Which sideskirts with Caractere?

[Stampfan]

Re: Which sideskirts with Caractere?

Just curious if you guys do anything special with your side skirts to prevent rusting. In our climate, without completely sealing around it with silicon or something, you'd think salt would creep in any little crevice just waiting to create rust.

Any low car I've ever owned that got rust got it right behind the door just in front of the rear wheel well where salt and debris accumulate. You'd think that with a low-riding car and an aftermarket side skirt rust could be a problem if you plan on keeping the car more than a year or two. Perhaps even from inside the paneling on side skirts where you put new wholes with screws.

[Kor]

Re: Which sideskirts with Caractere?

Just curious if you guys do anything special with your side skirts to prevent rusting. In our climate, without completely sealing around it with silicon or something, you'd think salt would creep in any little crevice just waiting to create rust.

Any low car I've ever owned that got rust got it right behind the door just in front of the rear wheel well where salt and debris accumulate. You'd think that with a low-riding car and an aftermarket side skirt rust could be a problem if you plan on keeping the car more than a year or two. Perhaps even from inside the paneling on side skirts where you put new wholes with screws.

Well, I wash my car twice a week, and I do a good job (never drive-thru). This takes care of most of the salt and sand. I also think Mk4's probably aren't too prone to rust. A lot of the body and wheel wells etc that are exposed to the elements is plastic. All of the body panels and valences already on the car have cracks and crevices between them, but they're okay...

We'll see. I guess I could find out by asking at Rudy's.

[R_Ethug]

Re: Which sideskirts with Caractere?

yea i wash not once not twice but thrice a week! lol sometimes 4 if i get really ADDish about it..

[Simon]

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yea i wash not once not twice but thrice a week! lol sometimes 4 if i get really ADDish about it..

thats excessive. you need ritalin.

i wash once a week in calgary, the weather is too unpredictable these days.

although, ill admit, in manitoba during summer where its 35° every day of the week, ill probably wash it twice maybe thrice a week just to get the road dust off.

[liquid]

Re: Which sideskirts with Caractere?

I keep hearing you shouldn't wash your car more than two times a week. Not sure if this is a myth or what.....

[Simon]

Re: Which sideskirts with Caractere?

I keep hearing you shouldn't wash your car more than two times a week. Not sure if this is a myth or what.....

i think that has everything to do with how often you drive the car. and in what conditions. because a wash is no different from driving in the rain right, so saying that driving in the rain more than twice a week is harmful? i dunno about that.

[Pat]

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I keep hearing you shouldn't wash your car more than two times a week. Not sure if this is a myth or what.....

Well if you think about it, everytime you dry your car you are going to scratch it a little bit, it is impossible not to. So if you want to speed up the deterioration of your paint then washing it more often would help.

[Billip]

Re: Which sideskirts with Caractere?

I think keeping it well waxed would eliminate some of the problems with washing too much.

[PuppageVW]

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Ya, I don't think washing a car 3-4 times a week is necessarily a great idea unless you wax it once a month

[R_Ethug]

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i do wax and will now glaze/wax monthly.. clay every 6-8.. i'm going to clay probably before FFH

[Kor]

Re: Which sideskirts with Caractere?

Lets just say "The Deci$ion Has Been Made"



Thanks all

Big package from AMI Motorsports came in today.

Fast shipping, great service. Thumbs up for AMI!

[Derick]

Re: Which sideskirts with Caractere?

Big package from AMI Motorsports came in today.

Fast shipping, great service. Thumbs up for AMI!

So where's the pics

Yeah, when my Oetti stuff came from Germany I swear the box was big enough to hold a Maytag refrigerator. I had to unpack everything at the shippers to get it to fit in my car

[R_Ethug]

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lol.. speaking of big boxes this chick i was out with earlier this week DAAAMN.. um nevermind lol.

yea my pzwo stuff came in a damn box i swore it was a coffin at my doorstep

[Simon]

Re: Which sideskirts with Caractere?

you think your packages were big? i forgot to tell you guys what I got in the mail.

[Derick]

Re: Which sideskirts with Caractere?

Cool, you got a new mountain bike!!!