Car Enthusiast Club [Now Motorcycle friendly!] - First thread to 150k! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[IKnight]

33 minutes ago, PandaCopyRight said:

dude, im not a good welder, but even i would be able to do better welds 

Ain't doubting that hahahhaha. Wouldn't have posted those pics if the welds didn't seem "off". 

In other news, yay done with highschool!

[MadyTehWolfie]

On 4/24/2020 at 2:11 PM, TVwazhere said:

The guy who did my touch up worked mentioned that blue and red paint is the most expensive. A half pint of my Ford Kona Blue cost him I think $100 (he showed me)

 

He repaired this scratch which cost me $450, and that was for a job that didnt pull all the panels off. I had quotes over $1100 because there was labor included to take off and put on the door and quarter panel. 

Nice, less orange peal in the paint as well. Might have wet sanded and used a rotary on it after painting. 

[Bombastinator]

16 minutes ago, MadyTehWolfie said:

Nice, less orange peal in the paint as well. Might have wet sanded and used a rotary on it after painting. 

Different paint colors can vary unbelievably in price.  It’s due to the pigment.  I’m mostly familiar with artists pigments which are often very old. So much so that paints are named by pigment used.  Think of the price difference between carbon black (carbon) and cadmium yellow (cadmium.  Don’t eat the yellow btw.  It’s not even the worst one but it’s bad). There was a revolution in the 19th century in the form of coal dyes.  They could make any color from coal.  The problem is they send to fade in light. It’s called lightfastness.  Cards are in bright sunlight all the time and have to have very lightfast pigments.   The old lightfast red pigment was iron oxide, which is cheap.  It’s not a pure red.  More of a brick red.  Bright reds were different pigments. Rose madder was one.  I don’t remember what’s in it but it’s both expensive and really poisonous.  Some really old bright colors like greens actually used powdered gemstones. Old Barns are traditionally red because iron oxide was a cheap paint and barns need a lot of paint.  The family home was white because white pigment was lead oxide and lead was more expensive.  It’s titanium oxide now.  Lead is poisonous.  A white barn used to mean the farmer was rich.

[Bitter]

15 minutes ago, MadyTehWolfie said:

Nice, less orange peal in the paint as well. Might have wet sanded and used a rotary on it after painting. 

Ford clear as of late isn't super hard, it's pretty medium. A good compound with a medium pad will take down a lot of the worst orange peel in the paint. I accidentally took a bunch of peel out of the hood of my girls 16 Escape while removing a bunch of scratches from a dirty snow broom. The Last Cut and a Urofiber 50/50 pad was all it took to get it looking decent.

 

Currently going around the car with clay and some Turtle Wax Hybrid Solutions Ceramic Acrylic polish to knock out some minor blemishes then I'll hit it with their matching spray wax ceramic sealer stuff and probably a top coat of Mothers CMX after 24hrs over the whole car. Should give a solid 3 months of protection at least, I doubt it'll get washed for 3 months lol.

[Steemax]

My 2019 Tacoma 4x4 off road

 

[Bitter]

Either I'm OCD or I'm stupid, probably a little of both, but I'm polishing the roof of her stupid 16 Escape. It's actually making a tangible difference in the visible gloss up there so maybe it's not pointless, at least it'll be smooth and protected up there!

[GDRRiley]

Well looks like my dads 69 Malibu is getting rear disk conversion done in a week or 2. He finally got tired of the bad breaking power.

[Bombastinator]

3 minutes ago, GDRRiley said:

Well looks like my dads 69 Malibu is getting rear disk conversion done in a week or 2. He finally got tired of the bad breaking power.

So you’re saying your dad was breaking bad?

[WyattCrafty1]

yo this is a car that I want to get.

a 1969 ford mustang shelby gt500

[MadyTehWolfie]

On 4/25/2020 at 8:09 PM, Bitter said:

Ford clear as of late isn't super hard, it's pretty medium. A good compound with a medium pad will take down a lot of the worst orange peel in the paint. I accidentally took a bunch of peel out of the hood of my girls 16 Escape while removing a bunch of scratches from a dirty snow broom. The Last Cut and a Urofiber 50/50 pad was all it took to get it looking decent.

