ssyota4runner
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Time to buy a new one!!!!! I’m sure the dealer will give you a “fair” price.
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Rain on recently washed 4r. What you do?
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Reminds me of the old Saturday Night Live skit with Phil Hartman called “The Anal Retentive Carpenter”.
This is “The Anal Retentive 4runner Owner”
Reminds me of my neighbors with their gas powered leaf blowers who fire them up every time a few blades of grass or a couple of leaves land on their sidewalk.
This is “The Anal Retentive 4runner Owner”
Reminds me of my neighbors with their gas powered leaf blowers who fire them up every time a few blades of grass or a couple of leaves land on their sidewalk.
Humble Leader
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I know right??? I think overall paint has just gotten worse across all manufacturers. cost savings and perhaps environmental constraints. I don't know but I don't like it
DAW89446
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Black and... camo?
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Looks like a Black & Tan to me@ :cheers: :thumb3:
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USStrongman
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You guys are funny. Its rain. Its weather. It happens. Try living in Seattle!
97BlackAckCL
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It's a total loss, light it on fire
Pavement Tested
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Try owning a mid-90's Dodge pickup with original paint...
The rain is trained to not fall on cars here so we don't have to wash them every day...
It won't burn...it's wet...
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I4CUTigers
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You need to file a claim with insurance immediately. Buy a swimming pool and fill it with WD40. Submerse the 4runner for 12 hours then dab it dry with an eye glasses cleaning cloth. 2 day job max.
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Whippersnapper02
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I'm also in SoCal and experienced the rain. However I still wouldn't run a towel on it because that's how you get swirl marks. My truck is currently dirty and will probably run it through a touchless wash or just spray it down and air dry at home until I have time to wash it myself.
but that california rain causes cancer.. dont you read the prop labels that come w/ every rainfall?
Something_Awesome
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There won't be any swirls if done right. Keep in mind, driving at a moderately high speed gets almost all the water off. You get a specialized drying towel and lay it on the panel, then pull it across the panel without applying any weight on the towel itself. Though in most cases you can just pat the panel with the towel because of how much water flies off when driving.
People still asked me about my Honda which was 9.5 years old when I sold it. The paint was immaculate and it had never been polished either.
I'm pretty OCD myself, but I don't have it in me to obsess over a tiny swirl. You always risk it happening when drying, specifically with some detail spray. Any vehicle can still look amazing after a decade, without the clearcoat ever seeing polish, by just merely trying to mitigate (not completely prevent) swirls.
There isn't anyone that does a touchless wash that can achieve half the look I get with my vehicle when I am done with it. But I been doing my own cars for 14 years (since I was 25). I started with a black car, too. I don't have the patience for a leaf blower either. Driving it around the block is far more efficient anyway.
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97BlackAckCL
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I washed and detailed my exterior only to get an inch of pollen across the whole truck, damn you nature! Now I need a new truck!
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