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Let us know how you like it. I have still not used mine yet.

Looks great Brian!

Hope you can find a solution to this without having to buy anything besides some quick disconnects. Well, I took off early from work today to catch the football games. Turned out to be 60 degrees and sunny today, so I gave the G8 a quick bath. It's been in the garage dirty for about the past month without a chance to give it a bath. I didn't bother washing my truck. It parks outside and will probably rain tomorrow. It is Seattle! Let us know what kind of solution you come up with. Jeff

It really is too bad you have to buy a new gun, but I think over time with plastic threaded connections you would run into problems. If you never had to seperate the 2 ends of the gun, it probably wouldn't be a problem. They should have just sold the pressure washer with a decent gun to begin with. Sure wish it was warm enough to get out and wash my car! It's been sitting in the garage, dirty. Just waiting for a day that is somewhat warm, and I get off work before the sun goes down to be able to clean it up. Jeff

The problem, as you are finding out, is the cheap plastic connections they put on some of the spray gun setups. If you find a gun with threaded brass connections, you can always get some brass connectors to fit. The plastic stuff is unique to a specific manufacturer. They make it hard on you to use anything but their connectors/adapters/accessories.

That connection should be universal. Easy enough to check by just going to Lowes/Home Depot/Sears and looking at their pressure washers on display.

Here's a cheaper gun, but would still require a wand and nozzles: http://www.pressurewashersdirect.com/images.php?products_id=1423 The Lowes package deal may be the best way to go. Then you would only need a few quick disconnects to switch between wand and foamer.

That's quite a bit more than the link I gave you earlier for Lowes, which came with nozzles as well. The nozzles alone are around $20. It all depends on how much you are wanting/willing to spend. The links you have here will work, but are pretty expensive. Do some searching. I'm not sure how good the quality of the Lowes gun is, but it looks good, and would be readily available without having to wait for an internet purchase to be shipped.

Yeah, but don't you want to get to be able to spray down your car also? You want to be able to use the spray wand to rinse the vehicle, switch to the foam cannon to soap it down, then switch back to the spray wand to rinse it off.

You would still need a wand with that. That is just half, and not the half you need. Here is a wand that you could use with that gun: http://www.pressurewashersdirect.com/AR-AL248-C/p1637.html If you could find something cheaper than this, this would be good. It has the gun, wand, and quick disconnect nozzles. Then you would just need a few quick disconnects to switch between the spray wand and the foam attachment. http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=228440-82669-99040025&lpage=none If you were to buy the nozzle in the first link, then you would want to buy (2) quick disconnects with a threaded female end and a male quick disconnect end on the opposite end. Put (1) on the end of the new wand you buy, and (1) on the end of the male threaded end of your foam gun. Then you would need to find the appropriate connectors to put connector with a female quick disconnect on your trigger portion of the gun. This way, you can switch between the wand and foam gun when needed.

Chris, the problem is the way the wand connects to the trigger. I have spent some time trying to come up with an easy solution, but can't seem to find one. What I would suggest is getting a new gun/wand with solid brass connections at the splice. This would allow you to easily use brass quick disconnects. You could get just a new wand to replace the one you have. Then, if you bought a female/female connector to attach to your existing male threaded end of your trigger and then use quick disconnects similar to the pictures I posted earlier. The female threaded portion of your tip, with the inset brass fitting, doesn't allow for any connector to be inserted. I was going to say un-thread that brass connector and get a male connector to thread into the plastic outer female threads, but I don't know how well it would hold up to the pressure. You could try it. Does this make any sense?

Split the pressure washer sprayer into (2) pieces and take a detail closeup of both ends. I think the pictures you posted before were showing a clear view of the tip. I need to see the mating connection of the trigger portion.

Can you post a closeup of the end of the sprayer end?

No problem. Glad to do it. I have a few extra pieces so that I can make it work for both pressure washers that I have. I have a nicer 2550 psi pressure washer, and this cheap 1500 psi Karcher pressure washer. I figured 1500 psi would be safer, and it was only $70 bucks at Big Lots one weekend, so I figured I couldn't go wrong with it.

This is a sort of step by step using various connectors to be able to attach the foamer to the Karcher. You just need to find the various male/male, male/female, female/female type of connectors that will work for you situation. The long adapter on the end is unique to the Karcher. You can get these parts at the same place you linked for your foamer, or at Home Depot/Lowes. I got mine at a garden supply store, for much cheaper than HD/Lowes.

Check out this link: http://www.autopia.org/forum/car-detailing/98874-foam-cannon-gun-lance-attachment-test.html Basically, you need to get some quick disconnects, and at the middle of your sprayer install them to allow you to switch between the original wand and the foamer. I will take some pictures of my cheap Karacher pressure washer setup, using the same foam cannon you have. It's not quite the same, but my nice pressure washer is over at a buddies, and it looks similar to your wand. Give me a bit, and I will post up a few pics.

What kind of pressure washer is it, and what is the attachment you bought? Is it a Karcher?

The built in injector in the pressure washer does not create thick foam like a foam cannon type of adapter will.

Jub, what brand is Wheel A? They look like the Breyton Race GTS that many G8 owners have been using, but with only 5 main spokes instead of 7. http://www.g8board.com/forums/showpost.php?p=148324&postcount=3 I like the style, but with less spokes.

My next question was going to be how you find the time to post on the forums when you're on the road all the time!

Bill, how can you already have 10K miles on that truck? Must be ready to be traded in by now!

I've got the same Onkyo 705 that you've got. The speakers are Infinity TSS-450, and are rated up to 100 watts per channel. They are loud enough. I don't think my neighbor would appreciate any larger ones! I live in a townhouse, which is basically a duplex, where we each own half and share a wall. No cable box. The bottom shelf is an XBox360, TivoHD with a Toshiba HD-A3 HD-DVD player beneath it, and a PS3. And beside the receiver is an external hard drive for the TivoHD. And a Harmony One remote to run it all. Love the Harmony remotes. A must have for multiple component setups. What TV is that?

Thanks Bill. The decorating touches are courtesy of my friends wife. I'm a bachelor, so if it wasn't for her, there would be nothing on the wall but maybe the TV and speakers!

Here are a few photos of my living room. TV is a 52" Sharp LCD.

Dolby Digital and DTS audio on a normal DVD is a compressed version of the original studio audio track for a movie. With the amount of data that can now be stored on a BluRay disc, they now offer this uncompressed original audio(lossless), as well as the typical Dolby Digital and standard DTS tracks. In order to take FULL advantage of the lossless, I think a 7.1 surround system is required, but even with only a 5.1, you still get a benefit. Depending on the BluRay player and the receiver you have, some times the receiver does the decoding and some times the bluray player will decode it and send it to the receiver. But the only way to take advantage of this is through a HDMI connection. It is possible to do it over analog cables, provided the bluray player can output analog and the receiver can accept the analog signal, which the PS3 can not do. This thread on AVS Forum should provide some insight. http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1095740