R56 WTF IS THIS?!
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WTF IS THIS?!
This really gets me out their. Well when i got home today from chicago went out in the mini. Earlier this night i see some stuff on my hood that looks like dried coke or oil or something blackish. I wipe it off with ICE by turtle then it just wipes away, but then when i am looking at it in different light i see spots where it was where it has possibly eaten away at the paint! So then i try some wax and that didnt work either! Is their any way i can get this out? or should i just buy a new Cooper S hood? Then earlier this night standing behind my car to help my friend who blew out his tranny racing, looking for an allen wrench stood too close to the exhaust then AHHHHHHH!!! the exhaust burnt the flesh off of my leg what next!
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The burn is a common thing, I just know to stand to the side.
The stuff on the hood? Cosmoline--can't do anything about that. I have it on both sides of my hood. Not going to get it fixed until the rest of the hot-season is over so as not to have to redo it again.
Still love my car to death. 1.5 months old, 2222 miles, plenty of little quirks, none big enough to make me even doubt the purchase.
The stuff on the hood? Cosmoline--can't do anything about that. I have it on both sides of my hood. Not going to get it fixed until the rest of the hot-season is over so as not to have to redo it again.
Still love my car to death. 1.5 months old, 2222 miles, plenty of little quirks, none big enough to make me even doubt the purchase.
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No recall notice issued in Canada, as far as I know.
BTW, I think it's a British car thing. My '69 MGB has "branded" me several times over the many years I've owned it. Right leg scar = MINI, left leg = MG.
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Don't be too proud - - I did it with my JustaCooper a year ago, just after I got it. Nasty!
No recall notice issued in Canada, as far as I know.
BTW, I think it's a British car thing. My '69 MGB has "branded" me several times over the many years I've owned it. Right leg scar = MINI, left leg = MG.
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No recall notice issued in Canada, as far as I know.
BTW, I think it's a British car thing. My '69 MGB has "branded" me several times over the many years I've owned it. Right leg scar = MINI, left leg = MG.
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since nobody has bothered to say it.....you don't "fix" flaws in the paint with wax or detailer.....and why on earth would it be cosmoline? based on the OP description, he didn't describe cosmoline....and there was no indication that this was at a new delivery. Was it vandalized? I don't know....but
If there is something that has been on the car, the first question is if the contamination is persisting on the surface, wash the car and use a clay bar and some paint cleaner....if there still appears to be something there then use some polishing compound, followed by some meguires scratch X, several apps of each......do some reading in the detailing forums (I am not a detailing pro)....if etching is still persistent then you can have a pro hit it with a buffer. If that doesnt get rid of the flaws... Then and only then should you talk of a new hood
If there is something that has been on the car, the first question is if the contamination is persisting on the surface, wash the car and use a clay bar and some paint cleaner....if there still appears to be something there then use some polishing compound, followed by some meguires scratch X, several apps of each......do some reading in the detailing forums (I am not a detailing pro)....if etching is still persistent then you can have a pro hit it with a buffer. If that doesnt get rid of the flaws... Then and only then should you talk of a new hood
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My friend burned herself on my MC tip the other night. Wasn't that bad though. I noticed that most MC tips don't really stick out, but for some reason mine sticks out 4-5 inches outside the bumper.
I had a spot in the middle of the hood that I was really worried about, but it came out with wax. I think it was tree sap.
I had a spot in the middle of the hood that I was really worried about, but it came out with wax. I think it was tree sap.
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