Calling all Silver and Black 4rs

IForce that is hilarious "it sure looks nice at night" fat ugly women look nice at night. Cause you can't really see what they look like. lol
 
To give you an idea, here is a picture of my 4Runner after my brother and I spent countless hours washing, waxing, vacuming, and detailing my 4Runner. If you look closely, you could even see some reflection in the cladding!!
 

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Thanks everybody.

At the begining of this post I really wanted black but your comments have left me more open to silver. I will probably have this car for another 7-9 years until I get out of optometry school (thats my goal at least) so the silver would be good in that it would hide all of those dings for a lot longer.

Keep the comments coimng, the decision is getting harder.
 
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avoid dings by choosing parking spot in the back or just out of sight from the people who consider cars no different then toasters;): a dent free car has much happier drivers:)
 
People, like myself, who truly LOVE their 4Runner wouldn't mind washing & waxing her often. I remove every water spot & bird duty asap w/some Meguilar Detailer Spray & some microfiber rags (I keep it in vehicle). No other color can compare to the nice gloss/shine that a BLACK 4R has when properly maintained.
 
Hank said:
People, like myself, who truly LOVE their 4Runner wouldn't mind washing & waxing her often. I remove every water spot & bird duty asap w/some Meguilar Detailer Spray & some microfiber rags (I keep it in vehicle). No other color can compare to the nice gloss/shine that a BLACK 4R has when properly maintained.

That reminded me of some shots I had posted a while back after a detail job:
http://toyota-4runner.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2684&highlight=griots
:cool: :D
 
Those powerwashers that they sell in HomeDepot, motor is no stronger then a vacuum cleaner it's about the size of a vacuum cleaner and you plug them in the wall are excellent for a fast cleaning, many times I have used it to wash all the salt off the truck, then I soap it down and I spray it down again, I don't dry it off for the simple reason that it already has a ton of wax on it so the water sheets off pretty good and that soon as I leave the driveway the road spray recoats the 4Runner.

The powerwashers cost like 50-150 bucks they vary, I forget the name but it orange and you hang in on the wall, remember it's as big as a vacuum cleaner, I told a friend about it and he bought a 10hp Honda PowerWasher that can cut through concrete:arrow: he needed it for business but he used it on hos wifes Acura to remove year of built up brake dust and he removed the clear coat:arrow:

I found it, they vary in size and price also have other brands then Husky, I went for the $79 one, it was like 100 bucks, you could shower with it so you know it safe;):

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Hank said:
Is layering of the wax any better than applying and removing each layer separately? Also, does the amount of time the wax is left on the paint affect how much wax adhere/absorb into the paint? If so, I might try it out next time :D

When you layer it like this, it helps blend the layers together. When you put wax on then polish it off, then apply another layer you are basically making separate layers. When you apply, let it set up, then apply, let it set up then take it off you are basically creating one layer of wax, but it is thicker. When I finished it looked like the paint was wet. It looked like you could stick you hand into the paint. I know it was probably overboard, and I wouldn't do it every time, but I just happen to enjoy detailing and had some free time to try it.
 

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