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Old Jun 18, 2002 | 02:37 AM
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Formula 113 Pics And Review

Ok well i recieved my free sample of Formula 113. I looked it over. It came with 2 small bottles. One of the BEadX and another of the Formula113 stuff. This stuff aint good smellign like zaino, but ill trade thaat off it would perform liek or better. The formula stuff is a thick purple goo. I washed my car with dawn 1 times to get off the Meguires gold class and showcar polish i put on in march for super chevy in pomona california. I then did what ive never done with any wax for fear of screwing it up. I put it on in DIRECT sunlight, and my car is BLACK! Needless to say i was quite the skeptic. I would never put my zaino or my meguires on in sunlight, to do such is blasphemy, but the bottle and website say it can be done very easily, so i decided if im going to test it out, then i need to put it up agaisnt the odds.

I did 1 coat of the formula 113 in the sun (very hot baking sunnny day here in southern california). The stuff is thick so you can use a little to do alot of area. I started with the roof, then the back and spoiler area, then moved to the hood and nose, then passenger side, then drivers side. I took a miutes rest becasue i was sweating like a pig from the sun. It goes on ver very easy and dries to a whitish color (maybe a littler more grey then white). I then took a nice very soft towl and removed the product. It comes off very easy, and leaves absolutely no residue. I did find a few swirls but i attribute that to the sun, but a little buffing it out for a few seconds brought them all out.

I must say this stuff works great. Its not as time consuming as zaino, yet it looks just as good with 1 coat of formula 113 as with 2-3 coats of the zaino stuff (z5 i think, cant rememebr, stufffsa been sitting for a while, i didnt liek it on my car (older paint) ) on a new car. I havnt tried the beadx yet. the pics below are quite big (about 400k each or so) but theyre great pics. Teh one of me in the paint has dust on the car from the air (sucks to live 2 blocks form the beach ) enjoy

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Old Jun 18, 2002 | 03:35 AM
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That is a nice shine. Now that you have used this stuff would recommend it to others. My car got a fresh paint job back in Dec and I have not wax it yet because I have been away. My car has been covered for the last 3 months and when I get back I will wax it. So is this the stuff or what
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Old Jun 18, 2002 | 07:31 AM
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Do you have any before pics of your car. Something we can use to compare? Car looks awesome. Very clean IROC. I live across from a construction area so my car is covered with dirt 5 minutes after I wash hit and puddles of dirt when it rains where the dirt collects.
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Old Jun 18, 2002 | 07:57 AM
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Now you just need to polish your turnsignal lamps and you'll be good to go.
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Old Jun 18, 2002 | 11:37 AM
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well the pic in my sig is with 3 coats of meguires showcar polsih and 1 coat of gold class wax. Leme see if i can find a pic with no wax on it. I would recommend it, but im not sure on durablilty of this stuff. I will see in a week or so if its still holding up.
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Old Jun 18, 2002 | 11:54 AM
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Nice Camera. Oh yeah clean paint to!
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Old Jun 18, 2002 | 12:23 PM
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i recommend it to everyone here. i've used it for a year and it holds up just as good as any other wax on the market.
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Old Jun 18, 2002 | 12:51 PM
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Man thats one sweet looking IROC. Good job.

My samples havent come in the mail yet, sup with that?

As for the Turn Signals, I clearcoated mine. No more polishing.
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Old Jun 26, 2002 | 06:26 AM
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My Formula 311 samples just came in the mail yesterday. I'll be washing/waxing this weekend and will take pics.

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