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Hello, I recently ordered a Kärcher K3 pressure washer and also ordered an Adam’s Foam Cannon. Any special adaptor needed for the foam cannon to work with the Kärcher. Super excited to finally be foaming

Thanks. It was 36 degrees out yesterday so I gave the truck a wash. I know I'm crazy. Used the Adams Wheel Cleaner and clay on a few spots to get them all off. Then resealed the truck again knowing the protection I put on when I got the truck was most likely stripped now. Maybe I need to not let my OCD get the best of me and live with them for a little bit in between washes so I'm not constantly removing and adding protection to my paint.

I have a brand new Colorado ZR2 in Summit White and I noticed that after driving in the snow and slush that I am getting these little rust specs all over the side of my truck. I have, what I think, is a good layer of Adams Paint Sealant down, but the only thing that seems to take them off is clay. I guess wheel cleaner might decon the paint as well. Now this is annoying because I will have to keep applying protection to the areas that I clay the spots off since I believe clay will remove the sealant (wheel cleaner as well). Anyone else with white paint deal with these constantly? Was hoping the sealant would keep them from happening. Would a ceramic coating be the ultimate defense against them? Are they causing any harm to the paint if they are on there for a week or two when winter washing is difficult?

Wondering what everyones procedure is for removing small contaminants or spot cleaning when something lands on your paint? At work, my car is parked near some tress (not under them) and it seems like there is always something blowing onto the car and sticking to the paint. In order to avoid scratching the paint or creating wiping streaks I usually spay a small amount of waterless wash (rinse less mixed with water) onto the waffle weave towel and gently wipe the spot. However, I noticed when the sun hits the spot I usually have wiping streaks or can see an outline in the paint on where the contaminant was. Assuming it must be some sort of tree sap. Ive always been nervous to spray a spot directly with waterless or detail spray on the car and wipe with a microfiber even if the car is not that dusty. The car has a fresh coat of Sonax Polymer Netsheild (I know not an Adams sealant but it is what I had at the time) so I would assume it is pretty well protected.

Thank you Jon.

I think they are a little cost prohibitive and I'm not sure anyone is manufacturing them for the STI. My wife would be very angry if I spent thousands on rotors because I wanted to keep my wheels cleaner. She already thinks I'm nuts on how I care for my car that would be the final straw. Brembo makes zinc plated rotors to reduce corrosion but I wonder how long the coating would hold up before they rust like every other rotor.

Thank you everyone. I'll try some guard and Gloss on the wheels during the next wash plus going back and forth in the driveway like Rich mentioned. Right now I'm concerned they have created too much dust to safely remove with Rinseless. Pic below

Hello. The Brembo brakes on my WRX STI love to make a rusty/dusty mess all over my wheels upon driving the car after a wash. It really deters from the rest of my shinny car because the wheels instantly look like a mess. Since the car is not my daily, what does everyone recommend for cleaning off the rust dust and brake dust from the wheels in between washes? Rinseless wash or spray down with waterless wash and wipe down? Obviously whichever process I use the microfiber towels would then become dedicated wheel towels after.

Thanks everyone. I'll give the alcohol wipe down a try. The hard part is going to be getting the lighting right to tell if I'm effective or not. Like I said its been a bit since I applied the sealant and the sun happened to be just right for me to see it the other day. Normal people would most likely shrug it off but my OCD knows its there.

Paint correcting polish followed by finishing polishes and then wiped down with 50% alcohol water mixture to remove polishing oils before applying sealant. It might be possible I missed a few spots in removing polish as it's not all over the hood. I might just suck it up and re-polish the hood this weekend since examining it in the garage tonight revealed some light marring in spots.

Nope. Only two coats of LPS are sitting on the hood right now.

I polished and then sealed my car with liquid paint sealant a few weeks ago and now just noticed a strange haze on the hood when the sun hits it just right. The sealant was applied by my Porter Cable on a speed setting of 2. I applied two coats with an hour in between coats so that might be my problem right there (too much product). Anyway, the haze actually looks like circular marks in the rotation of my pad (not swirl marks though). Almost like I didn't buff it all off after application. They car has been washed once since application and wiped down with detail spray so that did not get rid of it. Any ideas on how to remove these marks? Brilliant Glaze application? I'm trying to put the car away for the winter this weekend so I would like to try and avoid doing another polishing to the hood if at all possible.

Thank you everyone for the suggestions. My wife's daily driver will also be parked in the garage so the door will be opened and closed for her to go in and out throughout the winter. This is my main reason to get the cover is to keep the outside off of it for the short periods of time the garage door gets opened. Not to mention, the cover will also add a little extra insurance as my wife gets her bags out of the car from work. I ended up ordering the covercraft dustop cover. Now I need to finally decide on a winter beater. Shopping for a cheap car that is somewhat dependable is a tough chore.

