Sunday, January 27, 2008

Turtle Wax "ICE" review

I finally bought Turtle Wax "ICE" yesterday.. 20% discount at Jaya jusco sale. Came up to 80 ringgit with a bottle of free tutlewax zip wax car shampoo. Oooh Used it this morning.. and it is really Very easy to use. So easy to apply and easy to remove. Really no white residue. The after effects, Shine is on par with turtle wax platinum. The wonder is that it also waxes all the rubber and plastic at the same time. Applying it is like using a wet sponge to wipe a car. It doesn't really dry to a haze.. but it dries a little, After that its just wiping off with the provided microfiber cloth. If you're going to get 1 bottle of wax only and are also lazy to wax your car.. Ice is the bottle to get. Very easy to apply and buff.. No need orbital polisher also. Orbital polisher would be overkill.. Yes "ICE" is much easier than conventional waxes. Rememeber to was the car first. Use a wool mit or at least a chenille sponge to prevent scratches on your car during washing. and work from top to bottom as the sand is usually at the bottom, rinse washing pad frequently. AND most important.. must dry either with lots and lots of "good morning" towels or buy a really good Chamois. (japanese real chamois not some bullshit one) Problem with ICE is that it will not remove water spots. THat one have to use real wax. ICE can only shine clean surfaces.. Get some tyre shine liquid for your tyres as you buy the "ice" also.. Hand Job also will be satisfactory. Machine would be overkill for "ICE" however i've yet to see the long term effects of Ice.

Thursday, January 24, 2008

Honda Civic 2.0 FD2 Malaysian Spec.

I've finally got my Honda Civic!! Booked it on December 12th 2007, and got delivery on the 13th of Jan 2008.. So its a 2008 car. Its a nice car. Got the Mugen BK from GC motorsport. They did a rather good job on the bodykit.. 99% satisfied. Paint job also satisfactory, but after washing car today.. realized that i'll have to clay bar part of the rear BK as the paint job wasn't very smooth. Honda waxed my car before delivery, but they machine waxed it and burnt parts of the waxing.. i hand waxed the whole car to fix it.. Its a holiday today so i spent most of the day washing and polishing it. Used totally turtle wax Platinum series. I suggest anyone going to looking for turtle wax to buy the "ice" version. I had a lot of trouble with the leftover white in the seams of the car from the platinum wax. Other mods in my car include the mugen replica sidestep and the illuminated keyring. (will have to go back to GC to fix the plastic covers over the steering as i think it wasn't fitted back properly by GC or something broke during assembly) A small DIY mod, which i made due to small pebbles thrown up by the tyre entering the sideskirt.. making a lot of noise.. show u picture afterwards. Its just a piece of plastic double taped to block of the channel which pebbles accumulate The Civic Side Profile really looks much better with the Mugen Bodykit. Gives it a much more agressive stance.. Also of course gives it a slightly more customized look without sacrificing the stock car values.. The rear 3/4 angle is probably the best angle to take a pic of the civic. The high trunk with its tapering nose makes it most beautiful. The eight year old putra is starting to show its age both in the paintwork quality as well as the design.. I kept the car numbers there in case any of you want to buy number la...

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