ddruz
Member
Leeward - Very possibly. Do you have a white S?Ddruz, was that you who passed me on the North Shore yesterday? Waving madly and smiling as I passed?
You can install our site as a web app on your iOS device by utilizing the Add to Home Screen feature in Safari. Please see this thread for more details on this.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
Leeward - Very possibly. Do you have a white S?Ddruz, was that you who passed me on the North Shore yesterday? Waving madly and smiling as I passed?
After Market Paint Armor
I had a custom after market paint armor job done by Auto Trim Hawaii, Sean Jones owner: paint armor on full hood, front bumper, front fenders and mirror backs plus black matted the chrome strips under the doors. Sean used the same film, Avery Nono-Fusion, on my car that Tesla uses for their factory installed paint armor. It comes with a lifetime warranty when he installs it.
I wanted to report the workmanship was superb and the price very reasonable.
Auto Trim Hawaii installed the paint armor for Tesla on the initial Model S's here before Tesla started doing them all at the factory. Sean told me he would install paint armor on any Model S per the factory templates (which he has) for a bit less than the $950 plus tax that Tesla charges for factory installation. IMO that's a great deal and I wanted to pass the info along.
I like the idea of having the paint armor done locally in case there are any bubbles (I had a few) that need fixing or other problems. You can also have the job customized to include the full hood or more, for extra money of course, and by having it done here you can have your car Glared first if you so wish. Their contact info is AutoTrimHawaii.com or 845-8746.
--------------
For those of you with silver cars, you might be interested in seeing the results of black matting the chrome strips under the doors. To my eye those chrome strips are close enough to the color of a silver Model S that it makes the doors look too long whereas on all the other colors they nicely delineate the bottom of the door. Of course this is in the eye of the beholder. Before and after pics:
View attachment 24971
View attachment 24972
I agree. I think the wipers just drag. I haven't used anything on the windshield and starting today, my wipers were tacky even with a decent amount of rain on the windshield.
I use the Nano Shock on my windshield. No streaks, rain slides off, and no wiper drag.
Same thing happened with my wipers. On light rain, it drags, but works fine if there's little more than a drizzle. I haven't put anything on the windshield, but maybe I'll try waxing it.noticed my wipers dragging yesterday during a light rain. Thought it was just because they were new, but sounds like a common thing.
After Market Paint Armor
I had a custom after market paint armor job done by Auto Trim Hawaii, Sean Jones owner: paint armor on full hood, front bumper, front fenders and mirror backs plus black matted the chrome strips under the doors. Sean used the same film, Avery Nono-Fusion, on my car that Tesla uses for their factory installed paint armor. It comes with a lifetime warranty when he installs it.
<snip>
I noticed the wiper drag early on too, but just thought it might be an issue with my car (maybe some salt or lime built up on the glass in transit or something). I went to PakShak for advice and they recommended using MX-7 for the glass but I also told them I like the water to just sheet off when it rains (like when you use Rain-X). They recommended the polish you see next to the MX-7. I didn't even get around to using the MX-7 yet because I put on the G5 on the glass and no more sticking problem and water sheets off nicely. I often don't have to use wipers at all anymore (as JKam said, with the right amount of rain it just sheets off). It's been on for over a month and we've had quite a bit of intermittent rain and still works great. I recommend it. You just have to apply it and buff it off.
Who knows? I'm not ready to do it. Maybe we can get Mikey to do it.
$1250 + tax for paint armor of full hood, front bumper, front fenders, mirror backs plus black matte wrap chrome under doorsWow, that looks great! Nice touch with blacking out the chrome underneath. How much was the full hood and the blacking out of the chrome, if you don't mind me asking?
Found this on snopes.com. Fish oil is just a rumor and not all uses are true. http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/wd-40.asp
$1250 + tax for paint armor of full hood, front bumper, front fenders, mirror backs plus black matte wrap chrome under doors
@StephenM - Thanks for the scoop on the G5. I'll try it.
Yes. Happy 4th of July everyone!! :smile:Happy 4th everyone!
hawaiiskibum, You owe us pictures. Only Red one we have seen, and you didn't post pictures of Ruby Red 2. Come on now. Get hoppin' we want see her.