Recent content by wxl1988

Here's a question for those who are knowledgable with automotive paint. About a year and a half ago, the trunk on my 2001 BMW M5 was repainted. Since then, it has been stripped and repainted seven times (the most resent was a month ago) because the paint kept shrinking. The first six times...

I did a restocking order last week, and among the many items I ordered was Optimum's No Rinse Wash. After reading many positive things about it here on Autopia, I thought I'd give it a try. Boy is this stuff AMAZING! Today was the perfect day to try it, too (it was raining pretty hard here in...

This 2003 Scion XB is a daily "beater." The car is always parked outside, and washed at the local car wash. The car has never been waxed since the owner bought it! :nono The roof, hood, and side view mirrors were heavily oxidized. The whole car had hard water stains because the owner liked to...

New member here! Found out about this forum not to long ago and already loving it! I just recently started documenting some of my details and I though I like to share. The owner loves her 2007 Kia Amanti, but it looked like hell after years of abuse at the local car wash. The car was heavily...