Recent content by endus

Good to know. I suppose I can probably live with the loops that are there...this is something to think about though.

The guy got out of the car leaving it running and in gear, then walked around the front of the car while it was in this state with no one in the drivers seat. We are obviously not dealing with a brain surgeon here...I wouldn't necessarily take this as a good example.

(Thanks everyone) Yea I have one of those I bought for the jeep. It bugs me a bit not to have any way to yank from the front, though. I can't claim that I have a really great reason for that, because I never had to use it on the jeep, but still... Do any of the after market bull bars have...

I disagree as well. The point is to pull cooler air from outside the engine bay, not to try and force air into the engine.

Yea, that really stinks. I don't know how someone can call themselves a "detailer" and leave stains like that. There are actually waxes out there that won't stain trim...my Pinnacle Sourveran doesn't, and no polymer sealant I've ever seen does. Definitely look around. You can try...

Thanks much for the input guys. The stuff about the sand sounds particularly encouraging. I want to do more offroading, but so far it's just been the beach and I loooove doing it, so that's a good thing. I checked out 4wheelparts before for steelies but didn't find any with the t4r bolt...

What a bummer!

Anything that you can feel with your nail is not fixable except by paint. Anything that doesn't go all the way through the clearcoat you can usually polish out, or at least minimize. What you would want to do is use some Meguiars ScratchX (if polishing by hand) or some Meg's or Menzerna or 3m...

Yea, just making a suggestion. :) The Zaino will work. The only part of that system that Im not sure will be great is the polish. You may need to get a better polish to really get the swirls out. YMMV. The lambswool mitt may be part of the problem. Lambswool bonnets are used on high speed...

I'm confused. I had thought that the scoop was an air intake as the picture on page 3 or so indicated. Is that not the case from the factory? If the engine is getting air from the scoop as it looks like it is in the picture, then the scoop is completely functional. It's allowing the engine...

I've been reading through the forum trying to get some more information on the 4th gen t4r. I bought a Jeep grand Cherokee with the intention of doing some offroading about 6 months ago. Drove it through the summer, loved it, but the thing is in the shop more than it's on the road. I KNEW not...

If you're looking for a sealant you might look in to Klasse All in One and Klasse Sealant Glaze. The AIO is a prep for the sealant glaze. I can't tell you that I haven't heard good things about Zaino, as much as I would like to, but I have always disapproved of how much marketing hype they...

This is another good tip. What this does is keep the swirls or even any accidental scratches from being visible from all angles. Instead, they're only visible from a few angles. Whenever you detail, any time you wipe the paint (washing, buffing polish) you should wipe in a straight line...

Thinking about buying a 4Runner and will soon be posting a thread full of dumb questions for people to answer, so I'll try and give something back first... Keeping a car swirl free is definitely difficult. You can polish the swirls out with a buffer, but they will keep coming back if you don't...