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Old Apr 18, 2009 | 08:34 PM
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Manual work FTW.

Did some work by hand to get the car nice and clean. It's be nice to have a random orbital, but quite honestly, manual labor can get some good results too.

3 step process:

1. Apply Meguiar's Paint Cleaner
2. Apply Meguiar's polish
3. Apply Meguiar's Gold Class Wax.

I also took some chrome polish and got some shine back into my rather nasty looking exhaust tips.

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Old Apr 18, 2009 | 08:50 PM
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very nice!!
Old Apr 18, 2009 | 09:27 PM
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looking good, but i dont know if it just me but your tires look too small or you need to drop you maxima more
Old Apr 18, 2009 | 09:33 PM
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Tires are small (225/40/18). They came from my old 4th gen. Car is on H&R's. I hope to get 245/45/18 sometime down the road.

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Old Apr 18, 2009 | 09:52 PM
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looks great!
Old Apr 19, 2009 | 03:37 AM
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Very clean. I wish my car shined like that. I would go with 245/40 rather than 245/45. There's too much sidewall on the 45s and it'll throw off the look of the car.
Old Apr 19, 2009 | 05:06 AM
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Damn very clean.
Old Apr 19, 2009 | 07:05 AM
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Looks pretty damn good to me
Old Apr 19, 2009 | 07:25 AM
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wow....holy **** that's clean man

What I like about it is how simple it is yet it looks perfect. Maybe a slight drop would set it off just right
Old Apr 19, 2009 | 10:00 AM
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nice and clean, get some coilovers and slam that *****..lol
Old Apr 19, 2009 | 10:05 AM
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Originally Posted by maximase86
Tires are small (225/40/18). They came from my old 4th gen. Car is on H&R's. I hope to get 245/45/18 sometime down the road.

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That tire size is just fine. You just need to be lower. With a 245/45 you might rub on full lock turns. I know I did.

Come polish and wax my car please.
Old Apr 19, 2009 | 10:40 AM
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Old Apr 19, 2009 | 11:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Arisotezza18
Very clean. I wish my car shined like that. I would go with 245/40 rather than 245/45. There's too much sidewall on the 45s and it'll throw off the look of the car.
yea I'm running 245/40 and I scrub on big bumps, I can't imagine what a 245/45 would be like...
Old Apr 19, 2009 | 12:21 PM
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Best looking tire size for those G wheels are 235/40.

Car looks super clean, dang!
Old Apr 19, 2009 | 12:26 PM
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Clean as hell!!
Love the color.
Old Apr 19, 2009 | 12:31 PM
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not bad, not bad at all.
Old Apr 19, 2009 | 05:33 PM
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wow. Thats clean
Old Apr 19, 2009 | 07:05 PM
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very clean car!!!
Old Apr 19, 2009 | 07:25 PM
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keep it up with some spray wax after every washhhh
Old Apr 19, 2009 | 09:28 PM
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Clean. Wanna come do mine?
Old Apr 19, 2009 | 09:31 PM
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Very nice work!
Old Apr 19, 2009 | 10:08 PM
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Nice work. I was looking at mine today and it was screaming for a wash!!!

the car looks super good just needs a tad bit more of a drop, but hell I would rock the car the way it stands now.
Old Apr 19, 2009 | 10:17 PM
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Originally Posted by HotshotVQ35
nice and clean, get some coilovers and slam that *****..lol
I would, but just can't handle much lower/stiffer than the H&R's. My back is pretty messed up. Hence why I want to mess with the tire size. Still tough to decide.

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Old Apr 20, 2009 | 06:25 AM
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Originally Posted by HotshotVQ35
nice and clean, get some coilovers and slam that *****..lol



+ 1. Too much wheel gap. Great job on the wax.
Old Apr 20, 2009 | 10:48 AM
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I agree, I was really bummed when I got the H&R's on and can still fit 3 fingers in the gap.
Old Apr 20, 2009 | 11:38 AM
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WoW!!!....i wish i had good paint.Very clean.
Old Apr 20, 2009 | 02:11 PM
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I wouldn't say good paint...my front end is rock chipped all to hell. There are certainly areas that could use a respray, like the front edge of the rear wheel wells. I try to make it as decent as I can.
Old Apr 20, 2009 | 03:14 PM
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i <3 that max. ill trade you
Old Apr 22, 2009 | 05:25 AM
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Amazing... your car looks great as always. This shows me just what my car is supposed to look like, if it is ever clean.
Old Apr 22, 2009 | 05:56 AM
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dayum!...nice job
Old Apr 22, 2009 | 02:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Puppetmaster
Amazing... your car looks great as always. This shows me just what my car is supposed to look like, if it is ever clean.
Don't worry, there is stuff you have I wish I had. Like a 6-speed.
Old Apr 27, 2009 | 09:31 AM
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Originally Posted by maximase86
Don't worry, there is stuff you have I wish I had. Like a 6-speed.
Yes, I do like having that. I'll try to post pics if I ever clean my car up.
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