Let's see your Ecoboosted vehicles!
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Thanks. I'm really happy with how it's come together. They are the stock wheels with the Appearance Package. I had a blue 09 without the ecoboost before this one. I used it to push a Focus into a Toyota. Oops. Insurance company spent 11k on that car and in the end it had a shoddy third party headlight and mismatched paint. My local dealer traded it for what I owed and got me in this one for the same monthly payments. I said where do I sign!
Ryan02Stang
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Woody said:
Is your MKS lower than his SHO?!?!
Ryan02Stang said:
His MKS has H&R springs. See above. I'm sure the SHO is stock ride height.
Both are great looking cars!
I was shocked when pulling my MKS into the garage this weekend to hear it scrape the 3rd cat on the concrete lip into my garage. I really want to lower it for aesthetics, but that would make it impossible to get in the garage.
For reference, my lowered fox body Mustang doesn't hit and neither does my wife's little Honda Fit.
Guess that part of the exhaust is just in the wrong spot for the exact pitch of my driveway/garage. The MKS looks like a 4x4. Shocked me when it scraped. The cat doesn't look low, but...
Ryan02Stang
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Is the third cat the big one in the middle of the car?sholxgt said:
I can see that thing when walking up to my MLS in a parking lot!
Thanks!
I researched the net for hours trying to determine how to get rid of hard water spots.
Distilled white vinegar was suggested, but only if the spots were recent. Since I got my car a year old with 27,000 miles, I guessed the spots were embedded in the surface. That called for a wax with a cleaning agent, and a polish if that didn't work. I decided to do both (polish followed by wax with cleaner).
My arms felt like rubber when I was done. lol
I researched the net for hours trying to determine how to get rid of hard water spots.
Distilled white vinegar was suggested, but only if the spots were recent. Since I got my car a year old with 27,000 miles, I guessed the spots were embedded in the surface. That called for a wax with a cleaning agent, and a polish if that didn't work. I decided to do both (polish followed by wax with cleaner).
My arms felt like rubber when I was done. lol
I had CQuart finest by CarPro put on my car 3 years ago after a 2 stage paint correction. Basically coats the car with a poymerizing Quartz that bonds to the paint... It can only be removed mechanically... Rates a 2 on the MOHs hardness scale.,It still looks like a new car despite being my DD and sitting in the AZ sun. There are a couple of others. CQuart warrants the car finish for 2 years if you have a dealer install... About$250. Consumer kit is cheaper. Takes about 50cc to put 2 coats on a SHO. I have never waxed. I decontaminate the paint with Iron-X in a foam cannon 2-3 times a year and use reload. No other paint product needed if you go this way... And no jelly arms.sholxgt said:
Here's a link to the write up my detail guy posted telling the story, before and after details, and showing how much damage happens to the paint on a new car sitting on the dealer lot:
http://www.meguiarsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?60364-Phoenix-Detail-2013-SHO-Taurus-Water-spots-sanding-marks-CQuartz-Finest#BEdcCikxhm4hBXIe.97
Here's the thread here: http://www.ecoboostperformanceforum.com/index.php/topic,1496.msg94333.html#msg94333
ilikethayt
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^looks great! :thumb:
