Pride In Your Ride
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Joined: Oct 2013
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From: Cedar City, UT
Shaved is the way to go. Build up+summer=permanent whiteness. Unless you are nuts and pick it out with a dentist pick.
There is nothing more glorious than getting underneath my Miata and not having to wear eye protection. I keep flinching when I adjust/remove/install things waiting for the deluge of debris into my face....and it never happens, a phenomenon I have never experienced before.
There is nothing more glorious than getting underneath my Miata and not having to wear eye protection. I keep flinching when I adjust/remove/install things waiting for the deluge of debris into my face....and it never happens, a phenomenon I have never experienced before.
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Is it wrong that it drives me nuts that I can't smooth out the inside of the lens? I can see the equivalent of casting numbers on the inside of my tails and it's irritating.
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From: Cedar City, UT
What bugs me is the fact that the circles inside the lights aren't on the INSIDE of the lights. I want to fill the void of the plastic with epoxy so nothing gets in it.
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Use a sanding block not your hand. Your fingers will make odd grooves with the sandpaper. I used 1000 and 2000 grit and then my DA buffer with compounds to make them shiny. 3M makes a headlight restore kit with a drill buffer that would work great and I've used it before with compounds no problem. One of thesehttp://www.amazon.com/3M-39008-Headlight-Restoration-System/dp/B001AIZ5HY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1395731596&sr=8-1&keywords=3m+headlight+restoration+kit or similar. I've become a fan of chemical guys compounds. V34 would be enough, or a auto store equivalent.
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Meh. Damn links.
. Oh and wax after or seal it somehow.
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Joined: Jun 2005
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From: Fake Virginia
white wax build up... another sign you dont take pride in your ride. good wax doesn't get white and chalky.
REAL good wax doesn't even require buffing.
*jizz*
REAL good wax doesn't even require buffing.
*jizz*
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From: Cedar City, UT
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Joined: Jun 2005
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From: Fake Virginia
I use a sealant as well, but it doesn't seem to offer the slickness and crap protection a nice coat of wax does.
collinite 476 in winter under snow is amazeballs.
collinite 476 in winter under snow is amazeballs.
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Joined: Jan 2012
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From: Miami
Are you kidding me? They get 40 mpg. With the price of fuel the market has gone up a ton on them. Especially when they are in good shape.
Same with older diesel Jetta wagons, even more for manual versions. I can sell my 2010 Jetta for only 3k less than what I paid for it. People want cars that get 45+ MPG highway.
Same with older diesel Jetta wagons, even more for manual versions. I can sell my 2010 Jetta for only 3k less than what I paid for it. People want cars that get 45+ MPG highway.
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From: Fake Virginia
clearcoated tires still rocking the curb sauce after almost a month. rain, snow, salt, sitting outside 24/7. I haven't touched them except to show Brainy they don't turn your finger black when you touch them.
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