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    Buying Big $ wheels - advice please

    Had a year end windfall (actually a divorce gone RIGHT) And so I'm gonna step up to a expensive quality set of FORGELINE wheels for my vette. The center is going to be a tint clearcoat smoke finish, the outer rim is polished metal not clear. So what's the suggested plan to keep these wheels...
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    Hydro2 on wheels....How much durability?

    In a florida climate, how long should my hydro2 last? Should i treat them once a quarter?
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    using hydro 2 on wheels - advice please

    just got 100ml delivered today and want to use this on my cray wheels before I remount them.. So I'mn gonna try this unless the pros here say otherwise: 1. wheels are clean from brake dust and off the car....will wash and dry well with Carpro reset 2. spray the whole wheel with 3:1 Hydro2 3...
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    Light polishing cquartzuk-advice

    Ok ive had my cquartzuk and reload on for about a year and still looks great but i would like to refreshen everything and deep clean the car without distubing the base cquk i have on it now. Coming home from a 3000 mile run to the NE from FL. So whats the procedure? I know recently when i...
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    Carpro RESET ok for flyby30?

    OK to wash FB30 with the Carpro wash product?
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    clearing up a CQUK smear -advice please

    Washing car this morn and noticed a 6" muti-rainbow smear near the rocker....from CQUK. Using by hand some 205 did not dent it. Anyone got a procedure? Here's the tools I own: GG 6 or flex 3403 megs 105 and 205, SF 4500, Meg UC... orange. grey and white CCS pads, flat megs polishing yellow pad...
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    Windshield sealant advice please

    OK, taking a 2000 mile long trip soon, and want to put something on my windshield that will make the rain fly off at 75 mph. I have polished the windshield with a orbital, meg's 205 using a glass pad.. I do not want to buy a new product, my shelf is overflowing with stuff now. So of these...
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    spray detailer/wax for plastidip?

    they make a dip coat spray but it's expensive ($30) and I got to believe that a few other things will work...just to add a bit of sheen to a wheel set......maybe aquawax? experts? for my "winter wheels" for going up north in late October - this is plastidip metallic anthracite plus their...
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    Amour all outlast

    Amour all outlast - run forrest! got some amour all OUTLAST today for tires...might be too glossy, any experience?
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    help! getting a scatch out of rubber

    Guys, while reinstalling this airbag horn pad, my screwdriver skipped across the surface and left a shallow gash in the horn pad. I have tried some ultimate compound to no avail - I'm all ears as to what next to try...if anything, this airbag is $600!!!
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    Carpro Reset - opin?

    I see it's supposed to be used for cquartz and other coatings... does it strip down to the CQ? does it strip reload? who's used it and what's your opin?
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    a few good OTC products for LSP

    I do some consulting with new vette owners that have never detailed and had great success with newbies using the "rapid flashfire" Blackfire method i.e.--> total polish and seal and crystal seal. For the "wash and wax" crowd, you have to keep it easy.... But every now and then, I get a person...
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    Protecting 14 Vette black wheels-advice?

    The new 2014 Vette wheels can be had in black/ clear coat paint. It is strictly car paint and not any type of fortified clearcoat or basecoat. Hence after a few months, they can get pitted and chipped. I'm interested in any ways that I could recommend to other owners to protect these wheels, a...
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    Advice for a real leather steering wheel

    Gonna mount this wheel in my new Vette and as far as I know, it's real leather and not "finished" leather. I am not concerned about uv protection as it's a car kept 100pct inside a garage and not a commuter. But sm concerned about skin oils and dirt. I have 303 and PB natural look, any advice on...
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    Applying RELOAD- advice?

    I have applied RELOAD over CQuartzUK and not totally happy with my result. I have smudges and high spots in a few places...I am applying like any spray sealant, spray a 2x3 area and wipe down with a plush MF..... Any other advice ? Maybe like crystal seal, on a brick and then the MF as a...
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    Need a wash extender rid...read on

    Recently, I herneated a disc and bending down is a Chore for a few months. My car stays clean, garaged and in a good climate, and with CquartzUK, it's always spotless,, however the new rocker skirts get dirty BAD and I rinseless them about twice a week. Need some type of stick or mop that will...
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    Removing cquartzUK for stone chip fix ?

    On my nose of car, want to use touch up, clear, etc....will acetone remove it?
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    Coatings: a few questions for expersts

    I have CquartzUK on my 14 vette and love it. I put it on. It looks great I use Reload about every 60 days and since I like to detail, I never worry about long term results. It's garaged in florida. But many are asking me: 1. for a non detailer, will UK and like coatings PROTECT a black car...
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    Rapid flash C7's

    I have been counseling a few guys over on the corvette forums that have never detailed before, and getting great results with Todd's "Rapid Flash" schedule on their new C7 Vettes: 1. clay using dawn and a fine nanoskin sponge 2. BF TPnS with a GG6 - med pad 3. 2 coats BF Crystal Seal Easy for...
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    Shower door

    Any of our detailing products good on a new frameless glass shower door? Thinking cquartz UK or bf crystal seal....
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