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I have an old (well, 1 year old) phone lying around that I want to use as a dash cam. It is an Android Phone with Android 2.3 on it.

Does anyone know of any good app that adds date/time stamp on the videos and provides other quick toggles such as mute/pause/switch resolution etc.?

Guns, and a connoisseur of mary jane....oh and cant for get sleeping....I love sleeping

 

Probably baked as I type this messsage....LLF...

Its not 4:20 yet!

Hey Derek, how is that Jeep working out for you? My girlfriend drools over these every time she see one. Give her the tan leather and she'll be in heaven.

If things go the right way, she will end up being my wife, and will probably purchase a Grand Cherokee. If we plan to keep the vehicle for a long time (say 10-15 years), will she be a happy camper?

And great work on the detail BTW. I like your truck!

Hmm, how about a Adam's Hoosier Club/Meetup, fellow Hoosiers? Winter's coming.

Thanks for the quick reply Mike. I don't know what it looks like when wet, and no the car certainly has not been clayed. This is the only picture I took, but let me try to describe what it felt like.

It was dry to the touch. There were micro-cracks all over the white areas, but they were not flaky. It almost felt like it was salt deposit, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't. I have seen other older cars driving around with such paint, so I know this happens to unloved paint.

Unfortunately, he has already left and I can't do anything on the car for now. I will recommend he gets a proper hand wash done (since he doesn't own any washing products/accessories) followed by a good layer of wax. I think it'll be best for him to get in touch with a local detailer to a better idea of what has happened and what it will take to fix the damage.

Hey everyone. A friend visited from South Carolina over the holiday weekend and I noticed this paint/clearcoat fading on his car:

I tried searching on adamsforums about this issue, and the only relevant thread I could find was from 2009 where a member's Mitsubishi had similar issues, but she decided to get in touch with Mitsubishi to see if it was covered under warranty. There were no more updates on that thread. I also noticed people mentioning this being common problem with Japanese vehicles.

This car is a 2003 Honda Accord. I doubt there is any warranty left, but I can make him ask his dealer. He recently moved to Charleston, South Carolina and said that this happened within 2 months of moving there. To him, the car is a tool to get from point A to point B and he certainly doesn't take care of his paint. The car is lucky to see an automated car wash once or twice a year. His theory was that this happened due to heat and humidity and due to the fact that his car is parked uncovered outside his apartment complex. I took a picture and said I'll seek the paint care experts' advice .

So, I have a few questions for you:

• How/Why does this happen?
  
• What are the possible fixes that can be tried at home?
  
• How much (approximately) will it cost to get professionally fixed?
  
• How to prevent further degradation of paint?
  

This is after 2½ months of Quick Sealant + Buttery. I HAD NOT wash the car since June 20 (when I applied QS & Buttery), courtesy of water restrictions in my area. In the meanwhile, took the car on a 1000 mile trip and it gets driven daily too. Took these shots just before I was getting ready to wash the car. Pretty solid beading, IMHO

I like the new videos, but I have to say - the cameraman consistently focused on people's faces rather than the area they were working on. In the VRT demonstration video (dressing the tires), even when Adam specifically says "zoom in here" - the camera does not do that and keeps concentrating on Adam's face and then haphazardly focuses on the area that Adam wanted to show.

Not trying to be too critical, but this is something I noticed right off the bat.. Now, all the people at Adam's are photogenic , but it would have been better if the videos concentrated on the subject.

Great videos otherwise. Thanks for feeding the addiction

The focus pads worked their magic!

Thanks for the tip Dylan. I am not ready to invest in a PC or Flex yet, but the focus pads were a cheap(er) fix.

Its not a residue, its a physical difference in the paint and it will require polishing to remove it, most likely by machine.

 

You could simply grab this kit and spot correct the problem areas with a drill if you don't have a PC or the budget to get into machine polishing right now:

 

Adam's FOCUS 4" Cordless Drill Polishing Pad Kit

Makes sense. I ordered the Cordless Drill Polishing Pad set today. Will post pictures of the results.

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all the seats are heated included the backseats, the front seats are cooled as well

This is one thing I notice Kia doing. They even have heated back seats on the Elantra top trim, I suppose. The one thing I like is that it has "Cooled" seats as well. This is one technology that I see most manufacturers not thinking about. I mean, come on, if anyone has used leather seats, they know how bad it gets if the car sits in sunlight for a couple hours. If your skin is not covered (where it touches the seat), there is a high possibility of getting a burn. A cooled seat is what I would like to see as an option on ALL cars.

