Good bye old faithful, hello gorgeous

[Bunky]

Congrats! It is always nice to have something new to detail.

[Ronkh]

Congrats. Enjoy and be safe!

[Accumulator]

Civicclutch- Heh heh...I came across completely wrong! I was joking about how I can`t do mine that fast!

I gather your wife`s OK with having this for her daily.

It looks like the (light) interior and the wheels are in good shape, and those wheels look nice and easy to clean.

[Civicclutch]

Civicclutch- Heh heh...I came across completely wrong! I was joking about how I can`t do mine that fast!

I gather your wife`s OK with having this for her daily.

It looks like the (light) interior and the wheels are in good shape, and those wheels look nice and easy to clean.

She is happy to upgrade from her base lvl g6. And the interior is very clean the only seat used was driver side and she used pillows to help her see over the dash (lol). And the rims are in really great shape and hopefully by next spring to have funds to make them designated winter rims and get nicer rims for the summer.


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[Accumulator]

Civicclutch- Ah, sounds great all the way around! I know so little about G6`s that I couldn`t guess

Oh man are you lucky about that light gray interior being so clean, huh?!?

[Civicclutch]

Civicclutch- Ah, sounds great all the way around! I know so little about G6`s that I couldn`t guess

Oh man are you lucky about that light gray interior being so clean, huh?!?

That I am. I am planning on putting carpro fabric coating on the seats.


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[Accumulator]

Civicclutch- Ever use that Fabric Coating before? Could`ve used something like that in some cloth-upholstered dog-haulers!

[Civicclutch]

Civicclutch- Ever use that Fabric Coating before? Could`ve used something like that in some cloth-upholstered dog-haulers!

I have not but have read many reviews and next step is to experiment on own car


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[Civicclutch]

So I got to work on the car a bit today. I`ve been dealing with major back pain last week and a half and possibly it`s a slipped disc at the doc office as I`m updating this. I went through the 4oz of fabric coating on just the back seats this morning and this afternoon I spent bout 4 1/2 hrs washing then claying the car. It was so oxidized that when I clayed it the lube ran white lol. So here is some pics, tires first here`s the chemical decontamination soak with 3D bdx and then topped with carpro iron snow soap and here is the rubber trim around the windows and plastic trim getting cleaned with tuff shine and soft bristled tooth brush


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[Ronkh]

Having 2 blown discs..... Hope you get better soon.

[Civicclutch]

Having 2 blown discs..... Hope you get better soon.

So saw the X-ray today of my back and bottom disc has slipped forward bout 50%


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[Accumulator]

Civicclutch- Yikes, sorry to hear about your back!

On a happier note, I bet this detail is*VERY* satisfying. Heh heh, it`s just *SO* similar to my last to new-to-me vehicles, right down to the black run-off dripping down the sides...and I hear you on that white [crap] from the oxidation! The wheels look surprisingly OK...were they IRL or does it just look that way over the internet?

[Lonnie]

Just a comment about car handling in the snow:
I know it`s a BIG expense, but if you can, buy some winter-dedicated (snow-and-ice) tires for your Malibu, especially if your wife and little one will be using it on a daily basis in the winter. You and your wife will think it`s a All-Wheel Drive vehicle with those tires on it.
Yes ,Wisconsinites, for the most part, are pretty good winter drivers, given winter-driving conditions exists here about five months out of the year, so we do get a lot of "practice/experience" driving on ice and snow.

Cannot wait to see pictures of this vehicle turn-around. This Malibu is the kind of car a lot of people drive and to see an exterior/interior make-over on a daily driver is something I think detailers can all relate to (at least the "lower/middle/upper" middle working (or retired) class of the Midwest)

[Accumulator]

Just a comment about car handling in the snow:
I know it`s a BIG expense, but if you can, buy some winter-dedicated (snow-and-ice) tires...

THAT.

We even run Winter Tires on the Tahoe, with 4WD and a LS rear. Needless to say, the Quattros get `em too.

Yeah, easy for us to spend other peoples` money, but they`re cheaper than [what that can happen without them].

to see an exterior/interior make-over on a daily driver is something I think detailers can all relate to...

Noting that I`m in that "retired class" and live in the Midwest...I prefer DD make-overs to most special car details any day of the week.

[BudgetPlan1]

Mine didn`t like the snow of winter I hope the Malibu does better as it`s a heavier car with bit longer wheel base


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I`m actually not sure if I ever washed the exterior. Mighta clayed and Zaino`d it the first week it was home but that would be about it. For a while ignition key wouldn`t work well in really cold weather due to design flaw.

Yep, that Ion was a strange car...but cheap to buy new. Always bemoaned the lack of interior trunk release...until I found it by mistake one day on the freeway. Not much for reading owners manuals back then...car was pretty basic. Lowest of the low; would got without radio and a/c if I coulda.

Malibu should be fun...always nice to have a new test subject.