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So Saturday I had washed and waxed the wifes camaro and washed my car since all the stuff was out.

It dawned on me after seeing it there in the driveway while I waited for my buddy to arrive to do his motorcycle detail that dang...i STILL hadn't done my spring detail on my charger and she STILL looks shiny as ever!

Since it's a daily driver i've convinced myself to just deal with what occurs and plan to do a full strip wash, polish, MSS, Americana both once in the fall heading into winter and once in the spring after the long winter. Well I just haven't had time to get to my car yet so I haven't done anything to it other than some two bucket washes since last November when I did the strip wash polish, put a coat of MSS on and two coats of Americana.

So this is how she sits with no correction, a daily driver, and through winter with a coat of MSS and two coats of Americana almost 6 months ago.

It goes without saying but Adams Machine Super Sealant and Americana combo is da bomdiggity!

This past Saturday one of my buddies brought his old 20+ year old Suzuki up. It's a new bike to him. He's a new rider and this is his first purchase so he thinks it's outstanding. This bike definitely needed lots of love though. It's sat untouched for about 12 years from what he told me.

This was my first bike detail so it was a little learning for myself as well but I stuck with the full on Adams love.

After letting the bike cool down completely started with a good hose off then foam, then a good wash.

Items used: (All items listed are Adams..well except for the hose and water)

Fire hose nozel, car shampoo, foam gun, APC, fender brush, lug brush, wash mitts, green wheel cleaner, detail spray.

After a wash we were able to see how bad of shape some areas were in. I told him upfront I dont have any magic to fix a torn seat or a cracked fender but the rest I'd give a go at disappearing.

This included a lot of steel wool 0000 with MP1 on the chrome and our now retired hand pad with shr and fmp on the tank and fenders. I did bust out the 4" pads as well for some of the tank work.

All in all I think it turned out quite decent for its age and condition.

Here's some after photos

Lessons Learned:

This much oxidation on chrome don't even waste time with the mf pad..go right to some steel wool 0000 and MP

Working with steel wool 0000 is a big PITA! Little shredded fibers end up all over the place.

Definitely wear some form of gloves (which I did not). MP on chromes makes a mess

Plan on having beat up hands. My left hand has 6 cuts on it now from nicking it on various nuts/bolts and engine corners.

Thanks for reading!!

They're DDs so they'll take damage along the way day to day be it from the washing or the driving. I've resigned myself to a spring detail and fall detail for our daily drivers to correct what's accumulated over the driving seasons and winter. Usually doesn't take more though then a pass or two with FMP on 90% of the vehicle and a few spots with SHR.

I always explained it to my wife that by me keeping my car real clean and looking great for me it makes me feel like I"m getting into a brand new car everytime I go to drive somewhere. She never understood this until we just got her a camaro. Now she wants it kept spotless as well LOL.

Put me down for being a fan of good ol Flip. I used him quite often. Good thing I still have two ready to use.

Are you serious with this reaction or is this sarchasm????

The guy wanted to park beside another nice car for the same reasons car guys have been doing it for years.

1) It looks cool

2) You feel like you are protecting each other from others that dont appreciate your car as much as you do

3) You figure the owner of the car wont mind because he will know you took extreme care while parking and getting out

 

If I had come out and a Chally was parked next to me I would take a picture and post a positive thread about how cool it was, not ***** and moan and over-dramatize the situation.

I mean lets be honest here, its not like your in a Lambo, its a V6 pony car...

Situations like this could be very positive, say you meet the guy and strike up a conversation and end up being friends with common interests...dont just assume the guy is an idiot because he parked within 5 feet of you.

Just my $0.02, no offense.

 

Maybe its just a difference in culture, in the south we appreciate things like this.

Yea I was serious. If it's simply he's got a nice car and thinks its cool they're next to eachother then fine. But why park close enough to me where he can't even open his door all the way himself? And for what it's worth I'll take an american muscle car over a foreign car any days (and yes I realize its a V6 Camaro not a ZL1 or some 65 GT 350) (that's just me though). If i had a lambo i'd sell it and buy 2 great American cars. Funny you'd say that as well too since you've got yourself a camaro too from the looks of it. Anyways, yea she's got a v6 camaro but to me I still consider it a nice car.

Good to hear everyone's input though. It did shed some light on what the owner might have been thinking. I appreciate the feedback.

