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Undercoated the wheel wells and detailed a little bit

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IIGood

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Dude...even BEFORE you polished the insides of the wheels, they looked amazing! Now it's just gratuitous. LOL. I need to take mine off one day and clean the insides like that...I've owned the car since new (it's an '03) and I have yet to do that. It's my DD too. I try to keep 'er as clean as possible...I hate this time of year when it's cold and damn near impossible to get a good cleaning applied. Did manager to wash it today though; weather broke a little bit so I took advantage of it.
 

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twogts4us said:
Very nice...the wheel wells tend to turn grey and dingy over time. Yours really show off those awesome rims and tires.
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Thanks. I really just wanted the protection and I figured I might as well clean it while I was at it.

Mustang92 said:
Nice job Kevin!

Bill
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Thanks Bill.

Pearl02 said:
Man, do you sleep with that thing? That's got to be one of the cleanest cars I've seen. There's no way i could even begain to keep mine that clean. Look's great. Pearl02.
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LOL... Thanks.

IIGood said:
Dude...even BEFORE you polished the insides of the wheels, they looked amazing! Now it's just gratuitous. LOL. I need to take mine off one day and clean the insides like that...I've owned the car since new (it's an '03) and I have yet to do that. It's my DD too. I try to keep 'er as clean as possible...I hate this time of year when it's cold and damn near impossible to get a good cleaning applied. Did manager to wash it today though; weather broke a little bit so I took advantage of it.
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Yeah, I figured I would do it when the weather started to turn sour.

If you do it once a year, you can keep it pretty clean.
 

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What did you use to polish those rims? Did you do it by hand or use a drill?
 

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your super anal retentive attention to detail is outstanding!
 

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mogs01gt said:
What did you use to polish those rims? Did you do it by hand or use a drill?
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He has a Porter Cable. Its the only way to detail
 
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LaserSVT said:
He has a Porter Cable. Its the only way to detail
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I've got a porter cable as well....and none of my stuff looks that good!

seriously and as some others have already mentioned..... as I scanned the thread and saw the pic that turned out to be the "cleaned" shot, I thought that was the painted shot for sure!
 

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What the hell is a Porter Cable? I was thinking something along the lines of a Mothers power ball.
 

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mogs01gt said:
What the hell is a Porter Cable? I was thinking something along the lines of a Mothers power ball.
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Its the best polisher known to man

Its a random orbit, variable speed electric buffer/polisher. You can get it with the right pads (need about 6 different ones) for just under $200
Porter Cable 7424 & Foam Pad Kit - Car Buffer
 

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I love it when someone knows how to pay attention to detail.

It always kills me when I see a virtually clean car on the outside with dirty neglected fender wells.
 

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bcollie67 said:
I love it when someone knows how to pay attention to detail.

It always kills me when I see a virtually clean car on the outside with dirty neglected fender wells.
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Stop talking about my car like that...

When I pull my motor this spring I fully plan on doing the same thing while its all apart (have to change the rack as well). Its got a ton of grease and junk and needs to look more like the OP's pics.....
 

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mogs01gt said:
What did you use to polish those rims? Did you do it by hand or use a drill?
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I did them by hand with microfiber towels exactly like this.
YouTube - Adams Polishes: Polishing Your Metal (DVD Volume 5)

flstang65 said:
your super anal retentive attention to detail is outstanding!
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Thanks.

LaserSVT said:
He has a Porter Cable. Its the only way to detail
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I only use the Porter Cable for the paint Bill. The wheels are done by hand.

bcollie67 said:
I love it when someone knows how to pay attention to detail.

It always kills me when I see a virtually clean car on the outside with dirty neglected fender wells.
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I hear you. That's why I say it's the little things that add up!


Thanks all!
 
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