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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 09:43 PM
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Neighbor bought this little number two weeks ago. I had no idea that it was in this condition when he bought it. I think it must have sat on the lot for a LONG while before he purchased it, or had been traded around a couple times. Paint already needed wax and had some light spotting/surface imperfections. Also had some "mysterious black stuff" recently talked about on here. Anyways, pics with some descriptions-

before (light scratches), noticeable at certain angles-





mysterious black stuff-



clayed, and....



this is what was tripping me out, this is car has 400 miles on it-






and the final results!-





looks good, right????













jk, lawls-

anyways, the results after just wash, clay, wash, dry, polish, seal-
















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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 09:45 PM
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looks great as always.
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 09:45 PM
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Damn you do some nice work! I wish you were around here so you could do my car.....
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 09:47 PM
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All i got to say is amazing waxing and such!
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 10:21 PM
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shanks

oh one thing to add, ive never heard a sound system like this thing. 10 speakers in this little ass car. i was listening to talk radio and it literally sounded like i was in an a stadium

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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 10:22 PM
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Stu... you always do good work hommie! ALways
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 10:25 PM
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can you belive that claybar on a new car though? that was the HOOD
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 10:26 PM
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That is nuts man.... was it tar maybe? Or do you know?
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 10:27 PM
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some of it was some kind of grime, but ive never seen anything like this on a hood before. there was also a great deal of sandy feeling stuff on the hood and trunk lid
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 10:28 PM
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you should come out here... everything has ******* sand in it!
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 10:29 PM
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ill pass then haha
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 10:31 PM
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thats a lot of gunk for only 400 miles on it. spectacular as usual stu. i always like seeing these before and after pics that you do. its like you take a junker and make it showroom car. bad ass dude.
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 10:31 PM
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It blows man... seriously EVERYTHING has sand.... I go to vacuum my car and it's full of sand and I don't know where the **** it came from!
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 10:32 PM
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that means alot man, i really do appreciate that. the neighbor is a good friend of the family so its nice to see him even happier with his new car. gotta wash the F tomorrow
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 10:32 PM
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holy ****. is all that **** in the clay bar from the paint? why does it look like there scratches? werid. but awesome ill defintly try to use the clay bar to get my **** out THANKS STU!!!
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 10:33 PM
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It blows man... seriously EVERYTHING has sand.... I go to vacuum my car and it's full of sand and I don't know where the **** it came from!
sand is the most aggrevating thing ever on floor mats. you can vacuum for days

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holy ****. is all that **** in the clay bar from the paint? why does it look like there scratches? werid. but awesome ill defintly try to use the clay bar to get my **** out THANKS STU!!!
yep thats all stuff stuck to the paint that washing wont get it. those light surface scratches are from people trying to rub out water spots with a towel. fail

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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 10:34 PM
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i thought i knew how to wash cars... meh

quit ur job, open up a business.
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 10:35 PM
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this is my job, im in college
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 10:38 PM
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He's a young pup with lots'o'knowledge
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 10:39 PM
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knowledge from many fails haha
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 10:39 PM
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yep thats all stuff stuck to the paint that washing wont get it. those light surface scratches are from people trying to rub out water spots with a towel. fail
HAHAHAHA water marks with a towel.. hey you should do a how to on EVERYTHING. how you wash the car. then clay and wax and polish etc. cuz i would probly send you like...5 bucks if i could get my car to look like that everytime i wash it
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 10:40 PM
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i already did
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HAHAHAHA water marks with a towel.. hey you should do a how to on EVERYTHING. how you wash the car. then clay and wax and polish etc. cuz i would probly send you like...5 bucks if i could get my car to look like that everytime i wash it
i was about to ask threw a pm if he can give me some tips, but i thought he was gonna charge me 50 bux :-/
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 10:42 PM
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he charges 100 bucks for a consultation!
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 10:44 PM
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yes, but at rissas request i do them all naked. its worth it, if for nothing else, for laughter

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you can send your $5 to hatrickstu@yahoo.com, i accept paypal

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