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Old Apr 25, 2007 | 12:36 PM
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Pics after clay bar/polish/wax treatment 56k no way

So yesterday on my day off, I decided to give the Cobalt some extra TLC as a spring cleaning. Here's what I did:

1.) Went to parent's garage at about 10:30 am, washed car.
2.) Put car up on jackstands, removed all wheels.
2a.) Used Turtle Wax mild rubbing compound on all machined wheel surfaces to remove crap.
2b.) Used Eagle One Nano Polish on all machined wheel surfaces to polish.
2c.) Used Turtle Wax Ice quick detailer on all surfaces to finish.
3.) Re-mounted wheels and headed home.
4.) Used Mother's clay bar and Showtime quick detailer on entire vehicle.
5.) Applied Mother's Carnauba Cleaner wax, let sit for an hour and buffed off.
6.) Applied Meguiar's NXT Generation Tech wax on entire vehicle and wheels, let sit for one and a half hours and buffed off.
7.) Applied Icy Hot to both shoulders.
8.) Went inside at 8pm.


Here's the results










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Old Apr 25, 2007 | 12:37 PM
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very nice!
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Old Apr 25, 2007 | 12:50 PM
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looks real good man. i love the wingless look on the ss/scs.
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Old Apr 25, 2007 | 12:50 PM
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looks awesome!!
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Old Apr 25, 2007 | 01:11 PM
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HOLY is that nice!!! I think you love your car to go through that much work!!
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Old Apr 25, 2007 | 01:15 PM
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sweet, BUT WHERE IS THE TIRE SHINE!?!?!?!?!?
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Old Apr 25, 2007 | 01:18 PM
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You could've vacuumed it
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Old Apr 25, 2007 | 01:20 PM
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those seats are orgasmic!! i love them!! how much they cost and where u get them?
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Old Apr 25, 2007 | 01:26 PM
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Great job. I remember when I used to work at a dealership, really gives ya a sense of accomplishment when you get them that clean, huh...
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Old Apr 25, 2007 | 01:27 PM
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Very very nice. All that work was well worth it. Interior looks great too. Nicely done.
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Old Apr 25, 2007 | 01:33 PM
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sweet, BUT WHERE IS THE TIRE SHINE!?!?!?!?!?
^^^^^^^^^^^ took the words out of my mouth....... looks good tho.
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Old Apr 25, 2007 | 01:36 PM
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Yea i love the interior, those seats are awsome and go well with the paint job you did...

and that shine must make your side mirrors jealous. Now i am going to have to do my car.
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Old Apr 25, 2007 | 01:56 PM
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looks great man, love the seats, bright but goes with the car nicely
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Old Apr 25, 2007 | 02:00 PM
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damn i love the wingless look... wat tint you got... Keep it up
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Old Apr 25, 2007 | 04:01 PM
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Thank you everyone for the complements!

Originally Posted by hatrickstu
sweet, BUT WHERE IS THE TIRE SHINE!?!?!?!?!?
LOL, I discovered at about 7pm that I had run out from last time

Originally Posted by monkeiboy
You could've vacuumed it
I had no time, that's coming up later this week along with doing the door jambs and under the hood detailing.
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those seats are orgasmic!! i love them!! how much they cost and where u get them?
gravanatuning.com has a package deal on them...$599.99 plus shipping which was $150 to me in MA.

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Great job. I remember when I used to work at a dealership, really gives ya a sense of accomplishment when you get them that clean, huh...
yeah, it makes me almost not want to sell it anymore

Originally Posted by Da_CuBesSS
Yea i love the interior, those seats are awsome and go well with the paint job you did...and that shine must make your side mirrors jealous. Now i am going to have to do my car.
yeah, i gotta run out and get some Mother's Back to Black to fix those up as well as the front grille slats

Originally Posted by Pontiac.G5
damn i love the wingless look... wat tint you got... Keep it up
20% all around
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Old Apr 25, 2007 | 04:06 PM
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9 PM sever thunderstorms rolled in and ruined all your hard work.
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Old Apr 25, 2007 | 04:08 PM
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nice reflection shots
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Old Apr 25, 2007 | 05:45 PM
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Looks nice and shiny.
Beautiful interior too.
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Old Apr 25, 2007 | 05:50 PM
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Your car looks very good. I like what you did with the interr. Black and Red always looked real good. Makes me want to take a day and wash/wax my car. Maybe use a clay bar. Never did it before though.

Edit Post: Forget to add about wingless. One of the only wingless cars I liked out of the cobalts.
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 01:49 AM
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Thats disgustingly clean.. looks amazing, nice job
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 02:46 AM
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Your car looks awesome
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 08:57 AM
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wow im doing this tomarrow.
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 09:04 AM
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Thats one of the cleanest Balt's on the .net I think
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 09:12 AM
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thanks everyone
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Old May 6, 2007 | 09:20 AM
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Sorry to jack your thread.

But what kind of lights are those where the orange blinkers are supposed to be? What color do they blink and are they legal?
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