I washed my car yesterday- it was absolutly flithy! It last had a wash 1500 miles ago and since it was a sunny day yesterday, I gave the car the full works- wash, clay, polish/wax (Meg's 3 step system), tyres dressed etc. I also cleaned the interior.

I also wanted to give her a good clean to wash off any salt/grit that maybe stuck in the wheelarches/underneath that the car has picked up over winter.

Some before pics:

[img]http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv242/kam05_2009/DSC00267.jpg[/img]

[img]http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv242/kam05_2009/DSC00268.jpg[/img]

[img]http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv242/kam05_2009/DSC00269.jpg[/img]

After pics:

[img]http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv242/kam05_2009/DSC00270.jpg[/img]

[img]http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv242/kam05_2009/DSC00271.jpg[/img]

[img]http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv242/kam05_2009/DSC00272.jpg[/img]

I spent 5 hours to get it looking all clean and shiney.

I also decided to take off the chrome exhaust tip and clean that up as well (sorry no before pics as I forgot to take some). But here are some after pics:

[img]http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv242/kam05_2009/DSC00273.jpg[/img]

[img]http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv242/kam05_2009/DSC00274.jpg[/img]

Exhaust tip fitted back onto the car:

[img]http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv242/kam05_2009/DSC00275.jpg[/img]

She doesn't look too bad for a 9.5 year old car.

Looks 10x better!

Blacks always such a hard colour to look after as it seems to show every swirl mark!

Looks spot on mate

Looks great Kam ! i miss my Black IS : (

are they aftermarket locking wheel nuts?
I wanna get some new ones - as im still using standard ones and one looks rusty
what make are yours?

[quote name='lexuslloyd' post='712536' date='Mar 8 2010, 02:24 PM']Looks great Kam ! i miss my Black IS : (

are they aftermarket locking wheel nuts?
I wanna get some new ones - as im still using standard ones and one looks rusty
what make are yours?[/quote]

Thanks for the comment mate.

Locking nuts are aftermarket ones- McGuard locking nuts they are. Bought them from Halfords a few years ago- they are a lot better than the standard 3 pin Lexus ones. A lot of people have found that the pins snap off the Lexus ones.