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No wonder u fail if ur washing it with a rag!

I didn't, went to Apple Peel carwash thing and did it myself...

... twice.

Not that hard to wash a car man

Go watch the Karate Kid for some pointers

*sighs* more movies to watch...

rolling start ~70ks 350z + 5 litre commo disposed of. not bad for a lawn mower motor

anyone know of a good place to get calipers re painted?

Washed my car again, and I fail at washing cars.

Note to self, pay someone to wash it with a rag.

washed mine last night and again today, got home look at the front fkn bird shit on the bonnet. f**k it.

what you do grant is wash it with the detergent thingy spray gun

dont use the car wash brooms

then once the car is soaked and has some detergent on it

use a microfibre cloth, if you dont have one, use an old tshirt

you do this to wipe away the dust/dirt that simply spraying it doesn't clean

then do this as quick as you can (dont let it dry) and keep washing it down whilist you do it

never let that dust/dirt dry

then it should be bang on spotless

Got my calipers powder coated

Same with front mount, intercooler piping and plenum.

Powder coat > paint

but that will mean removing calipers no? cbf doing that also wanna keep the writing on em different colour...

will powder coat the rims black after i paint the calipers yellow

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