So my wife drove her camaro up to Buffalo Friday night to visit our daughter. They went out to eat at Bonefish Grill and she knows to park out away from others and walk the extra 30 feet.

So they eat and come out to leave and this is what they find....

If this doesn't just boil my blood. And I just can't for the life of me figure out what the idiot was thinking.

1) Hey two sweet cars let me park right next to it. But if this is the case why not park leaving some more space so he could get out of his Challenger

2)Hey I'm going to be a d!ck and park right next to that camaro that parked out there on its own

This stuff just boggles my mind and pisses me off endlessly. This person themselves drives a nice challenger so I wouldnt think they'd be in the I'm going to be a d!ck and park on top of you. But then why park so close when there's 100 other empty spots around.:mad::mad::mad:

IMO the discounts you mentioned usually outweigh what a rewards program would offer..

 

With the existing programs, anyone on the forum gets 10% off for just being a member.. if it turns into a reward program, then it is performance based and you will have to pay full boat on a few items to build up the rewards.. I think the existing discounts ARE a reward system of sorts..

We're allowed to reuse the forum code on every order? Seriously? If that's the case..DOH! Money wasted on my part over the last two years.

I know he was going back for another tour but I am not sure when he was due to leave.

 

Maybe his Dad Smokemeister25 can give us an update?

Smokemeister25 hasn't posted since last november so who knows.

Planning to detail my buddy's bike...and give my car a good 2 bucket cleanup.

I think i saw free water test kits at home depot today when i was there. Maybe swing by yours if u have one nearby and grab a kit.

You could try some Revive or Fine Machine Polish by hand. I haven't tried claying, or remember hearing of anyone that has tried claying, their stripes yet.

Good write up (as always). I'm debading the charger here in the next few weeks so good timing.

Has anyone tried the Tuff Guard hoses? I'm beyond tired of fighting kinks in my hose as I"m washing. Found some info on the tuff guard hoses that seem to fight kinking pretty well. And to boot they're made in the USA.

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice!!! I like the addition of the new red pad too and black pad useable with the flex.

Nice work as always Adams team!!

Great product!! Some of the biggest shocked faces I get with customers is showing them the before and after side by side of their leather seats. This stuff is awesome! Followed up with some leather conditioner and oooooh perty seats!

So far for spring I'm planning on debadging and throwing on a CAI. I know..boring

Great job and excellent writeup and pics!! Did it for free eh? Charity work is always good for the soul.

So couple weeks ago we celebrated my 13 yr wedding anniversary and my 42nd birthday. Short story is we were actually on the road both to and from Michigan traveling on both of those days so the wife was a little lax in my gift or should I say..having me pick out my own gift.

Well..she figured I wanted more "car stuff" as she calls it. But this time I went a different route. I ended up getting the Logitech Squeezebox Boom. It's a portable powered wifi enabled radio/boom box type unit.

I've been messing around with it for a week now and every day I love it more and more. This thing is endless music. It connects via wifi to my home network and gives me access to over 1000+ internet radio stations (yea..I know..1000 radio stations, pretty much assume there's a channel for any taste out there). It also allows for streaming of Pandora, Last.fm, Napster and a host of other music service sites. But wait that's not all. Being tied into my home wifi network it also hosts up all 20,000+ mp3 files I've accumulated over the years. So now not only can I play them on my homebuilt jukebox, but now can have portable access to all of them wherever I set my squeezebox.

This thing is just a blast. The sound is really solid with great lows and mids. I've been sitting her for the last 1/2 hr literally just paging through station after station discovering even more of what's out there. It's got stations from every continent (well maybe not Antarctica) and endless talk based channels (news, sports, business, entertainment etc) along with everything imaginable in music. Heck I even stumbled across 2 year round 24x7 Christmas stations, which for me is great because I"m one of those guys that can listen to Christmas music year round

Here's a small pic of the unit!

Lookin soooo much better! Nice job!

I'm not a truck fan normally but dang that's a sweet lookin one.

As always..great work Dylan!! That's some great dedication and a great gift for your cousin. I hope he appreciates all your efforts.

My other biggest hobbies/obsessions are gaming, golfing, and cooking. Love all three of them dearly and can't ever get enough of them.

Car looks real real nice!!

Good tips and great idea for new threads..they'll be useful to all.