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85 messages, Last post on Oct 16, 2008 at 11:31 AM
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Replying to: scottm123 (Oct 04, 2007 7:32 am)  Yep, I learned this after leaving my month old car at the airport for a 3 day business trip .... problem is, 90% of this wasn't bird droppings. It's become ANYTHING that touches the car. I was hand washing my car every week (as often as I could manage with a 100 plus hour work week at the time) plus I'm known for being an excellent detailer (all my other cars have been almost showroom perfect when I sold them). "Waxing" to me includes cleaning, polishing, glazing and usually 4 light coats of a very high quality carnauba. It takes a couple days to do by hand - no buffers touch my cars. Pinnacle products have essential oils in them and are my favorites - I use Meguiar's if I'm just doing a quick touch up and know I will be stripping the car shortly and starting again. At this point I've given up and just accepted the 10,000 buck hit I'm going to take when I get rid of the car. Estimate on a full body re-paint was over eight grand and it isn't worth it after already undergoing 3 warrantied transmission replacements.  Guess a lot has changed at Acura since I last owned one.
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I just bought a black TL and was wondering if the paint protection the dealer offers for $600 is worth it. I forget what it is called but he said that everything just wipes off. Can I get this somewhere else cheaper?
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Replying to: oc2020 (Oct 09, 2007 12:30 pm) For "paint protection" visit zainostore.com |
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Replying to: oc2020 (Oct 09, 2007 12:30 pm) Is the protection they put on your car worth $600? Absolutely NOT! And that's assuming they even put it on to begin with. What may be worth the $600 is the warranty it comes with. Some people claim that their package comes with a lifetime warranty on internal or external stains. Check the fine print before shelling out your hard earned dough. If the warranty stinks, as it did with my Acura dealership, then yeah... spend a percentage of that on good car care chemicals and do it yourself...it's not hard and doesn't take much time, unless your slightly obsessive like me or laurasdada up there.  I also like Zaino. It works well and is very easy to work with, once you learn the steps. If you want to learn more on dos and dont's, check out Autopia
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Replying to: scottm123 (Oct 11, 2007 4:35 am) 
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Replying to: laurasdada (Oct 11, 2007 8:55 am) Dawn Clay Wash Dry Z-5 Z-6 Z-2 Z-6 Z-2 Z-6 Z-2 Z-6 Z-2 Z-6 Wax Wax Wax Obvisously, dress tires & wax wheels as well. Haven't informed the wife yet.
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Replying to: scottm123 (Oct 11, 2007 10:13 am) Start early, sun is setting too early now!
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Replying to: laurasdada (Oct 11, 2007 10:22 am) A coat of Z-6 may hamper this filling/hiding affect. Z-5 is the very first thing to touch my babies butt. I will start early and tend to the crazy wife's chores between coats. As for early sunset, that's what the garage is for!
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Replying to: scottm123 (Oct 11, 2007 11:30 am)
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Replying to: laurasdada (Oct 11, 2007 12:53 pm) 
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