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Old 06-24-2003, 05:22 PM
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Well this weekend i decided to Zaino my C230. The while thing took about 14 hours. 8 hours on sunday washing it and putting 3 coats of Z5 on it. Then Sunday took 6 hours when i put 2 coats of Z2 on the car and 2 coats on the wheels. All I can say was i felt dead after each day. But i guess it was woth it. The car looks unbeliveable in person. I wish you all can see it. Its so smooth and so shiny. You cant even scratch it if u rub your nail on the car, it will just slide off. The same thing with a towel if u put one on the hood it will just slide right off. Well anyway here are some pics i took today. The reason why i took them today was because its been raining here in florida non stop lately. So today was the only day it diden't so far. It was cloudy when i took the pics so i made sure i pulled it right back into the garage. :p Well anyway here are the pics, yes i did get very camera happy.

Lots of lint from my terry towels.




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Pic of the zainoed wheel.
Old 06-24-2003, 05:24 PM
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Yes i did get carried away with the pics, but,:p I even have more, but i think this is more than enough.

The pictures do not really do justice, you all need to come see it in person, i will pay the airfare. :p
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looks good . It looks like you got a lot of free time do you want to wax my car too ?
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very nice pics man, doesnt zaino look awesome on black!!

did you also clay it, using microfiber towels wont leave lint, www.microfibertech.com has good towels, nj man, i remember the first day i started, what a pain! but the feel of the paint is just so smooth, well worth the time
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Is that Obsidian black? Looks nice..
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Xpeed - Sure I'll do yours, just make an appontment.


bmms8 - Thanks, And, I forgot to post it, but yes i did clay on the first day (saturday). And the reason why i did not use microfiber towels to take the wax off was because i think Alboston said Zaino reccomends it being taken off my 100% terry towels. Its funny you mentioned the towels from miccrofibertech, I ordered 2 of them a little over a week ago and still did not recieve them. I called, and left a message for a tracking number but did not get called back yet.


Iceman's C230 - Thanks, and no its just regular Black.

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my car is black i have washed it only 2 times this year and i think 4 times last year it has lots of scratches are you sure you can handle it?
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Damn that's a nice car, usually I dont' like decals, but the one on your C looks great! Good work, the paint looks awsome! Nice house too by the looks of it!
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WOW! That is the smoothest wax job I have ever seen! Definitely looks like a 14 hour job, the carwash down the street from me can't touch that.

Nice Job
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my car is black i have washed it only 2 times this year and i think 4 times last year it has lots of scratches are you sure you can handle it?
On seconed thought, no thanks, you might as well just leave it dirty.


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Damn that's a nice car, usually I dont' like decals, but the one on your C looks great! Good work, the paint looks awsome! Nice house too by the looks of it!
Thanks for the compliments.
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hey blackC230Coupe....... do you ever go up to gainesville area? lol..... I never have time for detailing the car and haven't found any reputable detailers. You up for it ? Maybe time it so you can join us on track day @ Gainesville Raceway.
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Looking good ! I love Zaino !
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WOW! That is the smoothest wax job I have ever seen! Definitely looks like a 14 hour job, the carwash down the street from me can't touch that.

Nice Job
Thanks, glad it shows.

Originally posted by electromethod
hey blackC230Coupe....... do you ever go up to gainesville area? lol..... I never have time for detailing the car and haven't found any reputable detailers. You up for it ? Maybe time it so you can join us on track day @ Gainesville Raceway.
I'll let u know. :p :p
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The green grass makes an excellent contrast to the AMAZING car! Great detail job dude! Awesome choice on color!
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The green grass makes an excellent contrast to the AMAZING car! Great detail job dude! Awesome choice on color!
Thanks, to bad the pics are univalible now. I went over my daily bandwith usage.

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