New Pics of White L..

[CHIZ]

nice and clean!

chiz

 

[Cichlids]

I love the signal light housing with that white

 

[illness]

mmmmm beautiful truck..

 

[motorider228]

wow, absolutely beautiful! Your truck would look amazing with black rims. I love the all white with black rims.

 

[LightningMAS]

thanks guys

slammedsvt- screw delk.. they made my truck go to lean and also they ****ed my tranny up... i had to put in a new torque convertor.. Dont ever go there... they are bunch of screw-ups and idiots..! they dont really know what they are doing... im getting my tune from Amazon

 

[SlammedSVT]

thanks guys

slammedsvt- screw delk.. they made my truck go to lean and also they ****ed my tranny up... i had to put in a new torque convertor.. Dont ever go there... they are bunch of screw-ups and idiots..! they dont really know what they are doing... im getting my tune from Amazon

Good thing I had to cancel my tune for tomorrow. When are you going to Amazon and where they located?

 

[bonestocksvt]

Hey Mas, do you mind listing your steps on the paint and products used. After seeing your truck I definately have the itch to do mine. Thanks

 

[LightningMAS]

Slammedsvt- i called amazon for e-mail tune.. i have wideband to see my a/f.. i can adjust some parameters if needed.. only cost 125 bucks from amazon..

great people. Linn and Rick! I thought u coming down here. so i can put some parts on ur truck for ya? i see u already got it on?


bonestocksvt? what painted stuff are u talking about? i dont mine telling ya how to do it..

 

[bonestocksvt]

The wax or whatever is it that you did to your truck to make it look like glass....

 

[Derek@Amazon]

Slammedsvt- i called amazon for e-mail tune.. i have wideband to see my a/f.. i can adjust some parameters if needed.. only cost 125 bucks from amazon..

great people. Linn and Rick! I thought u coming down here. so i can put some parts on ur truck for ya? i see u already got it on?


bonestocksvt? what painted stuff are u talking about? i dont mine telling ya how to do it..

linn and rick FTW!!!! lol

 

[LightningMAS]

The wax or whatever is it that you did to your truck to make it look like glass....

i used klearkote and zaino...

What you'll need for a full detail

- Lots of microfiber towels (I used 3 waffle weave drying towels and about 5 detailing towels for today's detail)
- Two wash mitts and two buckets
- Car wash soap (I use Clearkote's Soap)
- Swirl Remover (I use Poorboy's SSR2.5 and SSR1)
- Clay bar (I use Wolfgang's clay)
- Polish (I use Clearkote Vanilla Moose aka VM)
- Wax (I use Clearkote Carnauba Moose Wax aka CMW and S100)
- Tire shine (I use Poorboy's Bold and Bright)
- Random orbital buffer (I use a Porter Cable 7424 aka PC7424)
- Cutting pad, 1 or 2 polishing pads, finishing pad for the PC7424
- Metal/Chrome polish (I use Mother's)

Here's most of the products I used...the blue towels are microfiber detailing towels:




Steps

Note: I didn't clay my car or use the SSR2.5 since I clayed my car about 3 months ago and didn't have any major swirls.

1) Put some car wash soap in one bucket and fill it up. Fill up the second bucket with water only. Wash the entire car, starting from the roof and working your way down to the bottom of the car. You will want to do the bottom of the car last, since that's where all the dirt is. Your wash mitt will go from looking like this:



to this:



Use the second bucket of clean water to get all that nasty gunk off your mitt when needed.

Use the second wash mitt (preferably an old, beat up mitt) to wash under your fenders. Do this at the end so that you don't get that gunk back into your bucket, then back onto your paint.

Tip: When you are done washing the car, "sheet" the water off your car using your hose (if you using a special nozzle, remove it). This will make life easier when drying your car.

2) Dry the car using waffle weave microfiber towels. Start from the roof and work your way down. I typically use two towels on the body...one to drag the water off, and the second to finish up the job. Place the first towel flat on the body like so:



and drag it towards you. Fold up your second towel a few times and use that to dry the area completely:



I then use a 3rd towel to take care of the windows and the wheels.

3) Clay the car. Use either the supplied lubricant, or fill up a spritzer bottle with car wash soap and water and use that as your lubricant. Spray the area with your lubricant liberally, and the clay should just glide across your paint and pick up all the gunk that got embedded into it.

4) Wash and dry the car again, as shown in step 1 and 2.

5) Now it's time to take care of those annoying swirl marks. I typically use SSR1 on my entire car, and SSR2.5 on areas that have severe swirling. This time, I did not need to use SSR2.5 at all.

If you need to use SSR2.5, use a cutting pad. You will also want to spray your pad with a bit of quick detail spray. This will prevent the SSR2.5 from "dusting" up on you.

Use a polishing pad with your SSR1. Apply some on your pad, as such:



and dab it onto your car like this:



Set your PC7424 at about a speed of 3, and turn it up to about 4 or 5 until the SSR has almost vanished:



Buff it off with a clean microfiber detailing towel:



Continue doing this in sections until you've done the entire car.

6) Polish your car using a polishing pad. The process is similar to step 5. Buff it off with yet another clean microfiber detailing towel.

7) Wax time! You may apply the wax either by hand or with a PC finishing pad. Today, I applied one coat of CMW with a PC finishing pad, and one coat of S100 by hand.

8) Clean the plastic trim around your exhaust and the plastic scrape guard below your front bumper using your rubber/vinyl cleaner.

9) Apply tire shine to your tires

10) Apply chrome polish to your wheels and exhaust tips

 

[venomous]

makes me miss my Lightnings....very nice

 

[bonestocksvt]

Thanks, I have to print this out and go shopping... I hope pepboys has this stuff..

 

[SVTLo]

looks nice. i have a white L and it in need of a good detail , can you tell me what you used? thanks

Finally, new pics of the L.. so, what do u think of my experience of Auto detailing...??

i love using the PorterCable7424 .. so much easier.!! i got great results... i use klearkote and zaino pc. results in the sun,shade, and upclose..

Pictures does not do its justice.. way better in person..
you can see my 1999 f-150 DailyDriver in background.

here ya go!.

http://photos.yousendit.com/albums/C75C3AC39320CA664A2C6B8D636BB5D3/ < go there for high res pics.

 

[adeem]

Looks great!!!

 

[LightningMAS]

get all ur stuff here..

http://www.specialtymotoring.com/
www.zainobros.com


they wont have these kind of waxes at autopart stores.. only off internet