What did you do detailing wise today?

DP Rinseless (in garage, then pulled out to inspect)

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4u2nvinmtl said:
I detailed my doorjambs (for the first time). I normally just wipe them down but after seeing many posts I figured I'd give them the same care as the outside, so I; APC/Degreased them, wiped away all the grease/rust proofing, waterless washed, clayed, compounded, polished, and sealed with FK1000p and coated all rubber with 303. They look a million times better and shine/sparkle. Ruined some old towels in the processed (grease wouldn't come out even with APC wash).

I finished off by installing new interior lighting that doesn't affect night driving while on.




Then I had to detail the interior (it's been over 1 month) and I vacuumed for the first time since fall last year. Then I went on to removing old wax, compound and polish from the cracks that had been sitting their since my OP removal project (it was very time consuming to remove the excess product from every nook and cranny).


My new neighbors think I'm crazy already because I've been detailing something every day since I moved in 1 week ago, the Jeep' never looked so good!
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There's nothing better than opening the door to a clean ride and noticing clean and shiny doorjambs and a freshly cleaned interior :)

That's a neat idea with the red light! Is it just a red LED replacement bulb? Anything specific I should look for? One of the bulbs on my instrument panel just went out and I've been meaning to order LED's. I'll be upgrading the stereo and speakers soon and I figured I might as well do everything at once while I have to take apart the dashboard.
 
Vega@Autopia said:
There's nothing better than opening the door to a clean ride and noticing clean and shiny doorjambs and a freshly cleaned interior
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That's a neat idea with the red light!
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Thanks Vega!

Vega@Autopia said:
Is it just a red LED replacement bulb? Anything specific I should look for?
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I tried a lot of different bulbs before I found one I liked. Many of the Chinese LED replacement bulbs are very low quality and have a very high failure rate or just don’t work right out of the box! I ended up contacting someone who builds custom headlights using high quality LED's (US made if I recall correctly). He also had a really hard time getting Red specifically and wasn’t able to find all the different kinds of bulbs I needed but he did cover the majority. For the remaining bulbs I had to order from china.

Here's a picture of the quality bulb:



Two colors (wife wants her side a different color):


Vega@Autopia said:
One of the bulbs on my instrument panel just went out and I've been meaning to order LED's. I'll be upgrading the stereo and speakers soon and I figured I might as well do everything at once while I have to take apart the dashboard.
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The instrument panel lights are typically soldered on and are a really difficult to change. I've read a few Jeep SRT8 story’s about the drama people went through to change them. One of mine just burned out a few weeks ago and it's really been getting to me, so I might be going down this road too...
What make and model do you drive Vega?
 
4u2nvinmtl said:
I finished off by installing new interior lighting that doesn't affect night driving while on.


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Nice. I had red interior lighting before. After awhile I got tired of it and have since gone with white LED's.

Vega@Autopia said:
There's nothing better than opening the door to a clean ride and noticing clean and shiny doorjambs and a freshly cleaned interior :)

That's a neat idea with the red light! Is it just a red LED replacement bulb? Anything specific I should look for? One of the bulbs on my instrument panel just went out and I've been meaning to order LED's. I'll be upgrading the stereo and speakers soon and I figured I might as well do everything at once while I have to take apart the dashboard.
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Vega I get my LED's from Diode Dynamics. They are made in the USA. They do cost a little more but I've been happy with their LED's.
 
washed and waxed my truck today. figured I need to start using a lot of the stuff I have, so I gave megs ultimate wax a go. easy to apply, a little more difficult to remove the longer it sets up, but overall, I like it. it lays down a very nice shine an slick finish.



I would also like to thank my parrot tess for later climbing on my detail bag and chewing the power cord to my griot's 6"da in half. that bird does like to chew the crap out of anything and everything. :)

griot's said they will still cover it, so I just sent it in today. great company.
 
tropicsteve said:
washed and waxed my truck today. figured I need to start using a lot of the stuff I have, so I gave megs ultimate wax a go. easy to apply, a little more difficult to remove the longer it sets up, but overall, I like it. it lays down a very nice shine an slick finish.



I would also like to thank my parrot tess for later climbing on my detail bag and chewing the power cord to my griot's 6"da in half. that bird does like to chew the crap out of anything and everything. :)

griot's said they will still cover it, so I just sent it in today. great company.
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Wow

They cover bird damage
 
yeah, I didn't expect anything and just wanted to make sure if I spliced the cord back together that it wouldn't void the warranty. they said to send it in and they would replace it. pretty awesome. I've had zero problems out of the polisher for the past five years, so it's held up very well.
 
4u2nvinmtl said:
The instrument panel lights are typically soldered on and are a really difficult to change. I've read a few Jeep SRT8 story’s about the drama people went through to change them. One of mine just burned out a few weeks ago and it's really been getting to me, so I might be going down this road too...
What make and model do you drive Vega?
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Thanks! I'm just going with bright white on the instrument panel on my 2000 Mercury Sable, so I'll have the OEM green color, but much brighter with LED's. But I would like to try red for all the other bulbs. Especially if I pull the trigger on this car audio build I've been thinking about...

The Guz said:
Nice. I had red interior lighting before. After awhile I got tired of it and have since gone with white LED's.

Vega I get my LED's from Diode Dynamics. They are made in the USA. They do cost a little more but I've been happy with their LED's.
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Thanks, I've only used SuperBrightLEDs.com before because they came highly recommended on the Maxima forums. But Made in the USA sounds great to me. I'll check out Diode Dynamics.
 
Dear Friends

My paw-in-law put new rotors and pads on our van today, and I spent three-plus hours cleaning the wheels. Tomorrow I'm going to polish and coat them, and apply Tuf Shine to the inner walls of the tires.

Here are some pictures from my iPhone showing one of the new rotors (Centric/StopTech Performance Series) and the van on my father-in-law's fancy lift in his fancy two-story garage.

With central air!

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It is a hot one today. I have been working in the garage to organize things better. I also went through my detailing stuff to cull out stuff I need to give away or just throw away.

I was also soaking off labels from bottle to reuse. I learned Adam's bottle do not like almost boiling water. They sag and loose their shape.
 
Bunky said:
It is a hot one today. I have been working in the garage to organize things better. I also went through my detailing stuff to cull out stuff I need to give away or just throw away.

I was also soaking off labels from bottle to reuse. I learned Adam's bottle do not like almost boiling water. They sag and loose their shape.
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I love Adams and CarPro's bottles, I'm trying to find a place to get them in bulk
 
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