OOH I am so happy, it took my like 6 hours but I did it and this thing is very clean now. So I took some quick shots tonight before I went in after I finished I know its dark out but I just had to. I will take some more tommorrow. It's beautiful, that Claybar really does clean the paint and the NXT wax is like tons of butter. Tell me what you think, again i will put up new photos of it tommorrow provided it doesn't do anything stupid like rain.

 

Ha ha, very nice. Very shiny.
I use Dawn dish soap

 

i thought i was the only one to use the NXT. i love it!

 

i use NXT and it's definately **** up dude!!!

 

yea man i cleaned mine with a meguiars paint cleaner (which is awesome) then used the NXT wax it did a wonderful job!!!

 

NOOOOOOOO!!!!! no no no no no

Please do not use dish soap on you cars lovely paint!!!!!

http://www.autopia-carcare.com/inf-wash.html

sorry im a little passionate about car care

Very nice im also an NXT tech wax user and love it!!! If I may offer one little bit of advice use the tire shine you have on the tires and spray the inside of the fender wells. It will give it a much cleaner look to compliment your hard work

 

i use dish soap about every 3 months or so.. it get all the old wax and **** off the paint

 

I see swirl marks

 

x2, glad to see other people like it too

 

They seem to be unavoidable with the paint on these Cobalts. I've owned 5 black cars (two right now) and 2 dark blue cars. I've never had an issue with swirls until I got this Cobalt. I do the same thing I always have (clean paint, polish, wax). Our BMW doesn't have this problem.

Anyone says they don't have swirls, put a quartz light on the car. That is what I use when waxing so I can see every scratch.

I'm painting mine next spring (son is graduating next month and want to fix up the AED Grand Am GT).

 

Update: Freshly taken pics in a little more light.

 

looks good cept i see one problem...a licence plate would look better then those 3 screw heads

 

My State doesn't need them, and the damn dealership I got the car from puts them in anyways because we are so close to Virginia that they have people coming over here to buy them. I need to find something to do with those holes.

 

looks good man...but need to clean out your wheel well lol lil dirty

 

Your car looks as smooth as glass, Very nice

 

Yeah good point I can't get my big ass hands in there to clean it now since I lowered it. So I have to take off the damn wheels to do that. I didn't feel like it last night.

 

Dude like I said earlier, use your tire shine and spray it in the fender wells and voila!!!! it will look great

 

if you want to pay for the shipping i have the factory license plate mount for the cobalt. I'll give it to you for free so you can cover up this nasty screw heads

 

[QUOTE=Kerley;1008931]Ha ha, very nice. Very shiny.
I use Dawn dish soap

Yikes! I hope you wax it right after.


I would paint those holder screws the color of your car atleast.

 

please dont use dishsoap unless you are fully aware that you are stripping any and all forms of protection off your clearcoat.

dishsoap is only good if your deliberately stripping it to claybar, or something of that nature....and plan on waxing your entire car again.

 

You will mess up your paint, if you keep using dish soap

 

Thanks but I am going to get those three holes filled in when I take it to my body shop to fix some damage I have on the drivers side rear quarter panel.

 

Speaking of the front license plate, what's the best way to fill in those holes and what is the best way to take it off? I thought it was just screwed on, but it's riveted, so do I just have to drill them out? Am I pretty much going to have to fill in the holes and repaint it? I live in TX now (where front plates are required) and am moving back to Michigan later this summer (where front plates are NOT required) and can't wait to take that stupid plate off. I wanted to tell the dealer not to put it on because I knew I was moving, but I forgot. Thanks.

 

Get some body shop to fill it and then paint it shouldn't be more then 100 bucks

 

I actually saw the NXT product on the shelf of a local store and I was wondering how good it was. Looks like it turned out awesome man.

Question for everyone: I have a new car and it's only a few weeks old. Any problems with doing a wax on it soon? I didn't opt for the dealer "clear coat protection" package, so I figured I better get some wax on it ASAP.