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Old 01-13-2008, 06:25 PM
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First wash pics

I got back from a hike yesterday to find that I parked under a tree at my buddy's house and the car was covered in bird **** and tree sap so a wash was in order asap. Here are the results. None of these pics have been photoshoped, that's how shiny the rims are
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Old 01-13-2008, 06:32 PM
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here are a few more
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how much did it cost you to get your stock rims chrome?
Old 01-13-2008, 07:10 PM
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they came with the car from the factory for some reason, I didn't even know they were an option. The rims also have the mazdaspeed air valve caps (not the rotary shaped ones)
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you should get some of that tire foam to clean them up a bit too, thatll really make the wheels pop
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I will soon, for now I spent enough money as it was on wax and MF and the like.
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Very nice daisuke... boooo for the birds for crapping on a beautiful car and boo for the tree too.
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Very shiny. Good job.
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i hae powder coated wheels and i was curious how did you clean yours to make them look so clean, i just use wax usually and they really pop
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Get your front windows tinted
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spraybottle with concentrated car soap, let soak for a minute and then lots of time taken to wipe all the brake dust and dirt off, then turtle ice wax on them after that. since they are chromed so they're close to mirror finish already and there is very little in the way of pores to pick up the dust and marr the finish. The wax on top of it just makes them dazzle.

The car's previous owner took amazingly good care of her and it shows.

I'm not too interested in tinting more, the rear tint is dark enough that I have trouble seeing at night, and I don't want to invite a ticket for having it because peeling it off and then having it reinstalled doesn't sound like any fun at all.

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now THIS is what I call a lot of bird crap

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