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09-17-2006, 09:54 PM | #37 |
I'm sorry, but I like to keep ALL my cars as clean and nice looking as possible. What's the point of keeping insanely dirty for no good reason other than being cheap/lazy? I like riding on a clean, good looking car, plain and simply said.
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09-18-2006, 08:01 AM | #38 | |
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2 hours a month is NOT "insanely dirty", it's enough time to keep the inside vaccuumed and the outside hosed off. Those $30 car washes and 3 hour Saturdays have been used to pump up a 401K. I'm retiring at 55 with a not so shiny car |
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09-18-2006, 08:19 AM | #39 | |
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09-18-2006, 08:39 AM | #40 |
I use the SONAX wax and I am very pleased with the result.
Is it wrong that I put wax every time that I wash the car(4 times a month)?
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09-18-2006, 05:18 PM | #41 | |
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No no gubberment work, just plain hard work and a dirty Yaris to save more money (being DINKS helped Double Income No Kids, recreational sex is cheaper than procreational!) |
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09-18-2006, 05:20 PM | #42 |
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BTW when I was a kid waxing the yaris was something you did under the sheets when mom went to bed....
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09-18-2006, 05:37 PM | #43 |
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NOTHING is better at least not off the shelf from walmart or canadian tire. That truck was after one coat. the bike has two. On a black surface it's hard to tell what color the paint really is because it reflects like a mirror. It's wild stuff. I've not done the Yaris yet but I will before snow falls, I'm all out and have to re-order.
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10-29-2006, 01:17 AM | #44 | |
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I was told to wait 6 months something about the paint and clear coat.
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10-29-2006, 01:46 AM | #45 |
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New cars are not painted like the local body shops
You can wax them once you get them home. With a fresh paint paint job slow cured like from 99% of most autobody paint shops you need to wait a couple months. Then wet sand the entire car polish and buff. 99% of car owners or shops don't wet sand and polish paint unless it's a show car. I anyone has seen the TV overhaulin' they used a quick drying paint booth, where temps as high as 190 degrees bake the paint almost like a powdercoat and cure it within' hours. From there it can be sanded and polished and waxed. This is the same process as the factory finish on ALL cars. It makes the paint far more durable so they can use LESS paint and cut costs
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11-01-2006, 04:10 PM | #46 |
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just washed and waxed teh car, ahhh, unfortunately, it started to rain as soon as i drove out.....@%#^&#$%!!!
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11-02-2006, 06:52 PM | #47 |
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Nice job!
BTW, I see something like rubber linings on the edges of the doors. I may be wrong but I presume that they are devices meant to prevent the denting of the neighboring cars while the doors are being opened. I hope every car has them and I respect whoever installing them on their car doors . |
11-03-2006, 04:55 AM | #48 |
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yup, cheap door edge guards from walmart! considering how big the doors are on the liftback, i figured this would help prevent chips and dents.
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11-03-2006, 06:10 PM | #49 |
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Thank you yuiedie!
Wish you many years of safe and happy motoring! |
11-04-2006, 11:38 PM | #50 | |
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Cool Thanks My Z-6 arrived friday Looks like I have a busy weekend to look forward to.
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11-06-2006, 08:05 AM | #51 |
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A shine well worth the elbow grease,
N otice the sun glints.
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11-06-2006, 09:39 AM | #52 |
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ah! my eyes! Those cars are just too bright!
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11-06-2006, 03:37 PM | #53 |
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As the weather gets colder and snow season approach. Any recommendations of a good wax, that can last my little Yaris through the harsh winter’s snow and salt?
Currently I am using turtle wax ice, however I don't think it last as long as they claim it on their website. While it does make my car shinny and pretty. I don't really plan on waxing my car in the winter every 3 to 4 weeks. |
11-06-2006, 04:55 PM | #54 |
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Zaino
it's not a wax but well worth every penny. by far the best stuff I have used.
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