^ nice car! So has the airbag recall been done on it yet?

and if 4200k lights is what i think it is....Please do whoever is in front of you a favour and don't put HID's in reflector housing.

 

Nope. Not yet. And 4200k lights are just sub HID. I'm looking at xenon bulbs, so almost HID but not quite. I'm thinking a set of Sylvania ZXE bulbs, though I'm considering some PIAA's extreme's or night tech's.

 

I refurbished my Takero's rear spoiler carbon fiber lips by
polishing and then applying new clear coat:


The result is very nice, although I need to wait for few months
until the clear coat really hard so I can polish it again...

problem is,
I only cover about 1 feet away from the Takero's
and later turn out all the clear coat "dust particle" got stuck to the rest of the car body !!! (OVER SPRAY)

so...
I decide to polish the entire car to get rid of the over spray beside
a real detail is overdue since I never really do a real detail since
I bought this car in early 2013
(I detailed it 2 times at the dealership I use to work for, but those detailers were not doing a good job ...)...

well, I realize...
if you want it to be perfect, you better do it your self hahaha...
I had bought all the wax since few years ago,
I just had not do it since I was planning to buy a Makita orbital polisher...
but the budget for the Makita keep siphoned away for other modification...
so this time, I had just to do it by hand

so far I had gone through the second step and still 2 more step to go...
Here are the steps:
Mequiar's Mirror Glaze Ultra-Cut Compound (done)
Mothers Ultimate Wax System Pure Polish (done)

the remaining step:
Mothers Ultimate Wax System Micro-Polishing Glaze (will start in 30 minutes after lunch )

Mothers Brazilian Carnauba Wax (hopefully by midnight tonight)

Looks like I will not be able to make it to the meet tonight...

 

nice job BMW =) brave man to do it on the car. i know the adhesive you used it is hella strong.

today. on a recent road trip the ac wasn't blowing very cold. it was more like just cool air. i bought a can of r134 and screwed it up and overcharged. my compressor kept turning on and off every 5 or so seconds. found this video of some kid who removed extra refrigerant and i was able to get it back to normal. now the ac is running cool again and the compressor is not turning on and off.

 

wow, I also just bought a can of AC Pro 2 days ago...
have not put it in though cause my AC is not very cold too,
but my compressor had been doing the turning on and off every 5 seconds or so, and I thought this is because it do not have enough refrigerant...
turn out it might be the opposite...
will check the pressure tomorrow...

 

yes your refrigerant is low. when i overcharged it, the compressor cycling on/off was too abrupt. really more like 1 second on and off. just go slow putting the refrigerant in.

 

replaced the cabin filter ($10 Amazon special) and took the car for for a short spin on the highway to test out the AC. now it's blowing cold air!

 

J's/Stellar-V tails finally installed after picking it up last... last year lol.

 

Finally got some new rims for the Wilderness fit.. I love how they look on the car..
<img src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a148/JspecMedia/IMG_6706.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo IMG_6706.jpg"/></a>

 

Looking good. Where's your photobomber?

 

I forgot to show a before photo without the rims.. <img src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a148/JspecMedia/IMG_6020.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo IMG_6020.jpg"/></a>
Man I really hated those factory rims.. so boring..

 

what rims??? lol

 

Exactly.. haha.. More to come..

 

I clay barred the and re-waxed half the car. It got oh-so-gritty sitting in the dealer lot for two months waiting for the airbag recall, and I finally got around to dealing with it. Next half tomorrow. The part I did is soft as a baby's skin. No more grit, no more swirls.

I never used a clay bar before--so easy with the Mother's kit. I was always completely intimidated by the idea of it, but not any more.

 

I agree,
The Mother's wax system is really good,
my car's paint never looks this shiny (with Depth),
the paint looks even better compare to when the car was brand new...
I would like to try the clay bar kit someday...

Finally finish detailing it by hand few hours ago:

 

Your car looks so great and the mods are enviable. I especially love the wheels and rear. Keep it up!

 

Gregdeezey, your mods are 100% subaru style. Youd love that car based on the way you're modding the Fit.

(If you dont already have a wrx/sti hatch in your life)

 

Thanks msbxiv,
I envy your location in Seattle though,
The weather is too hot here in So Cal

 

Minor changes coming up this month :P

 

^^^ daaamn.

I didnt do this today, but the other day i drove down to socal and met lots of cool people.

And i got to park next to the legendary BMW ALPINA!!




And of course, i cant thank Z enough for taking the pic!