Nothing quite like freshly detailed black paint

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Apr 30, 2004 | 06:35 PM

paddlenbike

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Nothing quite like freshly detailed black paint

Spent a few hours detailing the truck today. Here's the result:

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Comments good or bad welcome.

Apr 30, 2004 | 06:37 PM

Ric

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lookin good, wnna do mine ?

Apr 30, 2004 | 06:41 PM

shazaam

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My truck is an 02 and it doesn't shine like that

Apr 30, 2004 | 06:43 PM

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Apr 30, 2004 | 09:26 PM

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Looks really nice, I've always liked your truck. What did you use on it?

Apr 30, 2004 | 10:34 PM

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Thanks for the complements.

I washed and dryed the truck, then went over it with a clay bar, then machine polished with a foam pad and 3M Swirl Mark Remover (removed by hand) and finally applied a carnuba wax via machine and removed by hand. Takes about four hours, but it should help the paint last a long time.

EDIT--Jesse, I just spent some time looking at your cardomain site...nice truck! I am quite partial to Xtra Cab SR5 V6s...Toyota hasn't made a better truck since the last one rolled off the assembly line in 1995.

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