I'm going to be storing my STI this winter in my garage, and I've been trying to research cover recommendations. However, I keep getting conflicting answers on if you should cover your car or not. Some people say don't cover your car because it may scratch the paint and others say it is okay as long as you cover it after washing. For those that store your car in a garage over the winter do you cover or not cover? Im currently looking at purchasing a Covercraft custom fit Dustop cover. http://www.covercraft.com/us/en/product/covercraft-custom-dustop-car-cover.C-CCDP

I have my doubts it's a bubble too but whatever happened it's now trapped under film. The installed I used is factory trained according to the Xpel website. The kit was pre cut but he did trim in a few spots that he did not like. According to him its more of a score on the top of the film and then tearing the piece away.

Holy cow you might have just saved me from a mistake. When I got home I used some of my Dr Colorchip touch up paint and went along the edge to hide the blemish completely. I just ran out there and very faintly I could see a film edge wrapped down in there. I quickly grabbed some rubbing alcohol and cleaned the paint off. I'll show him Saturday and hopefully it's just air as you said. Glad that film cleans off so easily.

I worked at a dealer in my younger days and saw many new cars being pulled off the lot for body work unfortunately. I'm always very cautious of buying any car of the lot now because of it. My salesman took a picture of the car on the hauler when it came in and I picked it up the very next morning. It would have had to have been some record time body work. I did not allow them to wash it only pull the plastic off to make sure there was no damage. I'm leaning more and more towards the PPF installer which is disappointing that he would try and hide something and not be up front about it. I guess this is also why I have to take it back to him to redo a piece (hair under the film and just a crappy overall cut), remove an air bubble and trim a piece that he forgot to do around the grill.

I don't have Xpel on the hood just yet. Its in the plans but I wanted to try the installer with the bumper first before I let him do a full wrap on the hood. I took a closer look at the edges of the hood and did not notice any issues. I guess if I put a little touch up paint on the edge and if it comes off again I know something is rubbing while driving or opening/closing the hood.

I might give the fine brush idea a try. I'm very OCD about my cars just like most of us on here so even if it is not very noticeable I will know that it is there.

It doesn't look like paint is missing below the weather stripping. I definitely agree that it appears to be a rub marks of some kind. I think if it was a cut you would see some nicks or gouges in the plastic as well or at least feel them. I can't see anything being visibly off hood alignment wise. The bumper has never been repainted as I ordered the car from the factory and it only has 2,200 miles. I do wash the car weekly and open and close the hood to dry things off. Maybe I can probe the installer before I show him anything Saturday to see if he polished anything while he had the car.

If this is a warranty issue with something rubbing I doubt Subaru would pay for the film to be reinstalled after repainting the bumper. Would it be best to just leave this alone if its not very visible? Like I said, I'm afraid touch up paint could go horribly wrong being that close to the film edge.

The bumper has never been off the car. I lightly polished this portion of the bumper before I had the film installed to make sure any imperfections were out. I'm usually careful about edges with my porter cable and taped off the weather stripping with painters tape. I'm not sure if the installer tried to polish anything or not. There are no visible cuts in the weather stripping and the film itself has a pretty straight line and not jagged like a couple areas I noticed he trimmed by hand. When running my finger over the area there are no jagged edges that would usually indicate a chip. It is smooth to the touch. Below is a more zoomed out shot and one with the hood closed. I put red boxes around the areas the defects are present (hood closed picture is approximate as you can't see them in the picture).

Hello, I had Xpel paint protection film installed on my 2016 STI and noticed something interesting today as I was looking over the edges. With the hood closed I noticed what looked like a faint line of no paint or a chip between the weather stripping and the edge of the bumper in a couple spots. When raising the hood and pulling back the stripping my fears where confirmed. Pictures below. Now I'm not sure if the installer could have caused this with a knife when doing any trimming or not. I guess it would be hard to prove anyways. It almost looks like it is strike through or just typical crap Subaru paint that was somehow damaged closing the hood causing the weather stopping to rub. I'm afraid to brush on some touch up paint as it is right against the edge of the film and I certainly don't want to make something not very noticeable, noticeable. What would you guys do in my situation? I am going back to see the installer Saturday to fix a few spots that were not satisfactory to me so I'm not sure if I should bring this up or not.

Well I lucked out and had a chance to wash the car last night. Thanks to Adams paint sealant and car wash soap the spots came off with a simple wash. I thought for sure with the sun and heat I would be getting out the PC to correct the hood again.