Recent content by BadBatsuMaru

I swear, 99% of waxes I see now are "cleaner waxes," and most car soap I see has wax in it. I personally don't find it to be too much of a hassle to use a polish/sealer once or twice a year then a regular wax. Meguiar's #26 Hi-Tech Yellow Wax is the best thing I've been able to find that is...

Another vote for Westley's Bleach White. Eats the gunk off and leaves it looking dark black. Shiny tires are ridiculous. I've seen some that look like they have a high-gloss laquer on them.

Any wax will stain. Regular wax just happens to wash away on its own eventually. This certainly isn't a good argument against using NuFinish, though. What would you suggest using as a sealant/protector? Polyurethane that holds up all year seems to be a pretty good thing to me.

Yeah, the garden hose is the best thing, unless your hose is frozen solid. I also use the no-touch car washes in the winter. I figured that was taboo in enthusiast circles, but I guess you guys are more interested in oil. I don't see a problem with popping quarters in the car wash down the...

I see there are several things you can use to remove the wax from places you don't want it, but how do you keep it from getting in little nicks in the clearcoat in the first place? My car has several little chips that are totally unnoticable because they don't even go all the way through the...

From the other thread, I see that peanut oil, baby oil, and wheel cleaner all work well on the plastic and rubber... but that doesn't help with keeping it out of the little nicks.

I like NuFinish, too. I should probably put some on before winter. Does anybody have some good tips for removing the dried gray patches that get on rubber, though? When I see some dried spots between body panels, I can usually get in there and rub the NuFinish off, but how do you clean up...

I seem to remember walking through AutoZone last week and seeing a bunch of Mobil 1 MX4T 10w-40 motorcycle oil. I'm sure a lot of people would appreciate a good OTC fully synthetic 10w-40. Why don't I hear people talking about this? Is there something magically different about 4-stroke...

This is a little silly. A couple hundred people boycotting Castrol isn't going to get anybody's attention, and I don't see the point anyway. It seems a little late to be singling out Castrol for what they did with Syntec (when was that? 1997?) when just about every oil company is doing the same...

That's probably true. I'll bet a paper cone on a short-ram CAI sounds just as good, gives better filtration, and gives 99% of the performance boost of a K&N filter that you have to wash & oil. It seems hard to find a good mandrel-bent CAI that doesn't make you buy the K&N filter, too, though. I...

I don't see the need for any of these tools. My brother worked at AZ for awhile, and cut apart many filters to compare them using a regular band saw, and it was a pretty simple process. As far as filter wrenches, my hand works just fine. It's not like there's any need to crank a filter on with...

Could somebody PM me this file? Thanks.

Last year I moved to an area with EXTREMELY hard water. I always wash my car outside, so by the time I'm done drying it, there are always some noticable water spots. I got the California Blade thingy, which helps me squeegie most of the water off really fast, but I still had problems with a lot...

After all that work, though, there were still bugs and dirt all over the lower part of the front fascia. As I washed it, it was very rough to the touch. I gave up and covered it with spray acid wheel cleaner. Let it sit for about 30-sec, sprayed it again, and wow. All that gunk just wiped right...

Like eldawg4100 said, it's very useful for stripping off the wax. Before you do any major treatments, having a more harsh soap that gets rid of wax is a good thing. I use dish soap as part of my once-a-year treatment. In spring, wash the car in Dawn to get all the wax off, then use paint...