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Guys,

My missus has a silver nova and for christmas a couple of years ago she got some turtlewax colour cure car polish. Anyway I decided to give it a try on her car to see if it was any good before trying some on mine :P Her front bonnet was replaced a few years ago when she had a prang but it wasnt sprayed properly and has faded over the years, so I gave it a coat of this polish stuff (its a liquid thats the same colour as your finish, ie: black, red, silver etc) and after the first coat had dried I buffed it off, it wasnt perfect but you could see the difference. So I gave it another coat and buffed it back and it was getting better. So I went and picked some of it up for my black r33 today and I've just finished applying one coat and I must say thats the best non-professional polish I have seen. It could do with another coat, but it got dark too quickly and I dont have a garage otherwise I'd be out there giving it a 2nd going over. It also comes with a chip stick for doing stone chips, it didnt work too well, but you are meant to use the chipstick when the cars in direct sunlight and hot to touch, I guess so that the stick can go a bit soft and get into the deep scratches better, I'll give that a go next weekend if its sunny. But I have to say give this stuff a go, I've only seen it in black, red, silver and blue and its only around $19/bottle. My front mount cooler should be here next week, so hopefully by the end of the following week its in and I'll have some pics to post! :uh-huh:

Rob

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Hi Guys and Girls - my first post finally

I have been using the Turtle Wax Colour polish for a number of years when they first released it as something else - it is also really good at removing marks and small scratches although haven't tried the chip stick.

I haven't actually got my Skyline yet but am waiting for it to arrive from Japan in about 2 weeks time and then to get it complied. Will be a big step up from the Celica that's for sure.

This will be my first turbo car although not my first import as I used to have a Mazda 626 coupe and a Mirage in the early nineties before compliance was required.

Being new to all this I suspect there will be quite a few questions, etc from me.

Cheers, Al

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Originally posted by skyzerr33

yeah but what polish or color do u use for a burgandy skyline with a faint gold pearl through it?

Thats a tough one although all I could suggest is trying it somewhere hidden and see what it does, the polish is supposed to use the car's own colours but the gold could be difficult

Al

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Yeah I use that Turtlewax stuff and it is pretty good, but not as good as the bottle or TV ads say it is. I found that adding a some to a medium abrasive rubbing compound when removing any marks, light scratching or paint faiding on the car works an absolute treat, I had to polish my entire sisters eunos 30x like this when it's paint had faided terribly, it took me a day but in the end it looked better than new, like a show car.

Greg. :devfu:

Ps the chip stick is the biggest load of crap I have ever seen, I advice no one uses it on their car.

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Originally posted by Kyles

i found it quite funny you tryed it out on your wifes car first!

That way he can say: look honey i made ure car look all nice and shiny arnt i a good boy:D (extra brownie points)

And if it didnt work he can say: Who made this dam polish, i wanted to make it all nice for u and look what happend blah blah (while hes really thinkin "dam, glad i didnt try it on mine:D")

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ive actually heard that this stuff isn't good for your paintwork!

there was a thread about polishes etc and some people had proof that over time it deteriorated the paintwork... i used to use it but being paranoid about my car have now stopped.

i use meguliars gold class wax, it takes a while to do 1 coat (which means it only happens once every 2 months!) but the finish on that is excellent. pity it doesnt last too long on the black car!

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