SK2K

If i look hard enough i can probably find out by trawling through S2Ki.. but could u guys sum up what you use to:

1) wash the car
2) maintain the roof colour and protecting it
3) blacken the tyres to get a wet look
4) interior leather maintenance
5) other car car products eg. clay bars?, waxes?, polishes?, etc.

Thanks

hotchoc4

i use a leather chamoy to dry, eagle one wash and wax to wash the car, turtle wax spray on polish, eagle one tire gel for the wet look, BMW leather replenisher/protectant for the leather, and Honda plastic cleaner for the rear windscreen.

RedRover

https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=226261

https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showforum=15

CostaK

1) Meguiars NXT wash although I like Sonax Gloss Shampoo as well
2) I wash the roof with the regular car wash and maintain and protect it with 303 Aerospace protectant
3) Poorboys "bold and bright". You can now get this in Australia from a few specialist websites (about 1 year ago I ordered it from the US). Also like Meguiars Endurance Hi Gloss
4) Swissol Leather Cleaner and Conditioner - this is a bit over the top price wise but I have the light tan leather so I want to protect it as best I can
5) I use 3M clay, Meguiars #80 speed glaze (swirl remover), Clear Kote Vanilla Moose, NXT and S100 wax or Pinnacle Souveran.

I also like Eagle A to Z wheel cleaner although I dont find the s2000 wheels to be that much of a pain to clean (particularly when compared to Euro cars).

Some pics of the finished products and combinations can be found here:

http://autopia.org/gallery/showgallery.php...00&ppuser=15539

I also use a machine to help polish - mainly to break down the speed glaze and speed up the process.

SK2K

the speed glaze?? where is the best place to buy that... i also got a motorized buffer.. cost like $30 at kmart.. didnt know they were that cheap.

i got a black s2k and i got heaps of swirls.. is this the best way to get rid of them??

pcs2k

I use clay bar that comes with zaino kit and it leaves the car super smooth, never ever had any of my cars feeling as smooth as after using clay bar. I use the clay bar every 6 months to get rid of grid from my car.

I also use plextor to clean my plastic rear window. Its also very good, it is the same thing they use to clean plastic in Planes.

here are results from using Zaino polish. Take it from me, without doubt it is the best polish in the world

I generally try not to blacken the tyres, it generally looks fake and when it gets wet it sprays black specs back onto the body panel but I do use it sparingly

Here are sample pics.

Perry

Austblue

Good job Perry she's looking good

dbzerk

That looks hot as!

Nice work Perry!

joefish1298

I used Polyglaze solar warrior on my roof and it came up amazing! Deep and black and shiny like new. Not sure about the durability of the coating, will have to wait and see.

I used meguirs plastic cleaner and meguirs plastic polish on my rear window and that came up great.

dbzerk

Do you find that when it rains, the rain makes it run all over the glass??