Originally Posted by dboz (Post 495093)

Nice write up! Your joy came through very well. ENJOY! I am sure you will remember that car forever.

Originally Posted by brzranger (Post 495097)

Did you save the plastic wrap for memorabilia?

Originally Posted by DIM (Post 495109)

Well worth the wait huh? And awesome detail job. :thumbsup: what are you planning for your first mod?

I can see your a Toyota family. You have a Prius, 4Runner and now an FR-S? Is that all you guys you own?

Were pretty similar lol. I drive a Celica GT-S (soon to be an FR-S hopefully :lol: ), and my family owns a '97 Previa S/C, '03 Tundra, '03 IS300 and my bro's '09 Corolla Xrs.

Originally Posted by boucher (Post 495125)

Congrats on having something that you and your dad will both enjoy!!!

Originally Posted by _hollywood (Post 495164)

A great father son bonding experience would be a huge smoky donut together, i did the same with my dad in mine and we are closer than ever now:burnrubber:

Lol

Just like a majority of members on here, I waited three years for the production of this car. After the release in June, I didn't think I was ever going to get one, but my dad started showing interest in the car; until in August, we were ready to buy one, but we either backed out because it wasn't the right color/transmission or because it had forced dealer equipment. So my dad and I had one pre-allocated at our dealership with no known date of arrival. We kept waiting for about 2 months.

On 10-11-12 I heard my garage open with an unfamiliar, yet familiar, exhaust note. My dad usually drives a 4runner, and the exhaust note I heard definitely was not that of a 4runner. So--being curious and skeptical--I checked downstairs to see if my instincts were correct, and to my surprise they were!!

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Our brand new FR-S was right there in front of my eyes! My dad had surprised me with the arrival of it! It was a very weird feeling, and it was almost like a dream, especially considering that this car is my dream car.

Our VIN ends in 86 ;)

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Getting it from our dealership was awesome, there were no forced equipment and we have a fully base FR-S with the only options being the wheel locks and carpeted trunk mat.

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Of course, for a special car like this, I HAD to do the first wash and detail so my dad, knowing me, requested all the service guys at the dealership to only do the PDI, without a wash or taking any of the plastic off.

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To me a new car is not exciting unless you get a completely dirty car with all of the protection film and plastic!!

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The next day I began what would be a 10-hour detailing and cleaning job. First I took off the temporary protection film--which was pretty fun and special because it felt like I was unwrapping one huge Christmas gift :)

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After inspecting the car for any trouble spots, I went on to the start the actual wash, the picture followed by this is a picture of me and the first stream of water EVER to the car!

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I gave it a nice soak to remove all the sitting dried up dirt and did the soaping after everything looked clear. It was perfect weather for washing a car because it was cloudy!

After the wash and dry my dad moved it into the garage (I don't know manual transmission yet) and he went to work. I got my blow dryer to dry out the small parts of the car and the weather strips. Then I wiped parts of the engine bay. Then I prepared the car for the interior cleaning which consisted of vacuuming, cleaning the interior side of the windows, and installing the floor mats.

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Following that, I cleaned the exterior side of the windows. There were a lot of hard water spots so I used rain-x to get rid of them, and I used Turtle Wax's bug and tar remover to get rid of the adhesive from warning labels and what not.

After that, It was time to prepare the car for the waxing. I got my 3M painter's tape to cover up all the plastic trim and the small cracks of the car.

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The surface was ready to receive wax, no claying or polishing needed because it was fresh off the boat. I used a banana compound wax which I do not know the brand of, but it's the one they use at the car dealership and it's extremely effective; I've used it on my other two cars and it lasts long as well.

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Waxing the car was fun, and also easy because the car is so small. When I finished buffing the wax, I moved on to my final step--the wheels. I was actually afraid of waxing the wheels because of the finish, so I just put on Meguiar's Endurance tire gel, just a conservative amount because I didn't want it to spray over the car when driven.

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After that it was time to clean my mess up!

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This car means a lot to me--it's my dream car and my favorite car. It's hard to believe I have one. I have to learn stick-shift on another car before I drive this one and I can't wait! This is my and my dad's weekend toy, not to be driven on a daily basis. It's also my dad's first sports car and I'm so excited for him, all he's ever driven were 4runners and Siennas :lol:

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