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Hey MrFunk, as I believe I've noted previously — your car looks great (as does your garage for that matter). I noticed in the car cover thread that you mentioned you spent 20 hours on paint correction. I'm curious to know if you have detailed your car care (paint care) methods elsewhere on the forum? If so then maybe you could point me there with a link. If not, perhaps you could share more details at some point down the road. Thanks!
Yep - year round. My cars get hand bathed even in the dead of winter.
It's always best to wash out of direct sunlight and wind etc if possible.
It looks like you have drywall. How do you manage to wash it without getting the drywall wet? I'm guessing you have enough space and drainage where you can pull the car in towards the middle to avoid this? Just curious.
Hey MrFunk, as I believe I've noted previously — your car looks great (as does your garage for that matter). I noticed in the car cover thread that you mentioned you spent 20 hours on paint correction. I'm curious to know if you have detailed your car care (paint care) methods elsewhere on the forum? If so then maybe you could point me there with a link. If not, perhaps you could share more details at some point down the road. Thanks!
I haven't documented it here.
My car care regime is pretty basic I think. Washes with 3 bucket system (1 for wheels, 2 for paint). I use quality products (Adam's is a favorite) and I do all I can to minimize contact with paint to cause swirls etc. So I typically don't need to do paint correction often (perhaps once every few years. I'll clay my winter cars once or twice a year and the s2k maybe will need a clay once every 2 years. As for paint correction, I start with a chemical decontamination - typically iron-x - then will clay then depending on how bad will go through a step corrective process. Products of choice are menzerna polishing compounds and I run a Flex direct drive rotary polisher. Less is more really... The back bumper needed wet sanding which was a first but came out perfectly. I've picked up some tips and tricks off youtube - one of my favorites is Car Cleaning Guru - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFj...GjTNsEhjaBG01A
Would be glad to share more when appropriate.
It looks like you have drywall. How do you manage to wash it without getting the drywall wet? I'm guessing you have enough space and drainage where you can pull the car in towards the middle to avoid this? Just curious.
I actually painted the walls with exterior paint which is water resistant. I don't hardly ever get water on the walls though - only sometimes I'll get a bit of over spray from my foam canon but it doesn't penetrate the paint. The ceiling is not protected (painted with normal interior paint) but I've never gotten any water up there.
I can actually wash the S2k in the garage beside my other car if it's raining and I don't want to pull a car out in the rain otherwise I typically will have the car centered in the garage for space. I'll crack the door or garage screen to let the water out as I'm washing and after if there's leftover water I just squeegee it out - it's nothing fancy but it works and gives me privacy. I also just bought a garage screen so I can close that and the bugs don't come in...
There are pics above of the car in the garage being washed.
I live about a mile from there and I've thought about storing my S at that place but I saved a few hundred dollars by storing it in a friend's unheated garage. Why not store it in your nice garage? I feel like Minnesota doesn't have long period of days where it fluctuates between thawing and freezing so condensation isn't a big concern. At the price they're asking on their site, it's very reasonable and I would reconsider again next year.
I live about a mile from there and I've thought about storing my S at that place but I saved a few hundred dollars by storing it in a friend's unheated garage. Why not store it in your nice garage? I feel like Minnesota doesn't have long period of days where it fluctuates between thawing and freezing so condensation isn't a big concern. At the price they're asking on their site, it's very reasonable and I would reconsider again next year.
My garage at home is in fact heated and I would absolutely love to store it there however we have 3 vehicles and only 2 stalls and once temps drop my wife's car needs to come in the garage (hence needing to get the S out and into this facility).
I agree - their pricing is reasonable. I pay $800 for both my S and scooter for up to 6 months. I'd rather pay nothing but what can I do. I do save some by reducing insurance to comprehensive only during the winter.
For compare - Scooterville charges $300 for just 1 scooter winter storage. These guys do the scooter for $100 for the winter.
Picked her up this morning from storage...
Man this thing is a hoot to drive! Forgot how fun and raw it is to drive!
We're building a new house this year so hopefully will be able to store in my own garage next winter season... but who wants to think of winter again - spring it here!
Spent much of today installing the coils. Wasn't particularly difficult...
I spent quite a bit of time setting up the springs so that I'd have the same ride height as I did before but oddly every corner was off by a different amount so had to do some separate tweaking per corner to get it right... unsure if they will settle more or not but I'm guessing I'll have 1 more very minor adjustment after I drive it again and things settle.
I initially set the dampening at 7 clicks as I read some other's reviews that 7 was perfect but it was WAY too stiff. I'm not sure who would like driving around with the suspension like that... I dialed it back to 20 clicks but have only a couple blocks of windshield time with that setting... but it felt much better. I'll get out later tonight and put some miles on it to see how I like it and may make a few tweaks while I'm out (it's quite easy to adjust). The shocks are a lot lighter than the OEM's too.
