What did you do to your Kia Stinger today?

[Rango]

Added some red accents to the doors, thanks to a dude on FB.

And a wash!

 

[DNA is Digital]

Added some red accents to the doors, thanks to a dude on FB.
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And a wash!
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What are those accents? They look sweet.

 

[jsrob905]

Added some red accents to the doors, thanks to a dude on FB.
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And a wash!
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Looks good. Was it hard?

 

[Rango]

What are those accents? They look sweet.

 

[Rango]

Looks good. Was it hard?

Easy ... used my thumb!

 

[Rango]

OCD aesthetics.

 

[OliverNuther]

OCD aesthetics.
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@Rango, put your credit card down and step away from the internet.

Nah, just kidding mate. Your car looks great.

 

[duperre]

Had to change spark plugs today, and washed the car nicely

 

[jsrob905]

Spur of the moment 4am photo shoot

 

[Intelliburn]

Great pics!

 

[Revvdmedia]

Finished a 2000km road trip over the last 5 days. This was our last stay...with a VERY DIRTY car.

Some roads were absolutely treacherous but the Stinger and the Nokians got the job done.

 

[KAS]

Finished a 2000km road trip over the last 5 days. This was our last stay...with a VERY DIRTY car.

Some roads were absolutely treacherous but the Stinger and the Nokians got the job done.

I don't think I'd be able to live in a region where the roads get that dirty!

 

[Revvdmedia]

I don't think I'd be able to live in a region where the roads get that dirty!

My car was dirty the whole time and it was killing me. We had a fairly busy schedule and I wasn't familiar with the area (Spokane). We drove on slushy roads going south and the car was the filthiest it has ever been. I stopped at an auto wash (never my first choice, I prefer hand washing - detailing) and I looked into the bay and saw the swirly cloth spinny things. That was a big nope. Car stayed dirty lol.

 

[MerlintheMad]

It's the undercarriage that is literally eating away (and eating away at me). The "swirly cloth spinny things" are a necessary evil in order to get to the undercarriage spray. I would like an easy answer to that, especially when traveling away from my happy hunting grounds, but I haven't found one yet.

 

[Intelliburn]

It's the undercarriage that is literally eating away (and eating away at me). The "swirly cloth spinny things" are a necessary evil in order to get to the undercarriage spray. I would like an easy answer to that, especially when traveling away from my happy hunting grounds, but I haven't found one yet.

Look for an all cloth car wash. That’s what I did. They offered a monthly membership and I was all in. It’s the plastic bristles that cause the swirly micro scratches.

 

[robz32]

Negative.
All automatic car washes have a 100% guaranteed scratched paint policy. No mater the material of the brushes they use. If the brushes are not thoroughly cleaned after each car passes through (which doesn't happen), then you will for sure have your paint scratched by the dirt picked up from the car/truck that went through before you.

 

[Intelliburn]

Negative.
All automatic car washes have a 100% guaranteed scratched paint policy. No mater the material of the brushes they use. If the brushes are not thoroughly cleaned after each car passes through (which doesn't happen), then you will for sure have your paint scratched by the dirt picked up from the car/truck that went through before you.

That does make sense. I guess mine cleans its material

 

[Intelliburn]

That does make sense. I guess mine cleans its material

I also have the front end of my Stinger wrapped with protective film. That helps a lot

 

[robz32]

Yeah, that helps too. As its the PPF that gets scratched and not the paint.

 

[MerlintheMad]

A conscientious car wash will go over each vehicle with a boar's hair broom and prewash, to make sure that no grit gets transferred to their "cloth whirly things". So the chances of picking up what was "on the vehicle ahead of yours" are knocked down to a bare minimum. Then, as long as they are not using whirling brushes you should be fine. If your car wash doesn't do the boar's hair prewash stage, run away.