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Just washed/waxed my car the other day!

Originally posted by: Excelsior
Nice. I should do the same to my 1999 Passat 1.8T one of these days. I also need to chip it....have you chipped yours?

chipped before i received it. apparently it's a rather crappy chip, but the car has a little more go than usual 🙂

Originally posted by: Baked
Who stole your big VW decal on the front?

PO took it off. personally, i think the way it is look great without the VW badge. it's there on the back though 😛
 
thread hijack :

question:
on a leased passat, that goes back in 5 months, do you think the vw dealer would be mad if it was de-badged
?

(just the passat logo)
 
Originally posted by: Heller
thread hijack :

question:
on a leased passat, that goes back in 5 months, do you think the vw dealer would be mad if it was de-badged
?

(just the passat logo)

my guess is as long as it's there when you return it, you'll be fine. but you'd probably be better off asking at vwvortex.com or the likes 🙂
 
Originally posted by: sniperruff
just curious, did you hand wax or use some sort of orbitor?

2500rpm random orbital buffer. it worked way better than hand buffing.

for waxing i used those cotton wax applicator pads. first layer was Meguiar's NXT Tech Wax followed by Mother's Carbarana (sp?) Clean Wax (comes with the Mother's Claybar Kit)
 
Originally posted by: Fenixgoon
Originally posted by: sniperruff
just curious, did you hand wax or use some sort of orbitor?

2500rpm random orbital buffer. it worked way better than hand buffing.

for waxing i used those cotton wax applicator pads. first layer was Meguiar's NXT Tech Wax followed by Mother's Carbarana (sp?) Clean Wax (comes with the Mother's Claybar Kit)

is it real easy to use? i want to get one of those but im scared to mess up the paint.
 
Originally posted by: sniperruff
Originally posted by: Fenixgoon
Originally posted by: sniperruff
just curious, did you hand wax or use some sort of orbitor?

2500rpm random orbital buffer. it worked way better than hand buffing.

for waxing i used those cotton wax applicator pads. first layer was Meguiar's NXT Tech Wax followed by Mother's Carbarana (sp?) Clean Wax (comes with the Mother's Claybar Kit)

is it real easy to use? i want to get one of those but im scared to mess up the paint.

You should be able to dewax by hand
 
Looks a little flat to me...I'd try a polish on it, also NXT should be the last layer if anything.

I did a #83, #80, #9, #5, #26, gold class wax on mine recently. Still need to go over it again as there are some scratches still visible in some places.
 
Originally posted by: Throckmorton
The cleaner wax is to clean the paint. You're supposed to use it first

yeah my brother told me that after i said "hey i waxed my car in this order"

now i know for next time, which really, i could do this coming weekend or the next weekend. hmmm, next weekend i could do a full detail - strip the wax, claybar, the works :evil:
 
Originally posted by: Throckmorton
Why claybar it again? Don't cause unnecessary wear to your paint, just wash it and wax again if you want to

clay isn't going to put that much wear on paint if you use the right type and method...still if you do it once and keep it waxed you really don't need it so often.

autopia and meguiarsonline are great.

I have been using Meguiar's products since 1988...I have tried higher end waxes and really they didn't make that big a difference if you do great prep work.

The trick is to polish right if you want the wax to shine. Today most would do better with a sealant than a wax anyway.

 
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