Wax on Wax off.

Clay barring is easy crispy, mainly follow the package instructions.
Try and do this in a garage if you can, you dont want to die in the sun. I use the mothers clay bar but the technique is the same. Wash the car well, don't worry about drying it . (here's a thing to try, run your hand acrosss the hood, feel those little grainy things? that's crap in your clear, it will go away) spray a small area with your favorite spray detailer (the mothers clay bar comes with a bottle) and flatten out the clay bar and run *gently* you dont have to exert pressure, just let it glide. wipe off the area with a clean microfiber cloth, repeat all over the car. work in small sections at a time. also, after every couple of sections, fold the bar over on itself a couple times and reflatten. once you're done wash it again, dry, and give it a good wax. Now run your hand across it..silky smooth

oh yeah. If you happen to drop your clay bar on the floor, THROW IT AWAY, it just became a block of gooey sandpaper. get a fresh one.

damm that explain to me how its done, thanks Bitwiz.

I would try to get rid of them darwin

crispyxb wrote:

yeah, I started using it at 96k miles, so I just think my motor was happy with it after that many miles of regular oil.

ya my gen 1 had 80k at time I started using the products when I got rid of it it had over 160k I hear it's still running out in AZ.

wow! i want to try clay barring now...


although its going to be hard to get off my ass and do it.

Newagestar wrote:

crispyxb wrote:

yeah, I started using it at 96k miles, so I just think my motor was happy with it after that many miles of regular oil.

ya my gen 1 had 80k at time I started using the products when I got rid of it it had over 160k I hear it's still running out in AZ.

Yeah its still running out here but barely, it just got broken into and the the lambo doors on it got mangled and its just really beat up. Its for sale right now for 5k.

Bitwiz wrote:

Clay barring is easy crispy, mainly follow the package instructions.
Try and do this in a garage if you can, you dont want to die in the sun. I use the mothers clay bar but the technique is the same. Wash the car well, don't worry about drying it . (here's a thing to try, run your hand acrosss the hood, feel those little grainy things? that's crap in your clear, it will go away) spray a small area with your favorite spray detailer (the mothers clay bar comes with a bottle) and flatten out the clay bar and run *gently* you dont have to exert pressure, just let it glide. wipe off the area with a clean microfiber cloth, repeat all over the car. work in small sections at a time. also, after every couple of sections, fold the bar over on itself a couple times and reflatten. once you're done wash it again, dry, and give it a good wax. Now run your hand across it..silky smooth

oh yeah. If you happen to drop your clay bar on the floor, THROW IT AWAY, it just became a block of gooey sandpaper. get a fresh one.

Thanks buddy. I will try it out soon. I think I might start taking better care of my xB now. Specially since I joined up with AS. I dont want to be the runt of the club anymore.

is it red with ait diablo kit?

if so the guy i sold it to didnt have lambo doors on it he just sold it to someone out their

yep thats it, has the ace in the cf hood and everything. that car is tore up now.

really that sux. i wash i kept it

a high school kid has it and it got broken into at his school.

crispyxb wrote:

Bitwiz wrote:

Clay barring is easy crispy, mainly follow the package instructions.
Try and do this in a garage if you can, you dont want to die in the sun. I use the mothers clay bar but the technique is the same. Wash the car well, don't worry about drying it . (here's a thing to try, run your hand acrosss the hood, feel those little grainy things? that's crap in your clear, it will go away) spray a small area with your favorite spray detailer (the mothers clay bar comes with a bottle) and flatten out the clay bar and run *gently* you dont have to exert pressure, just let it glide. wipe off the area with a clean microfiber cloth, repeat all over the car. work in small sections at a time. also, after every couple of sections, fold the bar over on itself a couple times and reflatten. once you're done wash it again, dry, and give it a good wax. Now run your hand across it..silky smooth

oh yeah. If you happen to drop your clay bar on the floor, THROW IT AWAY, it just became a block of gooey sandpaper. get a fresh one.

Thanks buddy. I will try it out soon. I think I might start taking better care of my xB now. Specially since I joined up with AS. I dont want to be the runt of the club anymore.

I dont think Kirby can help genetics

The clay baring is easy like Jeff said. It just takes time. It will get any over spray or anything that the vehicle has picked up in its time. I have clay bared mine a couple times now. It is getting time to do it again. I might try and do mine here in the next week or so. Just getting so dang hot here.

Here is the link to the clay bar kit.
http://www.meguiars.com/estore/product_list.cfm?sectionname=Consumer%20(Meguiar's%20Brand)>Auto%20Paint%20Care>Auto%20Detailing%20Clay&sectionID=11201

Here is a link to the waxes as well.
http://www.meguiars.com/estore/product_list.cfm?sectionname=Consumer%20(Meguiar's%20Brand)>Auto%20Paint%20Care>Car%20Waxes>Liquid%20Car%20Waxes&sectionID=11501

so will the clay bar be safe on Ambers paint?

Thanks TJ, I will check out the LL, I wanna do Ambers now, and I would really like to use the best.

Man, you guys got me all motivated. I spent the last few hours wet sanding & buffing the rear bumper. Man, what a crappy re-spray that was, & I haven't even started on the front bumper...//TJ

TJ you killin me with the blue! ok back on topic.

crispyxb wrote:

so will the clay bar be safe on Ambers paint?

Thanks TJ, I will check out the LL, I wanna do Ambers now, and I would really like to use the best.

if it's a new paint job and the painter was worth a crap you shouldn't have to. Feel it, is it glassy or gritty?

its glossy, but there are some over spray parts that are hidden by the body kit, I want to clean that all off.

ahh, just remember, keep the surface WET with the spray and rub gently, if you feel it grabbing, you're pushing too hard or your surface needs more spray. Slow and steady is the key. Meguiars has a some videos on their site showing teh process. watch them

cool, I will look into before the show. get the cars shinning.

mmm shining

HEEEEREEES JOOOHNYYYYYYYYYY

i love the mothers stuff if its good enugh for chip fosse its good enugh for me lol

lol, thread back from the dead. Still havent got my wifes car buffed yet. lol. Im too scared.