Ontopic A Thread About Butt Mustard, For Those Who Drive Automobiles

[Jehannum]

Im impressed they actually admitted it. Thats anti-american

"yes, we fucked up, reports were fabricated, we accept responsibility". Youd never hear that from an american company.

"We have settled for an undisclosed amount and accept no responsibility"

 

[Domon]

any of you guys with more money than time use someone to detail your car once in a while?

If so, how did you find them? Want to get a claybar/spot fix/wash and wax done on the car im inheriting to replace the deathtrap honda.

Yes i realize i could do it myself, but i also realize that someone i could pay is gonna do it far better than i could.

 

[Mr. Argumentor]

any of you guys with more money than time use someone to detail your car once in a while?

If so, how did you find them? Want to get a claybar/spot fix/wash and wax done on the car im inheriting to replace the deathtrap honda.

Yes i realize i could do it myself, but i also realize that someone i could pay is gonna do it far better than i could.

Knowing you don't have a FB page, or a local car club forum membership, probably Craigslist is your best bet. Unfortunately its a crappy bet.

Maybe try reddit for a local car club? When I lived up there there was a lot of local cars and coffee, or monthly meet ups one night a month. Try and find one, then wander around and ask if anyone knows a decent detailer?

You aren't plugged into the car scene, which'll make it difficult

 

[Amstel]

any of you guys with more money than time use someone to detail your car once in a while?

If so, how did you find them? Want to get a claybar/spot fix/wash and wax done on the car im inheriting to replace the deathtrap honda.

Yes i realize i could do it myself, but i also realize that someone i could pay is gonna do it far better than i could.

waaay back I bought a black car that needed a killer buff job and drove it over to the back of the largest chevy deal where their prep center was for their used cars. Told him that I really only needed the buff and that I would happily drive it home for the final wash & wax but I really needed someone who knew how to get out the buff marks left on it from where I got it. '$25 cash after 5pm. ' I came back and one hour later I was driving home a gleaming mirror with buffing compound all over it. Cleaned it up at home and it was gorgeous.

Now you could do something similar or take it to a detail shop with really good yelp reviews.

 

[Jehannum]

waaay back I bought a black car that needed a killer buff job and drove it over to the back of the largest chevy deal where their prep center was for their used cars. Told him that I really only needed the buff and that I would happily drive it home for the final wash & wax but I really needed someone who knew how to get out the buff marks left on it from where I got it. '$25 cash after 5pm. ' I came back and one hour later I was driving home a gleaming mirror with buffing compound all over it. Cleaned it up at home and it was gorgeous.

Now you could do something similar or take it to a detail shop with really good yelp reviews.

I call bullshit. A black car is never clean.

 

[Domon]

no shit to that. Black cars are awful. Glad to be rid of mine

 

[Amstel]

I call bullshit. A black car is never clean.

Right? The day I cleaned it was it's best day. I lived in central indiana and washed that damn thing in the driveway almost every other day. We lived in a decent subdivision surrounded by farmland. Within minutes that fucking thing would be covered in farm dust.

 

[Amstel]

car colors since the black one

silver
silver
red
silver
gold
gold
charcoal

all but the red hid dust wonderfully.

I'm looking to add a truck and want some metalic-y silver/charcoal color to hide horse environment dust!

 

[Domon]

silver is best color. Doesnt show shit no matter how dirty it is.

 

[Jehannum]

silver is best color. Doesnt show shit no matter how dirty it is.

For a robit, I agree with you.

For a car, I like ones with actual colors. I've got a red car, a yellow car, and a blue car. Also grey and black, but I don't give two shits about those.

 

[Jehannum]

@gee, a few different people came up to me at the show, asking if I was making the radio thing available as a kit.

Think you'd be interested in doing a run of shiznits for me?

 

[gee]

The Fit is black and it's always dirty.

I find not giving a shit helps it look better.

 

[Valve1138]

silver is best color. Doesnt show shit no matter how dirty it is.

Of course they do.

Road salt...

 

[Jehannum]

The Fit is black and it's always dirty.

I find not giving a shit helps it look better.

Same with the Cadillac.

 

[Domon]

@Mr. Asa you have a preferred brand for cv axle's? Seems a lot of em are chinesium these days. Looks like NAPA MaxDrive might be solid still though.

 

[Mr. Argumentor]

@Mr. Asa you have a preferred brand for cv axle's? Seems a lot of em are chinesium these days. Looks like NAPA MaxDrive might be solid still though.

General rule of thumb for me is to go to the parts place's brand, and step up two spots. Also go to RockAuto.com and look for brands you know to be good ones.

I've never bought CV axles, though.

@Jehannum, anything to add?

 

[Jehannum]

General rule of thumb for me is to go to the parts place's brand, and step up two spots. Also go to RockAuto.com and look for brands you know to be good ones.

I've never bought CV axles, though.

@Jehannum, anything to add?

Fuck it. OEM or bust, @Domon. That includes used, of course.

I'm really lucky in that the axle shafts are basically the only difference in everything from the Versa to the GTR for my turdbucket Infiniti, so all I had to do was go and get some good joints and boots that were good (I picked a G35x that had about half the miles of my M35x). The axles don't rust, and the joints only really fail if the boot fails.

 

[OzSTEEZ]

silver is best color. Doesnt show shit no matter how dirty it is.

My silver car isn't like that at all. The difference between dirty and clean is night and day.

 

[Mr. Argumentor]

Haha! Fuck you, State Farm!!

I hope they insured the shop as well.

https://jalopnik.com/couple-awarded-42-million-after-crash-because-shop-glu-1819359410

 

[Domon]

Fuck it. OEM or bust, @Domon. That includes used, of course.

I'm really lucky in that the axle shafts are basically the only difference in everything from the Versa to the GTR for my turdbucket Infiniti, so all I had to do was go and get some good joints and boots that were good (I picked a G35x that had about half the miles of my M35x). The axles don't rust, and the joints only really fail if the boot fails.

Yeah, likely gonna go with a lifetime warranty rebuilt oem. Odyssey won't pass md inspection, has some dry rot on one of the CV boots. Costs the same to replace the whole axle as the boot

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