Wash maintenance

[Paladin611]

Greetings Stingerians,

Are those who are driving their Stingers in the Winter snow, managing the road salt stuck on the car on a daily basis?

 

[Jayphil]

Good pre-winter sealer or ceramic coating
Regular toutchless washes that are shooting the underbody
Self-serve carwash once in a while to clean-up the car and at the same time the winter mats


************* Main post title and content was changes before I posted this, now it is very irrelevant

This is what you are looking for with the correct bolt pattern (BP). They are somewhat on the heavy side even if the price is not too bad. 32 LBS, still 2 lbs less than OEM but you are moving the weight further away from the center and you new tires are likely to be heavier vs OEM as well...

SIZE	BP	PART NUMBER	FINISH	BORE	OFFSET	BSM (IN)	CAP NUM	RATING (LB)	WEIGHT (LB)	LUG TYPE	LIPSIZE (IN)
19X8.50	5X114.30	M190198565+35	MATTE BLACK	72.56	35	6	1003-22MBS	1800	32	CONICAL	0
19X9.50	5X114.30	M190199565+35	MATTE BLACK	72.56	35	6.600	1003-22MBS	1800	31	CONICAL	0

 

[87and66]

I just wash it every time there are a few clear days in the forecast. Hand wash in my garage. If it’s going to rain or snow the next day and I’m going to be driving, I don’t bother

 

[BUZSTINGR]

Since I have the Opti-Coat Pro + Ceramic Coating applied 1 month after buying the car, I do a quick Self-serve pressure wash (As I do not have the luxury of an at home garage large enough), Them I do a quick blow dry. I go every 2 weeks unless the temperature is -30 C. lol

 

[RedCal]

Greetings Stingerians,

Are those who are driving their Stingers in the Winter snow, managing the road salt stuck on the car on a daily basis?

I do a touch less car wash... by no means the greatest but it gets all the salt off including the undercarriage... not great but I'm not going to freeze my butt off lol

 

[Paladin611]

Same here. I also have a spray bottle of soap water that I use to get the salt off when I park it at work.

 

[MerlintheMad]

I have taken, this winter, to hand washing the underside whenever it gets "gooped". A hand wash wand reaches under there just fine; go all the way around with soap, including wheel wells and wheels; then repeat on rinse; the rinse gets any major grime off the lower body and then I finish up with ONR at home.

(what was with @Jayphil 's post? Seems to have posted to the wrong thread)

 

[Jayphil]

(what was with @Jayphil 's post? Seems to have posted to the wrong thread)

I believe Lord Aastyra edited his post while I was posting an answer...

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[MerlintheMad]

I believe Lord Aastyra edited his post while I was posting an answer...

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Aha! That was quite an edit, then; rendered your response entirely non sequitur.

 

[NS_Stinger]

Touchless car wash once a week and if the temperature rises enough on any weekends and I can squeeze in a hand wash I do.

I think the most important thing is getting a nice heavy coat of wax on the car before the winter hits. I always wax right before winter with Collinite 476s Super Doublecoat Wax, that stuff is great winter wax because it's so durable.