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Old Feb 1, 2011 | 04:08 PM
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Man, I haven't posted a new thread on here for a long time now. Anyway, just wanted to share something for you all. Today, I got a detail from Shyningstar Mobile Detailing (family-operated). I didn't know what to expect from a $55 exterior detail deal (includes wash, clay, buff, & wax) from livingsocial.com. I figured I would give it a shot, and you know, I was a quite impressed with the results. The guys did everything pretty thoroughly as you would normally expect from a detail service. Surprisingly, the products they used are all chemical boys products which is some great stuff. Anyway, hurray for my car being clean and shiny again! Enjoy the pix below and let me know what you think.










This is the van they rolled in

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Old Feb 1, 2011 | 06:15 PM
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Niccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccce clean Sc430!!!!!
Mine is in the storage 58.5 inches of snow in the month of Jan.
Off topic, is that factory color?
nice sc430
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Old Feb 1, 2011 | 07:53 PM
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Incredible shine. Love the look!
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Old Feb 1, 2011 | 08:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Ned Vo
Niccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccce clean Sc430!!!!!
Mine is in the storage 58.5 inches of snow in the month of Jan.
Off topic, is that factory color?
nice sc430
yea, that's the factory color...pretty nice, huh. its called midnight pine.
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Old Feb 1, 2011 | 08:53 PM
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Nice Richie! Looks cleannn!
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Old Feb 2, 2011 | 02:54 AM
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Awesome shine. Awesome car. They did a great job from what I can see. Guess a "before" and "after" would have been good. Not a bad deal at all.

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Old Feb 2, 2011 | 05:31 AM
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Looks great! Wish I had a deal like that where I live! Nice Wheels BTW...Are those 19s?
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Old Feb 2, 2011 | 10:20 AM
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excellent $55 investment.
well worth every penny.

looks mirror-like.
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Old Feb 2, 2011 | 11:45 AM
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Originally Posted by rcroller
Looks great! Wish I had a deal like that where I live! Nice Wheels BTW...Are those 19s?
They're 20's
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Old Feb 2, 2011 | 11:48 AM
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$55 detail? Wow that is cheap!
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Old Feb 2, 2011 | 12:46 PM
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wow that's amazing! wish they had service like that down here in florida! are you telling me they used a high speed orbital buffer?? it would be at least 100 here
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Old Feb 2, 2011 | 12:50 PM
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Very nice. I knew I should have bought one of those deals.. damn.
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Old Feb 2, 2011 | 01:21 PM
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Originally Posted by mIStaboi
wow that's amazing! wish they had service like that down here in florida! are you telling me they used a high speed orbital buffer?? it would be at least 100 here
Something like that. i didn't really pay close attention since I had work to do.

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Very nice. I knew I should have bought one of those deals.. damn.
I'll let you know when I see another one of those deals.
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Old Feb 2, 2011 | 04:57 PM
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Man.. I haven't seen you post in ages bro. Detail is niiice.. but to me your ride has always been clean. Glad to see you still have it.
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Old Feb 3, 2011 | 08:40 AM
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Good price for what you got. Keep in mind that all of the stuff they did you "could" safely do yourself. I have used clay bar on a lot of my vehicles and with a hand wash/wax there is a lot of labor involved. If you want to see "magic" go to a professional detail shop and let them attack it with their buffers and skill. You will be amazed at the hairline scratches/imperfections that will be removed and the depth they can give the paint.

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