Need YOUR personal opinion here

[AceM3]

I would like to know what Products are best for me.

What order to use them how often I should.

On a Personal level... Vids Help alo but I wanna know what the

streets have in store for me, so heres your chance to chime in

Give me you Opinion or personal experience.

I own a 1996 BMW M3

Cosmos Black on Black with Blacked out (soon to be Powder coated)

BMW MOTORSPORT LTW Wheels.

My car sees DD and Track events as well as spirited

Driving at canyons or twisted roads.

My paint aint bad but it is swirly.

If I just raced it I wouldnt care, but she does also

See Meets, Shows and hangs out with kats that

have been featured on magazines such as Heavy Hiters

So my car MUST shine.

So please give me your opinion on what you would do...

Thank you. and sorry for the loooong post haha

[the_invisible]

Re: Need YOUR personal opinion here

Umm, without seeing the condition of your paint, it is hard to tell you what product to use.

Here are some products you cannot go wrong with:
- Deep Crystal Car Wash Shampoo available at your local SoCal Walmart for $3.91.
- SwirlX cleaner polish, again, available at your local SoCal Walmart for around $7.97.
- As for wax, Gold Class Paste Wax is the kind of wax you cannot go wrong with.

Hate front plate laws!

[Murr1525]

Re: Need YOUR personal opinion here

Not to sound harsh, but there is really nothing speacial abotu your car compared to others... the same process is always the starting point.

You are working by hand at the moment?

If so:

1. Wash - Gold Class, quality towels, etc
2 .Clay - Smooth Surface Clay kit
3. Clean - SwirlX
4. Wax - Nxt 2.0
5. Wax - Nxt 2.0
6. Maintain - Ultimate Quick Wax after washes inbetween details.

[Murr1525]

Re: Need YOUR personal opinion here

Meguiar's 5-Step Paint Care Cycle
Step 1 Wash
Step 2 Clean
Step 3 Polish
Step 4 Protect
Step 5 Maintain

Lessons from White Paint

Suggested Products for Taking Care of a New Car

How to Wash Your Car Show Car Style

What it Means to Remove a Scratch

How To Remove Swirls By Hand

How To Remove a Bird Dropping Etching by Hand using M105 Ultra Cut Compound

How to correctly apply ScratchX to remove swirls and scratches

Rotary vs. PC vs. Regular Orbital Buffer

Recommended Products - G100a Dual Action Polisher

Using the G-100 to remove swirls with the Professional Line

1986 Ford Bronco II - Extreme Makeover

Each one, teach one... Ferrari Fiorano 355 F1 Spider

[the other pc]

Re: Need YOUR personal opinion here

My personal opinion is that since you’re in SoCal you have no excuse for avoiding coming down to Meguiar’s Thursday Night Open Garage and/or Saturday “Detailing 101” sessions to play with the products so you can form your own personal opinion.


pc.

[Eddie6th]

Re: Need YOUR personal opinion here

My personal opinion is that since you’re in SoCal you have no excuse for avoiding coming down to Meguiar’s Thursday Night Open Garage and/or Saturday “Detailing 101” sessions to play with the products so you can form your own personal opinion.


pc.

That's a good point. I'd dive at the chance!

[AceM3]

Re: Need YOUR personal opinion here

Thanks so far for the gret comments!

And I apologize if my OP sounded like I was Showing off (not my Intention) oops

just tried to give as much detail so you may know. Ill

Post pics as soon as this computer decides to let me haha.

But Hey I will go on Thursday night for sure. I have attended the Sat one

But like they said, not all cars react the same to a single treatment.

[james0509]

Re: Need YOUR personal opinion here

Thanks so far for the gret comments!

And I apologize if my OP sounded like I was Showing off (not my Intention) oops

just tried to give as much detail so you may know. Ill

Post pics as soon as this computer decides to let me haha.

But Hey I will go on Thursday night for sure. I have attended the Sat one

But like they said, not all cars react the same to a single treatment.

The best solution to this problem is the one mentioned above!

Go to the Meguiars Classes, and do the tests of the products on your car!!!

I envy you for being so close to the Open Garage Lessons.
If I didn't live so far away that place would be my second home. ( Maybe third , if my garage counts as another home haha)

[cnfowler]

Re: Need YOUR personal opinion here

..But like they said, not all cars react the same to a single treatment.

You've got that right. If Meguiar's Headquarters wasn't 930 miles and 15+ hours drive away, I'd certainly take advantage of Thursday Night Garage.

Colin

[Michael Stoops]

Re: Need YOUR personal opinion here

Ace, you were at our last Saturday class - you didn't appear to be sleeping through it!

Come on down for a Thursday Night Open Garage and we'll work with you, try out a few different products, and come up with a solution for you. We're willing to bet that the same Ultimate Compound we used with such great success in that class will get you a long way toward what you want to accomplish.

While we won't have time to do a full detail on your M3, we can at least get a process dialed in for you and let you handle the rest. Our next TNOG is this coming Thursday, Oct 1. Sign up thread is at October 1st - Thursday Night Open Garage - Sign-Up Thread

[AceM3]

Re: Need YOUR personal opinion here

Ill sign up to the soonest one possible!

I just missed a BIG Mfest Event today due to

having a Dirty Presentation. But ill be ready to

Shine on the next one!