Finally clay-bar'd the 'vert. - pics - DUW

['66 coupe]

Finally tried the clay bar. The car looks amazing, but I really think the cleaner wax in the kit did more than the clay. The clay just seemed like an unnecessary step; it didn't even get dirty until I did the section on the bumper behind the rear wheels.
Maybe it's just for people that hardly ever detail their cars. I usually try to keep my cars spotless, so maybe that's why I didn't see a drastic improvement.
I also wetsanded and polished the a few spots on the car like a month and a half ago.

Anyways, here's the pics. Too bad my camera sucks; it looks A LOT better in person.

*If you're wondering why the front bumper looks wierd, it's rattlecanned black and clear. Looking at respraying the whole car after getting an S281 spoiler and a new front bumper, but I can't decide on a stock Cobra bumper, or the one from ABC with the chin spoiler molded in.

 

[cbarr300]

haha...that's funny...Clay Barr's my name

anyhow...that thing looks clean....maybe I should do that to mine.

Nice ride, man

 

[inphiniti]

looks great, even the rattlecan paint job lol....

my .02, even tho the abc bumper would look great, i mean it flows great with the lower body lines and makes the front a little lower... its all personal preference... i think the oem style cobra is aggressive... but i personally think the abc 1 makes the car fall into a saleen category, where its aggressive yet classy...

sorta like wearin the t-shirt tuxedo... classy, yet ready to party just my .02

 

['66 coupe]

Thanks for the compliments.
I'm really happy with the car. Even though it's mostly stock, it's the perfect daily driver.
It just doesn't seem like the same neglected 'vert I bought cheap at a little used car lot 10 months ago; and I haven't really done too much. The same could probably be said about any of us that recently picked up our cars. It's hard to believe they're 12 & 13 years old. But who's gonna take better care of them than us? I guess that's why we're all here, to improve our cars.

As for the bumper I have been leaning towards the ABC bumper. I just started recently considering the stock Cobra; don't really know why.

haha...that's funny...Clay Barr's my name

That is funny.

 

[Synned]

Looks great! Does it come in a kit or something where you get different phases?
From your local pep boys?

 

['66 coupe]

Looks great! Does it come in a kit or something where you get different phases?
From your local pep boys?

It was actually like $10 cheaper at Wal Mart than I've seen at Advance, so I grabbed it.
I used the Mothers kit. Came with the bar, a bottle of 'finishing polish' or something, and a small bottle of cleaner wax.

Basically you wash & dry. Then you spray the finishing stuff and rub the bar on the wet area. Dry the excess and apply the cleaner wax when you've finished a whole panel.

You can reuse everything, but I doubt the cleaner wax is big enough for a 2nd job. I don't know cause I already had the same Mothers cleaner wax in a bigger bottle.