Holder Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 Took a trip down to Baton Rouge to visit the family and have been wanting to get my hands on this car for awhile. The timing never worked out but this trip it all came together and had a chance to clean her up the right way. This car was a joy to work on, only real swirls I found were on the center console and the wheels. But it did need some attention. I started with taking care of the interior. After a vacuum I cleaned all surfaces with LIC and went back and applied LC. Before shot still in the garage at 7 am. Swirled center console Polished 4" Focus pad SHR & FMP The LC really makes a difference. Exhaust tips were in bad shape The engine bay wasn't bad but the strut tower brace needed to polishing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holder Posted February 9, 2013 Author Share Posted February 9, 2013 More shots The brakes on these cars create some nasty dust Started with APC on The tires and fenders Cleaned wheels with GWC and the appropriate combo of brushes and of course the turbo stick. Cleaned the engine bay with APC and boars hair brush and lug brush Then went around the car with lug brush and cleaned all emblems, the honeycomb grilles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holder Posted February 9, 2013 Author Share Posted February 9, 2013 More shots. Was only able to fit one bucket In the trunk of the Cruze so she only got a 1 bucket strip wash with APC and car shampoo. I advised her She needs to purchase some buckets with grit guards. Blew all the cracks and crevices with the sidekick Polished up the strut tower brace with metal polish #1&2. You can see the oxidation on the right. Applied some quick sealant to keep it protected All done with the strut tower brace Showing how great the Super VRT is. Getting the tight spots with In & Out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holder Posted February 9, 2013 Author Share Posted February 9, 2013 MOre shots. Super VRT on tires Applied QS to wheels the some BG Polished tips with MP # 1&2 then applied so e QS Then went to claying, wasn't too bad just some road tar I then polished with FMP using the Flex. Then applied QS to entire vehicle and finished with 2 coats of APW. Also all rubber/plastic trim was treated with Super VRT and all chrome received a coat of BG along with the glass. Here's the finished shots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holder Posted February 9, 2013 Author Share Posted February 9, 2013 Finished shots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holder Posted February 9, 2013 Author Share Posted February 9, 2013 More finished shots Captain Slow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marylander Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 (edited) Beautiful job. and I love that color for the CTS. Edited February 10, 2013 by MarylandTDI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris@Adams Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 What a nice job & car! What year is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holder Posted February 9, 2013 Author Share Posted February 9, 2013 Thanks, it's a 2011 with 13k miles on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southtexasplayn Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 Beautiful car and awesome job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DenaliDan Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 Great results! What did you use on the center console? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holder Posted February 9, 2013 Author Share Posted February 9, 2013 Great results! What did you use on the center console? When I have a chance to sit down I'll edit all the pictures with captions. But I uses a drill with 4" Focus pads. 2 passes SHR 1 pass FMP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmyAcadia09 Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 Looks great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganSRT8 Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 your sister is awesome, driving a sick V. Nice clean up man! there is a lady that drives one on my hometown but its a V wagon with a 6-speed...yeah I want to meet her as a 22 year old haha. Thanks for posting up man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holder Posted February 9, 2013 Author Share Posted February 9, 2013 Updated with captions. Thanks for looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GXPaycheck Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 Great job! Hope she knows to keep it away from car washes now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holder Posted February 9, 2013 Author Share Posted February 9, 2013 Great job! Hope she knows to keep it away from car washes now! Oh, it's only been hand washed since delivery. But I am educating them on the proper way to care for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
04bluesilverado Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 looks awesome! Should of taken off the dealer letters on the trunk while you were at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scootertrash19 Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 looks awesome! Should of taken off the dealer letters on the trunk while you were at it. I was thinking the same thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holder Posted February 9, 2013 Author Share Posted February 9, 2013 looks awesome! Should of taken off the dealer letters on the trunk while you were at it. I asked to take it off, they said no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blcksilv08 Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Great looking car, one of my favorite colors on it to, awesome job on it and what a good brother you are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAYBEN Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 awesome! minus the dealer crap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcotton Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Good job. Car looks great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott mc Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Nice work!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc2hill Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Very nice Andrew! I really like those cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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