Detailing Cars cause its good for em and fun !!!

Well, the sun is out, its getting warm and now is a good time to get your favorite ride out and clean it up. Anyone out there like to wax and clean their cars or bikes? For many years, it has been a fun hobby for me. I have wasted some serious cash on cars and bikes and boats, so I learned a long time ago, you have to take care of em so you dont lose value because you did not take care of them! Not just the outside either !! Leather needs to be taken care of, as does all the rubber and plastic components inside and around the engine!!! I like it when someone notices my ride is super clean and shiny. Classic sports cars and muscle cars are fun just to ride in and own. I am addicted to adrenaline. The kind that comes from controlling a high horsepower to weight ratio type of vehicle. . . anyone out there get a thrill like this —?

I like to see classic cars out there on the roads - in fact yesterday I saw an old man driving what I think was a "Roadster" (?) - really fast. If I had the money, I would have a nice classic car. And a really modern car, and I would alternate depending on my mood. 🙂

I like to keep my car nice and clean, but there's only so much you can do with an '89 Acura with oxidized paint...😛

Oxidized paint comes in different shapes. Has it been "buffed with polishing compound and a wheel yet?" If you know for a fact that the paint is ruined all the way down to the metal, then that is a drag. However, you can stop at your local body shop and ask them if it can be "wheeled out and polished" or if it is a waste of time. They can tell you right off the bat by looking at it. Now, if it does need a paint job, you can always call around to the local schools who have "career centers for automotive" and a lot of times, you can get your car painted for the cost of the paint, because that is how the students learn how to paint, by getting peoples cars to work on. Sometimes, you dont have to pay anything, and the hardest thing to do then, is get your name on the list. Accuras are nice, well built cars, and there are lots of things you can do with them to make them "personalized". Anyway, call the local career centers, it does not cost anything to ask questions, and costs nothing to have someone tell you what is the least expensive thing to do.

I want a 1970 chevelle and 69 chevelle is a beaut too. don't know much about cars but god muscle cars are just so appealing 😉

They are very cool to look at.

Polaris, thanks for the tips. I will print this out so I know what to do when I finally decide to have my car re-painted. I should clarify: the oxidization isn't too bad. It's there, but it's only in certain spots, not all over the car (which, with my second car, my Honda, it was pretty much all over the hood). On my Acura it's not too bad, just around the windows and on the doors a bit. But, it doesn't look good and that bugs me. Luckily, I keep the inside nice and clean so it doesn't end up looking too trashy. lol! It's almost like this particular paint color is the culprit: it's this maroon, sort of medium-red color - same as my Honda's. Whereas, I had a 1979 Monte Carlo (white, with blue suede-like interior, it was gorgeous, but I couldn't drive it well because it was a huge boat of a car!!) didn't have a paint problem at all. I kinda wish I'd kept that car now...it's what the kids today would call a "pimped-out ride". hahaha...It was so pretty.

I'm thinking for my Acura, of a shimmery midnight blue color. Or, a shimmery red...

REd is sexy ;D

Phoenix Rising:
Not that I am pushing you, but, if you check out the high schools and colleges, they only do this stuff free, when school is in session. There is usually a long waiting list. You dont want to miss your chance. A few years ago, my son was in career auto classes, and he took my 75 vette in and did all the brakes in class. We had completely stripped the car down to gelcoat/fiberglass, and when it was ready, we sent it out to get it painted etc. put back together, which took us almost 2 years, and me working extra jobs to pay for the extra goodies in the motor. To make a long story short, while they were doing the brakes on the car there in class, the teacher for the body shop, offered to have the kids wheel the car out(buff the new "white linen paint" on the car. . .It was beautiful when they were done. All the brake parts cost almost 65.00 and they charged me 5.00 for the buffing compounds. I had waited almost 6 months to get it in there. but. it was worth the wait, and saved me some serious cash !! I have a 1976 Datsun 280 Z now that I am working on, but, too many people already have their cars lined up, so I gotta go another route. . .Long story short, . . If you cant get a setup with one of the schools out there, get some restoring compound/wax type refinishing waxes and buff by hand, then wax, and you will find, those few spots dont hardly show. Paint is normally put on thicker than you realize from the factory, and usally baked on. Accuras have excellant paint normally. They are nice to fix up too. If it is original paint, you probably only have to get it wheeled out !! Good luck !!

Wow, I really appreciate all the information. I think, though, that by the time I gather up enough motivation to actually get it repainted, I'll probably be ready to sell it and buy a new car. I'll definitely use what you've told me as a reference, though - thanks! 🙂