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ehuth1
06-17-2007, 03:52 PM
I know I know no one is posting solid colors, but here is one more metallic :)

I had to leave for vacation on Friday and wanted to throw some XMT180 on the hood, front end, and fenders before we left to check this new product out.

I just washed the car and the last thing on it was Souveran about 2 months ago and the beading was going away so the time was perfect. This vehicle is washed about every 3 days with rinseless DP4N1. I'm the only one who has ever washed too, so the plan was to test this during the trip and recoat the whole car once I got caught up for the week.

Application - I grabbed a yellow applicator from my AG Mega Applicator Kit and began to load up. I applied in "Stripes" and not circular. I wanted to go slow and I also was doing one panel at a time in the garage with a temp of about 70. I noticed after the smooth application this wax hazed pretty quick! I took my cobra indigo and remove the haze with no problem. I went ahead and "Noob'd" it up and loaded the carnuba on the pad and circular motioned it and waited for about 5 minutes to haze on the other side and with uneven amounts and heavy application I guess everyone can figure this out. (It dried hard as a rock and was hard to remove!) I just wanted to test, but make sure you lay it on light and you will have no problem full sun or no sun.

Next I stepped back and said DARN that is one slick glossy finish to just have one stepped a washed car?? This XMT180 was really well thought out carnuba for the money and what better follow up to 360! I have a few shots from the before trip in the garage and the after we return trip rinsed off....

I had to watch this car get tree-sapped on all weekend! We went through 4 hours of steady rain friday and then it sat under oaks all weekend :( but after a quick jet spray and wipe down this car was looking just like we left Friday! Did I mention the hood was just as slick :eek: , honestly I think this going to be a new secret weapon for my detailing but thats between you guys and me.

I will add full car shots to this once I'm done but I'm on vacation till tomorrow here at the house so no detailing :)

Garage

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Driveway full sun after return

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wytstang
06-17-2007, 04:06 PM
3 reviews and all on metallics lol come on solid colors guys were are you. Did you notice any darkening of the paint? Did it mute the flakes? It seems to darken the paint on mine and tone down the flakes compared to sigII/MaxWax.
Gary Sword
06-17-2007, 04:09 PM
It is interesting that everyone has used it on metallics. The flake actually have a little more pop on your detail ehuth1. Looks very good.

With all the XMT 180 and 360 stuff I'm getting all turned around and going in cirles. ;) I wonder what Pinnacle has in store for XMT 90 :confused:
ScottB
06-17-2007, 05:27 PM
looks like Meghan did a sneak attack on good some product out before the weekend for hands on testing. Initial results seem promising.
Dust2Glory
06-17-2007, 05:59 PM
come on tuesday!!!
Dust2Glory
06-17-2007, 06:00 PM
oh ya i posted in another thread im doing a black chevy vortec max... hopefully 180 get here tomorrow with my other AG stuff!!!
Meghan
06-17-2007, 08:15 PM
looks like Meghan did a sneak attack on good some product out before the weekend for hands on testing. Initial results seem promising.
Meghan can be sneaky!;) Nothing like honest reviews from other members to help inform everyone of what a product is like and how it is to work with! :cheers:
ehuth1
06-17-2007, 08:41 PM
3 reviews and all on metallics lol come on solid colors guys were are you. Did you notice any darkening of the paint? Did it mute the flakes? It seems to darken the paint on mine and tone down the flakes compared to sigII/MaxWax.

I noticed the paint starting to glow on (Liquid Platinum Metallic), but the flakes on this color didn't "mute" they actually made the paint have a prism effect... I don't even know if that makes sense, but in certain light the car changes effects...

This is another garage after trip shot

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However I'm thinking if I can wake up and get started early I may have my truck dressed in 180 tomorrow on black!
Surfer
06-17-2007, 09:10 PM
Looks great...I think the small utes like the turbo CX-7 and Acura RDX would be fun little vehicles if boost is raised.
ehuth1
06-17-2007, 09:20 PM
Looks great...I think the small utes like the turbo CX-7 and Acura RDX would be fun little vehicles if boost is raised.

I agree... I think if it had a decent blow off valve, free-flowing exhaust, intake and CPU re-programmed you could pull 300hp out of it no problem! It's a true sleeper.

This thing is super fun in the mountains, believe me I got to try it out this weekend :) I don't remember anyone passin me !!!