shiggins Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 46 degrees in January! Iit's time for a hand wash x2 and a good coat of new wax. This is how us northerners have to detail in the winter. Nothing like a cold beer and some quality time with the car. Oh,and I'm really glad to see how soft Subaru's paint is already.....less than 6k miles and I'm already seeing chips in the leading edges like the side mirrors and front bumper as seen in the enclosed pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccorry Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 Lookin good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brady Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 look bitch ... Garnet red is MY color in this state ... and if I was stuck at work today, you don't get to go out and detail your car. lookin good You in the cities? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiggins Posted January 28, 2006 Author Share Posted January 28, 2006 yes, I live in the cities.....I've only seen one other GRP so far. We are a rare breed here indeed. Hell, I've only seen a relative handful of Legacys for that matter. I get done at noon on Friday. Talk about a perfect Friday for that. I think the neighborhood thought I was crazy though dragging out the hose and washing the car. It felt good to at least renew the wax. Probably a month or more out from a proper detail I suppose. It's sad though, this was the first time all winter to get up close and personal with the car after a good wash. I can see way more chipping and marring than I'd hoped for this soon. I probably have about 20 small white specks on the front bumper area. And even though I went into winter with 2 coats of SG and 2 coats of Blitz wax, the side mirrors still look like that (they were flawless before, as I only had the car a couple months). The clear bra seems to do it's job quite well though. Not to mention I now have a small door ding on the driver's side rear....the first one. Well, I guess I've got something to look forward to when I break out the PC for the first time come spring. How I envy you people who don't have sand covered roads in the winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim L Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 I'm glad I moved from your close neighbor Eau Claire, they put more sand on the road than a damn beach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerMan Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 I hope that isn't a bottle on your roof! A friend of mine tried to get me to move to the twin cities...I said no thanks and moved to Texas. Unfortunately Austin is quite dusty since we are in a drought... I just detailed my wife's car yesterday and found so many rock chips it made me sick. I was talking with my uncle (25-30 years experience as a body shop technician - the man is an artist), and he said I could either go the fill 'em, sand 'em, polish 'em and then spray some clear on it (all "over the counter" so to speak) or just set up a paint booth and redo the whole hood which he said would probably be easier and cheaper (well at least less time consuming) in the long run. I bet you will find the same thing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wukindada Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Looks great:) 46*.............Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr:eek: detailed mine last friday.....78* Toyota 6EATS .........SUCK!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legacysteve68 Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 nice to see im not the only "crazy" one who prefers to wax the car on a nice day in winter... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiggins Posted January 30, 2006 Author Share Posted January 30, 2006 Everyone knows you can't do any car detailing without the beer. And think of this you southerners.......I don't have to worry about any beer getting warm sitting around outside. Who needs a fridge when you've got a handy snowbank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADirtyLegacy Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Everyone knows you can't do any car detailing without the beer. And think of this you southerners.......I don't have to worry about any beer getting warm sitting around outside. Who needs a fridge when you've got a handy snowbank. my beer never sits around enough to get warm kudos to you for working in 46*. it's probably low 60s here and im not touching soap and water until we are at least 68+ for a solid week. plus, i have a name to up hold. i haven't washed mine in easily 5-6 months Kenda:dm: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieWan Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 burrrr. Detailed mine Friday. Was 70 or so here in North Florida. Couldn't imagine having to deal with those temps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twisted Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 next time call me u panzee.....2 LGT's getting a detail is better than one i just want to use the electrical outlet in ur garage man c my stupid apartment garage doesnt have any...freakin apartments suck !!!...and in return i will help u detail ur GRP ...and a surefire way to avoid those chips.....dont drive it...much.....make it the garage queen like mine LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Simpletons Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 Looks great...love the color! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fzanetti Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 Looks great!! Love the color too!!!! hahahahah Flavio Zanetti Boston, MA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkl303 Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 Never thought the red looked so good. Makes me kind of wish I went red as I really didn't like the other selection of colors. Why cant we get grey and world rally blue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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