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troyguitar wrote: ↑Wed Sep 13, 2017 4:46 pm $44k is but people think $20k means you're some

Sad!

troyguitar wrote: ↑Wed Sep 13, 2017 4:46 pm $44k is but people think $20k means you're some

Sad!

wap wrote: ↑Wed Sep 13, 2017 4:38 pm

Detroit wrote: ↑Wed Sep 13, 2017 2:32 pm Decided to go and I'm going to CQuartz the truck. Ordered a 50ml kit and I'll apply it during my vacation day on Monday. The paint is flawless right now, it's the time to do it. I'm curious if it'll help with inevitable scratches from tall grass and small tree branches.

I've never been happier with a vehicle. It's crazy, I absolutely love this thing. The color, the drive, the interior, everything. So much

The color's been getting a ton of comments at work. Laser blue wasn't produced long or on many trucks...most people are seeing it for the first time and are by how it looks.

More than with Gandalf post gearz/headz/brub stick?

Also, in4interiorpics

troyguitar wrote: ↑Wed Sep 13, 2017 4:46 pm $44k is but people think $20k means you're some

Sad!

Desertbreh wrote: ↑Wed Sep 13, 2017 5:03 pm

troyguitar wrote: ↑Wed Sep 13, 2017 4:46 pm $44k is but people think $20k means you're some

Sad!

Isn't that the philosophy in the entire state of Kentucky?

Unfair!

Detroit wrote:Decided to go and I'm going to CQuartz the truck. Ordered a 50ml kit and I'll apply it during my vacation day on Monday. The paint is flawless right now, it's the time to do it. I'm curious if it'll help with inevitable scratches from tall grass and small tree branches.

I've never been happier with a vehicle. It's crazy, I absolutely love this thing. The color, the drive, the interior, everything. So much

The color's been getting a ton of comments at work. Laser blue wasn't produced long or on many trucks...most people are seeing it for the first time and are by how it looks.

Tarspin wrote: ↑Wed Sep 13, 2017 11:35 pm

Detroit wrote:Decided to go and I'm going to CQuartz the truck. Ordered a 50ml kit and I'll apply it during my vacation day on Monday. The paint is flawless right now, it's the time to do it. I'm curious if it'll help with inevitable scratches from tall grass and small tree branches.

I've never been happier with a vehicle. It's crazy, I absolutely love this thing. The color, the drive, the interior, everything. So much

The color's been getting a ton of comments at work. Laser blue wasn't produced long or on many trucks...most people are seeing it for the first time and are by how it looks.

Yeah that color is amazing! It actually looks a lot like the GoRf in the shade... which coincidently is also awaiting the CQuartz treatment any day now. I've got the bottle, and may even start cleaning and prepping the paint tomorrow. It's really something that needs to get done right after a good clean so I'm thinking I'll paint correct for a few hrs tomorrow and then rewash it the next day and apply the coating. A little apprehensive about doing it wrong or missing some paint correction.

Detroit wrote:

Tarspin wrote: ↑Wed Sep 13, 2017 11:35 pm Yeah that color is amazing! It actually looks a lot like the GoRf in the shade... which coincidently is also awaiting the CQuartz treatment any day now. I've got the bottle, and may even start cleaning and prepping the paint tomorrow. It's really something that needs to get done right after a good clean so I'm thinking I'll paint correct for a few hrs tomorrow and then rewash it the next day and apply the coating. A little apprehensive about doing it wrong or missing some paint correction.

Yep, prep is 90% of a CQuartz job. The sooner you do it, the better. BUT, I did the Volt which is a year and a half old at this point, and I didn't go on correction and it turned out great.

Tarspin wrote: ↑Thu Sep 14, 2017 9:18 am

Detroit wrote: Yep, prep is 90% of a CQuartz job. The sooner you do it, the better. BUT, I did the Volt which is a year and a half old at this point, and I didn't go on correction and it turned out great.

Wow, has it been that long already?

I'll give it a good wash, clay bar and buff this morning I think. If there's time I'll rewash it and try the stuff out. I feel like somethings going to derail me before then.


Are you just going to wash the truck really well and apply the stuff?

