Just used Zaino on my GS
11-09-04, 11:16 PM
#32
Re: Just used Zaino on my GS
Dude-
Love the Zaino! Your hood makes me feel like I'm looking at a calm body of water that's reflecting the sky.
Did your eibach/bilstein combo settle yet?
It's been about 3-4 months since you've put it on. How do you like the feel? I have a set of the eibachs in my garage - just waiting for a good time to pick up the shocks and a shop that's willing to put them on cheap.
The cheapest i can find for installation is $250.
Thanks!
Clifford
Love the Zaino! Your hood makes me feel like I'm looking at a calm body of water that's reflecting the sky.
Did your eibach/bilstein combo settle yet?
It's been about 3-4 months since you've put it on. How do you like the feel? I have a set of the eibachs in my garage - just waiting for a good time to pick up the shocks and a shop that's willing to put them on cheap.
The cheapest i can find for installation is $250.
Thanks!
Clifford
Originally posted by Cadd
BTW, if anyone noticed, I also just installed my Eibach/Bilstein combo. I expected the drop to be more. But I guess it's better than stock.
For those that know, I started doing the fronts first (2 weeks ago). Never had the time to do the rears. Well, I just finished the rear early this morning. Took me about 2 hours + time to gather tools.
After installing the suspension, I decided to use Zaino for the first time. I am VERY pleased with the results.
It took 5 hours of work. I'm sore now
Wash with DAWN
- Dry with 100% cotton towel
- Clay with MOTHERS
- Wash with Meguires Car Wash
- Dry with 100% cotton
- Pour about 1/3 of Z2 to the small bottle
- Put 3 - 4 drops of ZFX in
- Shaked it for 2 minutes
- Wax it on.....very very very little. If you can see the wax, you're applying too much
- About 1.5 hours later, I was done
- I let it sit for 30 minutes and I took it off with 100% cotton towel (there wasn't much to take off because I didn't put a lot on).
Oh yeah, I had a few beers somewhere in between
I took a day off to finish with the rear suspension and also to wash and wax. I thought I was going to get to both cars, but when I was done with this one, I was too tired to do the CR-V! Next time...
Here are some pics.
BTW, if anyone noticed, I also just installed my Eibach/Bilstein combo. I expected the drop to be more. But I guess it's better than stock.
For those that know, I started doing the fronts first (2 weeks ago). Never had the time to do the rears. Well, I just finished the rear early this morning. Took me about 2 hours + time to gather tools.
After installing the suspension, I decided to use Zaino for the first time. I am VERY pleased with the results.
It took 5 hours of work. I'm sore now
Wash with DAWN
- Dry with 100% cotton towel
- Clay with MOTHERS
- Wash with Meguires Car Wash
- Dry with 100% cotton
- Pour about 1/3 of Z2 to the small bottle
- Put 3 - 4 drops of ZFX in
- Shaked it for 2 minutes
- Wax it on.....very very very little. If you can see the wax, you're applying too much
- About 1.5 hours later, I was done
- I let it sit for 30 minutes and I took it off with 100% cotton towel (there wasn't much to take off because I didn't put a lot on).
Oh yeah, I had a few beers somewhere in between
I took a day off to finish with the rear suspension and also to wash and wax. I thought I was going to get to both cars, but when I was done with this one, I was too tired to do the CR-V! Next time...
Here are some pics.
11-10-04, 04:27 AM
#33
EV ftw!!!
Zaino is the bomb!!!! Your car just after one application of it looks amazing!!!
I was converted to Zaino early this year and I now have about 15 coats of it on mine! Ofcourse since my car is Silver it does not have the depth of color as darker colors have. However it still looks amazing!
I was converted to Zaino early this year and I now have about 15 coats of it on mine! Ofcourse since my car is Silver it does not have the depth of color as darker colors have. However it still looks amazing!
11-10-04, 05:16 AM
#35
EV ftw!!!
Originally posted by NT2SHBBY
i personally use Klasse, only because Zaino just seems wayyyy tooo complicated for me
i personally use Klasse, only because Zaino just seems wayyyy tooo complicated for me
11-10-04, 07:45 AM
#37
Lexus Test Driver
Thread Starter
GS430 Guy, the springs already settled since I had it on for over 2 months already. I also brought the car in for an alignment using that HUNTER machine. It wasn't off at all. I was amazed that I didn't screw up changing the spring/struts myself.
The drop is great. It's a perfect drop for me since I don't want to (can't) go too low. There are some places where I already scratch the bottom (going up/down some steep driveways where the breakover angle is not suffice). Right now, I have a 2 - 3 finger gap (depending on how fat your fingers are ). And shin guards won't be necessary since I took off the spikes already (see my post from above).
cliffud, see my comments on the Eibach/Bilstein combo from my post above.
NT2shbby, just like Hameed mentioned, it's not complicated at all. After you do it once, it's a piece of cake.
Mo, my arm/back is still sore.
Thanks for the compliments guys!
The drop is great. It's a perfect drop for me since I don't want to (can't) go too low. There are some places where I already scratch the bottom (going up/down some steep driveways where the breakover angle is not suffice). Right now, I have a 2 - 3 finger gap (depending on how fat your fingers are
). And shin guards won't be necessary since I took off the spikes already (see my post from above).cliffud, see my comments on the Eibach/Bilstein combo from my post above.
NT2shbby, just like Hameed mentioned, it's not complicated at all. After you do it once, it's a piece of cake.
Mo, my arm/back is still sore.
Thanks for the compliments guys!
Last edited by Cadd; 11-10-04 at 07:46 AM.
11-10-04, 08:53 AM
#38
Originally posted by Hameed
Zaino is the bomb!!!! Your car just after one application of it looks amazing!!!
I was converted to Zaino early this year and I now have about 15 coats of it on mine! Ofcourse since my car is Silver it does not have the depth of color as darker colors have. However it still looks amazing!
Zaino is the bomb!!!! Your car just after one application of it looks amazing!!!
I was converted to Zaino early this year and I now have about 15 coats of it on mine! Ofcourse since my car is Silver it does not have the depth of color as darker colors have. However it still looks amazing!
11-10-04, 02:56 PM
#41
Lexus Champion
Zaino is not that difficult to use. You just have to remember that there are steps to take to properly Zaino your car.
1 thing for sure though.... Zaino on my wheels was marvelous! I swear they never reflected so nicely! I had about 4 coats on my wheels at a time. Simply bliss!!!
1 thing for sure though.... Zaino on my wheels was marvelous! I swear they never reflected so nicely! I had about 4 coats on my wheels at a time. Simply bliss!!!
11-10-04, 09:33 PM
#42
Originally posted by T.L.W.
nice job CAdd
i'm going to redo mine one l;ast time before the snow comes
shabby
the intial does take a little time but after that its no sweat
nice job CAdd
i'm going to redo mine one l;ast time before the snow comes
shabby
the intial does take a little time but after that its no sweat
11-11-04, 01:01 PM
#44
Originally posted by varcity64
henry, can you elaborate more?? z6?? i have a silver car as well, and i want depth dammit!!
henry, can you elaborate more?? z6?? i have a silver car as well, and i want depth dammit!!
11-11-04, 01:37 PM
#45
Lexus Test Driver
Thread Starter
I spray Z6 on everytime I'm done waxing. It takes about 10 minutes to do the whole car. Basically Z6 is like a quick detailer, but it's super concentrated. ONE OUNCE can do the entire car. Don't spray it like windex.
From what I understand, it is made so that itbonds with the wax to give it a nicer/deeper/shinier finish.
From what I understand, it is made so that itbonds with the wax to give it a nicer/deeper/shinier finish.