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Yes and no. LPL is primarily a pre-wax cleanser - it's actually the better cleanser of the two, but also leaves oils behind for the wax to bond to along with some fillers (like a glaze). BH is primarily a glaze - it contains more fillers than LPL (so will mask more swirls than LPL), it won't cleanse as well as LPL but does contain mild cleansers too and leaves the same oils for wax bonding. I didn't say the do the same, but actually... they really do, as it happens (see above). They just do each thing to different degrees and will achieve difference results with each hence my opinion would be that both is unnecessary and a preference for a proper (perhaps corrective) polish instead (although maybe I didn't make that bit clear). Now if you'd suggested using Lime Prime (rather than Lite), I might see the point of using both due to the abrasives in LP. However, this is just my opinion.

Although I have no personal experience with them myself (I will do when I next run out of clay) but I understand from others that the Fine Dodo Juice ones are bit too mild to do the job. However in general there are those who swear by these new sponges/pads/towels and those who think they're the devil's work and prefer traditional clay. General consensus is they're very much a personal thing, so try one and see if you get one with them basically. Just remember to use plenty of lube (over-use is much better than under-use. Less is certainly not more in this case) and apply no pressure when using and you should be alright.

Get the Black Hole from here and the SN from Envy Valeting on here with a members discount (Tim might even sell BH too, but I'm not sure - although I personally think Natty's gives a slightly wetter finish, personally. Do a full wash, decontamination (fallout, tar remover & clay) and spend some time polishing it - level of correction requires would determine what polish. I'd also suggest using both Black Hole a Lime Prime Lite is unnecessary - one or the other really as neither has any cut and both contain cleaners so the first will just be removed by the second anyway.

I Is that a threat, Will I'd be more worried if it's a promise...

That's true. It would be an insult to muck...

Did no one have the heart to tell him how bad it looks? I'm not even sorry.

There was a point?

Oh, you joker!

Iron-X doesn't remove tar, it removes fallout which is equally as important. You'll need a separate product to remove tar, such as Tar-X or better still Tardis. You're less likely to inflict marring with the clay if the tar and fallout has been removed prior to claying, but claying will itself remove tar and reduce fallout (clay actually cuts the top most part of fallout contamination off rather than removing it entirely like Iron-X will). So to amend your process slightly; Wash - Iron-X - another rinse - Tardis - rinse - clay - rinse - correct - protect. To the OP, if you're claying in this cold weather or if the panel is cold, warm the clay up in warm/hot water - I would split the bar into a few pieces and have a couple of bits warming in the water whilst using a third and then swap to a warmer piece every so often. Cold clay will damage paint, especially the soft Nissan paint.

You'll get no lubrication with just water, so you will inflict marring. A good shampoo will also clean more efficiently/effectively too so yes, you will notice a difference between using a shampoo and just water, but you might also notice differences between shampoos too; some clean better, some lubricate better, some add gloss enhancers, some add protection, some gives lots of suds, some just smell nice. For me, the two main things a shampoo must do is firstly remove dirt effectively, and secondly be well lubricated whilst doing that - I like a shampoo that feels nice and slick on the paint over one that gives loads of suds in the bucket/on the panel. On the odd occasion I may also want something that leaves a decent gloss but most of the time I don't, as such my choice of shampoo is usually dictated by the LSP on the car. Which shampoo does what best though is quite subjective, as shown in this thread.

A little bit of digging, starting from here, led me to this and these; The four seats suggest it's not an Ultima and it even has a rear view mirror too And then I found this, from here; And then I lost interest. So if you want more you'll have to find them yourselves, I suggest starting with the Festival of Speed at Mission Inn on 5th May 2013.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but points tend to interfere with insurance for 5 years, rather than just the three they're on your license so don't bank on it dropping because of that.

Yeah I liked it too - did Rich tell you? The blind test product, for anyone else interested, is from a company called 50cal - you can't buy it just yet though as they don't launch for "a few weeks" yet. Oh, and good luck finding it on Google, that one's eluded me so far!

Not a bad haul there.

That is true, but "better than 5 minutes ago" and "enough" could easily be very different things. Especially in your case where you are, at best, guessing based on your assumptions. Assumptions such as; Which I'm assuming you've read (probably in the manual) yet completely ignored the preceding "up to". Which means it can be less than that but it can also me more than that, it's not the definitive figure that you car will be using that you seem to think it is. You could easily have used 1.8l in that 800miles you've owned the car, so even if the previous owner decided to top up the oil the day you bought it, you'd still have less in it now than you did then, so you actual don't nor I appreciate that you've had a stressful day with this but really listen to the advice above and stop driving it. If you can't get an accurate level reading, change the oil and start from scratch, if you can't do that yourself then enlist the help of someone who can even if it means trailering it to a garage. If you do top it up yourself, take regular readings to ensure that you're adding the right amount, don't just guestimate. And leave the dipstick out whilst actually filling too, you'll find it easier to get a clean reading that way.

I quite like making other people stand in the cold and I also blame it on them for it not unlocking in the first place. It's the simple things.

It seems to depend entirely on what day your car came off the line, mine is a UK 55 plate and it doesn't work on mine but it did on someone else with a similar age car, although I don't recall if theirs was an import or not.

You can't change it on the earlier cars.

Yes it's standard. You can change it if you've got a later car, there's plenty of information on it around here if you use the search.

Oh, I agree, Poorboys contains some as well, but I've never had any problems with either Britemax or Poorboys and I think they're both excellent shampoos (I've not tried Banana Gloss though). Even in the sun I've not had any problems so long as it doesn't dry out but that's the same for all shampoos.

If that. I've seen some that wash straight off at the first sight of rain, with the weather being what it is these days you'd be lucky to get an hours protection from it. However, some are considerably better than others. BTW, Britemax contains gloss enhancers.

It depends on whether I want a shampoo that leaves something behind or not but I use/recommend; Poorboys Britemax Hubikote G|Techniq Car Chem

Polished Bliss will price match too.

Yep, but cheaper from here. Don't spend that 95p you've just saved all at once though...

Didn't realise Hubikote was his own. I quite liked the shampoo too actually, not that I've not used the Kyrptonite green one from the Xmas box yet - I've got nearly as many shampoos as I have waxes these days and just don't get the chance to use half of them. I've not had any of the SlickRims, but then I've still got one of the RimWax samples (which I hate), 9/10ths of a full size pot of Poorboys, some C5 and more FK1000P than I've ever use, so I'm not sure I really need any wheel sealants either come to think of it... On that topic, I best get my order in for the next Waxybox!