Northern Virginia Roll Call

Well, these showed up today. Waiting on the rest of the parts to show up then its install time. @HeadStrong Off-Road thanks for the quick shipping was surprised how fast these showed up.

 

Hm @ChadsPride is lurking

 

I cant blame him.... we're pretty entertaining....



hence:

 

You wont get a good detail in this area for under $250

 

$150 a day X 260 work days in a year = $39000 pre tax. That's IF they get a client every day. Cost of living is much higher than that around here.

 

in all fairness... they are a detailer.... that is not exactly "highly skilled labor" in most cases (now I totally understand there are high end detailers that are very "skilled" and they have been doing it for 25 years, but, for the most part, $40k a year detailing cars is actually on the "higher" end....

detailers at dealerships usually make $30k-$35k a year

 

But they don't have to pay for rent, soap, water, wax, and clay bars.

 

Well if condos werent 450k and townhomes 650k around here it would be cheaper

 

This

 

no I totally agree.... if you have your own detail shop, then yea I'd expect a higher cost....

I guess I'm just looking for a dealership detail

yea seriously. haha.... I almost died when my wife started showing me houses out here....

that's largely part of the reason I chose to buy in WV and make the 1 hour commute.

 

Considering my truck is always getting scratched up I think I would rather try my hand at learning to detail. I have come close a few times to buying a good polisher, but got just a few more projects left to finish. I know I won't have the eye that they do, but I would rather invest 4-500 in my own polisher, pads, and compound over giving it to some guy although I'm sure their work warrants it. Now if I had some blinded out Mercedes then I'm sure I would approach it differently, but that's how it goes when you daily a wheeler.

 

I think you just got a great deal! 200+ is pretty normal.

 

The HF one really is awesome!

 

The first thing I did with my Gen 3 is wax it. It makes it so much easier to keep it clean since mud and dirt just runs off of it. My plan is to keep waxing it about 4 times a year to keep the protection on.

 

I was gonna go all out and get a rupes Bigfoot as I hear that is one of the safest for a beginner and want one to last. I'm sure I will snag one either at the end of this year or next year.

 

I'm probably not going to make it. I talked to my buddy, and he's heading over to hangout tomorrow.

A decent fluid transfer pump as you don't have a lot of room to maneuver the bottle to pour. My first diff/trans fluid change I made it work without one, but it was a massive pain in the ass. The second time, I killed two pumps (identical looking pumps from HF and VatoZone). The third time, I bought

$44 LUMAX LX-1344 Black Hand Transfer Pump. Designed to Pump Most Non-Corrosive Fluids. Ideal for Transferring Fluids from one Container to The Other and for draining Oils and Other Fluids.

this one from Amazon, and it worked great. Maybe by the end of the year, it will be time for round 4.

 

Tomm night might be doable let me check with HH6 and see!

 

Hell yea!

@Arcticelf

 

A nut and a welder

 

that's the same one I have that's a good deal man.