Winter Here!!!
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From: Sioux City Iowa
Winter Here!!!
Cant take the Vette out almost 12"s of snow on the ground...so its time to clean and polish...how about given a newbie some ideas on the best exterior cleaner & polish as well as interior stuff. Some of the c5s Ive looked at have a real deep tone to them how do they get them to look like that? My c5 is magnetic red if that makes a difference P.S. not afraid of elbow grease.
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I agree with the Adam's Polishes line - they make a good clay bar and their polishes do wonders on the car's finish. For the interior, I've been using Eagle 1 leather conditioner, but that is getting hard to find.
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Menzerna's/Klasse. 
By the way, this is a '99 with 112K miles on it. Prior to these pics I washed it with Meguiar's Gold Class car wash, followed by Blackfire Poly clay, then Menzerna intensive polish, Menzerna final polish II, then Klasse All-in-one, then two coats of Klasse sealant glaze, then topped it all off with Meguiar's Gold Class carnauba wax. I used a PC 7424 buffer on all the polish stages. I also used Autoglym glass polish (with a buffer) and Meguair's plastic polish on the turn signals, and tail lights (and instrument panel lens)..
By the way, this is a '99 with 112K miles on it. Prior to these pics I washed it with Meguiar's Gold Class car wash, followed by Blackfire Poly clay, then Menzerna intensive polish, Menzerna final polish II, then Klasse All-in-one, then two coats of Klasse sealant glaze, then topped it all off with Meguiar's Gold Class carnauba wax. I used a PC 7424 buffer on all the polish stages. I also used Autoglym glass polish (with a buffer) and Meguair's plastic polish on the turn signals, and tail lights (and instrument panel lens)..
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