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It's possible that the clear coat was painted on top of the scratches. Just a possibility but I doubt that's the case with a car like this

Also, the made in the USA is a huge difference. Personally, I'm big on not just buying US made products but US made products manufactured by US companies. In other words, I don't consider a Toyota Camry to be American just because it's made in Tennessee! In short, American products cost more and that's one of the reason there is a slight difference in price between Adams and elsewhere.

Make sure you tape off the rubber seals first, like Fierce did.

Definitely rubber must be taped and if using the drill the paint too

You will need to use the Paint Correcting Polish and a 4 inch orange pad. If it doesn't become significantly better you can use the 4 inch pad on a drill but make sure any paint surfaces are taped off. The picture below shows before (left) and after (right)

True. But some of my wheels has this white markings that im trying to get off. It looks like it came from a permanent marker (hopefully not permanent lol) and was wondering if the wheel cleaner would take it off.

Have you tried spraying all purpose cleaner on a clean microfiber towel and see if they can be wiped out? If that's doesn't work then you're better off polishing them with a 4 inch pad and fine machine polish

My new car has air conditioned seats, we can take breaks in it on Saturday. Just kidding...I don't want sweaty detailer dudes in the new ride. Ha!

Congrats Dan! What's the new ride?

 

I have a '16 Grand cherokee Limited 75th edition. It came with the 20" bronze low gloss wheels. Would the new Adam's Wheel cleaner (blue) be safe to use on this kind of wheels? [/quote

 

While I can't give you an answer as to how safe the wheel cleaner on those wheels because I've never seen or work on them but I really find it hard to believe that a brand new car has wheels that are so dirty to the point that you need the wheel cleaner to clean them. You should be able to clean those wheels with the car shampoo, water and couple of soft bristle brushes. The wheel cleaner for any wheel that's not super nasty with brake dust is an overkill in my opinion.

Weather's lookin' good, hot, but no rain during the show this year I'm ready, anyone else?

Replaced my no longer operational $91.00, on back order from Chrysler, 3rd brake light:

Simple enough to replace, only had to remove the upper spoiler to get to it:

Which required the removal of all the tail gate's inner panels to get to the three nuts and four plastic, one way, push pins:

Wet sanded some new paint and body work:

 

A little buff and polish, I needed a bit stronger cut than PCP to completely remove all the 3,000 grit sanding marks, so a compound was used on a firmer open cell foam pad to start. She finished down nicely with PCP and an orange microfiber pad followed up with PFP on a white foam pad:

Not too shabby for a 110,000 mile nine year old car that sits outside 24/7/365!

 

 

Stop on by the trailer, we'll be at the end of the Midway in Row IE in spaces 126-130. You can't miss us, look for the large inflatable Detail Spray Bottle.

Looks good. I should be there for Corvettes in August. Hopefully you guys will be there too

This is one of the most underrated cars of all time! Beautiful and looms sharp. Enjoy it!

Looks awesome! What are you using APC? Would you mind sharing your process?

I rinse the engine bay first with the water on fan setting to avoid any aggressive contact between the water stream and sensors etc.

I then spray a heavy duty degreaser all over the engine bay and let it sit for few minutes then agitate.

Next, I use my Mytee steamer to steam the engine bay and make sure to get the dirt out of all the tight areas

Finally I apply SVRT and In and Out spray

Was the set angled as well?

I don't see that Adams is selling the set anymore, only one. Is the set coming back?

Nice work Gabriel!

 

I always say if you detail a car you must clean under the hood, around the gas cap & behind the gas door.

Thank you! And I agree with the gas door and cap

Looks really nice!

So I did a rinseless wash yesterday and finished with Detail Spray. Car looked great.

 

Two blocks away, the city had just finished some utilities work on a busy street and filled in the hole with gravel. Last night prevailing winds carried a blanket of dust over our parking area and there was literally enough dust on the car to take the color from black to slate gray.

 

My 4yo daughter wanted to go for a cruise this evening so we did. We hammered through the blacktops in the area, singing to (her) favorite songs and had an absolute blast. The weather was a perfect 82F, mostly sunny, and gentle winds as the afternoon fell to a golden evening sun.

 

We went by the coin op car wash, and I had my towels and my Adam's kit, so we swung in to blast the dust off and put the car back to black with a hybrid rinseless/pressure wash.

 

We pulled out front and I worked on the paint with some G&G while she worked on the wheels and tires.......in one of her 'princess' dresses. That's my girl!

 

 

 

She's so cute, God bless her!

Definitely a 12 gauge 50ft cord. It may be an overkill in certain situations but I rather have that have peace of mind.

After getting the strange look from my wife when I told here I was going to borrow some Shout to clean the white letters on my tires I gave it a try. Much easier on the lungs than some of those really strong APC’s. I let it sit on there for about 30 seconds and then added some APC and the tires and letters came out really good. Thanks for the tip

No problem!

Blowing the interior may work if you're working on your own car and you're simply doing maintenance but for a dirty car you will definitely need a decent vacuum. What I do is steam the interior first to get all the dirt out of the nooks and crannies and tight places such as power windows switches then I vacuum. I'm hoping to add a Mytee 8070 carpet extractor to my arsenal by Christmas to complete my interior equipments

An expensive idea, but what about single/double/triple soft towels with color matched edging? The OCD in me would dig a Double Soft with a yellow border for removing Buttery Wax. I, and I'm sure some others would definitely stock up on them. But these probably wouldn't sell close to well enough to justify them being made as most people aren't as OCD as me lol.

 

But a plus for Adam's *IF* they changed a products coloring, like with the wheel cleaner they'd have me buying new towels to match Of course that's a bad example because I'm not going to use a double soft towel on a wheel.

Actually this is a great idea. I'll buy those towels in a heartbeat!

Bump for an admin to change the name of the thread to "Exhaust Tips - Before & After"

One of my favorites. This is my gf's Nissan Versa which I'm sure had never been detailed.

That looks great! ????????

Nice work.

 

I wish mine stayed like that for more then one day after I clean it.

I agree. It's difficult to keep it like this for long

The black residue on the edge of the tips can be removed with this combination. Try covering the plastic on top of the tips using masking tape and go at it with the blue pad. Don't worry about cleaning the pad when it turns black. If you keep at it long enough it will buff out

Awesome before and after results!

 

This thread got me motivated to polish my chrome tips, I have only finished one of the four so far but the one looks awesome. Couldn't get some of the baked on stuff off the lip. My pad got so dirty so quickly. Tried cleaning it and will see how it works once it dries.

Are you using a blue pad on a drill?

I use a 12 gallon ridgid shop vac. Bought from Home Depot 7 years ago with the auto accessories attachment kit. I take care of it and maintain it periodically. Runs great