater car and it has VTEK, therefore it's uber fast.

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    nice work
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    Haha, nice stripes.

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    Speedette's idea


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    Quote Originally Posted by CarbonXe View Post
    Haha, nice stripes.
    Meh

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    No. In fact I liked it so much I've painter's taped the entire car on a permanent basis. No more rock chips!

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    Quote Originally Posted by brfatal View Post
    Speedette's idea



    want more pics
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    After spending the whole day waxing my car


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    ^Nice, I never get mine that good.


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