#7/4*/#26 on '05 White STi
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Thanks Jean Paul.
March 2011 Update. Another winter, another survival.
I didn't drive it much this winter, but it sure did get the abuse. Major problem detailing this car is the amount of claying required on the rear bumper and decklid. It seems that the aerodynamics of the car really sucks muck off the road and deposits it right on the back. Lots of inadvertent marring just to get the contaminants off.
One thing I have been doing over the past few winters is mixing up a 1/3 ATF + 2/3 CRC Powerlube mixture (trick picked up on from the Bimmer forums) and putting it in a industrial spray bottle and coating the entire underside of the car before winter. This seems to do a good job keeping rust from encroaching on the car. It works by making a dirty dust layer on the metal parts, like assembly lube and it doesnt blow off with a carwash. This car is 6 years old, and driven like a tank in the winter on some of the worst salted roads in the country and the only underbody corrosion to speak of is around the rear hubs-strut mounting and a little bit on the trailing arms at a smidge on a few of the underbody bracketing around the hitch mounts. No serious rust-though part destruction. For those living in the rustbelt, I highly recommend doing it.
Over the past 2 days, I did the spring complete detail. It's a lot of work to do it right.
1. Mothers Clay
2. Megs #205 (***** pure genius) on a PC 7424xp with 4.5 3M backing plate and black LC foam pad
3. Four Star Sealant. So smooooooth
4. Topped it with Megs #26 hi-tech carnuba wax. (Hadn't gone this extra step in a while, forgot how much optical pop it provides)
Weather was crappy today, and the ISO on the camera doesnt like white, so here is a variety of photos. The reflection is unreal. I can't believe you can make subaru paint look this good. Can't wait for a sunny day and I can go blind cars around me.
March 2011 Update. Another winter, another survival.
I didn't drive it much this winter, but it sure did get the abuse. Major problem detailing this car is the amount of claying required on the rear bumper and decklid. It seems that the aerodynamics of the car really sucks muck off the road and deposits it right on the back. Lots of inadvertent marring just to get the contaminants off.
One thing I have been doing over the past few winters is mixing up a 1/3 ATF + 2/3 CRC Powerlube mixture (trick picked up on from the Bimmer forums) and putting it in a industrial spray bottle and coating the entire underside of the car before winter. This seems to do a good job keeping rust from encroaching on the car. It works by making a dirty dust layer on the metal parts, like assembly lube and it doesnt blow off with a carwash. This car is 6 years old, and driven like a tank in the winter on some of the worst salted roads in the country and the only underbody corrosion to speak of is around the rear hubs-strut mounting and a little bit on the trailing arms at a smidge on a few of the underbody bracketing around the hitch mounts. No serious rust-though part destruction. For those living in the rustbelt, I highly recommend doing it.
Over the past 2 days, I did the spring complete detail. It's a lot of work to do it right.
1. Mothers Clay
2. Megs #205 (***** pure genius) on a PC 7424xp with 4.5 3M backing plate and black LC foam pad
3. Four Star Sealant. So smooooooth
4. Topped it with Megs #26 hi-tech carnuba wax. (Hadn't gone this extra step in a while, forgot how much optical pop it provides)
Weather was crappy today, and the ISO on the camera doesnt like white, so here is a variety of photos. The reflection is unreal. I can't believe you can make subaru paint look this good. Can't wait for a sunny day and I can go blind cars around me.