Took 4 hours but it was well worth it...
Steps taken:
1)Palmolive(All out of Dawn)
2)Mother's Clay
3)Palmolive
4)Klasse Polish
5)Mother's Carnuba Wax

 

The rest can be seen here:
My TL

 

Review of products:
If you haven't clayed ur car yet, I suggest you RUN not walk and get Mother's Claybar. This stuff is AMAZING. You will not believe the crap that is on ur car. My car is silky smooth now, just like the day I bought, which was 3 years ago.

As for the klasse, Ive used this in the past and I really liked it. Simple to put on and buff out. Very good product and fairly cheap.

Mother Carnuba Wax: Took awhile to buff out(by hand), but the results are very very nice. Using this along with the polish, helped the shine out very well.

All in all, $20 in products+4 hours=One CLEAN TL.

 

wow looks great

 

Nicely done!

 

When you use dishwashing soap doesn't your clearcoat come off? What did you use to put a new layer of clearcoat back on?

 

Niiice

too bad the ****in weather around here refuses to cooperate. I've been postponing my detail for weeks

 

Dishingwashing liquid will only take out the wax. Wont do any harm to the paint or clear coat. But i dun recommend using it everytime you wash the car. Only use it when you plan to change the brand of the wax. ie. zaino.

 

So what in the hell is the clay bar? Is it literally a bar of clay?!?!?!?! I've wondered this for monthes!

 

Yes!! clay bar is literall a bar of clay. It's use to remove all the contaminents that cant be seen by the eyes. It is very important to clay when doing zaino. even if it's a new car. You must have some lubricant(car wash soap with a lot of water) when claying. The clay might stick to the surface the frist few second but if you give it enough lubricant, it should slide on the surface like butter.

Try it out when you have time.
www.zainobros.com
all the instructions are there.

 

LMAO... I can just see my friends coming up when I'm "claying" my car and they find out what I'm doing to it... they'll be like "Obsessed!" Well, I am basically married to my car, but its name is Joshua.... I hope that doesn't make me gay!!!

 

Does clay bar take off overspray?? My damn paint shop got overspray on my trunk, but i've been to lazy to drop my car off just for dat

 

Just an FYI....you should have only used dishwasher soap ONCE in the process. The 2nd wash you did should have been a regular car soap as most dishwasher soap leaves a film after washing your car (removed by CAR wash soap).

 

nonetheless..... job well done...

I gotta look into this claybar ****...

 

Looking really good man. I never thought that the BMW sides would look good on a TL unless the sides were cleared, but it really doesnt look that bad.

 

i like the rims

 

Wow, very nice.

 

I dig the side marker on the SSM! Nice job.

 

thanx for all the compliments!

 

yes damn nice and by the way what kind of side markers are those?

 

I believe they are the 7 series sidemarker.
quite popular.

 

Looks great! I've got the same wheels, I think it might look a little better with the center caps though. I bought the 7 series sidemarkers a month or so ago, but now I'm not so sure if I am going to put them in or not. If anybody wants them.........

 

yeh, i lost one of the center caps so i am waiting for it to arrive....ive been waiting 4months...piss me off...

 

its not the name that makes you gay. the Auburn plate on the front of your car takes care of that for ya!!!

hehe

 

Hey accordv6 how much you want for the sidemarkers. I sent you a PM so check it out.
thanks
kam.