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I cleaned my 370z up a few weeks ago and am getting around to posting up a few shots of the correction work. I bought the vehicle late last August. Did a quick winter prep and parked it under the cover. This is the first proper cleaning since I took ownership of this car.

First up, this sticker needed to go,


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Dirty interior,


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Interior Cleaned up,


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Some Auto Finesse love,


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Now some before shots,


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Rear window rubber before,


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After,


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This is MPL beading from the winter prep. As you know you should strip the paint of any existing waxes or sealants before doing a proper correction, so it has to go,


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This is Victoria Wax left over from a test I did after correcting the spoiler during the winter downtime,


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Time to strip the old protection,


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Sonax doing its thing,


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Clayed,


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Then some Iron-X,


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Iron-X doing its thing,


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Another wash,


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Blank canvas,


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Back in the garage to dry, blotted with a WW and followed up with a Metro Vac Sidekick,


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As you know, light coloured vehicles are difficult to capture their issues. I did my best to try and show the condition of the paint. Before,


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Ok, now you get the picture. On to the good stuff,

My test area before,


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Test area after,


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50/50's


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Hood 50/50


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Hood after,


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A quick inspection outside after correcting the hood, before LSP,


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Roof before,


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After,


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Roof 50/50. Closest to you after, away from you before,


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the opposite view,


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Some nastiness. Before,


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After,


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I wasn't happy using 3M two sided tape to help mount the rear spoiler, so it was time to get redone. Before removal,


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Before,


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I tried, heat, Goo Gone, a couple of other things... the other options were taking forever. So I decided to try the ObliTARate. Worked like a charm. After,


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Rear hatch after,


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to be continued,

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