Car wash day!

"Jayhawk Jake" (jayhawkjake) 03/09/2014 at 19:28 • Filed to: CAR WASH

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Also, I took an exhaust clip with the Go Pro. I'll upload it eventually.

Anyways, here we go. I washed the car like 2 weeks ago, so it wasn't THAT bad, but winter.

The hatch was the worst, as it always is

Just look at that filth. Gross

I began with a wash and wax. Finished off my crappy super neon walmart special soap today, finally. Ordered some proper Mequiars professional quality soap last night to have for next time. For the waxing I used some Meguiars Ultimate synthetic liquid wax. This stuff does a good job, it leaves a heck of a shine and lasts pretty long. It's very easy to apply which is a bonus since I'm still doing everything by hand (DA will be ordered this spring). Finished off with invisible glass and some meguiars tire shine. I also took the opportunity to swap some stickers: Oppo sticker went from orange to red, DDMWorks sticker replaced with a neat little Rock Chalk Jayhawk sticker

Nice and shiny

(Yes, you can see the infamous Jayhawk Jake in the reflection, it's mirror finish)

The specs aren't dirt, it's the metal flake

I love the Sonic script, and dat turbo badge

Metallic paint is the bomb

Seriously, SO SHINY

The wheels really pop. Remember this picture, it will hopefully be changing tomorrow ;)

After washing I went to take some pictures where I took these !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!

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Channeling my inner JJ Abrams apparently

That Mustang had a horrendous after market grille

My Sonic is doing its best cloaking device impression

This also happens to be the same park I fly RC, so I went and hung out at the field for a bit. Afterwards I went to Sedgwick County Park to cruise around and saw some RC people I know racing boats.

You also can see some cool air traffic from here

That's when I saw this. Sigh, black cars don't work in Kansas

Brought her home to inspect the damage...ugh. Dust everywhere

It is car wash day though, and thanks to DST there's plenty of light. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , so I brought out the hose and a towel

Dat bead...

30 minutes later after a quick rinse, dry, and touch up on the windows and she's all clean again

Hope you enjoyed car wash day as much as I did! Tomorrow is going to be great weather again, so I'm going to go fly my models. Might bring my camera to get some pictures at the field.

Brian Silvestro > Jayhawk Jake 03/09/2014 at 19:32

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That car looks better and better every time I see it.

Jayhawk Jake > Brian Silvestro 03/09/2014 at 19:35

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Thanks. It definitely grows on people.

Deal Killer - Powered by Focus > Jayhawk Jake 03/09/2014 at 19:46

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I washed my car for the first time since, oh, about November/December. It's been so long ago, I can't really remember. We've had constant snow since the beginning of January, with typical daily temps below freezing, which is way below normal for N.W. Ohio. Friday it finally got up to 45 degrees, so I got the hose out of the basement, turned on the hot water tap for the outside spigot, and cleaned off three months of salt, dirt and filth. I found out my car is a really nice shade of blue, I'd forgotten what it looked like. And I vacuumed and washed up the interior as well, although there is still some salt residue caked onto the drivers side carpet I need to address in the spring. If nothing else, my car at least smell so much nicer on the inside when I'm driving it. The clean exterior lasted exactly one day, as I was up in S.E. Michigan on Saturday, on their wonderful unpaved dirt roads, so now my car is caked with mud/dirt/salt again. Oh well, it was nice while it lasted.

AthomSfere > Brian Silvestro 03/09/2014 at 20:24

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Until I saw Jay's Sonic, it was a car I had unfairly discounted. Looks even better in person.

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > Deal Killer - Powered by Focus 03/09/2014 at 20:31

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Nice sonic do you recommend getting one?

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > Jayhawk Jake 03/09/2014 at 20:32

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Nice sonic do you recommend getting one?

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic 03/09/2014 at 20:32

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disregard this comment

midengineer > AthomSfere 03/09/2014 at 20:42

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^this man speaks the truth.

midengineer > Jayhawk Jake 03/09/2014 at 20:42

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Looks great, today was household carwash day too, haha.

Jayhawk Jake > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic 03/09/2014 at 20:48

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I love mine, so yes. If you get one, make sure it's a turbo and get the trifecta tune

Jayhawk Jake > Deal Killer - Powered by Focus 03/09/2014 at 20:56

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Being a black car, I get about 30 minutes of clean. When I washed it the first time after the worst of winter, I had forgotten it was a metallic paint.

Meatcoma > Jayhawk Jake 03/10/2014 at 10:39

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Washed mine yesterday as well. Maybe I'll get a pic or two at lunchtime before it gets dirty.