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05-24-2005, 05:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Canyonball
I live in CA as well.. and I say F the police! lol j/k! I haven't had a front plate since I got my TSX which is now a bit more conspicuous than stock and haven't had any problems. Even if you do get rolled, just put the bracket and plate back on and get the ticket signed off. A friend of mine did this the next day after he got rolled and took the plate off at the next building over from the PD... lol
$10 for the court fee though. To each his/her own...
$10 for the court fee though. To each his/her own...
I ain't got front plate either, just make sure you slap it on when heading over to LAX. They've been pretty strict on that lately. I got pulled last year for no plate, court session and a fat ticket, then again... still no front license plate today
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05-25-2005, 01:20 AM
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Originally Posted by DEI99662
The reflections look good. What was your process and what products, besides Zaino, did you use?
05-25-2005, 01:30 AM
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Originally Posted by PsychoInDenial
All Zaino except the claybar, I used Mothers. Oh yeah and the Dawn I used to take the clay residue off.
05-25-2005, 10:23 AM
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I don't think the dawn is necessary...
If you're claying the car, it's not necessary to use Dawn.
I have to give props to you, Psycho, for doing all that by hand. I told myself last year that I won't polish and wax by hand anymore. Too damn tired.
I detailed my Prelude this pass weekend too. Since I have my wife as the helper, we washed the car on Friday, then clayed, polished, and 2 coats of wax on Sunday. All in 5 hrs. total. Oh...I clayed the wheels too. Oh...nice job on the detailing. Very shiny, I'm sure the paint surface must be very smooth too.
05-25-2005, 10:39 AM
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Originally Posted by DEI99662
I would only use Dawn on the first time you detail your car.
05-25-2005, 11:39 AM
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Uh.....I use Dawn to wash my car every time....is that bad joojoo?
BTW, by no mean I'm expert on car detailing. I just learn from some of the pro car detailing people.
05-25-2005, 12:06 PM
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It was the first time I detailed my car
Are you going to use the same products next time or try something different? If you are really into detailing it, you might want to think about getting a PC.
05-25-2005, 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by DEI99662
Looks good.
Are you going to use the same products next time or try something different? If you are really into detailing it, you might want to think about getting a PC.
Are you going to use the same products next time or try something different? If you are really into detailing it, you might want to think about getting a PC.
05-25-2005, 12:37 PM
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Originally Posted by PsychoInDenial
I'm going to stick with what I have now, atleast until I finish up the products. I'm not that adventerous when it comes to detailing, as long as the car looks good I'm happy. As for the PC, I need the exercise anyways, I think I was so sore b/c I haven't been to the gym in awhile or done any yoga.
The best is to try the products out on someone elses vehicle.
Exercise is good. If you do get a PC, dont use the pads that come with it. They are pieces of crap. Buy some other pads like Sonus, etc.
What are you using for detailing/drying towels?
05-25-2005, 12:41 PM
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Originally Posted by blaqtsx
just wondering, so what are you?
People always get thrown off by this
My mom's Chinese-Panamenian (with a lil bit of Jew) and my father's Mexican-American aka Chicano.
so that makes me a Chinese-Panamenian-Mexican-American-Jew (I throw in the jew part mainly for laughs)
But I was born in Oakland so that automatically makes me ghetto.. nigga!
05-25-2005, 12:43 PM
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Originally Posted by DEI99662
The best is to try the products out on someone elses vehicle.
Exercise is good. If you do get a PC, dont use the pads that come with it. They are pieces of crap. Buy some other pads like Sonus, etc.
What are you using for detailing/drying towels?
I bought the pack of lint free detailing towels from costco. For the drying part I used the absorber.
05-25-2005, 12:51 PM
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The Sonus MF drying towels work great on drying. One towel can dry one midsize car (I used 2 to dry my parents Ody). The Sonus MF detailing towels work great on removing wax. I might need to buy couple more drying towels soon.
05-25-2005, 02:21 PM
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Originally Posted by PsychoInDenial
I bought the pack of lint free detailing towels from costco. For the drying part I used the absorber.
05-31-2005, 05:47 PM
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My bad if this is some kind of 
I just looked at the pix... 2nd thing I noticed (1st was the absense of any plate) was the fuzzy hanging thing off the mirror... that thing looks big girl! Ain't that somewhat distracting when pulling laterally Gs and -'ve Gs under hardbraking?
