The Official Car Care Thread

[trvs]

Chemical Guys (Smartwax) have quality products.

I'm pretty sure CG's Wheel Guard and the Smartwax products are made very similar.

Aaron, any reason for choosing this particular product for your wheels?

[Aaron 2NR]

tried an autoglym product as well as a mother's product and it didn't help much....tried this before and wasn't pleased either...mentioned it online and a local seller started beating up...lol...

spoke to a few persons who were pleased with it so decided to give it another shot

[trvs]

lol I see.

I hope it works out.

[pioneer]

Anyone found the megs pads anywherE?

[trvs]

Later I will check unipet lol.

[pioneer]

lol scn thanks aware cuz i might be down there tom

[Aaron 2NR]

Ok spend about a hour polishing my wheels

Before

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After

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A month later after detailing and proper washing methods, no swirls

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[trvs]

Nice! How did the product work this time?

Proper wash = 2 bucket method?

[Aaron 2NR]

2 bucket, grit guard, sideways motions and not circular...

The product worked a lot better, place for dark on me but I finished it. Will do a better inspection tmrrw

[trvs]

Cool! You should get a dedicated wheel bucket as well. I use three buckets 2 for body and one for wheels only.

Straight light lines when using my megs microfiber wash mitts (top half and bottom half). I let the Mitts do the work without applying pressure to the paint.

[trvs]

Hey pios. I checked unipet they have none of the pads. Hard luck there

[DVSTT]

Hey pios. I checked unipet they have none of the pads. Hard luck there

Damn, thought I saw some there. You might have to skybox it pios

[evolution7tt]

Did my father's Frontier on Old Years. 12 year old original paint. Daily driven.

Microfiber wash mitt, used clay only on areas I thought really needed it. Then used Shining Monkey D Spec Polish followed by Chemical Guys Butter Wet Wax, (thanks to silent_riot for that).

The CG wax was not applied on a wet surface but instead I used a very damp applicator sponge. I tried it on a wet surface on my own vehicle, but found it somewhat difficult to apply this way. Wax came off very easily, zero dusting, smells great.

Came out looking like this.

[kurpal_v2]

Wow!


Looks better than the rav4's paint by miles there Mario!

[pioneer]

Picked this up today from Raptor

[Aaron 2NR]

You ordered it then

[nervewrecker]

Pios, you aint think I woulda have cost less to flash over that van and get one of them headlight restoration kit for them cheeze colored headlights you got?

[Aaron 2NR]

Pios like a man wanna be your lover...giving you financial advice

[rollingstock]

^ Eh? And you came to that conclusion how?

[pioneer]

lol guess he isn't aware...anyhow cyakers aside...

I didn't really "order" it i kinda saw it by raptor sitting there some weeks back and it bugged me so I went for it this morning

It supposed to have more "umph" that the ole PC 7336 I have...I will demote that to sanding MDF.

[silent_riot]

Nice Griots. I saw they released the new version 3 recently too.

[Aaron 2NR]

Place got dark last night so I couldn't take pics. Washed and waxed the wheels

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[devrat]

Truck looks real good Aaron......seen it around south.

[pioneer]

lol guess he isn't aware...anyhow cyakers aside...

I didn't really "order" it i kinda saw it by raptor sitting there some weeks back and it bugged me so I went for it this morning

It supposed to have more "umph" that the ole PC 7336 I have...I will demote that to sanding MDF.

Saw that too, but apparently someone ordered it from Raptor and was stickin to take it...soo...my gain

I could live without the new ergonomic features...once it has the same power I could care less what it looks like or what color it is.

[GoS]

what products yuh guys use to wash yuh engine ?

[nervewrecker]

what products yuh guys use to wash yuh engine ?

Simple green degreaser thingy.

[Aaron 2NR]

thingy??

if you can find simple green, the prestone spray works fine....do not put a greasy product on it after. i.e. armor all etc.....autoglym has a dressing that works fine and doesn't accumulate a lot of dust after....

[nervewrecker]

Yea, thingy.

[GoS]

simple green can be found at l&g aaron

[nervewrecker]

Last time I went l and dg they said they don't carry it anymore. Not sure about south.
I picked up a gallon in Barataria. Ummm.... Forgot the name of the place already. Smh