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04-07-2019, 07:13 PM
#1421
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Re: What did you do today, in regards to detailing?
Cleaned up my dad's old Genesis and topped it with Beadmaker. Pollen is so bad I had to keep blowing before I applied breadmaker. By the time I closed the garage door, it was covered in pollen again. Cant wait for this to be over!
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04-07-2019, 07:58 PM
#1422
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Re: What did you do today, in regards to detailing?
Originally Posted by TTQ B4U
Rim shield is okay. Helps wheels clean up a bit easier but it lacks a true coatings ability to keep them clean.
Try a true coating. You'll love it.
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Just trying to use up the bottle, I've had it for 2 years now. I really only used it before road trips, especially the Dragon run because I would always clean the car once or twice while down there and ANYTHING was a big help on the front wheels especially! I'll probably just use the spray on, hose off products in the future, so easy to use every 4-6 weeks
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2022 Elantra N Cyber Gray
Some say..."He likes Swedish fish because they're made with caranuba wax"
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04-07-2019, 08:07 PM
#1423
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Re: What did you do today, in regards to detailing?
I got my summer tire/wheel set ready for the SS. Adam’s Deep Wheel Cleaner on the wheels and Meguiar’s D143 on the tires. Scrubbed the tires three times to be sure they were ready for McKee’s Tire Coating. Wheels then got cleaned with CarPro Tar X and washed with Griot’s Garage Foaming Surface Prep. Rinsed off, dried, then clayed with Mother’s yellow clay using Mother’s Detail Spray as a lube. Final rinse, then wiped down twice with IPA. After they air dried for a couple of hours I coated the wheels with GTechinq C5 Wheel Armor and put CarPro Perl on the tires. For the life of me I can’t find my McKee’s Tire Coating. I have a partial bottle and an unopened one. Looked in the garage then the basement then the trunk bag I use to move product from basement to garage and vice versa. Even looked in the SS trunk, nope, they’re gone.
After dinner I went in the garage, set the parking brake, chocked a wheel and placed the floor jack in position and went to loosen my first lug nut. Mind you I have a nice set of Matco tools, no Harbor Freight for me. That first nut was tight but that’s expected as the SS wheels are torqued to 140 lbs. Grabbed the 18” breaker bar and proceeded to snap my 1/2” socket drive like a chicken bone.
W. T. F?
Needless to say I am livid.
Looks like the dumb @$$ at my local Chevy dealership over torqued the wheels when they were rotated two weeks ago.
Lesson learned: if you want it done right you have to do it yourself. After my wife takes the SS to Discount Tire & they swap them for me I’ll do my own tire rotations and oil/ filter changes. Please note I’ve worked on cars my whole life: brake jobs, panel beating, tire rotations, tune ups (back in the day), rebuilt a few carburetors (also back in the day!), exhaust work and even an engine swap so, no, this ain’t my first rodeo!
Anyway this was just the icing on the cluster fu** cake that was my weekend. I’m seriously looking forward to going to the office tomorrow...
2017 Phantom Black Metallic Chevy SS, automatic, skylight, plus unused wheel in the boot.
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04-07-2019, 08:09 PM
#1424
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04-07-2019, 08:19 PM
#1425
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Re: What did you do today, in regards to detailing?
HI!! My name is Roger, and I'm a Detalaholic.
HI, ROGER!
It is no coincidence that man's best friend cannot talk.
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04-07-2019, 08:29 PM
#1426
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04-07-2019, 09:19 PM
#1427
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Re: What did you do today, in regards to detailing?
Good post, Eldo! After years of doing this, I’m still amazed how dirt imbedded in the paint gets removed from polishing...... especially after a good wash, iron removal and claying processes.
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04-07-2019, 09:23 PM
#1428
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Re: What did you do today, in regards to detailing?
Originally Posted by Dr Oldz
Good post, Eldo! After years of doing this, I’m still amazed how dirt imbedded in the paint gets removed from polishing...... especially after a good wash, iron removal and claying processes.
Thanks brother.
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04-08-2019, 06:04 AM
#1429
Super Member
Re: What did you do today, in regards to detailing?
It's unbelievable what a nice job the Mother's did on the plastic, I would never have guessed. How did you discover this Eldo? I would never thought of trying this.
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04-08-2019, 06:11 AM
#1430
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Re: What did you do today, in regards to detailing?
There’s a YouTube channel called sweet project cars that uses mothers for basically everything. I’ve been meaning to try out mothers on my gauge cluster like that as well. I’d like to get one of the foam power cones for wheels that meguiars offers so I can really get up in there and make it look real nice
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