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  1. 18th November 2019, 09:56 AM #41
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    Chalky white paint? Stop using touchless car washes.

    If you are having your white paint go chalky within a few months I'll bet you are using those "touchless" automated car washes.

    Those things strip the polish off your car with one wash, leaving your paint bare with no protection.

    (I like the ceramic spray on waxes over a waxed finish and I'm using the mothers one at the moment. Just for it's hydrophobic properties. Dust doesn't stick to it as much, and if it does just a quick hose off before a drive and the car comes up clean. Half my customers here live up long dirt driveways and the dust drives me nuts.)
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    Quote Originally Posted by John_D4 View Post
    How do you find the light bar on the roof? I’ve heard that the light reflects off the white bonnet. Also, does the ARB bullbar allow you to change the headlights without taking the bullbar off?
    Light bar does not glare off the bonnet at all - it is set back far enough (mounted between the front legs of the roof rack) that the bonnet is in shadow.
    Yes - I have no problems removing the grille and popping the headlight assemblies out onto the main channel of the bull bar to get access to the light globes etc. I have not yet needed to replace any globes etc in the headlights (I have the HID option), but I have had the headlights out more than once to fit LED running lights beneath them.
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    Quote Originally Posted by FisherX View Post
    If you are having your white paint go chalky within a few months I'll bet you are using those "touchless" automated car washes.
    Sorry to say,never used one ever,but definitely had chalky paint on a number of vans,all tojo.
    Its the poor quality paint,the D4,and the old mitsy vans got the same treatment,no issues.
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    Quote Originally Posted by scarry View Post
    Sorry to say,never used one ever,but definitely had chalky paint on a number of vans,all tojo.
    Its the poor quality paint,the D4,and the old mitsy vans got the same treatment,no issues.
    All the work toymotors suffer the same issue.
    My current work Rollux is 3 years younger than my D4, paint is chalk, sills full of rust.
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    Wax & Paint Care Advice

    So it’s now warned weekly (mostly). I’ve clay barred the bonnet and used McGuire’s wax on the bonnet. Just a quick job, but today after some rain there’s some nice water breading. Still have to do the rest of the car and afterwards I’ll finish it with some Happy Endings. Thanks for the help everyone.

    Only frustrating bit now is I blackened the tyres and over the next week the oily stuff left oil all over my nice clean rims. Next time I’ll apply it with a wrag instead of just spraying it on

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    Wax & Paint Care Advice

    What did you blacken your tyres with?

    The one I use isn’t oily...
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  7. 1st December 2019, 09:54 PM #47
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tombie View Post
    What did you blacken your tyres with?

    The one I use isn’t oily...
    This stuff was on sale
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    WARNING Do not use on motorcycles.
    Reminded me of the time I Armouralled my motorbike seat.
    Only did it once.
    If you don't like trucks, stop buying stuff.
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    Quote Originally Posted by V8Ian View Post
    WARNING Do not use on motorcycles.
    Reminded me of the time I Armouralled my motorbike seat.
    Only did it once.
    ... and you’ve had a limp ever since?
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    Quote Originally Posted by John_D4 View Post
    ... and you’ve had a limp ever since?
    No, but it certainly improved my puckering skills.
    If you don't like trucks, stop buying stuff.
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