LS squad car?

Fla02LS said:
To the average joe it would probably pass, to a trained eye i'd blow right past you. Reminds me of traffic today....everyone was slowing down due to a Marauder just cruising along. There are tell tail signs that will give it away. Had a trooper sneak up on me in a '03ish Taurus the other day....NOT! Try again.
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Must be nice knowing with certainty :p The Leos here have a lot of out of the norm cars in the arsenal including a black Marauder
 
Fla02LS said:
To the average joe it would probably pass, to a trained eye i'd blow right past you. Reminds me of traffic today....everyone was slowing down due to a Marauder just cruising along. There are tell tail signs that will give it away. Had a trooper sneak up on me in a '03ish Taurus the other day....NOT! Try again.
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Oh don't get me wrong, I am well aware of how much it doesn't look like an unmarked cruiser. And I wasn't going for a cop car look, the wheel color choice was going to happen that way no matter what. I just noticed that at a glance, it does resmeble a cop car. Especially from around here, a lot of the cops are the same blue color.

Thanks for all comments. I am pretty happy with the outcome. I only used the dollar-a-can black semi-gloss, along with metal primer and clear laquer, so I am hoping it doesn't start chipping or peeling soon. But I wouldn't be shocked if it did. I could have had them professionally painted for $50 a tire, but for only $14 total, I couldn't pass up just doing it myself :)
 
KD00LS said:
Not bad looking at all for a cheap idea. Your interior is clean, but.... I think after the 3-4 hours I spent the other day I might have you beat. :D
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I'm quite sure your interior is cleaner and nicer than mine. I haven't detailed it in a long time. I just try to keep 'er clean :D
 
fbird18 said:
I'm quite sure your interior is cleaner and nicer than mine. I haven't detailed it in a long time. I just try to keep 'er clean :D
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You can keep it really clean with just a few simple things. I use about 4-5 products all together for my interior. Start with warm water in a 5 gallon bucket, you only need about 2 gallons at most. Get another bucket as a rinse bucket. Mix it with Meguiar's APC interior (green) ranging from 4:1 to 10:1 depending on how dirty to clean it is, respectively. Soak a microfiber and ring it out back over the bucket. Firmly wipe over the interior, including leather seats. I would check first if you get a different APC because Meg's APC Green has leather softeners and at a mild dilution is fine for leather. Once this is done, treat the interior trim with Vinylex. Spray generously on a microfiber and then spread across the trim as to not create overspray spots. Next, move onto the leather seats. Use Lexol Leather Cleaner for a deeper clean if your seats are really dirty, and then move on to Lexol Leather Conditioner. If your seats are really dry, let the conditioner sit on top for a while and soak in. You even might want to turn the heat on in the car to open the pores of the leather up or use a hair dryer. You can buff any of the products to a matte finish if you like after they dry. Obviously vacuum and clean the class afterwards. When cleaning the glass, make sure you go over it again and rebuff the glass with a microfiber or you'll find streaking. I find this prevalent with all of the glass products I've tried, such as Stoner's Invisible Glass.

I thought I was clean until I did that session the other day. The rinse bucket water was filthy. I promptly dumped it out and looked around to see if anyone saw me do it. I was embarrassed.
 
I Had Too!!!!

I couldn't hold back! espeacially when I am bored! :p Hope yall like! ;)
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And then I was lil more bored.....so yeah......:D
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Hope u got a kick outta them guys! see ya l8rz!
-Peace!!
-JJ:cool:
 
KD00LS said:
You can keep it really clean with just a few simple things. I use about 4-5 products all together for my interior. Start with warm water in a 5 gallon bucket, you only need about 2 gallons at most. Get another bucket as a rinse bucket. Mix it with Meguiar's APC interior (green) ranging from 4:1 to 10:1 depending on how dirty to clean it is, respectively. Soak a microfiber and ring it out back over the bucket. Firmly wipe over the interior, including leather seats. I would check first if you get a different APC because Meg's APC Green has leather softeners and at a mild dilution is fine for leather. Once this is done, treat the interior trim with Vinylex. Spray generously on a microfiber and then spread across the trim as to not create overspray spots. Next, move onto the leather seats. Use Lexol Leather Cleaner for a deeper clean if your seats are really dirty, and then move on to Lexol Leather Conditioner. If your seats are really dry, let the conditioner sit on top for a while and soak in. You even might want to turn the heat on in the car to open the pores of the leather up or use a hair dryer. You can buff any of the products to a matte finish if you like after they dry. Obviously vacuum and clean the class afterwards. When cleaning the glass, make sure you go over it again and rebuff the glass with a microfiber or you'll find streaking. I find this prevalent with all of the glass products I've tried, such as Stoner's Invisible Glass.

I thought I was clean until I did that session the other day. The rinse bucket water was filthy. I promptly dumped it out and looked around to see if anyone saw me do it. I was embarrassed.
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Yep. Or fbird could just make a drive up north and use all my stuff. :D
 
Kleen - now that's what I'm talkin about! Nice!

Hey thanks KDOOLS for that detailed write up. I'll definately print that out and give it a shot once we get a warmer day up here :).

Pektel, I wouldn't mind taking a trip up to you this spring and getting some detailing tips first hand. Lemme know if you would be up for it.
 
pektel said:
Yep. Or fbird could just make a drive up north and use all my stuff. :D
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Sorry for the double post, butttttt, my dad might have to go up to Grand Rapids for some vending stuff in a month or two.... maybe I'll bring up mah car and you can detail it for me? :D
 
fbird18 said:
Pektel, I wouldn't mind taking a trip up to you this spring and getting some detailing tips first hand. Lemme know if you would be up for it.
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Yep, I'd be up for it. Let me know after the snow is gone (or when it gets above 50 degrees). I'd be glad to show you how I do a detail.

CrackerJack said:
Sorry for the double post, butttttt, my dad might have to go up to Grand Rapids for some vending stuff in a month or two.... maybe I'll bring up mah car and you can detail it for me? :D
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I'll show you how to do it, and you can use my detailing stuff. How about that? I'll give you pointers, and show you which products to use where. But not in the middle of winter! The products wil get way too cold, and they won't work properly. But in the spring I'd be up for it.
 
(Pete runs to his girlfriend) I made another friend on the interwebz today!
 
now everyone's going to go slow in front of you :p

get a pushbar!
 
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