View Poll Results: How will you use your CS and what PPF coverage will you have? | |||
Daily/Track: No Coverage | 20 | 14.18% | |
Daily/Track: Bumper Only | 3 | 2.13% | |
Daily/Track: Full Front (Bumper, Fenders, Hood, Mirrors, etc) | 33 | 23.40% | |
Daily/Track: Full Car | 27 | 19.15% | |
Garage Queen: No Coverage | 9 | 6.38% | |
Garage Queen: Bumper Only | 2 | 1.42% | |
Garage Queen: Full Front (Bumper, Fenders, Hood, Mirrors, etc) | 18 | 12.77% | |
Garage Queen: Full Car | 29 | 20.57% | |
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01-24-2021, 07:35 AM | #111 | |
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First bath yesterday after PPF and ceramic. It was nice to have the PPF when I learned the unfortunate way that one of my wiper blades was not clicked on. It blew off and landed on the hood while I was drying the car. No marks left behind. Paint chips on this car would stick out like a sore thumb. Glad I got everything covered right from the start.
I'm learning new things about myself. Paint marrings bother me more than I thought they would. Dirty wheels bother me less. A dirty car bothers me less than I thought it would. Leaf blower for drying is fantastic. Really trimmed my dry time. I can now jump from 5min of blower to detail spray. I used to pat dry the car in sections. You can buy large drying cloths, but it was really taxing on my back by the time I washed, dried, and detailed. Cutting out a step was noticeable. It was almost frustrating at the beginning of the wash because the presoak and soap didn't want to adhere to the car. My goal is to get back to more frequent, but quick rinseless washes in the garage, but do the wheels outside. Anyone run across a drying device like a wheel woolie? If I had something like that I could probably do the wheels inside too. Sorry for the off topic direction. I thought about putting in the detail section, but a lot of us in this thread are probably thinking about a lot of the same things right now. |
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Ego 650cfm works great. I read lots pros cons etc and got a demo of the metro vac. The only pro to the metro vac was more control of air into the crevices. I get the door jams, trunk, and hood jams quickly with a drying cloths. The maneuvering of the metro vac, cord, and vac hose was a nuisance to me. The pros of the metro are being able to use it in a small garage because of smaller air stream, but it didn't outweigh the difficulty of moving the device around. If someone has the space to mount the MV on the wall and get a longer blower hose, then it becomes more workable in a small space. Last edited by medphysdave; 01-24-2021 at 02:26 PM.. |
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By the time I get to the IK 1.5 Foam pumper there really isn't much dirt left. Its more for lubricant than anything else. I'm currently going thru a trial of about 7 different drying towels but I doubt any will beat my go to drying towel, the Gtechniq MF4 Diamond Sandwich Microfiber towel. It's simply amazing. If you have a bad back, why would you want to hold a leaf blower when you can hold a 30 foot hose. I used a leaf blower years ago but found it hard on my back and shoulders. Also I didn't like having a hard plastic tube close to my paint. I found that a bit un nerving if I lost concentration. So with the Metro Vac, I take off the nozzle because that kind of concentrated power just isn't necessary with a ceramic coated car. And if anything it can cause damage to the PPF. The power coming out of the hose itself will fling the water off the surface and from the nooks and crannies. My car comes back from PPF this week just in time for the snow to fly in Maryland. This weather is putting a damper on my break in mile accumulation.
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If just going rinseless I've got a spray bottle with wolfgang rinseless mixed in a detail spray concentration, then two bucket method with wolfgang rinseless. Both get followed up with the detail spray. I forget the name of my towels. I like them. Synthetic fiber with long nap. Absorb like crazy and super soft. I haven't tried the ones that came from carpro with my kit. Leaf blower allowed me to stand upright vs the pat dry method. I like the leaf blower. Lightweight and super quick. I know I'd end up dragging one of those rolling blowers right into my car. I'm by no means advocating that a leaf blower is best, but sharing that it works for me. Was also great on the x5. |
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Yes what's important is the method works for you / me or whomever. More than one way to skin a cat. Speaking of CarPro I love their Reset soap. It's designed to work with ceramic coatings. You only need like an ounce per bucket of water. Super slick. I use the over the counter retail stuff for my daily's
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I can't imagine the diffuser being at any major risk with the factory udder shield in place to protect it. |
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For your rinseless washes in the garage with PPF, imagine you are using ONR? Also agree on the MetroVac - I have the SideKick and it's by far my favorite piece of detailing equipment. |
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I'm now a believer in leaf blowers now as well. Just need to find the right one. Maybe shorter tube? LIghtweight? Long battery?
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Mike - I used my leaf blower after cleaning the car Sunday. I first cleaned the grime out of the snout (collects there in vacuum mode). Ours is a home depot purchase a couple years ago, nothing special. But when you take off all the hoses/extenders it's very compact and has excellent grip points for wielding at all angles and overhead. It worked well, and I was surprised how much water was blown out of the CF and other external parts (e.g., antenna) - especially from under the spoiler. Glad I got it all out of there so there is no freezing between body panel and parts, and minimal chance for debris collecting in the nooks and crannies.
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I went full PPF on mine. I went extra and had the installer add a sacrificial layer of PPF on top of the first layer in the rear high impact area.
This way it’s double protection and once it’s disgusting I can just replace that versus the entire quarter panel- it’s nearly invisible too |
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Full PPF + Ceramic 5 year.
$7k. Daily and tracking planned. I also got an after-market insurance on the wheels, but I live in a toxic environment so all this is worth it for me. New York City is salt, humid heat, pot holes, high curbs, shitty asshole Parkers and vandalism. I’d pay $20k for a force field.
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What parts do you guys normally PPF and at what cost? I'm getting quoted $2700 for 3M Front bumper, Hood, Roof, Mirrors, Top of back bumper, Door cups and Door Trim.
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A) Track Pack or an equivalent - Complete front hood, complete front fenders, mirrors, front bumper, A-pillar and leading section of roof, rocker panels, +/- rear wheel arches - ranging from 2k to 3k B) Full car - anywhere from 4.5k to 7k (depending on where in the country you are) These have been the prices I have seen for Xpel Ultimate Plus, midwest and NE. Of course you can customize it to whatever areas you want, if not getting the full car and adjust price accordingly. |
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In addition, the detailer they work in conjunction with next door is doing a full ceramic coating using Angelwax Genesis for $600. Luckily, I needed no paint correction so the price was less.
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Coating and Single Stage correction was another $2000 Windows and windshield another $1200 Wheel coating $500 Plus misc stuff I had them do. About $14k all in
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