^^24hr indoor self carwashes FTW, stayed there for an hour doing that stuff, and it was only me and the guy who worked there, and a taxi driver washed his car quickly too. But still like 5 stalls empty, so it was a good time to be there. plus when i went to take the 10 minute drive home there was barely any cars on the street to kick up shit at my clean car. Well there wasn't anyone besides a probably drunk kid who smoked a curb in his sentra infront of me. then later he passed me as i was already speeding, and as he was going past i could see his rim and tire were fucked, and wobbling like crazy, i was just and as i watched him

^i use tire shine on mine right now, well it's more of a plastic/rubber protectant and sealant. I actually spray it all in my wheel wells too so that the dirt and stuff will just wash off with water rather than being caked on. Atleast i think it works pretty well as i can't really see that clearly inside the wheelwells. Plus it smells almost like blueberries, my whole garage smells like that now

 

^ lolzz u should of yelled out hey what is that metric

 

oh i hit up the coin-ops all the time, just always forget a shammy. Usually i wax her and let the water bead off as i drive but now it just freezes, then my door locks are frozen the next morning..more of a pain in the ass then anything..

and yeah i use tire shine too but it doesn't last at all so i dont bother..

 

do you use the wax from the sprayer?
and i always remember my shit now, too many times i've forgotten to bring my stuff, although sometimes i forget stuff there. Like the towl i used to clean the inside of my fenders i forgot it there last night. i only wash mine cuz i have the use of the garage whenever i want, if i'm just gonna be in there for a night or so. And i find that if i leave the cl out during the day, if the sun is beating down on the driver's side door it'll usually thaw it out. Or i can just remote start my car and hope that it warms up enough to thaw the locks
and i don't really like using shammys for some reason they never leave the suraface really nice. i use two huge MF towels from walmart usually to dry off the car, but i hope that they're not hurting the finish at all, can't really tell

 

yeah the spray wax. we actually have one around here that has a dryer too, takes some time but its mint.

I really should invest in a remote start for the car cuz getting in the car right in the morning is just horrible, i freak everytime..& my shammy is mint, no complaints at all with it. The MFs wont hurt the finish, your good..

 

yeah remote starters are great, i needed an alarm on my car so i decided to get on with a remote start too for the winter, and i got a pretty good deal on mine so i'm happy with it. I always start my car and let it run for a while in the mornings or after school, cuz i'd rather pay a little more in gas to keep the cl running better. I usually let it warm up for 10 mins before i go anywhere if it's been sitting outside.
I don't really like using the crappy wax that comes out of the sprayers at the car washes, but i guess that would probably be better than no wax, like mine basically is right now. And my MFs did hurt my finish when i first got the paint, cuz i washed it like a two weeks after it was finished and i dried it with my MFs in the sun so i got a little into the clear i think, swirls and light marring basically. But i think they're good now for drying and for 10 bux a peice or so, so i can't really complain

 

yeah i need an alarm for sure, i've been slacking on it huge..yeah i let her warm up for a bit cuz if i dont everything is stiff and it just aint enjoyable

 

ha, i do the same thing as both of you. coin ops FTW! oh, and ICE wax, is the best wax, i have ever used. i swear by that stuff.

 

Mine is

 

lucky bastard..post thos pics anyways

 

yeahhh..my cars soooo dirty right now. sitting in the parking garage back down in tampa. It's like 70 degrees out. shit.

 

 

wow, thats gonna be one hell of a sleeper

 

once i get the intercooler in there we'll talk

 

You hitted a snow bank didn't you i did that once

 

hitted?

 

 

no i was pulling into a parking spot that was covered in snow and there was a block of ice underneath & i just clocked it

 

she's looking a lil more presentable now, new pics as soon as i get this bumper on..

azine + working on the car FTW

 

^^ damn bro i feel ur pain. last winter i made a left turn and i think my back bumper hit a block of ice on the side of the street, and the next day i seen the scratch and im like flipping shit, and since three other car parked on that driveway durin tht time, i blamed one of the guy hittin my car. he paid for the damage and appologized. i felt bad but i got my car back lookin all clean, i was like hmm who da hell was i feel bad for again?

 

lol..whatever man, thats jokes..

 

...this is why i'm buying a beater next winter

--for the record, the shocker symbol has been removed :P

 

noooooooo... =(

 

I had to do it
my grandmother kept asking what it meant--she wouldnt buy the whole "its the new peace sign nan!"
...excentric old woman.

 

^lol, i woulda just said...i dunno, it was on there when i bought the car... and leave it at that. I got th same sized decal of a foot with it's middle toe up almost the same place on my car. Looks almost like a hand from far off, whenever my family asks i either laugh it off or change the subject. But i will not take it off cuz i like it

 

oh. well that sucks. haha

 

I usualy HATE stickers on car's unless it's racing parts stickers (parts that's actualy in the car) or forum stickers but that shocker sticker was pretty cool imo. Added character to the car.

Anyway, I wish I would have taken pics of how dirty the car was when the were working on construction right by the house. All the calcium rock dust in the air mixed up with the morning dew left intense calcium water spots all over the car that I had to get off with an intense polish. Kinda like what fliplyricist did to his car. I think someone on here saw how dirty the car was when I was on 1604 towars Sea World. lol

 

That would blow! How clean was your car when you parked it before the construction?

ha, and as much character as the shocker added--I'm sure the girl I'm about to date wouldn't like driving around in a shockermobile....or maybe she would

 

u would hope she would

 

Man snow sucks ass thank god for the great smogy air in southern cal.

this is my dirty bish(not to dirty)

 

yes sir they are

 

Just took this tonight, shitty pic... I fucking hate winter time

 

Hahaha; I tried to wash my car before I took it to the shop last week but the water kept freezing on the car - it sucked.

 

i washed/waxed/vacuumed my car just then. looks beautiful.

 

on the cruise back up to school..i have new pics of the front end but your gonna have to wait till 2nite, this should hold you over..

 

lately its been so cold I can't wash the car without the locks freezing up afterwards...

 

must be nice to have good weather, I had to shovel 4-5 inches of snow off my driveway last night

 

damn you winter! *shakes fist*

 

^double does anyone know why our locks freeze so easily? cu no matter how many times i flick the lock switch or slam the door, if i leave it outside(not even when it's really cold) my drivers door lock will freeze up, and never the passenger door either anyone having the same type of issue?
oh ya and i should have some dirty pics of the cl in a few days as it got warmer here, and is messy as hell on the roads

 

winter sucks, period. I'm gonna save for a winter beater in the summer. I can't stand driving a lowered car anymore...not to mention the salt.