The Random Question Thread

My shipment of:
Meguiar's Ultimate Compound
Ultimate Polish
Ultimate Wash & Wax
NXT Generation 2.0 Wax
and my polisher delievered.

What are the steps to do doing the full detail?

Is it..
Wash
Clay
Wash
Compound
Wax
Polish?
 
Lol yeah, I just bought the custom license plate lights and I'm tinting the rest of my tails soon, so I want it to look good
 
At the tire shop, quick question -

they were only able to get the FX's rear camber to around -1.6. Is that bad? They said that it should be *OK* for the tires. It use to be at -2.5 which after the alignment is a major improvement according to them. I can upload the printout in a bit later...

Oh and the ride is lowered on H&Rs, with 20x10 +25 rims and 25mm spacers...

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g0ldm4g3 said:
My shipment of:
Meguiar's Ultimate Compound
Ultimate Polish
Ultimate Wash & Wax
NXT Generation 2.0 Wax
and my polisher delievered.

What are the steps to do doing the full detail?

Is it..
Wash
Clay
Wash
Compound
Wax
Polish?
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Great choice in products! I love meguiars. Also recommend you to check out meguiarsonline.com for some great write up and tips...

This is the process i would use with your products, as well as some additional steps

1. Wash with UWW
2. Claybar (Mothers or Meguiars works fine... find at most autostores)
3. Wash again to remove clay residual
4. 3-4 passes with UC or until satisfied
5. 3-4 passes with UP or until satisfied
6. Two passes of NXT 2.0
 
-1.6 is not bad at all. When I was riding on H&R with 25mm spacer 22 x 10.5, I never had camber problem in the rear. Now with coilovers with same tire/wheel setup and 20mm spacer, I'm a -1.3 camber in the rear.

Man Pat, that detail list is an easy +10 hours job. It turn out very nice looking though.
 
la_fx35 said:
-1.6 is not bad at all. When I was riding on H&R with 25mm spacer 22 x 10.5, I never had camber problem in the rear. Now with coilovers with same tire/wheel setup and 20mm spacer, I'm a -1.3 camber in the rear.

Man Pat, that detail list is an easy +10 hours job. It turn out very nice looking though.
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Thanks for the quick response :) Whew... hopefully it doesn't chew up my tires. Prior alignment the inners wore significantly faster than the outers :x.

Regarding the detail job - yeah... easily 10+ hours especially if it is your first time. I told myself that i would spread the job 1-2 panels a day. On day 2 that plan went out the window and pulled 8-10 hours straight finishing up the whole car (minus roof). Tiring but time well spent!
 
They could of got it to spec, unless your springs are cut.
When i was riding on h&r's they got the rear in spec which was 1.2 i think
pmanliu said:
At the tire shop, quick question -

they were only able to get the FX's rear camber to around -1.6. Is that bad? They said that it should be *OK* for the tires. It use to be at -2.5 which after the alignment is a major improvement according to them. I can upload the printout in a bit later...

Oh and the ride is lowered on H&Rs, with 20x10 +25 rims and 25mm spacers...

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Even if you have a bit of camber, it's easy to keep the tires wearing even. I just swap mine side to side at the normal intervals, and the rears wore pretty much perfect from what I remember.
 
Question on heavier vs. lighter wheels for winter.

Does this make any sense? This person is recommending heavier wheels (steel) vs lighter wheels (alloy) for winter.

"
Steel wheels are substantially heavier and since the weight is not held up by the car's suspension, that “unsprung weight” makes a great deal more difference than identical weight added to the car above the springs. In terms of winter driving, extra unsprung weight can be a very good thing."​



Steel or Alloy? Last but not least is deciding whether you want your winter set of wheels to be aluminum alloy or steel. Aluminum alloy wheels will be lighter, feel more agile and generally give better responsive handling. On the other hand, in snow or ice, lightness, agility and quick response are not what you want most. Steel wheels are substantially heavier and since the weight is not held up by the car's suspension, that “unsprung weight” makes a great deal more difference than identical weight added to the car above the springs. In terms of winter driving, extra unsprung weight can be a very good thing.

Based on all this information, you can see that the ideal setup for winter driving would generally be 15” or 16” steel wheels with studded snow tires. Only slightly less ideal would be studless snow tires, and less ideal but still workable would be 15” or 16” alloy wheels. 17” alloy wheels are less ideal still, and I do not recommend 18” wheels with snow tires at all, for reasons of both cost and performance.​
 
Nowadays just about every car comes with alloys, that is what I usually use for winter wheels. I remove the OEM rubber from these wheels and put on winter rubber. When it comes time to sell that vehicle I re-install the OEM rubber (Which are sitill like new) back on the OEM alloys.
Alloys always look so much better, my wife won't even let me use steelies for my winter rims since they are so butt ugly.
 
Insurance question:

My friend and I are debating whether adding an OEM spoiler to her '08 Honda Civic coupe will raise her insurance.

So my question is will adding a spoiler to your car raise your insurance? I don't see why it would.
 
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Spoiler leads to better handling, handling leads to over confidence, confidence leads to speeding and speeding leads to accidents. Moral of story....?? Trust Allstate.



TapaTalkin'
 
g0ldm4g3 said:
Insurance question:

My friend and I are debating whether adding an OEM spoiler to her '08 Honda Civic coupe will raise her insurance.

So my question is will adding a spoiler to your car raise your insurance? I don't see why it would.
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Why not call the insurance company?
 
I've had cars with spoilers and not....and a few insurance companies and none of them have ever asked me if I have a spoiler or not. so I'm pretty sure that they don't care....at least most of them.
 
Yeah, I've never had an insurance agent ask me about spoilers. I think you're good.
 
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