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Old 12-29-13, 01:37 AM
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Lookin good as always Katie!!!
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Old 12-29-13, 10:25 AM
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Originally Posted by karasha
Goooood lord, THAT SHINE ZACH! She's looking good! I did 20+ hours of just polishing on the IS350 before Wekfest here in Houston a few weekends ago.

I used Menzerna FG400 followed by Menzerna SF4500, which was promptly wiped down with CarPro Eraser. It was then topped with Chemical Guys EZ Creme Acrylic Glaze and BlackFire Wet Diamond. I worked in sections over a series of three days. Turned out to be about a 90% correction, which I am happy with... but it's all about to be undone anyways due to the car gettings body work done this year.

Don't mind the wheels... they were taken off after polishing to be washed inside and out and sealed.
^Car looks amazing! FG400 + SF4500 is always a great choice EZ Creme takes it up a notch too... love using that stuff when I am not applying a coating.

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always so damn clean! haha did you ever polish your exhaust tips (Im assuming M2?) or just wash and wipe?
^I polished it a while ago... they were just quickly wiped down with ONR in the last pic I posted... it needs to be polished again, but I get 'lazy' sometimes.

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Thank you! It really is a process that people underestimate. It's very labor intensive and time consuming, but man it really is worth it. Detailing is a whole 'nother realm outside of modding and it can be just as expensive
^No joke! If I could convince myself to stop spending money on detailing supplies, I could've bought a new set of wheels already ... but most of the detailing stuff doesn't get used on my own car, so I guess it isn't a fair comparison
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Old 12-29-13, 02:28 PM
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Hey really love your set up!..Looks really tough with the meaty tires.Just got my is and looking for some ideas..What make are the rims sizes tires?..also how low is the drop..Thanks!.
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Playing on the streets of Houston


Oh and a pic or two of when me and karasha went shooting the other night

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Cleaned up and ready for its first week as my car...
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Old 12-29-13, 08:33 PM
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Originally Posted by GiantsFan
Lookin good as always Katie!!!
Thanks Raj!!

Originally Posted by zmcgovern4
^Car looks amazing! FG400 + SF4500 is always a great choice EZ Creme takes it up a notch too... love using that stuff when I am not applying a coating.
THANK you. Means a lot coming from a columnist for Detailed Image (Congrats btw!)

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Hey really love your set up!..Looks really tough with the meaty tires.Just got my is and looking for some ideas..What make are the rims sizes tires?..also how low is the drop..Thanks!.
Why thank you! Glad there are people out there who appreciate the meaty tires. These are HRE 19" 540Rs. They do not make them anymore. As for the drop, I really don't know how much of a drop it is from stock... it's gone up and down so much to dial in the right height. It's on coilovers.

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Oh and a pic or two of when me and karasha went shooting the other night
That car looks familiar
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Old 12-29-13, 11:46 PM
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Old 12-30-13, 12:05 AM
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Originally Posted by modlife
Cleaned up and ready for its first week as my car...
are you ever going to take pictures outside your garage? lol
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Old 12-30-13, 04:17 AM
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looking good bro....love the color scheme
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Originally Posted by peyman
are you ever going to take pictures outside your garage? lol
Haha - yes, I promise I will. It's been cold and rainy though...
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Originally Posted by zmcgovern4
^I polished it a while ago... they were just quickly wiped down with ONR in the last pic I posted... it needs to be polished again, but I get 'lazy' sometimes.
Ah I see, does your exhaust get "sooty" real quick? My tips start becoming black after a few days depending on driving amount.. unless I never noticed that with the stock exhaust and it's a normal thing with exhausts haha
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sick! there's a guy from PUREVIP with an IS Fsport in the exact same color scheme: white, white face CCWs, bagged (I'm pretty sure..). Nonetheless, great job
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Originally Posted by peyman
are you ever going to take pictures outside your garage? lol
Here are some "outside of the garage" pics - we'll call this "outside of my office" which is another place you're likely to see it often...
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