What have you done to your P5 today?

a223818 said:
I clean mine when I swap from summers to winters and back. Not a Josh clean, but to remove all dirt and the tar nodules that build up over time. Helps with getting a good tire balance.


I do that on the 16" wheels for my Honda. Good thing I did because I found a slight crack in one of them. I'll have to figure out something to do with that.
 
a223818 said:
I clean mine when I swap from summers to winters and back. Not a Josh clean, but to remove all dirt and the tar nodules that build up over time. Helps with getting a good tire balance.
hmmm, not a bad idea. I'll probably do that before I take them to be balanced next time.
 
all this wheel washing talk.. bah!

I'm gonna go wash my summer wheels since they aren't on the car anyway. It's up to 39F outside!! I won't even need a coat haha
 
Kansei said:
all this wheel washing talk.. bah!

I'm gonna go wash my summer wheels since they aren't on the car anyway. It's up to 39F outside!! I won't even need a coat haha


I hear ya there! We're a little warmer, probably close to 50. I'm out there taking care of the essentials that the previous owner didn't do on my P5. I'm also working on doing the top of the grille body color instead of black.
 
I just went outside and um it feels a hell of a lot warmer because it's actually sunny outside. Somewhere someone looked it up before and Rochester only has like 60 sunny days every year >_<

Time to go shovel the driveway since it's sorta melty anyway and then wash some wheels. I should probably clean the garage too since *crosses fingers* my car might be back in it tomorrow :) :) :)
 
Kansei said:
I'd pay $200 dollars right now to stand outside and feel 86 degrees.. what heaven that must be :)
I won't lie - it's fricken beautiful. I have all the windows open. However, I'm stuck inside today working on a case study and lookin' after two kiddos. I'll have to break away this afternoon and hit up the park ...
 
Ya, same here. Sliding door's open, getting some fresh air in the appt ftw! :D
 
can we please stop talking about snow...its very depressing to see it on here too, i still have 2ft of snow here(canada)
 
Kansei said:
I just went outside and um it feels a hell of a lot warmer because it's actually sunny outside. Somewhere someone looked it up before and Rochester only has like 60 sunny days every year >_<

Time to go shovel the driveway since it's sorta melty anyway and then wash some wheels. I should probably clean the garage too since *crosses fingers* my car might be back in it tomorrow :) :) :)


Back in WWII, we (being the USA) built a munitions plant in the 2nd cloudiest area of the continental US. It just happens to be Ravenna, OH, which is about 5 miles from me. I fully understand what you mean about the rarity of sunny days.
 
Here's what I did to mine today. I painted the upper grille piece.
 

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Very nice SATimko.. should have come that way from the factory in north america IMO. My new front grille should be at the body shop on Monday so they can paint that piece up (and give me the car without the top piece for now). I could have had them order the MSP grille pre-painted but I decided to just get the P5 grille and have them paint it so I could be sure it would match.

I'll ask them about painting a couple interior bits to match the silver as well (like the shifter and radio surrounds that I painted sunlight silver but didn't do a good job on).
 
Kansei said:
Very nice SATimko.. should have come that way from the factory in north america IMO. My new front grille should be at the body shop on Monday so they can paint that piece up (and give me the car without the top piece for now). I could have had them order the MSP grille pre-painted but I decided to just get the P5 grille and have them paint it so I could be sure it would match.

I'll ask them about painting a couple interior bits to match the silver as well (like the shifter and radio surrounds that I painted sunlight silver but didn't do a good job on).


I need to see about doing the shifter interior piece. It's highly scratched up. I don't knwo what the PO did to this car, but I'm convinced it was never taken care of at all. Can't wait to see yours when it's done.
 
After being lazy all day, time to start this damn turbo install. Tearing it apart today, shopping for misc fluids etc, and working on wiring. w00t!!!
 
Ok, I got bored again today. What do you think of this? I used to do it all the time with my other cars, but I don't know if I'm completely sold on this...

I welcome any opinion, good or bad.
 

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SATimko said:
Ok, I got bored again today. What do you think of this? I used to do it all the time with my other cars, but I don't know if I'm completely sold on this...

I welcome any opinion, good or bad.
fogs maybe, but headlights i dont know,.......
 
a223818 said:
I clean mine when I swap from summers to winters and back. Not a Josh clean, but to remove all dirt and the tar nodules that build up over time.

Haha...my name is now used for descriptive purposes. Thanks Bruce.

Side note: Astral, Dan, and I installed the OEM appearance package (body kit) on his 8 today. Wow what a process that was. Had to remove the front and rear bumper to do it. Crazy!
 
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