mattfeet

Yea, but yours is silver.

-Matt

krshultz

I betcha if I put my car under my Brinkmann, I'd find no swirls on it. It gets autocrossed 1-2 times a month.

The only way autocrossing could directly cause swirl marks that I can think of is the magnetic numbers. Specifically, putting them onto a dirty car and moving them around to make sure they're level, without taking them completely off the door before doing so.

Now, if we're talking about longitudinal scratches down the sides of the car - like the front bumper in particular - from hitting cones, that's of course a direct result of autocrossing.

Ubetit

sell 2 black cars, buy 2 white cars =

GTS Jeff

Unless you happen to rub your paint in a swirling manner while autoxing, it's not it. The only time you should be applying circular contact to your paint is when you wash it. Personally, I think any washing that involves contact will cause swirls, some worse than others. I like to pressure wash my car before I bust out the washmitt. But even so, drying a car causes swirls too. The only thing you can do is create a sacrificial barrier between the paint and the physical contact (ie. wiping) so that you damage the barrier rather than the paint.

bluestk03

You definitely will need to purchase a Porter Cable like machine as previously have stated. I myself started off with one, and now use a Flex DA for my detailing needs, and most likely will graduate to a rotary in the future.

08YellowCR

I know black is hard to keep clean but this worked on my car.
First wash with dawn dish soap
2. wash again with Meguiar's car wash
3. use a power ball on a drill and use the paint restore by meguiar and buff the hole car with it, than use a microfiber towel and wipe it all off.
4. look and see if u got all the spots and u will see how nice it is no more swirls and its so smooth, than just put a good layer of wax on it and ur done. I do this 2 twice a month and just wash my car every week but every other week is when i do these steps. When i dont do these steps i just wash once and dry and she stays really clean all the time and all the dirt just wipes off with no problems. Hope that i could help

CHILIBEANZ

Berlina is a whole different ballgame...Research and using the right products will help you tremendously. True, we all can't spend 15-22 hrs on a full blown detail. Plus, what Twanksta and alot of the other guys that do this for a living have are experience and skills acquired by time and practice. I feel your pain having one black car is a headache enough.