Lok's eXtreme car detailing (my own Camaro)
 

Been driving my Camaro for 10 months and I've decided to do a complete detail job on my own.
So, I've spent my last 5 days doing some eXtreme detailing with my Camaro 1LT.


Wash:
Meguiar's Gold Class Car Wash Shampoo
Autoglym Custom Wheels Cleaner
Mother's Clay bar

Polish:
Meguiar's Heavy Cut Cleaner
Meguiar's Fine Cut Cleaner
Meguiar's Swirl Remover 2.0

Wax/Sealant:
Bilt Hamber Auto Balm
Autoglym HD Wax
Armor All Wheel Sealant

Other:
Autoglym Vinyl and Rubber conditioner
Mother's Metal Polish
Meguiar's Ultimate Quick Detailer
Meguiar's NXT Insane Shine Tire Spray
Porter Cable 7424XP Polisher
LC Pads
500W x 2 work light
work stool
masking tape
lots of microfiber cloths


Pics:
masking
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See the scratches and swirls?
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All gone ! :)
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Polished, before applying wax (this is where all the shine should come from)
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Exhaust tips polished!
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Reflection shots:
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Detail shots:
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Inferno Orange Metallic:
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Water beading test (results: water beads like crazy !! lol)
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Your car looks amazing,

Why the tape? Will the material being used "attack" the black plastic and rubber trim?

WOW I thought I was the only one around here that doesn't use Adams or Zaino. Looks awesome. You did a excellent job.

Quick question have you tried Mequires 105 and 205 it might have saved you a step on the polish. All in all looks awesome though. I am waiting on some products to get started on mine.

That looks great man! Phenomenal job. My Adams's "Junkman" kit, and a few other things will be arriving sometime next week. Can't wait to get started to get mine looking like that! Looks fantastic.

Lookin' good... that IOM looks great up close!

Is that a little water spot on the top of the front bowtie?? Tsk tsk.. ;)

Looks awesome man! How do you go about polishing your exhaust tips? That's something I still don't have a clue how to do properly.

Any metal polish and a rotary buffing ball... I used to have a flitz buff ball, but I can't find it since I moved... Just attach to a drill and polish away...

Flitz Ball Combo

I think I'm going to order Chemical Guy's power ball instead this time.. Its 1/2 the price... But I'm trying to convince myself not to, because if its as bad as their 50% of their products, I should just spend the extra money now.

Looking good. Good idea with the painters tape.

would u come to nj and do my yellow one please ??????

Yeah.. I missed that water spot on the bowtie... I'm gonna kill myself !! lol


I use a terry cloth and a little metal polish for the exhaust tip... the stains were pretty easy to take off with the metal polish.

I would love to, but you live too far. :rolleyes:

wax can stick to the rubber / plastic trims and they are hard to remove once the wax dries. Tape won't harm the plastic.

so i guess Dubai is waaay outa the question :iono::rolleyes:

If you can offer me a full-time job, I wouldn't mind coming over to NJ or Dubai :drinking: