Wow those are terrible! My heart would sank too. But then, took action at 2am.. you're really ocd haha. But i see that most scratchs are gone in the end. So what did you do? Compound with hand? Or machine?

Btw, your car looks somewhat... dirty in the picture, for a guy like you haha! You need to finish your stockpiled products yo! Last time i saw your just waxed and BSDed picture, super shine and clean!

And yeah, V4!

This post has been edited by efaceninja: Aug 29 2014, 10:15 AM

beautiful! so you mean you did a 3 step?
1st: UC + orange LC
2nd: DG501 + white LC
3rd: DG501 + black LC
nice info on the paint outcome if using only a single combination! so you in the end did it all for your whole car? how long did it take?

Meg glass cleaner got 20% discount now~! at selected AEON

Ace Hardware really sells wayyyy too much brands causing me to have real difficulty choosing anything if i didn't research (read reviews) before hand on certain brands.

the toilet bowl brush usually is really quite stiff, i was hunting before and toilet bowl's one all out.

did some shopping today...

i got chance to try out a bit on the ultramate machine while i was there at Osren. no back plate, just plug in electric and switch on, wanna feel the vibration. really quite vibrating lols. and also went on to touch all their MF cloths there to feel it. i would say they're all very plush, especially the more expensive one. its definitely better than PG's cloth. The cheapest Osren MF feels already better than the one from Daiso, so i now would get Osren's one if i'm getting new MF cloth. now i dunno where to put (rate) the MF that comes with Meg ULW.. oh i also saw there seems to be some new products in their show room, blue labelling one, not seen on their website yet. i think its a one-step compound/polish/wax product.

AEON Wangsa maju still got Meg's product on 20% discount, i got myself Meg endurance gel & glass cleaner as above. what i saw there still got UC, UP, UQD, UQL, one last UPW. no more ULW. see picture and decide if you want to grab'em


also this aeon got quite some 3M's spray type product, anyone here used before?


oh, also wanted to show what happens to my side mirror after a long distance drive at night time. i hate bugs.

Not sifu here but, wash, clay, wax, and there after wash regularly i would say.

. that is a waffle weave MF cloth for drying. the foam pad is RM 4 per piece.

no idea lols. i not yet looking into coating yet.

yup true on the DA's vibration test, the weight of the spinning part will be different and therefore vibration diff. if weight increase, vib will increase i suppose. but i don't want to trouble too much on mr heng who served me there since i'm not going to buy it that day anyways lol.

the brochure with car as cover is Meg's Professional line products brochure, meaning Detailers & Mirror Glaze one. i got my D155 from Hypercoat, and also the 2 brochures haha.

psst psst, the meg 20% should be applicable to queensbay Aeon too. https://www.facebook.com/meguiarsmy/photos/...elevant_count=1. you can go grab the Meg's brilliant new car kit

for cheaper product, probably you can try out turtlewax? i personally never used it before la. for claying, cheapest one i believe is PG's wonder clay, get the no.2 one. that day i saw at AEON also they have PG clay kit, aka a bottle of PG Quick Detailer (as clay lube) and a box of clay for RM 39.90. KIT brand i personally don't really like it. as for soft99, my problem with soft99 is it just got wayyyyyyyy too much similar product choices there, and their product naming is super confusing, plus their product instruction/function explanation is mostly too generic or just plain Japanese words..

you can see my some of my newbie questions that i've asked before..

Nope not into coating yet. So far my LSP just Meg Ulti Liq Wax, plus ulti quik wax sometimes after wash.

not bad. not bad. and your consideration 1-5
1. Meg UWW for me is quite good. I used PG's concentrated shampoo before, and also PG's Wash & Wax Polymer before. i can tell you the PG Wash & Wax will give you nice gloss/shine right after you wash your car compared to just the PG shampoo. the Meg UWW shine even better! so for me, i would go with Meg UWW. or you can try other brand's wash & wax.

2. Meg ULW for me is quite superb. the price is not superb though. i never use other waxes before so i can't really compare. the only one i used before is the KIT Metallic wax and it is just mehhh. but then, i think very very very important is you MUST clay your car before waxing it (even your new ride)

3. 3M bar where you find it? i last time when searching online, read that lots of china fake 3M clay bar (very cheap) on market, not sure if its true. i would rather stick with PG claybar rather than risk buying fake clay bar (and rub the fake thing on your beloved car!). and as for clay lube, i just use shampoo water mix (before). you can use your PG Shampoo, fill some into a generic spray bottle, and spray away. OR, just use clean MF cloth/wash mitt as 'lube dispenser' lols. Sifu here thought me before the UQD that you have now is not really suitable as clay lube.

