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I would never want to post the first pics of my car in the shape it's in, unless I was going to take care of it. Tomorrow morning it's getting detailed and touched up. More to follow. Ordinarily the car is not nearly this dirty, but the last few weekends were rainy and I was away for part of this week, so it's been three weeks since the last wash. Front Quarter:  Side: Notice the rust on the brake rotors....  The Deepest Scratch: Above the front right wheel well  Scuffs on Front Bumper:   Slight Scrape Above and to the left of the Tailpipe: 
99 E1 SVT
Black/Tan, MSDS Headers, SHO-Shop Y, BAT Intake, Opt. TB, UR Clutch/Flywheel, Quaife, B&M, Konis, GC Coilovers, Pulley, Mintex Pads, 17" MAS Italy Rogers, Nitto 215/45/17, Portmatch, 138K
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black cars SUCK to keep clean. i feel for ya.
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Man that paint is in terrible shape. You'll be looking at alot more than a detailing job to fix some of that.
You've got major swirlmarks, worse than my sister's 86 Jetta. Looks like someone went into the carwash with a bucket of sand and used the brush to spread it around. Given that pictures make things look about 10x better I'd say you've got alot of work to do. I'd consider a repaint, or some touch up and wetsanding (either way the front bumper looks like it will need a repaint)
Looks like you have the headlight haze going too. wetsanding and polishig will fix that as well.
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Originally posted by dartsoccer8:
black cars SUCK to keep clean. i feel for ya.
YUP, I love my SVT but I regret black some times (when it is dirty).
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i hate black.. worst car color ever. my car looks horriable in the sunlight 
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Wow I"m like really not trying to be harsh, but that paint needs some life support. I could give it a nice wash, a good 5 hour bar and wax job.....then another wax....... I have to wax mine at least once every 3 weeks to keep me happy....and Zymol is Godly 
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Originally posted by dartsoccer8:
black cars SUCK to keep clean. i feel for ya.
It does suck. After I wash my car I have to wax it almost everytime. No matter how good I dry it, it still doesn't look finished. Then the next day I will have tree pollen all over it. But when its all cleaned up it looks really good. 
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left tail pipe... u mean right?
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Sometimes I just start slowing down and glare in the rearview and say "yeah I could go for an SVT rear". Jackasses. 
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black cars = hard to keep clean, but sexy as hell when clean....i know what you mean...i own a black one
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i like the rims, what kind are they?
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