I just looked at the pix... 2nd thing I noticed (1st was the absense of any plate) was the fuzzy hanging thing off the mirror... that thing looks big girl! Ain't that somewhat distracting when pulling laterally Gs and -'ve Gs under hardbraking?
05-31-2005, 05:50 PM
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My bad if this is some kind of
I just looked at the pix... 2nd thing I noticed (1st was the absense of any plate) was the fuzzy hanging thing off the mirror... that thing looks big girl! Ain't that somewhat distracting when pulling laterally Gs and -'ve Gs under hardbraking?
I just looked at the pix... 2nd thing I noticed (1st was the absense of any plate) was the fuzzy hanging thing off the mirror... that thing looks big girl! Ain't that somewhat distracting when pulling laterally Gs and -'ve Gs under hardbraking?
05-31-2005, 09:33 PM
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Originally Posted by vwong
Did you wax every time after wash? If not, it's bad. From what I've read, Dawn will remove any wax on the surface. You should just use car washing soap like Meguair's Gold Class car wash or NXT car wash. Don't use any dishwashing detergent as car wash.
BTW, by no mean I'm expert on car detailing. I just learn from some of the pro car detailing people.
BTW, by no mean I'm expert on car detailing. I just learn from some of the pro car detailing people.
I also did my TSX this weekend, Zaino didn't need to clay, but wash, z2-z6-z2-z6, then did the interior with Zaino's leather treatment (Z9 & Z10), that's about the closest you're going to get to a new car smell. It also wore me out, I may be young, but I'm feeling like an old fart more and more everyday...
06-02-2005, 06:17 PM
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Originally Posted by goddsmack
Dawn is a good cleaner in the sense that it will remove any lipid (grease/fats) based items when you use it, good examples are your edge seals, chassis lube, etc. The seals are typically made of rubber so unfortunately it does dry your seals up too. It's probably good to use dawn maybe once or twice a year at most or any liquid detergent at that, prior to waxing.
I also did my TSX this weekend, Zaino didn't need to clay, but wash, z2-z6-z2-z6, then did the interior with Zaino's leather treatment (Z9 & Z10), that's about the closest you're going to get to a new car smell. It also wore me out, I may be young, but I'm feeling like an old fart more and more everyday...
I also did my TSX this weekend, Zaino didn't need to clay, but wash, z2-z6-z2-z6, then did the interior with Zaino's leather treatment (Z9 & Z10), that's about the closest you're going to get to a new car smell. It also wore me out, I may be young, but I'm feeling like an old fart more and more everyday...
06-02-2005, 10:08 PM
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Originally Posted by 05_TSX_GP
My bad if this is some kind of
I just looked at the pix... 2nd thing I noticed (1st was the absense of any plate) was the fuzzy hanging thing off the mirror... that thing looks big girl! Ain't that somewhat distracting when pulling laterally Gs and -'ve Gs under hardbraking?
I just looked at the pix... 2nd thing I noticed (1st was the absense of any plate) was the fuzzy hanging thing off the mirror... that thing looks big girl! Ain't that somewhat distracting when pulling laterally Gs and -'ve Gs under hardbraking?
I like my
! I don't find it distracting. Its better than the monkey bobble head I had in my old civic. My rule of thumb is that I always have to have atleast one silly thing in my car, and I chose the white warrior head named
Oh yeah and I don't have a plate because they haven't arrived yet. I've only had the car about 2 months now.. still no plates.. oh and and in the meantime I've taken the front bracket off since I took those pics.
06-02-2005, 11:47 PM
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06-03-2005, 12:36 AM
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Originally Posted by PsychoInDenial
I like my
! I don't find it distracting. Its better than the monkey bobble head I had in my old civic. My rule of thumb is that I always have to have atleast one silly thing in my car, and I chose the white warrior head named
Oh yeah and I don't have a plate because they haven't arrived yet. I've only had the car about 2 months now.. still no plates.. oh and and in the meantime I've taken the front bracket off since I took those pics.
06-03-2005, 11:48 AM
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No I didn't order custom plates. In CA license plates tend to lag on arrival. I'm not going to be tripping yet. The prisons over here must be laggin.