Playa,

All I can say is......F*****IN WOW.....I have basically the same car---but in the EX V-6 trim, and it's a 1999---but same color, the San Marino Red...and while I always thought my ride looked pristine when I was done detailing it, yours is just awesome looking----you dont have a god dammned swirl mark on that thing...my paint looks nowhere near as glossy and blemish-free; all over my paint are swirls, rough spots and dull areas where it looks like the paint is not quite surviving the life of the car...around the body kit edges and such, the paint looks terrible...when I detail, I dont use quite as many products as you, but I do use GLIPTONE soap when washing, the "Wash and Glow" stuff that glows a bright pink color when you put it in the bucket with the water...

Let me ask you a couple of questions....how is the Meguiar's Hi-Tech wash? And what do you recommend to get the gloss back into my paint in certain areas---polish? Glaze? What's the product I should be using outside of doing a good thorough hand washing?

Your paint looks awesome man....:thumbup: