New pics of the car after clay bar and wax

altjt02 · #1 (**permalink**) 10-29-2009, 08:08 AM

The paint on my car had a ton of specks in it (looked like it may have caught some overspray at some point in its life) so I decided to clay bar it. It took me 3hrs just to do the hood and roof, which were the worst. All together I spent 3 nights on it, but it was well worth it. All I can say is WOW! I never expected such a difference. If anyone here has never clay barred their car, I recommend they do it asap, especially if it is a lighter color car. Also, these are the first good pics of my car with the S2 grille. Anyway, on to the pics...

And some pics of the new Hella optilux yellow foglight bulbs (please excuse the glares):

hattrick3518 · #2 (**permalink**) 10-29-2009, 08:43 AM

looks nice man, i still think you should paint that lip though

kevinbp639 · #3 (**permalink**) 10-29-2009, 01:58 PM

+1 on painting that lip
but still looks very clean. good job

**nismos14** · #4 (**permalink**) 10-29-2009, 04:33 PM

I like the lip as is.

Mb23bca · #5 (**permalink**) 10-30-2009, 02:40 AM

x3 lip painted would make the car look lower...

OKLAGMCRUISER · #6 (**permalink**) 10-30-2009, 02:49 AM

looks great...what products did you use?

RockWeLL · #7 (**permalink**) 10-30-2009, 03:53 AM

looks really good! +1 on the painted lip

altjt02 · #8 (**permalink**) 10-30-2009, 05:24 AM

Thanks for the comments guys.

Quote:

Originally Posted by nismos14

I like the lip as is.

Thank you! Finally someone on here that likes it unpainted. I like it unpainted and a few of my friends who are car guys told me they like it unpainted too.

Sorry to everyone else, but its most likely not getting painted.

Quote:

Originally Posted by OKLAGMCRUISER

looks great...what products did you use?

I used all Meguiar's products. The Meguiar's clay bar kit and Meguiar's cleaner wax. That is the wax I've always used and have been very happy with it, so I decided to try their clay bar kit as well.

STownSaint · #9 (**permalink**) 10-30-2009, 05:03 PM

looks real nice dude.

my suggestion (painted lip & blackout lower grille -- did real quick):

kev1n536 · #10 (**permalink**) 10-30-2009, 09:41 PM

looks nice with the painted lip and looks nice with the unpainted lip too. id say toss that from burger and get the rear emblem for it. that front emblem looks too big on that s2 grill

pbwillz · #11 (**permalink**) 10-31-2009, 02:19 AM

you need to black out headlights. IMO, s2 grille looks better w/o burger.

Mb23bca · #12 (**permalink**) 10-31-2009, 05:10 AM

Looks wayy good with the lip painted... i vote no burger in s2 also...

altjt02 · #13 (**permalink**) 10-31-2009, 05:11 AM

I like the grille with the burger, but I may get a different/smaller one that fits on there better. As for the blacked out headlights, its on my to-do list. I'm just afraid I will mess them up if I bake them open and then I'd be screwed. If I find another set of HID housings I will probably do it.

STownSaint-thanks for the photoshop. I've kinda wondered how it would look painted. Idk, though. I think I still like it better unpainted. And I was thinking about getting a mesh lower grille now that I have the S2 or blacking it out.

tuffguy515 · #14 (**permalink**) 10-31-2009, 06:20 AM

looks good, i dont mid the lip unpainted, i likey

Mikeyb · #15 (**permalink**) 10-31-2009, 01:33 PM

Looking good. You want to clay bar and wax mine now? j/k