 

Currently going around the car with clay and some Turtle Wax Hybrid Solutions Ceramic Acrylic polish to knock out some minor blemishes then I'll hit it with their matching spray wax ceramic sealer stuff and probably a top coat of Mothers CMX after 24hrs over the whole car. Should give a solid 3 months of protection at least, I doubt it'll get washed for 3 months lol.

More and more I do detailing the more and more I get frustrated with regular waxes etc. I decided to switch to just using ceramic coats on my cars now. 

[Bitter]

24 minutes ago, MadyTehWolfie said:

More and more I do detailing the more and more I get frustrated with regular waxes etc. I decided to switch to just using ceramic coats on my cars now. 

Waxes have their place still, nothing looks quite as nice and wet as fresh carnuba on a dark car but coatings are sure catching up. CMX looks really nice on metallic clear coats but doesn't give the same depth on single stage colors.

[MadyTehWolfie]

11 hours ago, Bitter said:

Waxes have their place still, nothing looks quite as nice and wet as fresh carnuba on a dark car but coatings are sure catching up. CMX looks really nice on metallic clear coats but doesn't give the same depth on single stage colors.

I was talking strictly from a protection standpoint. Traditional waxes and sealants don't really hold up as well. As for gloss and look really depends on the product your apply/paint quality. As well as the coating your comparing it too. By and large after paint correction I'd choose a ceramic coat before I go to an off the shelf wax or sealant. Only thing I liked that came close to ceramic coats is the hybrid waxes.

[PandaCopyRight]

13 hours ago, WyattCrafty1 said:

yo this is a car that I want to get.

a 1969 ford mustang shelby gt500

Thats nice, but i want this ...

or maybe this? 

[3 Lions]

22 minutes ago, PandaCopyRight said:

Thats nice, but i want this ...

Well I want one of these...

[Thirdgen89GTA]

We went on a car cruise yesterday for the fun.  Before the new corona restrictions take effect.

 

God some of the cars in the club are fast.  I had literally the SLOWEST car there.  Stock Focus RS = Slowest car.

 

[3 Lions]

1 hour ago, Thirdgen89GTA said:

 I had literally the SLOWEST car there.  Stock Focus RS = Slowest car.

Sometimes having less power is more fun. 

[Bitter]

1 hour ago, Thirdgen89GTA said:

We went on a car cruise yesterday for the fun.  Before the new corona restrictions take effect.

 

God some of the cars in the club are fast.  I had literally the SLOWEST car there.  Stock Focus RS = Slowest car.

 

Gotta get you out around Starved Rock next time I'm out that way, you won't be the slowest lol.

[Bitter]

Just now, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

Sometimes having less power is more fun. 

Yes.  Also yes because I have a slow car.

[atxcyclist]

I got to romp a little on the motorcycle today since I needed to come in to work, boy do I miss riding every day.

[3 Lions]

Just now, Bitter said:

Yes.  Also yes because I have a slow car.

You should try a Citroen 2CV.

[Bitter]

4 minutes ago, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

You should try a Citroen 2CV.

I said slow, not glacial.

[3 Lions]

3 minutes ago, Bitter said:

I said slow, not glacial.

2CV's are great cars  

[Thirdgen89GTA]

I'd win the On-Ramp contests cause RS handling.  But that straight line stuff?  Lol.  800whp Hellcat, I just got nothing for that.  I couldn't even throw enough nitrous at the car to keep up without blowing the head right through the hood.

 

Watching that hellcat go full throttle was like watching Spaceball 1 go to Plaid. 

[MadyTehWolfie]

1 hour ago, Thirdgen89GTA said:

I'd win the On-Ramp contests cause RS handling.  But that straight line stuff?  Lol.  800whp Hellcat, I just got nothing for that.  I couldn't even throw enough nitrous at the car to keep up without blowing the head right through the hood.

 

Watching that hellcat go full throttle was like watching Spaceball 1 go to Plaid. 

I only have 700ish who but about 500-800 less pounds

[nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnm]

I hope everyone knows that, well, I HATE Toyota!

 

Not tryin to be toxic, but yeah