Got my Fathers day gift :)
 

Look what UPS delivery man dropped off at my front door...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...r/CIMG1814.jpg

and it all fits in this bag:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...r/CIMG1817.jpg

Nice, now get to work!!! cant wait to see how it looks once your done.

:cheers:

after I recover from my surgery (they took my gallbladder out yesterday), I will start working on it...my manager allowed me to work at home for 2 weeks, not counting this week. so a total of 3 weeks :D :D :D
but of course, i gotta do my work first before cleaning and detailing the cars...hehehehehe!

of course ;)

I promise to finish up all my reports before touching the kit :D :D :D

Very nice !! You'll enjoy the kit. Skip their wax, because it's crap - use it on your DD. I see that you got the fancy kit with the Bag and everything - cool !!

I really like this machine and their polishes.

I'm really surprise when I open it coz' this is what I place in order when she ask me which one to get:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ker/griots.jpg

but instead, this is what I got :eek: I called them up, describe what I got and they said that I got the right order :D
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...r/CIMG1814.jpg
now, that's pretty cool :cheers:

I will try everything out on my daughters car first before using it on the other 2...hehehehehe!

What a great gift! My dad got me some stuff to wash my car from Griots, but it looks like you got more better stuff!

Thanks LB! I can't wait to try it out, hope I won't screw up :D

wait, you cant try it our untill your finished with your reports!!!!!!

Very nice! I plan on getting the porter-cable buffer one day. Have fun with it.

BTW: You'll be a little bit faster without the extra few ounces! Thats my excuse anyways, I had my gallbladder out 4 years ago.

But get those reports done! ;-)

Betcha didn't know you need your gallbladder.... would God have put it in you if you didn't need it?

No more chili cheese fries or bacon cheeseburgers for you. The gallbladder secretes bile as needed to break down fatty foods.

Fruits and veggies from now on, my fine boxster driving friend!

Next time you want a slice of pizza, go out to the garage and buff out the boxster until you forget how much you loved greasy food :ah:

wow i bet he feels like **************** now :D

I'm betting the doctors read him the riot act before and after the surgery stating all this and a lot more :cheers:

However, a low fat diet ends up making one feel a LOT better, with or without a gall bladder!

Randall, that is so true....when the doctor is reading all the stuff about what to do and what not to eat after the surgery, I feel like he was reading me my Miranda rights :D :D

And your idea about what to do everytime I feel like eating fatty foods, will make the Box clean and shiny all year long....hahahahaha!

but I'm going to be honest, last Friday, I ordered The Six Dollar Double Western Cheeseburger and Chili Fries @ Carls Jr and after eating it halfway, I feel full already and big time constipated all day. I guess that's my last goodbye to hamburgers :(

Blk...I feel guilty and went back to work today so I could finish up all my work and take Friday off instead so I could wash, polish and buff all day :D :D :D

So if you can't eat all that crappy fatty food without a gallbladder, maybe I should have mine removed to force me to always eat healty.

So you mean your wifey ordered the starter kit and they sent you the deluxe package for the same price?! :cheers:

That stuff is expensive man! (particularly Griots) you made out like a bandit.
It will take you about 4 years to go through all that stuff.
post your before and after pics on their swirl removers. I don't think I've ever seen pics of the Griots treatment.

yap, PL..they send me the deluxe kit, that's why I called them up right away and told them what I got coz' I don't want to get billed for all of them and when they said that I got it right, I give my wife a bear hug right after eventhough the incision still hurting at that time :D :D :D

Did you say 4 years? Holy crap :eek: ...I am a bandit now :dance:

for sure, I will post up the before and after. I can't wait :cheers:

LB...the good thing about the before and after surgery is, I lost almost 20lbs in a month and a half...beat that Jared (the guy from subway sandwich commercial) hehehehehe!

yeah four years easy.

You should only polish your car a few times a year, maybe with each season change. For each panel you should be using very little product. Maybe a nickel size. If you use too much product you will get the hologram or cloudy finish.
The PC videos link in my signature shows this common error.

The spray waxes and quick detailing sprays should last a couple of years at least. Those you should only use immediately after washes, if you use a rinseless wash then a little more frequently. The paste wax goes on monthly for a daily driver so that's another two years worth at least. Some people go overboard and wax every weekend..very bad for the paint.. too much touching.

with your color car its pretty hard for any wax not to do a good job. Even the turtle wax ice stuff at Pep Boys would do an A+ job....just won't last very long if you wash allot.

Thanks PL for all that info...preciated it :cheers:

I sorta agree with PL about polishing too much... where we disagree is about frequency.

If you're planning on keeping the car, polishing seasonally is waaay too much.

Polish is an abrasive and each time you use it, you dig a few microns into the paint.

Don't obsess about a little build-up of fine scratches on a car you drive frequently. Use only the proper method and cloths for cleaning and you'll minimize any scratches to begin with.

I'd say 'Clay' once a year to clean the paint, wax a couple times/yr., but polish maybe only once every other year - once you have a build-up of noticable scratches.

That way, your car will never get 'too' bad, and you maximize your time, materials and the paint.

If anything, use their #4 first and then proceed cautiously through the numbers in order to be as mild on the paint as possible.

Yeah seasonal might be too much for a garage queen. But for a daily driver, particulary in bad air and acid rain I'm not so sure if its good to have that diggin into the paint. Claying won't really remove those contaminants because that stuff burrows into the swirl chanels just below where claying will get to it. So removing swirls isn't just a cosmetic its a sort of cancer prevention for the paint.
But agreed some people by a three step of Mothers or Meguiars at Pepboys and go through it in a year or less on a single car!

As far as claying I'll definitely have to part company on a once a year interval. Again depending on where you live. These modern paints nowadays are really impressive. A simply claying and follow up with an acrylic detail spray will produce nearly the same end result as four hours of detailing on older paints Porsche used to use. Claying is the thing that like tooth flossing I really don't do enough and provides the best long term benefits. Put it this way if I had a new CaymanS or Cayenne all I would need is clay bars, my FK 425 spray wax and maybe...a once a year with an over the counter acrylic paste wax. All thes companies putting out 30 different products is really not necessary for modern paints. If anything most of these products are sold to undo damage from bad washing and waxing practices.