Audis or VWs 4Life

Either way drove about 100 miles in the last 24 hours since the great cleaning. Other then dusting it off, it just looks unreal. It was worth the 6-7 hours I spent doing this. It could use another coat of wax just to really seal it in well, but its a pretty tiring exercise.

I washed, then used meguiars clay bar. It took close to two hours to clay bar the car.
<img src="http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/autopia_1927_3305320">

Washed it again, to get any residuals off. Then used meguiars 3 step system.

Step 1 is the Deep Crystal Paint Cleaner which removed light swirls and preps for step 2 and wax.
<img src="http://www.vertar.com/media/meguiars-step-1-cleaner_4_1.jpg">


Step 2 is deep crystal polish.
<img src="http://www.overclockers.co.uk/pimg/LS-009-MG_200.jpg">

At this point Brian took a ride with me to hear my exhaust and mentioned that car already looked wax after the second step. I didn't finish until dark :-(

I skipped step 3 and went with Zymol wax instead of meguiars wax.
<img src="http://www.pistonheads.com/pics/reviews/246-1.jpg">


Here are the results:
<img src="http://images17.fotki.com/v313/photos/6/673374/2704427/DSCN4351-vi.jpg">

<img src="http://images20.fotki.com/v368/photos/6/673374/2704427/DSCN4352-vi.jpg">

<img src="http://images14.fotki.com/v371/photos/6/673374/2704427/DSCN4356-vi.jpg">

<img src="http://images14.fotki.com/v371/photos/6/673374/2704427/DSCN4357-vi.jpg">

<img src="http://images17.fotki.com/v313/photos/6/673374/2704427/DSCN4358-vi.jpg">

<img src="http://images20.fotki.com/v373/photos/6/673374/2704427/DSCN4360-vi.jpg">

<img src="http://images14.fotki.com/v370/photos/6/673374/2704427/DSCN4361-vi.jpg">

<img src="http://images14.fotki.com/v371/photos/6/673374/2704427/DSCN4363-vi.jpg">

<img src="http://images20.fotki.com/v367/photos/6/673374/2704427/DSCN4365-vi.jpg">

<img src="http://images20.fotki.com/v366/photos/6/673374/2704427/DSCN4366-vi.jpg">

<img src="http://images14.fotki.com/v371/photos/6/673374/2704427/DSCN4360-vi.jpg">

The last link is to a super high res pic. Those of you with high speed will appreciate. You can see the twigs of a tree in the reflection off the hood. :-)

BrianG could probably speak to the look before the wax....<ul><li><a href="http://www.dapracomputing.com/DSCN4354.JPG">high res shot of the hood reflection....</a></li></ul>

Audi Advocate

<center><img src="http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i91/AudiAdvocate/101_0119.jpg"></center><p>I've never used Zymol myself - Meguiars is always the first choice - shown here - is Zymol worth the $$?

p.s. - don't forget the Tire dressing!

Cheers

Audis or VWs 4Life

If you've heard Paul Dalton, he is that guy that charges 10k in england to clean up supercars, thats actually his wax of choice.

Zymol Royale is that really rare wax of choice that he uses....<ul><li><a href="http://thecarmudgeon.blogspot.com/2006/11/wash-and-wax-sir.html">http://thecarmudgeon.blogspot.com/2006/11/wash-and-wax-sir.html</a</li></ul>

S4iner

Apricot Poodle? How long the tread on those Blizzaks last you?

BrianG

And if you ran your hand over the paint, it felt very smooth as if there were a couple coats of wax already. The clay bar really seemed to do the trick. I couldn't stick around to see the results of waxing, but I'm sure it was amazing.

Thanks for the ride to check out the exhaust. I'm going to be very happy with the AWE NR...

See you around town...

Audis or VWs 4Life

I have no clue I just put them on...

NJRickD

this will be my 3rd season with them and they still look practically new

Audi Advocate

Man I thought I was obsessive - brilliant article - thanks!