Washed and waxed the girlfriends neglected 98 eclipse with NXT as well as cleaned and conditioned the leather, vacuumed, cleaned glass etc. I tried the NXT tire shine stuff and it worked great. Left the tires nice and black, dried quickly with very little residue to wipe off. I also tried the Mr. Clean magic eraser for wheels and tires (saw it yesterday for the first time so why not.) I started with the wheels and the stupid thing instantly started to rip apart in my hand. I can't imagine if I tried them on the tires like it says to on the box. Waste of 3 bucks. Anyway, some pics are below and sorry if they take a while to load (and that they aren't of my Ford) RP you can delete this thread if neccessary since it's not F150 related.

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bumper scratch before:



bumper scratch after:

 

Nice work.

Use Mr. Clean on the interior next time, it will work better.

Try using some paint cleaner and scratch remover! Then it will be shining!

 

The new products I tried:



And for those of us who complain about Ford paint jobs, here is what mitsubishi did for her. See the run above the molding...



Sherm

 

Yeah joe, I love the magic eraser for the interior. I carry one in my console to get the grease off of my window (a problem in the 04's) but this one said is was specifically for wheels and tires.

 

ahh I see teh wheel logo in the bottom right corner of the box. Interesting.

 

Heck no I'm not going to delete it... I posted an Explorer thread along the same lines...

You did a great job and there's no problem with showing off your work!

BTW, how did you like the Insane Shine? That's a product I haven't tried as of yet...

GREAT JOB! The paint is deep and very glossy! Killer job on the scuff on the front end! Did you do that with *just* NXT?

RP

 

The NXT insane shine worked really well. I used to use Meguirs (I can't spell that) hot shine but I may stick with this if it works as well on my truck tires. I usually don't like the aerosoles as much as the pump style bottles.

As far as the scratch, I used an ancient technique that involved a sponge, car wash solution, and a healthy dose of fingernail and covered it all with NXT wax. Maybe in the spring I will really go at it with the big guns.