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Great job . I really like those Malibu's. It looks amazing and nice job on the plate holes.

Looks really good! I need to do that to my front plate too. 

This is probably the closest to Perfect Paint you will ever see on a "Take Home" car.  Holy cow it's really really nice in person!
 
Good luck on the shoulder surgery Eys-Man!

Great work!! Plan on shining mine up Friday

Awesome job and great pics for the whole process............

I had something on the windshield of my new Malibu that wouldn't come off this past weekend. Glass cleaner, nope; APC, nope; clay, nope. Got ahold of Mook and he suggested polishing the glass using a microfiber pad and paint correcting polish, that did the trick. He said if that didn't work to try denatured alcohol.

Weirdo

umm...

:lolsmack:  
Well that came out wrong. 

I'd say give it a try on your own. These are the kinds of projects that if you really take your time, do the prep work and follow the directions you will likely get a good result. If you rush and think you can skip steps, you're going to get a crap result. 

I picked up my new Company Car on Wednesday, a 2013 Chevy Malibu with 3 miles on the odometer, Reichler drove me up as I’m purchasing, not returning the 2007 Magnum. One of the keys has a plastic fob attached that has 8/22 on it; this car appears to have been in their possession for slightly less than one month.

Thursday evening I took care of a little personalization:

 

 

 

 

I’d asked them not to install the front license bracket and plate, guess they didn’t care or had already installed it.

Nice
It cleaned/polished up okay. I'll get some plugs and color match them.

Friday late afternoon/evening she got a bath with 271 miles on her.

Two Bucket Grit Guard strip wash using 2oz of Car Shampoo and 4oz of APC. A Merino Wool mitt on the upper portion of the car, a 9x9 through the mid section and another 9x9 on the front bumper, rocker panels, lower rear quarters, lower portion of the rear bumper and on the wheels/tires.
Wheels, tires and inner fender wells had the use of a Fender brush, Wheel brush, Deep Clean Tire brush and a Trim & Lug brush. The tires had an application of a high silicone glossy tire dressing from the dealership that was also all over the wheels:

APC and Green Wheel Cleaner here, took care of the mess:

Here's how much Tire Dressing they had on. The spots inside the door handle are tire dressing that made its way into the cabin while I drove home Wednesday with the window down:

I dried it with my Master Blaster and wiped it down with DS and two Waterless Wash towels.
Clay Bar? On a brand new car? You bet, she failed the baggie test:

My first time with Adam’s new clay.

I’d used Riccardo before and this new clay reminded me of it. Very soft and sticky and as it wore out it would stick to my fingers.
Still 200 grams in the package, packaged as two separate 100 gram bars.

I tore one in half and was able to do the entire car with just 50 grams.

This was after the windshield and half the hood:

Bright and early Saturday morning I brought her into the garage, wiped her down again and got ready to polish. Taped off all the textured plastics:

 

I took care of all the chrome with Metal Polish #2 and a Metal Polish towel:

The tools I planned to use on the paint, with the pads I thought I'd use:

Nope, not as soon as I saw this:

They were all over the roof. My guess, the dealership washes their new cars with a brush, and whoever washed this car used the brush on the roof going from side to side. One pass with the Orange Foam pad on the Flex with PCP did nothing. I right away jumped up to the microfiber pad:

Three passes and the roof is perfect.
There were other marks, scratches, and gouges as well as several defects in the paint; fish eyes, runs and debris in the paint, oh well. All that could be corrected were.
I polished out the entire car with the Paint Correcting Polish, Orange Microfiber with the Flex except tight areas where the Cyclo did the job. With the Cyclo I got away with the foam pads as those areas weren’t that bad. I decided not to follow up with Paint Finishing Polish as the Paint Correcting Polish finished down to almost perfection. Next spring I’ll hit her again with the Paint Finishing Polish and white pads.
Next came some sealant. The majority of the car received Machine Super Sealant via a Grey Foam pad with my PC set to 3.

Some areas I prefer Quick Sealant. Quick Sealant was placed on the front bumper, rocker panels, door jambs, all painted areas under the hood and trunk lid and the wheels.
After wiping the car down she went back outside for the night so the GTO could come back in. Within minutes of switching the cars around it began to rain. We got just over 1” of rain before midnight.
Looks like the MSS is doing its job of protection:

Out came the Master Blaster again

and a wipe down with WW. There were several spots where the MSS had hazed back over again and these were taken care of. Once dry, back into the garage.
Brilliant Glaze

Followed up with Patriot

The tape was removed and all the trim was dressed with SVRT or In & Out Spray.

 

 

 

Please.  Let's start off the life and story of this Malibu correctly.  The headline of this thread should be: "2013 Chevy Malibu & The Fantastic Voyage".  A 500-some mile road-trip, stop at a good local brewery for lunch, and the hysterical ricer fly-by on our way home deserves mention.  That was indeed a good road-trip.

That's what I'm talking about!

Very nice!

Great work Dave!  Glad you were able to keep the Magnum too.

I should have figured that you wouldn't leave it like that......Lol

Great job!  Those Malibus are nice rides. Enjoy.

PlastiDip FTW!   Wow, the dealership really worked hard to get those nasty scratches on there in just a month! Nice cleanup Dave.

Incredible friends, food and weather! Thanks to all at Adams!

Damn straight Eric.
 
 
 
Wheels? Those are actually hub caps! Here's what I'm thinking Rich. The tires only have 4/32 left and need replaced. I'm going to remove the tires/wheels and take them to the folks that will install the new tires and balance them to have them first simply remove the tires. I'm then going to take the steel wheels to a powder coater close to me to sand blast them (the faces are awefully rusty) and powder coat them black; $200 for all four. I'm then going to take them back to the tire guy to install the new tires and balance the wheels. I've been looking on eBay for the small center caps that are on Police cars.

You crazy Dave!
 
I've seen a few people do this.  One was a Jeep Grand Cherokee, and after about a year, it's started to peel off.  Just be gentle when washing.

Soon guys... soon! 
 

You're very welcome! We try to take care of everyone any way we can.

Helped a friend detail his 2007 Honda VTX1800. He's had it since mid July and just got caught in some weather with it last week. The bike had 7,000 miles on it when he picked it up. He had no idea how to take care of it.

Two Bucket Washed w/Adam's Car Shampoo in grit guard buckets
Two 9x9 Mitts
Wheel Woolies
Boulder Blonde Boars Hair Wheel Brush
Trim and Lug Brush
APC
GWC
Dried with my Master Blaster
Wiped down with DS and a couple Waterless Wash Waffleweave Mocrofibers
Clayed the front of the tank
Revive Hand Polish on all the painted surfaces
Metal Polishes 1 & 2 where needed
Brilliant Glaze on every bit of metal we could get to
Americana on all painted surfaces
Leather & Interior Cleaner on saddle
Leather Conditioner on Saddle
I took care of a few scratches the previous owner had left in the tank

 

Ended up using an orange 4" Microfiber pad on my cordless drill with the old SHR followed up with a white 4" foam pad and the old FMP.
 
I'm pretty sure an Essentials Detail Kit will be sold today with the 3.9oz Americana upgrade.

^^^this espcially if you have tinted windows