RUPES Best Off-Season Prep Tip Giveaway

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WeatherTech floor liners.


Simply the best piece of protection that helps to keep the interior looking clean and new.


 
While the WeatherTech floor liners do look nice, I have have great success with with my 15+ yo LL Bean winter mats. Not vinyl or plastic but jute? top with a no-slip rubber base. Much nicer with snowy boots IMHO than any liners.
 
1. Check liquids. Change them if it has been awhile or too then off.
2. Check tires / tire pressure.
3. Emergency kit with all the goodies.
4. New layer of sealant.

5. Most importantly. Don`t drive in bad weather. All the prep work in the world won`t help if you make bad decisions. (unless you are a mandated worker. I appreciate you).
 
I polish out the defects and apply Wolfgang Deep Gloss Paint Sealant 3.0 to protect the paint. I then either use a rinse less wash with wax or spray wax every chance I get all winter.
 
I have lived in North (Canada) for a while so i know:
1) change oil to thinner grade from 5W30 to 0W30
2) Get the car undercoated
3) following that a good car wash. With a wax and sealant
4) Interior : shampoo and detail with leather protection
5) i would not wash the engine since its already greased with undercoating and provided protection for winter
6 ) Siicone spray all rubber surfaces. Esp door jams.
7) Finally take bunch of awsome pictures.
 
For my winter prep I will apply two coats of Sealant. This year I used Blackfire. I then will clean the windows really well and apply a coat of rain repellant such as Griots to the windshield. Check the windshield wipers and replace as needed. I will wash my vehicle often and apply a spray detailer as a drying aid to help maintain the Sealant. I normally use Poorboys Spray and Gloss. Since I live in an area with snow and there is normally ample amounts of salt and sand on the roadways I also will wash off the undercarriage of the vehicle really well. I have detailed several vehicles with frame damage due to the neglect of the undercarriage. Folks up North I`m sure will agree.
 
My tip for this coming off- season will be : To buy a Rupes Mini, first week of Oct.
But first, 2 coats of sealant and 2 coats good wax
 
Up North it gets pretty darn cold, most don`t go out without a coat, your vehicle shouldn`t go without a coat (or 2) either
 
1. Check liquids. Change them if it has been awhile or top them off
2. Check tires / tire pressure
3. Emergency kit
4. New layer of sealant.
5. Keep up on washes :)

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I usually use one of several versions of the standard Rinseless Wash technique. My most common one, I`ll take a Waterless Wash and spray the car as a pre-soak. I will then use a Rinseless Microfiber Wash Mitt with a single bucket rinseless solution to wash the car. When I want to use car soap, I will pull out the Kwaazar foamer and use it as a substitute for my foam gun. Then from their I can take a bucket with rinseless solution to wash the vehicle. Sometimes I`ll use two buckets depending on the situation. If it calls for two buckets from my judgement, I`ll more likely fill one bucket with a lighter than usual amount of car soap using the Chenille Wash Mitt to wash the car. Then I will use the second bucket, filled with Rinseless Wash to rinse the car off, using a seperate mitt.

I will use my dedicated tire and wheel bucket filled up with rinseless solution as well. I can spray the wheel with an All Purpose Cleaner and then clean and rinse with a microfiber towel.


I have also been known to pull out waterproofed clothing and use the hose in the 30s and 40s with no regrets lol!
 
im not entering because we don`t have a winter here

if you want to know how I prep for off season... well. technically that`s Race season for us texas folk (cool temps for good times)

I could post the road I do my test and tuning on but why give away a good secret, lol
 
I always apply glass sealant to help with snow and ice removal and overall vision and keep emergency kit in trunk. Also during winter season try to get to self serve wash Bay and clean up under car to get as much road salt off as possible
 
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