Which area do you tend to overlook?

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When it comes to a maintenance detail, even on your own vehicle, which part of the vehicle do you find yourself sometimes skipping over or maybe taking for granted until one day you notice it and it and in this case can look quite bad. [Didn’t know it had gotten this bad until the sun hit it]

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What are some areas that you skip over sometimes or maybe hate to do on a routine basis?
 
Inside windshield & rear window

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Klasse Act said:
Inside windshield & rear window

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Ditto, especially the rear interior window. If it’s a sedan I’ll do everything to avoid it in hopes that no one has touched it.. Inside windshield I’ll actually do but not everytime and that’s the main area that makes me think sometimes because if there’s spots on it that’s not a good look as far as customer noticing that. So that’s probably the one major spot you don’t want to get caught lacking.

Setec Astronomy said:
Wiper arms.
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Do you mean the blades or the actual arms?
The blades I usually hit with the same wash mitts that I use on the rocker panels just in case they wind up black with soot, but sometimes I forget to do that.
 
Eldorado2k said:
Do you mean the blades or the actual arms?
The blades I usually hit with the same wash mitts that I use on the rocker panels just in case they wind up black with soot, but sometimes I forget to do that.
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The arms. Like you, I generally lift the wiper arms when I'm washing the windshield, and hit the blades to get that black gunk off them (a trick I learned from my wife, BTW), and sometimes I realize when I'm drying that I didn't even wash the arms, let alone getting any protection on them.
 
Setec Astronomy said:
The arms. Like you, I generally lift the wiper arms when I'm washing the windshield, and hit the blades to get that black gunk off them (a trick I learned from my wife, BTW), and sometimes I realize when I'm drying that I didn't even wash the arms, let alone getting any protection on them.
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Wiper arms always tend to start looking bad way after you’ve given any real thought at protecting them huh?
 
Eldorado2k said:
Wiper arms always tend to start looking bad way after you’ve given any real thought at protecting them huh?
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Yes...it's like black trim...it/they start fading and then you say...darn, I should have put something on there before this happened. And then I curse myself out with the wiper arms because it's not like it's easy to polish them. Usually I put some WETS on them and they look fine after and I stop cursing myself out until the next time I notice they look faded.
 
I am in the same boat as you guys

Gauge cluster plastic and Nav screens because they scare the crap out of me

I have to get the horse hair attachment out and vacuum them before I will touch them and unless I sneezed or something I almost never actually make contact with the gauge cluster plastic, just vacuuming now and then

The interior front and especially rear windows because my screwed up shoulder doesn't like working on an open hatch

I keep forgetting to run the wiper arms to the top of the stroke before I turn the cars off and you can't lift and clean under and around them otherwise and by then I am usually wet and don't want to get back in and start the car so they just get a lick and a prayer until next time

Arches are also my nemesis because of my shoulder and they have to get pretty crappy looking sometimes before I deal with them
 
@chilly. Now you see I’m actually not so quick to touch a gauge cluster or woodgrain & piano black trim with the horsehair attachment, even though I sometimes touch woodgrain with it it’s very light and carefully because doing that can easily lead to fine scratches sometimes..

That’s probably the reason why my gauge cluster wound up ao dusty because of lack of using the horsehair vacuum attachment on there. Nowadays I tend to have much better faith in a grade A microfiber towel with the right liquid to lightly wipe those areas clean over the brush attachment.
 
@Eldorado2k I have a compressor and could easily blow the dash out like I see some pros do for the sake of speed but that tends to freak me out as well, driving dust across super fragile plastic at high speed

I don't know why they make the gauge plastic out of such SOFT material anyway

If I have to touch them I use a 500gsm super plush and LOTS of liquid sprayed on the towel, not the plastic

In the newer car I find myself having to clean the touch screen quite often because the light will hit it just right and I see all the heavy smudging where I touch it the most and I figure I am just grinding the dust into the screen

I was sitting in it just the other day waiting for the boss and I had on a polarfleece jacket that was having a bad static electricity day and was covered in dog hair from lifting her into the car and the hair was transferring and statically sticking to the center console, tunnel, etc and I was wondering if there was an interior detailer that had anti-static properties

I actually meant to ask that so this worked out well

The newer car actually has a lot of piano black and it seems to be quite scratch resistant if I am the least bit careful
 
Flash Gordon said:
The inside sidewalls.
Some days I get tired of crawling underneath there to Clean and Dress
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You sound like Bill D. Of course Bill D has a lift and washes in his garage, so I guess he can do the back of the tires any time he wants. I gather you are pulling our collective legs, Flash. I only clean/dress the backs when I'm rotating tires.
 
Wheel wells.

On my car, it sits so low you can't really see them and most brushes don't get in there very well anyway. On our SUV, it does sit a bit higher, but you still can't see much in there unless you are right up on the car.

I do blast them out with the hose, especially in the wet/winter months, but that's it. I live in a pretty dusty environment it seems and doing the wheel wells is a waste of time. They will be dirty again in a day or so anyway.
 
Desertnate said:
Wheel wells.

On my car, it sits so low you can't really see them and most brushes don't get in there very well anyway. On our SUV, it does sit a bit higher, but you still can't see much in there unless you are right up on the car.

I do blast them out with the hose, especially in the wet/winter months, but that's it. I live in a pretty dusty environment it seems and doing the wheel wells is a waste of time. They will be dirty again in a day or so anyway.
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Dishwashing brush is good for those narrow wheel wells. They’re the only ones that can fit. Or just spray them with the pressure washer.
 
Other areas I might skip sometimes or aren’t too fond of doing is the trunk jamb & weatherstripping.

The trunk jamb because I don’t usually like getting my towels That dirty… And the weatherstripping sucks because there can be some debris that falls from a nearby tree and can accumulate to the point where it needs to be vacuumed out. It’s satisfying to do it, but it’s not something I do everytime. Same with the trunk jambs, I like to vacuum them out 1st otherwise I won’t touch them.
 
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