well, i guess it's time for a repost, in the new forums!
i adopted bubbles on september 7, 2005, and i'm in love. best car i've ever owned. heck, she's the nicest thing i've ever owned!
2002 White GLS TDI. Manual transmission, beige leather, Monsoon soundsystem with Panasonic cd changer.
i haven't done any mods yet, but i plan to get a denison icelink and an ipod soon. i also want to get a metal skid plate, and am considering an EGR mod and new injectors. i also learned after my latest road trip that i need tint, badly. i think i'm going to go as dark as the law will allow. also, after cracking a fog lens on the road trip, i'm going to be purchasing some lexan fog light covers, in clear. the amber's just not for me.
i also need some stickers or something to personalize her. on the glass only of course.
clearly, i missed a spot here when i was cleaning the car!! i went after it today with the paint cleaner though, and it's much better now!
you can see my friend jenni's mini cooper s in the background of this one. while her husband and our friend wes slept, the girls were outside cleaning the cars!
here's her namesake, bubbles the powerpuff girl, hanging from the rearview. the flower in my vase is actually a pen that my friend jenni made for me when she heard that i was getting a beetle!
more pictures here.
i'll be taking some more pictures tomorrow, as a lot of work was done today. once again, the girls were outside working on the cars while the boys were inside relaxing. i used mcguire's deep crystal three step system today: paint cleaner, polish and carnuba wax. it was a lot of work, but the results were well worth it. since i've only had the car for a few weeks, i had no idea how well the exterior had been cared for, so i wanted to start off clean. also, since i did some paint chip touch up on tuesday, i bought some rubbing compound and some polishing compound (both turtle wax) and used it on the touch ups. i also used the polishing compound on some scratches, and what a difference! i am in love with this stuff! there were a few spots that didn't disapear, but most of them did.
she looks so good now. she's glowing!! this was the first time i was actually able to wax her, since i was either out of town or it rained every weekend since i've had her. i'm so glad i got to do this. but, it did take all day. and i got a sunburn. hurricane in houston, but in austin, i get a sunburn!
so, anyway, more pictures tomorrow. i tell you what, since i got this car, i've really wished for a garage of my own. not so much so i can park here there, but so that i can store all my car stuff at my place!!
i adopted bubbles on september 7, 2005, and i'm in love. best car i've ever owned. heck, she's the nicest thing i've ever owned!
2002 White GLS TDI. Manual transmission, beige leather, Monsoon soundsystem with Panasonic cd changer.
i haven't done any mods yet, but i plan to get a denison icelink and an ipod soon. i also want to get a metal skid plate, and am considering an EGR mod and new injectors. i also learned after my latest road trip that i need tint, badly. i think i'm going to go as dark as the law will allow. also, after cracking a fog lens on the road trip, i'm going to be purchasing some lexan fog light covers, in clear. the amber's just not for me.
i also need some stickers or something to personalize her. on the glass only of course.
clearly, i missed a spot here when i was cleaning the car!! i went after it today with the paint cleaner though, and it's much better now!
you can see my friend jenni's mini cooper s in the background of this one. while her husband and our friend wes slept, the girls were outside cleaning the cars!
here's her namesake, bubbles the powerpuff girl, hanging from the rearview. the flower in my vase is actually a pen that my friend jenni made for me when she heard that i was getting a beetle!
more pictures here.
i'll be taking some more pictures tomorrow, as a lot of work was done today. once again, the girls were outside working on the cars while the boys were inside relaxing. i used mcguire's deep crystal three step system today: paint cleaner, polish and carnuba wax. it was a lot of work, but the results were well worth it. since i've only had the car for a few weeks, i had no idea how well the exterior had been cared for, so i wanted to start off clean. also, since i did some paint chip touch up on tuesday, i bought some rubbing compound and some polishing compound (both turtle wax) and used it on the touch ups. i also used the polishing compound on some scratches, and what a difference! i am in love with this stuff! there were a few spots that didn't disapear, but most of them did.
she looks so good now. she's glowing!! this was the first time i was actually able to wax her, since i was either out of town or it rained every weekend since i've had her. i'm so glad i got to do this. but, it did take all day. and i got a sunburn. hurricane in houston, but in austin, i get a sunburn!
so, anyway, more pictures tomorrow. i tell you what, since i got this car, i've really wished for a garage of my own. not so much so i can park here there, but so that i can store all my car stuff at my place!!