The Acclude

Wash/dry
claybar/
wash/dry
meguiars #7 polish
S100

after polish


the products...



and the towel test :bigok:

http://home.comcast.net/~johnson_ot/wax_towel_test.avi

Some more bling...







abp > the color of your TL

`ill*tl

Sweet! Looking good there Acclude. I can't wait till' it gets a bit warmer here...so I can do spring cleaning as well.

asloudasitgets

do you like your kuhmos?

i asume that they have better dry trac. than the stockers..

how about in the wet? also more importantly, are they if any louder than the stockers?

thanks

andytran

dude wassup with you and posting big a$$ pics.

goldendragon576

nice! too bad it's still predicting snow next week in NJ. won't be polishing my car for a while.

BlackShadow

Very nice!

SK2003TypeS

Nice Work !!!
"And now, the towel test"

How is #7 when removing it ? Does it come off easy ?

The Acclude

Sorry about the big pics, broaband spoils me :o


I was using a buffer that I got cheap when I worked @ Advance Auto Parts. I found it harder to remove using that then by hand, so 1-5, 5 being the most difficult...Id give it a 3 or so because I was already tired when I got to that step. S100 comes off very easy though

Asloudasitgets- Actually the tires arent much louder at all, the dry traction is phenonminal. It just stopped raining here and isnt supposed again untill satuday or so (TX weather >*) so untill then Ill only have a report on 70-75 degree sunny weather :o :p

Diesel_Blue_TL

mmmmmmmmmm, shiney ........uhuhuhuhhu

dark inspire

WOW, where do u get that S100 stuff? gotta get me some of that. and how would you rate the claybar on effectiveness. wait till spring break, im gonna postin some similar picz. once again. well done

LiQiCE

Awesome pics, car looks great! I love the night shot ... But I gotta tell you...

Zaino + NBP ownz your ABP

dark inspire

wait, u took that off ur car? damn homie, lookin cleeeeeeaaaaaan. i jus washed mine yesterday, and found MORE KEYED SCRATCHES. i hate em

LiQiCE

Yeah thats a reflection off the roof or the trunklid of my car ... I forget which one. Was after my annual or semi-annual Zaino run ... Dawn Liquid Detergent + Z7 & Claybar + ZFX + Z5 (for swirls and fine scratches). Think there were maybe 2-3 coats of Z5 on there by the time I was snapping pics.

dark inspire

nice, very well done. i think i might invest in zaino in the near future, if not for my car, for my dadz car most def.

jpadilla

Hey, cool ... someone from Austin! what a part of town? I'm south near brodie and slaughter.

The Acclude

Im up in Round Rock Actually...you should come out to Van's (183 & ohlen rd I think) saturday night sometime.

DarkDJ- The s100 you can pick up in your local Harley Davidson shop.

LiQice- Lookin good as well, but I refuse to become a 10 step zaino nazi, besides film camera + S100 > Zaino...


NBP what,who?
:o



















Ill see if I can get a better close up shot of the reflectivity...damn windy day today has my car dusty already :-/

The Acclude

New Towel test link

http://home.comcast.net/~johnson_ot/wax_towel_test.avi

`ill*tl

:lol1: Thats great!

edgalang

My car USED to look like that. But ever since the door dings started to come, I kinda gave up trying to make it perfect.

LiQiCE

Actually, the claybar and all is just good measure if you want to be anal. I do it to make sure I remove any impurities in the paint from pollution or bug guts each year. For sure you want to do it the first time, but after that you don't have to ... Then Zaino becomes just a 3 step process, wash car + apply Zaino + wipe zaino off ... Same as any other wax.

Love the pics though! S100 def. looks sweet...

SK2003TypeS

I thought Scottwax used Vanilla Moose on that car.

I think it's the combo of the #7 and S100 that gives Acclude's paint the "pop" and "wettness". Good choice !
I'm a Zaino user and use it primarily for the durability and protection. Then top Zaino with S100 or Souveran to help add some depth. Only downside to that is you have to get rid of any carnuba if you want to layer more Zaino.

Why does everyone make claying out to be such a chore ? It only takes me like an hour or so. I'd rather claybar the paint the clean the inside windows.
To each his own, everyone's pics look sweet.

The Acclude

claying goes pretty quickly plus its something where you can feel the diference

oshiet

I was claying the Honda Pilot the other day. It took me 4 hours to finish that sucker! My arm was so sore the next day, I had to wait another day to wax it. Another 5 hours of torture!

I'm an absolute fan of claybar, but haven't tried using Zaino products yet. I've heard some people swear by it. Always used Meguires Gold Class wax, but wouldn't mind trying something new if it's proven to give me just as good if not better results.

BTW, we just had another 3 cm (approx 1") dump last night of old man winters nasty stuff. My car's all dirty again.