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AutoConcierge: 2008 F430 Spyder

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Old 11-14-2008, 08:24 PM
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Default AutoConcierge: 2008 F430 Spyder

This was basically a new car prep, hardly any miles on it. Just a quick one step, and some spot compounding took care of the work. And we topped her off JUST right..

Exterior:

CWG via Foam Cannon

Wheels/Wheel wells:
P&S Brake Buster
P&S EnviroClean
P&S Spray it Spray wax/detail spray
P&S Nat.Shine Tire Shine
Wheel Shmitt
Various brushes

Polishing:
M105 via Makita+orange pad on Convertible top cover (wet sanding scratches)
Ultrafina via Makita+blaack pad " "
Gloss-It One Step Machine Polish via Flex/Glazing pad for the rest of the car

Interior:
P&S Express Interior Cleaner
CG WMF
Gloss-it leather polish

LSP:
CG E-Zyme wax

Befores:
Unfortunately none . It was early morning and the sun was still behind the trees when we started washing/claying.

During (foam cannon):





After claying, only minor hologramming was showing. I couldn't get ANY pics of the slight micromaring as they only would show in the sun, and when I remembered to pull the camera back out, the owner had already pulled the car in. I got one good picture of the hologramming that was occurring, but the rest the silver hid from my camera flash, and the camera wouldn't pick up what the halogens were showing . Hologram:



Slight hologram above my finger:



Bob spot compounding the convertible cover with 3" pads. Never seen that on a rotary, right?! :





Staging the wax:



Afters:





















As always, C/C Welcome!

Aaron
Old 11-14-2008, 11:03 PM
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Is the e-zyme really as good as everyones making it? Ive heard tons of good reviews. I use their 5050 and its awesome for the price.

Please tell me have gave you a ride in that thing
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^ what he said

i've been wondering how this wax is supposed to be. not all high priced waxes perform the same just as all the glitters isn't gold. you're reviews pls kind sir!

beautiful work, and i look forward to hear what the owners comments were.
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nice job on a nice car-

i assume that you had to drive it around to get the brakes dry, and to get any rust outta the brakes, right? !!
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I thinki just came.
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Originally Posted by qbmurderer13,Nov 15 2008, 01:03 AM
Is the e-zyme really as good as everyones making it? Ive heard tons of good reviews. I use their 5050 and its awesome for the price.

Please tell me have gave you a ride in that thing
No rides, no driving. The owner wouldn't even let us pull it back/forth from the garage/driveway!!

As far as the ezyme. It's a win/lose kinda thing. I LOVE the smell of it, it's SUPER easy to apply, and the look is just as good as my Swissvax Concorso, but the removal is really difficult. Even if I put it on really thin, it's still pretty hard to remove. So that's why Concorso wins in my book, 'cause it's just SO easy to remove.

Thanks for the comments guys!
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Originally Posted by orange_chicken,Nov 15 2008, 11:14 AM
I thinki just came.
your not the only one.

That is a beautiful car!
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that color....is absolutely breath taking.


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Originally Posted by FMINUS,Nov 16 2008, 05:40 PM
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Thanks Phil! You're the one that inspired me to do this professionally! With your massive collection .


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