I did the horizontal bits on my 4 month old Z this week after a super thorough washing (didn't clay as it felt very smooth) took 2 hours with a PorterCable(7346, Junkman recommends the 45 but it was on sale) and 6" hex pads (ZFE hexlogic orange and white off amazon, 7day delivery from China) and Meguirs 205 (plus 1/2 hour to wash and a 1/2 hour to re wax =3 hours before driven indoors by f---ing mosquitos!)
Super shiny!
It was factory shiny plus 2 coats Meguirs ultimate polish topped with a layer of carnuba already but the mirror clarity (reading labels in the reflection) definitely improved
Will do the sides with the next bath!
And then keep it protected with M ultra-polish 2+ times per year and carnuba every ~6 weeks (my 350z Lemans Sunset (the gold/orangey color) lasted 10.5 years and looked nearly new when I sold it which tricked the trade in folks because they didn't notice the engine rebuild after ventilating the oil pan with connecting rod bits due to a poorly tuned turbo (blew up at 140 down the back stretch of Sebring)
(TLDR watch the junkman videos and send him rep)
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