What did you do today, in regards to detailing?

BLM said:
What was the issue with your hatch?
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The center tailight has a button you can push to pop the trunk open and it mysteriously developed a crack in it, thus allowing water/condensation inside of it and eventually made the led beam start to go bad on one side. I'm not really sure how it happened, dealership said it wasn't a defect, so the insurance took care of it

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BudgetPlan1 said:
A bit of prep and some side-by-side evaluation to see what post-wash ‘frosting’ I’ll be using this Summer. Cosmic 2.0 came out last Fall, used it a bit & Overcoat 6.0 dropped this Winter so not too much time with it since weather broke.

May as well do 1/2 the hood with each and watch it from behind the wheel as it exists in the world for the next month or two.

Decon, polish, a base of ‘ceramic-lite’ and then on to the two contenders.


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Well this didn’t quite go as planned

After prepping, polishing, applying I stupidly left the hood propped open (unlatched) overnite & neglected to mention it. Wife was up early the next day, hopped in car to go to church, made it about 1/4 mile before hood flew up on road. Now needs new hood, 2 new fenders, paint/blending, new hinges & related trim pieces.

*sigh*

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Ouch. I guess that one is on you.
That would just irritate me to no end.

Ill help you out here. You are not the only one. Couple years ago i was washing my pristine Mustang GT. Car had less than 1K miles on it.
I open the hood to wipe things down under there but failed to realize i had already lifted the wipers up. Drove the drivers wiper arm into the windshield and broke the windshield.
 
BudgetPlan1 said:
Well this didn’t quite go as planned

After prepping, polishing, applying I stupidly left the hood propped open (unlatched) overnite & neglected to mention it. Wife was up early the next day, hopped in car to go to church, made it about 1/4 mile before hood flew up on road. Now needs new hood, 2 new fenders, paint/blending, new hinges & related trim pieces.

*sigh*

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Yikes, glad everyone is OK but I'm guessing this made Easter brunch a bit awkward. I can't imagine the surprise for her!

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BudgetPlan1 said:
Well this didn’t quite go as planned

After prepping, polishing, applying I stupidly left the hood propped open (unlatched) overnite & neglected to mention it. Wife was up early the next day, hopped in car to go to church, made it about 1/4 mile before hood flew up on road. Now needs new hood, 2 new fenders, paint/blending, new hinges & related trim pieces.

*sigh*

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Wow! That’s crazy, I’ve driven my own car with the hood unlatched several times due to forgetting to fully close it, for long distances too and it’s never come close to opening. I guess every car is different.
 
Eldorado2k said:
Wow! That’s crazy, I’ve driven my own car with the hood unlatched several times due to forgetting to fully close it, for long distances too and it’s never come close to opening. I guess every car is different.
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I'm presuming in your case the safety (secondary) latch was still latched. Budget said he had the hood "propped open" which sounded to me like the safety latch wasn't engaged.
 
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BLM said:
Ouch. I guess that one is on you.
That would just irritate me to no end.
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Yep…so many “Was gonna’s…” could have easily avoided it:

- Was gonna close the hood
- Was gonna mention it the night before
- Was gonna pull other car out front to take

Didn’t do any of those even though I thought about each one prior.

Household was severely depressed for many days.

Uncbrs said:
Yikes, glad everyone is OK but I'm guessing this made Easter brunch a bit awkward. I can't imagine the surprise for her!

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Quite shaken, she was.

Setec Astronomy said:
I'm presuming in your case the safety (secondary) latch was still latched. Budget said he had the hood "propped open" which sounded to me like the safety latch wasn't engaged.
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Exactly. “Was gonna…” use the small prop bar I have which would have kept it latched but just left it resting on polish bottle instead.

MisterSnoop said:
A friend of mine did that when he was doing an oil change. He ended up needing a new windshield.
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The windshield washer tube/hose caught on the rear hood bumper keeping hood from flying all the way back into windshield…small blessings.

Live and learn…to the tune of $4k in repairs.

Combined w scheduled 4-year ‘Major Service’, coil packs and rear drive axle boot on Cayman, April is proving to be a ‘automotive downer’ of a month. I did pass on the recommended $135 windshield wiper replacement ‘service’ though!


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Setec Astronomy said:
I'm presuming in your case the safety (secondary) latch was still latched. Budget said he had the hood "propped open" which sounded to me like the safety latch wasn't engaged.
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1st time I’ve heard of a secondary latch, but yes it certainly feels like there’s some form of latch holding it in place before the actual latch that opens when you pull the lever inside the car.
 
Eldorado2k said:
1st time I’ve heard of a secondary latch, but yes it certainly feels like there’s some form of latch holding it in place before the actual latch that opens when you pull the lever inside the car.
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No, when you pull the release in the car, you're releasing the primary latch, and the spring pushes it up an inch or two so you can reach in and release the secondary latch.
 
Setec Astronomy said:
No, when you pull the release in the car, you're releasing the primary latch, and the spring pushes it up an inch or two so you can reach in and release the secondary latch.
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That’s how I described it, no?

The actual latch is what’s released when you pull the thing inside the car.
 
Setec Astronomy said:
I think you've got too much Yvan stress this morning.
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No, if anything’s stressing me out it’s the car in my driveway that I should’ve started claying at 6am. and it’s now 8:45 and I’m bearly grabbing a towel and claylube.

And I did describe it correctly..
 
PouncingPanzer said:
Washed all three cars today. Been scrubbing since noon. I'm tired lol. Didn't take any photos of the GLI getting it. Foam for all was Sonax Actifoam Energy.
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I know I said it already but really liking those base wheels, I mean the optional wheels, I believe are BBS', are awesome but alot harder to clean

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Klasse Act said:
I know I said it already but really liking those base wheels, I mean the optional wheels, I believe are BBS', are awesome but alot harder to clean

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Yea I love these base wheels over the track pack ones. The fact these are rarer for the 2014 model years makes em even better.

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