4. never used this before. but what do you mean PlasticX for tinted window? window is glass no?

5. UP. i have this as well. hmmm so far used once, by hand. not really sure if it is effective to use by hand though. if apply by machine the effect should be great. but since your car is new, i think its okay. the cutting power is really minimum so i think its safe for your new ride

dashboard & leather seats i would use APC (any brand), spray wipe (or brush) and clean. i just bought Osren's for this. then apply those dashboard dressing product for the shine. i'm using meg ulti protectant.

This post has been edited by efaceninja: Sep 1 2014, 11:25 PM

wow very nice~~! the front bonnet from 'matte' till become gloss and shiny again! you used 2 days ah? wow, so much time even for rotary? i see that you mentioned you used wrong product/pad combo for the oxidized paint. 1 UC completely on the front bonnet (OUCH RM 70 ) bookmarking this page because of this lesson learnt info

the front bonnet did you finish off another pass with OHP too (like what you did on door panel and rear)? btw is OHP stands for Optimum Hyper Polish? you seal of with any LSP? The rear spoiler feels like can be improved more? i mean, seeing from the picture la and you got a rotary man. anyway, good detailing session!

This post has been edited by efaceninja: Sep 2 2014, 02:08 PM

i like the Meg's recyclable bag that they gave. i believe those gallon & 4L products can last me a long long time and therefore its cheaper for me in the long run, especially the Osren's one. just pop opened D155 yesterday, i can't say i appreciate the smell at all lols.

and look at my self-printed product label.. hehe..


bolded part
if it beads like that at 90km/h AFTER 2 yrs of application, i think it is pretty awesome man? in between the 2 years, no reapply anything? how's the maintenance required?? i mean, i only have my experience on DuraZ. first week apply, first rain, it start to beads at about 70 km/h like that. after a few wiper usage, a few weeks, a few more rains, it start to beads at 80, then 90, and slowly diminish after roughly about 2-3 weeks/rain lols.

i think that's pretty alright. give it a few brush work should be better i guess.

Nope not around cheras. The blue one i got from Osren recently.

RM 146 for the D155. Osren's one is even even cheaper! RM 38 for 4L~! imagine the Meg's APC & SD cost around RM 130 ish.

keeping note keeping note.. for my future reference if needed.. pad cleaning agent/product.

oppsss, you're right there. i didn't think that deep ma master. yup osren multi clean / fabric cleaner is RTU type no dilution recommended. but the Degreaser FX does require 1:4 dilution for normal use, 1:1 for strong use la. well i think we need to take into consideration of the effectiveness of the products which is even more difficult to quantify and compare, can only based on experience lols.

need to make a new excel file for calculating all these lols. thanks sifu for the insight & reminder
btw, latest price (last week) Meg D101 APC should be RM 121 if i remember correctly.

This post has been edited by efaceninja: Sep 3 2014, 08:08 PM

Ok, new question.. i watched quite a lot of video and some articles on engine bay cleaning. They always pointed out "cover the electric parts, cover the sensitive part, protect the electronics"... well.. what exactly are those electronic parts that we should pay attention to??

So far from what I've understand, the distribution box and air filter/intake inlet need to cover up. And btw distribution box is the one with 4 wires leading up to spark plug? Always hear "cover up electronics parts" but the problem is, i can't confidently recognize those electronic parts (yet). So need sifus advice.. hopefully can list out the component name that should be covered up, and i try to research what are those and how does it looks like and where is it located in my car.

Lols if i use my common sense, i would've covered almost all the things in engine bay and ended up washing the plastic bags (which is covering the whole engine bay).. because my commom sense tells me "DON'T SPRAY WATER INTO/ONTO ENGINE! ITS DANGEROUS!"

ok ok maybe I'll take photos of the engine bay, close up photos of any parts that i suspect need cover up, post it right back here and wait sifus' comment.

As for engine dressing, beside Meg Hyper Dressing, what's the alternative?

i saw that PG quick detailer set too, been looking all over the box but found no info on which clay is it, (no.1 or no.2?). i remember is RM 39.90 at AEON Wangsa maju.

should wash your exterior first?? haha.

i see.. well last time i did spray some PG tyre shine on the engine's hard plastic parts (air box, other boxes). looks shine and nice and happy. 1-2 weeks later, all dust on top.

so.. normally you guys (your preference) is not put on dressing on engine bay?