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Originally Posted by 04blackedge
You drive a chevy, stfu
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Originally Posted by 04blackedge
Nah I'm still at work and its raining. Supposed to rain for the next 3 days :(
Yeah weather does kinda suck this week. Just dont send it my way.
 
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They just dont understand, $360 is CHEAP! and quite a steal in my opinion
 
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Originally Posted by 04blackedge
You drive a chevy, stfu
Yeah times ten million, you need atleast $1000 worth of detailing stuff to get a chevy to look ok, and that is without the garuntee. Garuntee is an extra 4000, but by then, you would need that $5000 to spend on parts. Owning a chevy is a sad thing, im sorry man. Friends don't let friends drive chevys.
 
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Originally Posted by Rapala
They just dont understand, $360 is CHEAP! and quite a steal in my opinion
maybe i dont understand because i just run over to my g-pa's shop and use his stuff lol
 
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once you have to buy your own stuff, it doesnt become just a wax job anymore, you want the best and then you cant stop it... Im so addicted to detailing not only my truck and my families vehicles also some of my friends and a few others... Ive prolly spent about $1200... first started out with just cleaner wax... that wasnt good enough for me, moved up to colorx and scratchx still not good enough, went into the mirror glaze line and bam! I got what I was looking for. At the same time I was trying out different waxes, Nano, mothers, Gold Class, NXT, #26, #21.... finally just landed on #26 and #21 then I wanted a better and deeper shine and grabbed a bottle of #7 and it just really made metal flakes POP.... its all about going out and testing things out and gaining from your experience from what you have learned... trust me once you start you will get hooked prolly not as bad as me but you will see.
 
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yea i have an entire box of detail stuff but most of it is crap from walmart .... every now and then ill spring and get some really good ish
 
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im not huge on detailing, but i wash my truck 3 times a week, and wax about 1 time a month, after polishing my 12' lund, from the point where it was unbearable to look at, to perfect shine, took me a whole week, thats the last aluminum i will ever polish
 
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Originally Posted by Rapala
once you have to buy your own stuff, it doesnt become just a wax job anymore, you want the best and then you cant stop it... Im so addicted to detailing not only my truck and my families vehicles also some of my friends and a few others... Ive prolly spent about $1200... first started out with just cleaner wax... that wasnt good enough for me, moved up to colorx and scratchx still not good enough, went into the mirror glaze line and bam! I got what I was looking for. At the same time I was trying out different waxes, Nano, mothers, Gold Class, NXT, #26, #21.... finally just landed on #26 and #21 then I wanted a better and deeper shine and grabbed a bottle of #7 and it just really made metal flakes POP.... its all about going out and testing things out and gaining from your experience from what you have learned... trust me once you start you will get hooked prolly not as bad as me but you will see.
Yeah it gets expensive quick but think how much you would pay for someone else to do a full machine polish and wax. You'll save money in the long run
 
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Originally Posted by 04blackedge
Yeah it gets expensive quick but think how much you would pay for someone else to do a full machine polish and wax. You'll save money in the long run
haha yeah, to get a decent guy they will charge $350 min. I know of a guy in raleigh, that does a lot of guys drag and personal cars and this is what he charges. Good point there Trent
 
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Originally Posted by TrucknGolf
360 on cleaning stuff. Seriously?
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What a looser.
 
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Originally Posted by 04blackedge
Nah I'm still at work and its raining. Supposed to rain for the next 3 days :(
i would LOVE 3 days of rain, even a solid day would be nice.

but DAMN, $360 in cleaning ****??? I know where I'm coming to get my truck detailed if i move east haha
 

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If only I would have found this thread before yesterday. I was in Greensboro. My Escape could use a good wash.
 
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