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hurricanesrule
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whats a good cleaner and wax for the z or does everyone use the same old same old just curious


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370Z/28
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Zaino is the only thing I will use. Just got through putting on coat #3. My son is a photographer and I'm hoping he will take some good pics for me for Mother's day!

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My arsenal...

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hurricanesrule
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BusyBadger wrote:My arsenal...

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thank you

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In case anyone is wondering, Downy & Bounce dryer sheets are great at getting crusty bug guts off of bumpers. Since I work nights I always have bugs of all sorts flying right at my lights and committing seppuku on my bumper. It's almost like clay bar in a sheet.

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I use meguires tech wax, and meguires quick wax after washes in between waxes. Car looks amazing. I'd like to give dwg or something similar a try too.

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370Z/28
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Good idea on the Downey sheet BB. Thx.

This is one trick I learned quick with my Z. As soon as I get through washing my car, I slowly raise the hatch/trunk and let all the water drain off while I dry the front of the car. Then I wipe down all the area under the hatch, then close it to finish drying the car. It keeps crap from running out of the hatch area and out of the tailights while drying.

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370Z/28 wrote:Then I wipe down all the area under the hatch, then close it to finish drying the car.
I've been lazy recently about cleaning my the hatch & door sills. :( They be filthy!

Even though I did a thorough wash last week (that was last week, wasn't it?) I have yet to do a good interior detail since before the winter. I don't bother with that until well after snow season because I end up tracking snow melt crystals & sand inside the cabin. It's funny since I spend much more time in the car than I ever do looking at it, and yet I'm far more concerned with the exterior. Weird.

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370Z/28
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I do hatch and sills every wash. I'm anal.

Also, I did this Saturday and I'm going to start doing it unless I need to do just a quick wash. I washed my whole car with my Zaino car wash, then emptied my bucket and mixed up some Dawn with water and did my rims and tires. Got them really clean.

:mike

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kuhan
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I have Wolfgang products. Join autogeek forum to get detailing tips.

I spent way too much on detailing products. :crazy:

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Not if it makes you happy. You have a beautiful car.

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Just a few of the products i use

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kuhan
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Thanks 370Z/28. :bigthumb:

I will take a couple of shots of my collection to show where I dumped my money besides car parts. :gapteeth:

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:D

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370Z/28
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kuhan wrote:Thanks 370Z/28. :bigthumb:

I will take a couple of shots of my collection to show where I dumped my money besides car parts. :gapteeth:
Cool...One day I'll post y'all a pic of my "other" Z.

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"other Z?"

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370Z/28
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Different kind, hench my name. ;)

This is Rambo. He is my baby. I am the orginal owner. It is a 95 with 50k miles. He is a garage king. I need to sell it, but I can't bring myself to do it. Tons of mods, most of which is my Powerdyne supercharger, Borla exhaust, SS hood...on and on.

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The Adam's kool-aid is the same as the Zaino's kool-aid...just tastes a little different.

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