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Stretch

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  1. Brian, I just got an 85 in 65 on Sunday through OSHP based in Cinci. First offense for me, will they likely drop the points if I show up to court? The officer was super cool about it, all "I'll just write up your citation and let you go asap" since I told him right away I knew I was speeding (not paying attention to the speedo), I just don't want insurance to jump, if I can prevent it.

     

    It's possible they could drop it to one point, or zero points. Really depends on the judge and the prosecutor. If you have the time it is definitely worth going. As long as you aren't a smart ass to the judge or anything like that they'll 99% of the time reduce your charge/punishment.

     

    You'd have to ask your insurance about their policies for increasing rates. Some go up every point, some go up every two points, etc.

  2. i planned on going with 888's after i wore out the current tires on the bullitt... so i'll be curious to talk to you about these.

    this week i'm off thursday

    next week off tuesday

     

    Sounds good. PM me a number I can reach you at?

     

    I have another set of 888's already on the rear tires. These ones for sales are the fronts. I just don't want to run that big of a tire up front

  3. Plenty of tread life left. Being shipped from my buddies house so I won't have them in my possession again for a few days. Figured I'd go ahead and throw them up for anybody interested. Will get pics when they get here.

     

    $400 cash for the pair. Will probably be a week before they arrive and I get them taken off the wheels. Just a heads up.

  4. Just plastidip the whole car Brian. :-)

     

    I seriously considered it, but I'd want to pay somebody to do it. Cheapest I could find is $800. For that I'd rather just spend $300 and learn more about detailing.

     

    Dont know if this will help you or not, guys great @ detailing and has a bunch of videos on his website and youtube that will give you a good idea of what to do / what he does.

    He also has a bunch of HOW TO PDF's on his website for each video explaining even further what he did/how.

     

    His website: http://www.ammonyc.com/videos/

    Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/AMMONYCdotcom

    And he also has a bunch of videos on the /DRIVE channel (Simple search for /DRIVE CLEAN Results : http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%2FDRIVE%20CLEAN&sm=4 )

     

    Its nice to be able to see how someone does it or why they do it a certain way instead of reading about it.

    Hope this helps you!

     

    Thanks!

  5. I would agree with Andy on the websites. I would say that Autogeek forum is probably the most user friendly and full of information. I went the same route you did, OP and spent MANY hours on the forums and asking question, researching threads, etc.

     

    I bought a Porter Cable 7424-XP and a bunch of products from detailed image and Autogeek. Since then, I have had a TON of fun and pride getting the fleet clean. I can vouch for the soft paint on my wife's MDX and hard paint on my 5 series....the time it took to do both of those was about 3-4 hours for the MDX and 7-8 for the BMW (hard clearcloat).

     

    Here is my thread I did a while back, lots of info and pics in here --> http://www.columbusracing.com/forums/showthread.php?t=108563

     

    Thatnks for the info!

     

    I'm definitely going to get out and try somethings soon.

  6. Autopia.org

    Detailingworld.co.uk

    Autogeek forums are also a great resource

     

    READ READ READ. Educate yourself before going out and buying all of the most expensive products and products that are redundant.

     

    While the right products can help the end result it's mostly about technique and process.

     

    Happy detailing!

     

    P.S. Both cars you own have extremely hard paint and are very difficult to do swirl mark and defect correction on. If you buy a polisher and want to learn it may be a good idea to pick up a fender from a junk yard off of say a Honda or Toyota which have softer paint so that you can better see what it takes to get results. Just takes a lot more time and effort on hard paint it's sometimes easier to learn on soft.

     

    Thanks for the advice!

     

    I never thought about grabbing a cheap fender to practice on. I actually still have mine from when I wrecked my car last month. I'll give that a shot

  7. So I'm looking to start getting into auto detailing a little bit. I was going to pay somebody to do both my cars but decided it would be more fun and enjoyable to do it myself.

     

    Does anybody have any good write ups as well as a list of necessary products? I'm not looking to go all out right away but I would like to invest in some nice stuff until I learn more.

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