Q2 Gets Meguiar's NXT

[Q451990]

I bought some Meguiar's NXT and put it on today. I eventually want to do the whole Zanio thing, and I think she'll benefit from it - but for $14 this was a HUGE improvment.

I used the following steps:

1) Wash with dawn dishwashing detergent and dry.2) Cleaned entire exterior with Kit Scratchout (sort of a PMQ approach to the clay bar)3) Rinsed and dryed.4) Meguiar's NXT to entire car and wipe off5) 2nd Coat Meguiar's NXT to roof, hood etc. down to pin stripe. Also bumper tops.6) Wash, Lexol Vinylex to Vinyl/Plastic Trim and tires.

NXT is super easy to apply and remove! Easiest I've ever used... Best $14 I've spent at Wal Mart in a while.

I took several before and after pictures -but I don't think they show a whole lot of difference so I'll only post a couple of "after" pics. The rest are in my member's ride gallery.





Heath

[nuQ]

i really think Zaino is the best,,,but i've heard ALOT of good things about the NXT. definitely looks real good! if i was in a hurry,,i would use the meguires.

[qship96]

looks awesome!

[Falkdesigns]

Looks great, NXT is an excellent product.

[yodawill2000]

Explain Kit scratchout ??Is that the brand name ??

[Falkdesigns]

Kit is the brand name. It's surprisingly decent for how cheap it is.

[kimrober]

Beautiful!BTW, how do you remove hard water spots on the body? The Q was sprayed with water sprinkler on the hood which I forgot to wipe it off and left on the sun for extensive period of time... it looks terrible!

[elwesso]

mmmmmmm... black...

I wish my car was in that nice of shape... My Q is far from cosmetically perfect, but ill give you nickel for any other Q that is more mechanically sound..

[Q451990]

http://www.kitwax.com/html/kitProducts.htm

Kit Scratch Out is a non-abrasive scratch remover (there's an oxymoron) - which I guess means it's a very, very, very fine polishing compound. Works great on plastics (like instrument cluster lenses and tail lights) too. Costs a whopping $2/bottle. I would try it on your hard water stains. A clay bar treatment might be good for that too. Q1 has a ton of them... Q2 has very few - probably due to her sheltered life. Previous owner drove her from his garage at work to his garage at home. Then I garaged her during my ownership, and work from home so there's no office parking lot...

Q1 wasn't so lucky - but still looks pretty good! The paint on the G50 series is unreal.

Heath

[Q451990]

mmmmmmm... black...

I wish my car was in that nice of shape... My Q is far from cosmetically perfect, but ill give you nickel for any other Q that is more mechanically sound..

You can PayPal that nickel to...

Actually I'm sure they match up nicely... yours just has all of those cool mods.

Heath

[3rd Q]

Heath,Looks great! I keep saying I'm going to Zaino the Q. Have had good success with Meguair's and Zymol products, but the wearability of Zaino makes it sound pretty attractive. I should actually do it one of these days.

BTW, I got a kick out of all the real estate signs in your garage- looks just like mine! Seems to be a bunch of guys on this forum in the real estate biz.

Paul

[Q451990]

BTW, I got a kick out of all the real estate signs in your garage- looks just like mine! Seems to be a bunch of guys on this forum in the real estate biz.

Paul

No doubt... I noticed some in JasonB's pictures with his '02 Q too.



I wish more of my signs were out in the weather in this point.

Heath
Modified by Q451990 at 2:23 AM 12/28/2005

[Rex]

Looks good, almost motivates me enough to wash/wax my car ... but I'll blame my lack of doing so, on the bitter cold. Though we're seeing highs in the low 50's this week, it's accompanied by rain.

Black cars can be beautiful, but they take alot of attention.

[Q451990]

Our weather here was beautiful yesterday... 60s and sunny. Washes outside and drying/waxing in the garage... very nice way to spend an afternoon with the inlaws

Heath

[Falkdesigns]

Beautiful!BTW, how do you remove hard water spots on the body? The Q was sprayed with water sprinkler on the hood which I forgot to wipe it off and left on the sun for extensive period of time... it looks terrible!

Try Meguiars ScratchX. All of Meguiars "abrasive" polishes use "micro diminishing abrasive technology", which means the particles break down as you use it. When I attended their clinic, they pass some stuff around, you can literally feel it break down as you rub it. I personally would not use KIT on the whole car, just around door handles.

[Q451990]

I personally would not use KIT on the whole car, just around door handles.

Why is that? Again, I was just trying to clean the paint before applying the NXT. I know it's not ideal, but I don't want to do something that will damage things either. The car has some tiny specs in the paint that I've never been able to remove. Almost pinpoint sized - like some sort of overspray or something. They're almost more like something you feel rather than see, and I only notice them when waxing the car. I assume a clay bar is the best approach.

Yesterday's wax session was more of a hold over for winter until I can allocate a few days for a complete cleaning session... maybe during my late spring fluid flushes.

Heath

[Falkdesigns]

It's not that big of a deal, but there's a reason Kit costs $2, and Meguiars costs $9. I would say you're more likely to have small swirls from the Kit and definitely none with the Meguiars.

[nchopp]

I had GREAT results from the NXT as well, and I'm used to using Meguiar's high-end products.

[CrimsonQ]

Looks gReat!!

Oh and Chopp, fix that link in the sig

[maxnix]

Looks very nice!

Must Zaino soon.

[nuQ]

hey heath,,,,,,got a question for ya,,,,can i write you off board? email???? thanks---jeff

[Q451990]

hey heath,,,,,,got a question for ya,,,,can i write you off board? email???? thanks---jeff

Absolutely... just click my profile for the email address.

Heath