New ride: Full BF makeover to come.

[95oRANGEcRUSH]

Nice upgrade. The newer 4Gs look better with the revised grille.

[Bigbull2984]

Nice upgrade. The newer 4Gs look better with the revised grille.

Yea I agree, never was a fan of the 2009 to 2011.

[90sedan]

congrats on the upgrade. Tl's are very nice.

[Bigbull2984]

Couple of pics from yesterday. Got the pinstripes off and the side moldings. Washed with CG citrus clean, and topped with Blackfire Polymer spray.

[c8n]

That area along the door right above the door handle is pretty tough place to buff because of the size and curve. Goes without saying but try not to scratch that area.

I just received my 3" BP and pad just for that area.

[Lean69]

cnograts on the new car, I also have a 4g TL 2012.

I dont know about handeling, its ok i suppose, the car is a brick at 3,900lbs and yours being AWD is probably around 4100lbs. I guess im Used to sportier cars lol. The acceleration is very nice to have for the daily tho and the new 6 speed transmission is nice on the highway.

Either way in my experience the clear is on the soft side first car I owned which had INSANE marring from claying. So work on it with extra care.

[Bigbull2984]

congrats on the upgrade. Tl's are very nice.

Thanks

That area along the door right above the door handle is pretty tough place to buff because of the size and curve. Goes without saying but try not to scratch that area.

I just received my 3" BP and pad just for that area.

Yea I have the 4 inch pads that I will be using for that area.

cnograts on the new car, I also have a 4g TL 2012.

I dont know about handeling, its ok i suppose, the car is a brick at 3,900lbs and yours being AWD is probably around 4100lbs. I guess im Used to sportier cars lol. The acceleration is very nice to have for the daily tho and the new 6 speed transmission is nice on the highway.

Either way in my experience the clear is on the soft side first car I owned which had INSANE marring from claying. So work on it with extra care.

Thank!
I love the heavy feeling of the car, especially compared to the TSX.
The handling is much improved on the 4wd over the 2wd TL too. Overall I am happy with the car. It will hold me off till the TLX comes out

[Bigbull2984]

I didnt realize how bad the swirls where on this paint till I washed, decon, and clayed. For a brand new car it makes me question the dealerships wash techniques.

Well here is some pics of the exterior, I will get some good interior pics tomorrow.

Since I am moving back to FL soon I took most of my detail supplies back and used what I had here.

First I applied BF TPnS with green pad, then I applied a coat of BFWD. Let the car sit overnight and applied a coat of BFBI and managed to drop my jar of BFBI, and cracked the pot and lost a good chunk of it.
Wheels and tires cleaned with Blackfire Eclipse tire cleaner then the tires got 2 coats of the eclipse tire gel and wheels got BFCS.








Still swirled but paint does a good job of hiding them.