The Official Car Care Thread

[Krystal Car Part Imports]

Every 3 Months
Wash with mothers california gold car wash
Mother's clay bar system
Rewash to get rid of clay residue
Meguiar's Ultimate Compound
mother's Sealer and Glaze
mothers FX Syn Wax (2 Coats) (will be swapping this with the Wolfgang Fuzion that i ordered)


Once a Week
Wash with Mother's california gold car wash
Mother's quick detailer

You compounding every 3 months? You dont want any paint on your car after a 2 years?

[turbo_beast369]

how to remove hard water stains on the edge on the glass, not the regular water spot that can come out with glass science glass scrub...it has an etched look to it

[S_2NR]

Vinegar

[turbo_beast369]

I tried that initially but It didn't do a thing...it's like an etching in the glass

[Aaron 2NR]

did some headlight restoration today



used the turtle wax kit...which is a 4 step process

[DVSTT]

did some headlight restoration today



used the turtle wax kit...which is a 4 step process

Your hilux looking like a subaru! LOL
Looking good bro.

[cinco]

Did some cleaning up and wax and reseal

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[nemesis]

Oh gad. Hard luck there pioneer.

Cinco all on your own car, or you down on OPP?

Bit of both
Oh look a pic uploaded that is my car bear in mind my car is white thats just the sky reflecting on it that was just after a wash.
I used poor boys and 845 ending of july and it still has that shine.
Bought some new chemical guys pads for my 7424 cant wait to tryvthem out

That's a nice shot.

[purple_heart77]

I tried that initially but It didn't do a thing...it's like an etching in the glass

Mother's water spot remover (available in Price Club) and a polishing machine.

[aidan]

Got a Griots DA polisher, this thing is awesome. Will post some pics soon. Can anyone recommend some locally available pads (for the 6" backing plate).

[nemesis]

Locally, not sure. Should have brought them with your polisher.

[aidan]

Locally, not sure. Should have brought them with your polisher.

Bought a set of the griots. But now everybody want me polish and wax their car so I have a feeling I'll need more pads.

[nemesis]

Or you could fix that problem with two letters. NO.

[aidan]

Or you could fix that problem with two letters. NO.

[DRL1000]

Mother's and Meguairs polish, wax and headlight restoration works really good

[Rainman]

Where or which store in Trinidad you can get the widest variety of mag rims?

How is this relevant to the discussion at hand?

[bassotronics]

Just finished polish using mothers reflection, pic don't do the car justice! Suzuki in the back forsale if anyone interested check my thread on the buy/sell car forum for more info.

[Aaron 2NR]

Doing some work on the scobby ATM will post before and after pics tonight but all I gotta say is chemical guys take win

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[Aaron 2NR]

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Before and after.... Chemical guys v32 and v36 and sealed with their x seal wax

[striver]

Looking for orange cutting pads... 5.5 or 6.5

needed urgently

and brand, chemical guys, lake Country

etc

[shade360]

Does anyone know if Krud Kutter is sold locally? this stuff is amazing

[pioneer]

Anyone know where has this locally?

[Aaron 2NR]

Cause a lot of scratches...thinking of placing an order of drying towels from chemical guys if you want

[nemesis]

If you take good care of your vehicle, air and drying towels are the way to go. Have not been using Chamois' for a while now. I still have, and some people still prefer them, but I never use them again. If you're going to buy something new, do as Aaron advised and get a drying towel. Air drying is also a great way to go.

[pioneer]

Sigh I feel so out of it.

Anyhow guys, new car...black

Toyota put some complimentary swirls/scratches which are very light and hard to notice.

What do you all recommend?

[nemesis]

That could go one of two ways.
1. If you're accustomed to swirling up your cars a lot, don't bother to cut if they swirls are very light.. in that event use something like SRP that will hide it a bit, and HDwax combo and wait until it gets a little worse and de-swirl the next time.
OR
2. Considering that it's new and you might want to fix it properly, a finishing polish and wax or sealant. Toyota paint isn't that hard to work with, so any reasonable finishing polish should work. The M205, or Menz 4000. Something like that. Just one stage and you should be ok.

Take pics so we can see exactly how bad the swirls are.

[Aaron 2NR]

Chemical guys v36

[nemesis]

Chemical guys v36

Seemed to work well on the STI. You got locally or imported?

He can get the 205 locally if he doesn't want to wait.

[pioneer]

I have a 32oz bottle of Menzerna 4500 I eh use yet, willing to give away some seeing it has a 24 month shelf life.

The swirl marks really not bad per se.

I have no idea what product they use to prep it for delivery. I also have a bottle of Voodoo SILQ I'm willing to try out and top it with a wax.

Can't wait to get back into this, long weekend coming up next week too.

[nemesis]

Why the 4500 sitting around so long? It should still be fine though, keep it. That has very little cut though, so maybe you buy a compound that has a reasonable finish and finish with the 4500 that you already have. Would not recommend attempting to use 4500 for swirl removal.