Thanks guys.

On the elbow grease comment, yeah, my arm was about to fall off after washing, waxing, tire/wheel cleaning, tire blacking, stretching the nose mask over the hood, and stretching the rack pads around the bars (they look great but it's a tight fit).

But applying the Back to Black on the cladding actually was pretty easy. For those that haven't gone with the Refinish Restorer and therefore need to apply B2B fairly often, I HIGHLY recommend you pick up a Mothers' Power Ball. They're pricey (I think $20-30) but they may hold off arthritis for a few more years. You wouldn't want to use it to wax the VX because there are too many surface curves, seams, etc. to screw up, but when it comes to applying B2B on wide stretches of the cladding, it's easy to get a nice smooth coat. Just use the PowerBall then run over the cladding with a clean cloth to make sure you get the hard to reach places (fog light recess, handles, etc.) and you're good to go.

Love that first picture - it's now my avatar and desktop background.