Kia is getting better every year. And 274 horses are a LOT for a 2 liter 4 banger (132hp/liter!!). I had to get a tune on my Passat to take its 2.0T to ~250hp/300lb.ft. Much more satisfying to toss around now

I went with different brand. I was told 3m turns yellow after a while.

What did you decide to go for? How much do these clear bras usually cost?

So, I debadged my vehicle about an hour ago. I started by using a heat gun and some dental floss, but soon realized that I did need a heat gun. Just used the floss to get the rest of the badge off.

There was some glue left, so just like Dylan demonstrated, I used my fingers to get most of the glue off. Then I used a clay bar to try to remove the residue. After claying 3-4 times, I got most of the glue off. I DID NOT use anything like Goo Gone or 3M adhesive remover, and now I'm left with some "ghosting".

I want to get rid of this residue, but do not own a machine polisher. Will GooGone or 3M Adhesive Remover do the trick or will I have to be more aggressive?

On a lighter note - look at what some word jumbling does :jester:

I have not been able to wash my car for 3 weeks now. At first, it was the extreme heat, and now, for the past 2 weeks, there are water restrictions in Indianapolis. I hate this drought.

Really nice for your first detail. When you start using a machine you can cut your labor time by a bunch and won't be so sore.

I am itching to get a PC....

First of all VW FTW! Car looks great nice job!

Can't make out too well, but I think I see a Mk5 and a Jetta in your avatar..

Dirtying the place up with some German sausage

I have a new 2011 Ford Ranger truck and on about day 10, my wife took the truck to get some bark dust. Long story short, I had a scratch in my tailgate that looked a lot like the scratch in your hood. I do not own a polisher, so I took it to a body shop to see if they could get the scratch out, they tried, but could not. In fact, they made it look worse that is was to start out with. I happened to be in a Costco store and thet were selling clear coat sticks / pens made by the 3M company. They were about $13.00 if I remember correctly so I bought a package of three. Anyway, followed the directions on the package, scratch is gone. Might want to give it a try. I did hand polish the next day, I am not sure if I could find the scratch now if I tried.

No touch up paint? Just the clear coat did the trick for ya? I might give it a try.

Window tint isn't/shouldn't be a concern b/c the film is on the interior of the glass and that area thats most likely giving you problems is the exterior trim.

 

Its usually like a felt type material in there, so as suggested gently prying it back and maybe using a spatula wrapped with a slightly damp rag to clean down between the glass and that part might help... the other option is to pull the interior door panel and clean from the inside out.

Yes, the exterior is the problem area. I didn't even think about the fact that tint film will be on the interior. And yes, there is a felt-type material in there. I will try to clean that and see if it works. Thanks for the suggestions

Maybe slightly pry it open and hit it with the sidekick? Just off the top of my head.

Yeah.. I might try that.

I would think that you would have to remove your door panel to clean it out. Has this car been in the body shop? Sounds like it could be dust from a body shop.

I don't know if it has been in a body shop. I bought it used last year, and it was an off-lease vehicle. The previous owner was a doctor. I wouldn't imagine it has been in a shop, but I can't be too sure.

Hey Folks,

One thing has been bothering me about my car. I get her all nice and clean and let it sit overnight to let all the water in the door panels (where the windows go when you roll 'em down) dry. Next morning I am headed for work, and roll my windows down to enjoy the cool (ish) morning breeze. I park at the work parking lot and roll my windows up, only to realize that there is dust INSIDE the door panel where the windows go which dirties my windows and destroys the clean look of the rest of the vehicle. There is a defined horizontal line on the window that shows how far the window was rolled down. And then below that line, there are vertical lines and it looks like somebody took a sandpaper to my windows.

This has been happening for quite a while now. It scratches my windows and is annoying. I wanted to get my windows tinted, but now I am not too sure. This dust might end up scratching the tint.

Any suggestions on how to go about cleaning the inside of the door panel? Has anyone else had this problem?

I will try to take pictures and post 'em here so everyone can get a better idea about what's going on.

Does this qualify as good beading?

I recently posted about my first detail. This is after one coat of hand polish, quick sealant and buttery.

You wont do much correcting by hand, invest in a machine

Yes, a PC is in my near future

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