My sudsy Chevy has four painted wheels now

"Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available" (whoistheleader2) 03/07/2020 at 18:11 • Filed to: cleaning, Car Wash, colors, Wheels

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This was probably the dirtiest the exterior has been during my whole ownership of this car. That glorious reddish orange color was hidden under a layer of disgusting mud and grime. I had cleaned the interior recently, so running out of daylight last night wasn’t catastrophic.

I’ve been driving around with only three of the four wheels painted black for so long, but I finally got around to painting the last one. Looks so much better now. I also took the opportunity to line up all the hubcaps so the valve stems were in the valve stem holes. (I ran out of Armorall, so please excuse the faded plastic)

As you can see, it was really really dirty. All the mud and dirt kicked up by my driveway had left disgusting streaks all down the hood by the near constant rain we’ve had. It was also mostly actual mud, dirt, and dust rather than road grime, which made it come off easier.

Finally, I got a good picture of it in the light, which failed me before I finished yesterday. I never tire of looking at that fantastic color. Is it red? Is it orange? It’s actually bronze, according to the registration papers. What do you think?

TheRealBicycleBuck > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 03/07/2020 at 20:03

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Nice job Svending. 

The Snowman > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 03/07/2020 at 20:10

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Pretty sure it's brown.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > TheRealBicycleBuck 03/07/2020 at 20:18

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Sadly the scratches from the neighbor’s horde of feral cats will not buff out. Especially those on the glass laminate.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > The Snowman 03/07/2020 at 20:19

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. . .

. . . only when it’s dirty . . .

. . . which is why I’ve cleaned it. . .

. . . 

TheRealBicycleBuck > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 03/07/2020 at 20:44

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It looks a lot cleaner than my WRX. I have a couple of paint chips on the front of the hood and the rear bumper has surface cracks where my wife was rear-ended a couple of years ago. She didn’t think there was any damage, but I knew this was coming.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > TheRealBicycleBuck 03/07/2020 at 21:33

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That’s too bad, the same thing happened to me when I bought it. And t hose deep grooves in the front lip? That’s from not cutting the wheel enough on the transition leaving my steep driveway. My environment is curiously inhospitable to my paint, which makes cleaning it maddening, discovering new imperfections.

TheRealBicycleBuck > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 03/07/2020 at 22:12

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I scraped the lip once when leaving a restaurant. I had it fixed when the WRX was in the shop after getting T-boned. A few weeks later, a large hex nut hit the lip, hit the frame, then exited through the fender liner at 70mph. I decided to just let it be.