First time clay bar results
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From: Leesburg GA
Well, I finally did it. I had never used the clay bar on my 99 FRC before this weekend. It was much easier than I had anticipated. I used Adam's Clay Bar. Actually, I won a bottle Adams Detail spray as a door prize in a car show. Since that time, I have gone exclusively to their products. After the clay bar, I used Adams Buttery Wax and then a coat of their Glaze spray. Great results. It is Adams products for me from here on out. The paint on this 99 FRC is the original paint. It looks better than some of the new paint I have seen on some of the 2008 vetts!
I used the Meguiar’s products and can't imagine how more expensive products could do any better. If they can, the results must be out of this world.
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From: Big Red Ne
By LanceJoker
I googled the Pinnacle car products but can't imagine how anything could do better than Adams. I will try some Pinnacle products just to compare the two. Thanks for the heads up!
Pinnacle is a high end car care company(waxes,polishes...)
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From: Delmar Delaware
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St. Jude Donor '05-'06-'07-'08-'09-'10
Some folks are not aware of the basics if they have never used it before.
Also, continually "kneed" or fold the clay and don't use a lot of pressure. Clay is basically an abrasive and I have seen it induce defects onto a car.
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From: The Great Truth: "There ain't no free lunch"
St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11
Yup....50's and 60's rock......cool ride ya got there..
And the garage is unbelievable......
I clay twice a year and there are a lot of good wax products with each having their own opinion.....
And the garage is unbelievable...... I clay twice a year and there are a lot of good wax products with each having their own opinion.....
Melting Slicks
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From: Dayton Ohio
Awesome! 
I remember hearing about clay for the first time several years ago. I saw the stuff and thought to myself...
I remember hearing about clay for the first time several years ago. I saw the stuff and thought to myself...
"So I'm supposed to rub this $20 wad of silly putty all over my car and it's going to magically smooth out my paint? Yeah, right! What a scam!"
Well...then I finally tried it and boy was I blown away by the before/after difference. I've tried to tell others about it, but they don't understand how their paint is dirty when it "looks" so clean!
Racer
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From: Palo Alto California
Mudflaps may not be attractive,but they prevent the paint behind the tires from being bead-blasted off,especially if you have wide and sticky tires and the tucked-in lower bodywork of a C5. Mudflaps are definitely the lesser of two evils.
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From: Palmdale, Ca----- 2009 Cyber Gray 4LT A6 F55 452 RWHP 422 RWTQ- RIP 1998 C5 734 RWHP & 585 RWTQ-----
Sweeeet! I remember the first time I clay bared my Black C5 Coupe what a diff it was too
I too use ADAMS
Thanks,Matt
I too use ADAMS
Thanks,Matt
Melting Slicks
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St. Jude Donor '05-'06-'07-'08-'09-'10
Awesome!
I remember hearing about clay for the first time several years ago. I saw the stuff and thought to myself...
I remember hearing about clay for the first time several years ago. I saw the stuff and thought to myself...
"So I'm supposed to rub this $20 wad of silly putty all over my car and it's going to magically smooth out my paint? Yeah, right! What a scam!"
Well...then I finally tried it and boy was I blown away by the before/after difference. I've tried to tell others about it, but they don't understand how their paint is dirty when it "looks" so clean! 
Big difference.
It's an audible / touch thing...
Racer
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From: the woodlands texas
thats about like saying i'm going to put this cardboard box over my hot girlfriends head, cause i dont want to ruin how good she looks. now i have to stare at a cardboard box all day.
i know about rock chips. i daily drive a slammed black frc with 12's on the back. and you cant see s*it in the form of rock chips, ect.
but to each their own. i guess ecklers and J.C. Whitneys gotta stay in business somehow!
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From: Big Red Ne
I did mine two years ago with Adams clay and used his stuff exclusively since then....but....now i discovered the more high end stuff...Pinnacle etc...Adams is still good, esp the detail spray...dont like the vrt for wheels though..lil too dull...but im moving up...car looks good though..clay makes huge difference!!