Detroit wrote: ↑Wed Sep 13, 2017 5:15 pm

wap wrote: ↑Wed Sep 13, 2017 4:38 pm

More than with Gandalf post gearz/headz/brub stick?

Also, in4interiorpics

I think so. Out of the box, it's just awesome. Gandalf has been a roller coaster of emotions. I love having both of them, doe.

What do you want to see in the interior?

Detroit wrote: ↑Wed Sep 13, 2017 5:15 pm

troyguitar wrote: ↑Wed Sep 13, 2017 4:46 pm $44k is but people think $20k means you're some

Sad!

I didn't pay $44k for it. I'm paying $7,500 in lease payments.

Still would have been better to buy some POS for $7,500, but whatever. I don't care.

Johnny_P wrote: ↑Thu Sep 14, 2017 10:45 am

Detroit wrote: ↑Wed Sep 13, 2017 5:15 pm
I think so. Out of the box, it's just awesome. Gandalf has been a roller coaster of emotions. I love having both of them, doe.

What do you want to see in the interior?

Anything but the gauges

Johnny_P wrote: ↑Thu Sep 14, 2017 10:46 am

Detroit wrote: ↑Wed Sep 13, 2017 5:15 pm
I didn't pay $44k for it. I'm paying $7,500 in lease payments.

Still would have been better to buy some POS for $7,500, but whatever. I don't care.

I think you made the right call, dude

Detroit wrote: ↑Thu Sep 14, 2017 10:58 am

Johnny_P wrote: ↑Thu Sep 14, 2017 10:45 am
Anything but the gauges

You go full on them, but I don't get it. Yea, the screen isn't centered, but the tach is re-shaped to accommodate for it, so I think it looks just fine. They're better than the ATS gayges.

Detroit wrote: ↑Thu Sep 14, 2017 11:13 am

I dunno, they're not , but they're clear, easy to read, inoffensive, I have no issue with them at all.

Detroit wrote: ↑Thu Sep 14, 2017 11:13 am

I dunno, they're not , but they're clear, easy to read, inoffensive, I have no issue with them at all.

max225 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 14, 2017 11:14 am

Detroit wrote: ↑Thu Sep 14, 2017 11:13 am

I dunno, they're not , but they're clear, easy to read, inoffensive, I have no issue with them at all.

Dats a diesel you didn't get that fancy $3500 Option

Detroit wrote: ↑Thu Sep 14, 2017 11:13 am

I dunno, they're not , but they're clear, easy to read, inoffensive, I have no issue with them at all.

wap wrote: ↑Thu Sep 14, 2017 11:58 am

Detroit wrote: ↑Thu Sep 14, 2017 11:13 am

I dunno, they're not , but they're clear, easy to read, inoffensive, I have no issue with them at all.

Is that divider below the fuel and temp gauges as asymetrical in real life at is looks in the pic?

wap wrote: ↑Thu Sep 14, 2017 11:58 am

Detroit wrote: ↑Thu Sep 14, 2017 11:13 am

I dunno, they're not , but they're clear, easy to read, inoffensive, I have no issue with them at all.

Is that divider below the fuel and temp gauges as asymetrical in real life at is looks in the pic?

Detroit wrote: ↑Thu Sep 14, 2017 12:01 pm

wap wrote: ↑Thu Sep 14, 2017 11:58 am

Is that divider below the fuel and temp gauges as asymetrical in real life at is looks in the pic?

No, it's symmetrical when head-on. The photo is at a slight angle.

Detroit wrote:

Tarspin wrote: ↑Thu Sep 14, 2017 9:18 am Wow, has it been that long already?

I'll give it a good wash, clay bar and buff this morning I think. If there's time I'll rewash it and try the stuff out. I feel like somethings going to derail me before then.


Are you just going to wash the truck really well and apply the stuff?

We've only had the Volt for a year, but it spent 6-mos as a corporate-owned vehicle used at marketing events, etc...so it's paint was a bit more worn, but not by much. All I did was a clay, polish, iron-x rinse, wash, then eraser. Eraser apparently strips the paint of everything and prepares for the best bond possible for the CQuartz with the paint.

On my truck, the paint is flawless at the moment. I'll give it a wash, a quick iron-x rub down, another wash, then eraser and coat. I may do 3 coats on the sides for scratch protection, but we'll see...