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+--- Thread: The Official Washed and Waxed Thread! (/showthread.php?tid=3382)
- Mike - 08-19-2008
REED Wrote:I don't see a difference between his and your headlights
one of them they spent a couple of hours working on :lol:
- WRXtranceformed - 08-19-2008
You can't see it from the angle of the pics that I took of my car, but from the start of that chrome strip and all the way back there is a chrome housing behind it. Those were taken out and spraypainted gloss black. There are also two orange inserts that we removed. Here's a better pic of a stock TL-S headlight to compare it to.
![[Image: acura_tl_types6spdmtwperformancetires_20...40x480.jpg]](http://us.autos1.yimg.com/img.autos.yahoo.com/izp/acura_tl_types6spdmtwperformancetires_2008_exterior_headlight_640x480.jpg)
Basically now all you can see is the chrome strip and blackness behind it.
- BLINGMW - 09-01-2008
bleh the baby sled has a LOT more paint to clean compared to the Mini. :? Thanks to RJ for showing me that claybaring is not that hard. It REALLY needed it too.
![[Image: CIMG0544crop.jpg]](http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e19/ecpreston/mini%20FS/CIMG0544crop.jpg)
![[Image: CIMG0541crop.jpg]](http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e19/ecpreston/mini%20FS/CIMG0541crop.jpg)
![[Image: CIMG0538crop.jpg]](http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e19/ecpreston/mini%20FS/CIMG0538crop.jpg)
- Feersty - 09-01-2008
Looks good.
- .RJ - 09-01-2008
Looks like it needs some buffer work... I'll be down there next month
- Jake - 09-01-2008
More recent pix of the Miata... the paint is in good shape for being 13 years old, but the nose has rock chips, and the back bumper's clear is peeling. Oh well, the way it drives makes up for it :lol:
Current mods: Removed sun visors, new top.
Future mods: Remove tie-down hooks - planned gain of ┬▒2 HP. Woo!
![[Image: web.jpg]](http://gallery.me.com/jake.thiewes/100048/DSC_2379/web.jpg)
![[Image: web.jpg]](http://gallery.me.com/jake.thiewes/100048/DSC_2389/web.jpg)
![[Image: web.jpg]](http://gallery.me.com/jake.thiewes/100048/DSC_2397/web.jpg)
![[Image: web.jpg]](http://gallery.me.com/jake.thiewes/100048/DSC_2413/web.jpg)
- BLINGMW - 09-02-2008
I still miss flip up headlights....
.RJ Wrote:Looks like it needs some buffer work... I'll be down there next month
![[Image: nooooo.gif]](http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/012103/nooooo.gif)
- Nis01 - 09-02-2008
Jake Wrote:More recent pix of the Miata...Jake, the miata really looks great. I originally wanted one in black, yours is a prime example of a great condition NA. I need to wash mine after the 1,000 mile trip home... its a bit of a mess.
- Goodspeed - 09-02-2008
I'm envious of you Miata peoples...you just have to throw a Solo cup full of soapy water at the car then give it a few spritzes of quick detailer wax and the car is clean. You don't know arm fatigue and lower back pain until you attempt to wash and wax the entire hull of a MK3 Supra. Hence why I've only posted maybe one picture in here, and I'm not one of the recurring wash&waxer's.
- Apoc - 09-02-2008
Try a sedan.
Besides being lazy, part of the reason I get my car serviced by someone else is because they wash it.
- WRXtranceformed - 09-02-2008
Oh man I never let a dealership wash my car. That's just asking for massive amounts of swirl marks. It's a bunch of pimply faced teens in the back who wipe it down with dirty rags.
- Evan - 09-02-2008
Goodspeed Wrote:You don't know arm fatigue and lower back pain until you attempt to wash and wax the entire hull of a MK3 Supra.try a full size truck....
- .RJ - 09-02-2008
Goodspeed Wrote:You don't know arm fatigue and lower back pain until you attempt to wash and wax the entire hull of a MK3 Supra
Ur doing it wrong.
![[Image: PorterCable.jpg]](http://www.bimmerdiy.com/diy/detailing/PorterCable.jpg)
- Dave - 09-02-2008
Evan Wrote:+1Goodspeed Wrote:You don't know arm fatigue and lower back pain until you attempt to wash and wax the entire hull of a MK3 Supra.try a full size truck....
I was exhausted after the truck even using a buffer to apply all the stuff.
- Jake - 09-02-2008
Goodspeed Wrote:I'm envious of you Miata peoples...you just have to throw a Solo cup full of soapy water at the car then give it a few spritzes of quick detailer wax and the car is clean.
Finally, the truth exposed
If I'm feeling realllllly ambitious, I'll run a single hand towel over it (just once, mind you) and it'll be dry.Thanks for the feedback, y'all!
- Jake - 09-07-2008
Hey, so I have a question. Where can I go in H-Burg to wash my car? I don't have a hose or hose hookup at my apartment, and a convertible top + auto wash = disaster.
- Goodspeed - 09-07-2008
Jake Wrote:Hey, so I have a question. Where can I go in H-Burg to wash my car? I don't have a hose or hose hookup at my apartment, and a convertible top + auto wash = disaster.
Miracle Wash down S. Main next to Advance Auto
- ScottyB - 09-08-2008
theres also a coin wash right off of university bld. at Deyerle. i used to go there at night with a bucket and take my time handwashing.
- kcook - 11-05-2008
my car
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- ScottyB - 11-05-2008
looks great...