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04-02-2024, 07:19 PM
#11941
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Re: What did you do today, in regards to detailing?
Using the lines and tire stop I can fit either car in and shut the garage door, but I can't open the FJs rear door fully, it's a swing out door. It also gives me room to work all round either vehicle, except the front of the FJ, there's only an inch between the bull bar and the door, and yes, I still find myself checking how close the door is every time I close it.
I don't trust reverse cameras for guidance while reversing either, even though a lot of them have moving guide lines. I use it only to confirm there is nothing behind me. The FJs reverse display is in the mirror anyway, so it's quite small. I'm sure I could pull some wires and connect it to my aftermarket head unit's camera input, but it sounds a bit involved. I might google it, somebody has probably already done it.
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04-03-2024, 10:40 PM
#11942
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Re: What did you do today, in regards to detailing?
Not me obviously, but this is day 2 for this guy on this job, I passed him yesterday morning as well, I hope he's being paid well.
I didn't stop and bother him either, he knows what he's doing and he doesn't need someone slowing things down.
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04-03-2024, 11:54 PM
#11943
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What did you do today, in regards to detailing?
Wash my car myself for the first time in 4 months…
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04-05-2024, 09:48 AM
#11944
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Re: What did you do today, in regards to detailing?
After THREE straight days of rain it was time to wash the EN, dirty but because of my 1.5 year old Gyeon Q2 Pure EVO coating it wasn't "that" bad, let's go️
I've got today off of work because I had one more vacation day to use before April 9th, use it or lose it! When I put in for the day last week it was supposed to sunny and 59, fast forward to today, party sunny, eventually and 46
I decided to use P&S Asolute RW and it's another one of those very solid RW's, I know some have had issues with it but I haven't. I'm also getting close to the bottom of the bottle, thinning the hurd
Later on my buddy who owns a mobile tire business is coming over to remove the winter set-up, remove the Pirelli's from my KN rims, add new tpms' that actually work and wrap the KN rims in my one season old, OEM spec, Michelin Pilot Sport 4s rubber
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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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04-05-2024, 06:39 PM
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04-06-2024, 01:08 AM
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Re: What did you do today, in regards to detailing?
Finally figured out a good use for this. It was only $21 on Aliexpress
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04-06-2024, 09:41 PM
#11947
Re: What did you do today, in regards to detailing?
This weekend I learned white is a love/ hate relationship. It's very forgiving 90% of the time but I was sort of hoping after a weekend of full decon, clay, polishing and my first run at a more advanced coating, it would shine a little differently than after every maintenance wash. I can't say I see it just yet but I take a little solace in knowing it has a solid coating base for the foreseeable future. The white though can be a real pain with high spots (still finding some after 24hrs). Labocosmetica Veritas has been a life saver!
I also bought a Rupes 21mm and the HF Hercules forced rotation polishers this winter that I got to use during this cleanup so that's a bonus. I like them both. And I love the LC Pad Washer... it cleaned up pads from last Fall that I thought were clean. I feel like I can now justify buying all 3 of those.
High winds and rain today (the coating cure time just passed) so haven't taken it outside to do final inspection it but feels good to be done. Mileage on it is about to go up about 200mi a week, so hopefully the paint will be ready.
Thankful for a stockpiled load of "sick days" for giving me Friday and today to finish this and still have Sunday to enjoy now.
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04-06-2024, 11:52 PM
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04-07-2024, 01:01 AM
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Re: What did you do today, in regards to detailing?
I thought I'd spruce up the bullbar a bit, I had some leftover Reset in my bucket from washing my brother's Outlander a couple of weeks ago. Once dry I thought I'd put some Collinite 845 on it. The paint didn't look too bad, so I gave it a wipe over with Ech2o, I didn't bother with the lower plastics, wheels, or tyres, we still have puddles every where from the rain bomb last week, an inch of rain on Thursday and 4 inches on Friday.
The second pic is of my neighbour's Skoda, it got a wash today as well, but not by me. While I was working on my brother's car, my next door neighbour was hinting about getting her Skoda washed, sounding me out, I sort of talked around what a wash and spray coating might cost elsewhere, but not what I'd charge. This may have led to the Skoda getting foamed, rinsed, washed, and vacuumed today, after I took the shot he came back out and sprayed something on the tyres from an aerosol can. I stayed inside working on the FJ, keeping my head down.
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04-07-2024, 09:01 AM
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Re: What did you do today, in regards to detailing?
After a week of rain, finally did a Maintenace wash on the truck Saturday. They were calling for rain, but never happened. Usual wash and detail. Finished with wet wax and #253 on the tires. And temps are starting to moderate, so just set up my stuff back in the garage.
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