Daily driving in Chicago?? You are brave for doing that in that city during winter.
Only one is open (the one closest to the windshield) the rest are closed off and just for looks. I wouldāve preferred that theyāre all open but it is what it is. Air Design makes them for Ford as a dealer installed option so they have a Ford stamp on the underside of them. I prefer to use Ford parts when I change things out so that was a big part of why I went with those.
Yeah most of the time itās not too bad. Luckily I live out in the suburbs and take the train into downtown for work so I donāt have to drive it in the city. I wish our snow would melt quickly but it does get pretty cold here. Ice can be a problem every now and then. Luckily I grew up driving large rear wheel drive cars here so driving a Mustang in the snow is no big deal for me
LOL. I grew up in MI and if we had to put our toys away come winter we would never get to drive them! Most of us didnāt even use snow tires.
Quick question. Have you ever heard of Nexgen Ceramic Spray. I read the review https://carcarereviews.net/nexgen-ceramic-spray.php and this stuff looks awesome. Iām going to give it a try on my wifeās new RX450h. After all, I donāt want to experiment on my new ride when it shows up probably Jan-Feb. I think it would look great on the dark blue also. Iāve used CG in the past and actually just put a coat on her front bumper and the backs of the mirrors this morning. Wanted a little protection for a road trip to the beach next week.
Haha yep, same here in Chicago. Gotta drive them all year. I have heard of Nexgen and my dad actually bought some and we tried it on one of their cars. We did all the prep and everything and that stuff didnāt hold up at all. We did it in early June and by August it wasnāt sheeting, beading or anything (and he washes their cars regularly so it was properly maintained). We ended up putting Adamās Graphene Advanced coating on his truck and my momās car. So, I wouldnāt recommend Nexgen.LOL. I grew up in MI and if we had to put our toys away come winter we would never get to drive them! Most of us didnāt even use snow tires.
thanks. Will have to try the Adamās I guess. Iāve used Chemical Guys for years with hit and miss success depending on the product. But since my new ride wonāt be garaged Iām looking for something a step up.
Yeah I used to use Chemical Guys and had a similar experience. Adamās claims 7-9 years on their Advanced coating and the application is pretty easy. The prep is the hardest part and even then itās not hard, just time consuming.
Sorry to get your original post derailed, seems to happen to most threads at some point LOL
Did you do the Ceramic coat? I've always wondered if its hard to mess up. I've done waxing and all that stuff a lot so if its hard to mess up, I'm sure it would be a breeze for me. If its easy to leave streaks then I probably would not do it myself.
I did it myself, 3rd time Iāve applied a coating myself (did both my parents cars). The two I have experience with, Adams Graphene Advanced and Ethos Graphene Matrix V2.0, are easy to work with. The directions both provide are spot on, so if you follow them it should be no problem. Two towel method (instead of just flipping to a dry side on the same towel) works better in my opinion. They have a long enough working time (2-3 minutes) that itās hard to leave it too long to create high spots.
From what I've seen, you apply, wait and then remove it right? For someone with some knowledge of vehicle coatings it seems pretty hard to drastically screw up. I don't want to pay $2k to get it done and I could care less about doing paint correction on what is already pretty flawless paint.
