World Rally Blue 2022 BRZ Meets Gyeon Pure Evo

[bigez]

Sweet.....like that blue. That color always shines nice IMO.

[Klasse Act]

...and the results are spectacular!

This car actually came home to my garage in late January, but weather and life meant it saw nothing but frequent washes and an application of Griots 3 in 1 until time allowed for a proper detail job. Memorial Day weekend provided the opportunity to give this little rocket the attention it deserves.

For this job I ran a standard process.
1. Washed with Hyperwash
2. Synthetic clay with the Blackfire clay mitt
3. Polish
4. Prep with Eraser
5. Coated with Gyeon Pure Evo

Polishing the car was rather uneventful. The dealership respected my wishes to not prep the car, so the only damage needing correction was the few swirls installed by the attendants caring for cars at the annual auto show before I took delivery. I used both my G15 and G8 polishers and a variety of medium polishing pads I have on hand. With some of the strange contours and shapes of this car, the G8 really proved it's worth and I used it more on this car than any other so far. For polish, I started out with SONAX 04/06 but quickly found it didn't have enough cut to pull off a one-step job like I was wanting. It created good gloss, but even with a medium polishing pad I wasn't getting as much correction as I hoped. This little Subi's paint seems to be a touch harder than our Toyota's. This finding led me to right to Griots Finishing Cream. It provided just enough correction for the swirls and really created great gloss on the paint. Despite being new, polishing the paint made it noticeably shinier.

Pure Evo went on with little drama. Despite changing temps and humidity the coating still kept a pretty long flash time. In fact, on a car this small, it was almost too long. At one point I found myself with most of the passenger side covered and I was waiting around for the coating to flash. Once flashed removal was pretty easy; a touch more difficult and grabby than CQUK 3.0, but not difficult by any measure. I'm still adjusting to using the coating applicator pads vs a mf swatch and a foam block. This lead me to apply it a little heavy at the start, but I soon realized how far I could really go with the few drops applied to the provided applicator.

When I was first finished I liked the results, but was a little disappointed. It didn't look that much different than when I was done polishing. A couple hours later I checked on it and noticed a bit more gloss. Couple hours later...a bit more. When I checked in on it the next morning; WOW, that dipped in glass look I was after was in full effect. I drove the car a bit and then had to park it outside in the sun, and I'm pretty sure the gloss continued to improve. I know some people feel nothing really changes as a coating cures, but I don't agree. I think both CQUK and now Pure Evo both improve as it cures. If you don't agree, I'm willing to duel at dawn with pool noodles to defend my honor.

Enough talking, you all came here for the pictures. Enjoy!

Stunning results, can't wait to do my car with it! Had to wait for pollen season, now the tree is spraying some spots of sap and its down south hot up here...so eventually

Those stock rims look REALLY good too️️

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[Desertnate]

Stunning results, can't wait to do my car with it! Had to wait for pollen season, now the tree is spraying some spots of sap and its down south hot up here...so eventually

Those stock rims look REALLY good too️️

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Thanks!

I was actually a little worried about the weather when I coated the car. We'd had an unseasonably cool spring at my end of the state, but when I locked in a day on my calendar and took the day off from work, the temps jumped to the mid-80's! Fortunately, it was cooler and rainy the night before, so I washed, clayed and started polishing after I came home from work. The next morning, I got up early to finish the job as the rain was moving out and before it got too warm. If I had waited later in the day, my garage would have been too warm and the application would have been much harder. Fortunately, pollen isn't an issue since I have a garage. The coating could do the initial cure without getting bombed.

Yeah, the heat is nuts here too. Temps and heat index over 100 reminds me why I'm glad I moved away from that part of the US.

I'm really liking the wheels too. These are the only OEM wheels I've actually liked on any car I've ever owned.

[crg001]

Nice BRZ. Definitely gotta be one of the best enthusiast buys out there right now.

[Desertnate]

Thanks. It is a great buy in general and a screaming deal when you consider MSRP for a fully loaded version like mine is still $10K below the average new car transaction price in the US these days. As long as you don't get suckered into a dealer mark-up.

Due to weather I've only been able to autocross the car once, but that one event was a blast. Even my simple drive to work every day or running errands is entertaining. I've got a day off next week and I'm really looking forward to a backroads drive in the hills to let the little blue bomb dive through some turns.

[pilotpip]

Thanks!

I was actually a little worried about the weather when I coated the car. We'd had an unseasonably cool spring at my end of the state, but when I locked in a day on my calendar and took the day off from work, the temps jumped to the mid-80's! Fortunately, it was cooler and rainy the night before, so I washed, clayed and started polishing after I came home from work. The next morning, I got up early to finish the job as the rain was moving out and before it got too warm. If I had waited later in the day, my garage would have been too warm and the application would have been much harder. Fortunately, pollen isn't an issue since I have a garage. The coating could do the initial cure without getting bombed.

Yeah, the heat is nuts here too. Temps and heat index over 100 reminds me why I'm glad I moved away from that part of the US.

I'm really liking the wheels too. These are the only OEM wheels I've actually liked on any car I've ever owned.

We didn't really have a transition between seasons, did we? It went from 50 straight to 80, then 80 straight to 100. I'm waiting to get my truck taken care of for the rest of summer because of it.

[Desertnate]

We didn't really have a transition between seasons, did we? It went from 50 straight to 80, then 80 straight to 100. I'm waiting to get my truck taken care of for the rest of summer because of it.

Exactly! Those changes took place in the span of 2~3 weeks!

You're making the right call holding off until the fall when things cool off. If needed, I'd hit your truck with a spray sealant to hold you over.

[Lance Mark]

if it looks better in person, then it looks amazingly spectacular in person, because it looks pretty amazing in pics

great job

[Ace22]

Nice ride and that blue is stunning!

[Big Dave]

Saw one of these in the metal yesterday, beautiful colour, although this one needed a wash.

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