On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 07:46:18 -0800, Skyslider wrote:

> On Jan 25, 5:25 pm, Pink Freud®© <drive-in-
> lobotom...@trepanation.calm> wrote:
>> On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:53:18 -0800, lassie81623 wrote:
>> > I just bought the new Liberty 08 with the Skyslider feature. I had a
>> > hell of a time finding one. What's up with that. I am curious about
>> > the 17 inch Victory rims. They are "aluminum painted". Is this powder
>> > coated..or?
>>
>> I wouldn't take this to the bank, as I'm not a jeeper, but it seems that
>> they are cast-aluminum wheels with an added overcoat of 'sparkle silver'
>> paint. (Probably a clear coat as well.....)
>>
>> http://www.jeep.com/en/2008/liberty/.../tires_wheels/
>>
>> > What are the best detailing products to use in general and the rag top
>> > in particular?
>>
>> Either Meguiers or Mothers for almost anything. Not sure about the ragtop
>> fabric, though.
>>
>> > The car is black BTW.
>>
>> If you have any black plastic or vinyl exterior trim or accessories,
>> Mopar's is generally terrible (most especially the smooth trim parts) and
>> tends to discolour easily.
>>
>> This is the best I've found so far to clean it up:
>>
>> http://www.microfiber-products-online.com/06108mp.html
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> PF
>>
>> --
>> "The Internet interprets censorship as damage and routes around it".
>
> It does help..and yea the rim is aluminum finish with the sparkle
> finish...so do I use aluminum wheel cleaner...or?
> I pulled up Mcquires site and they have 100 products.....

Well, I briefly had a set of powder- and clear-coat wheels, and I used one
of Meguiers 'wheel-shine' products' and it worked great, and did no
damage or anything, so you certainly /can/. Using the same stuff now on my
current set of nearly $1000-each set and it works even better. Meaning,
IOW, you may not /need/ to use a special wheel cleaner at all, but you
certainly can, and it will look very cool.

;^)

>
>
> FYI or anyone wanting the SS feature-take heed. Chrysler has them back
> ordered for months and dealers are doing a classic bait n' switch. If a
> dealer says he can get you a basic sport model with skyslider- in a
> couple days-that's likely BS. At least in SoCal anyway. then they switch
> you to a sunroof instead.
>
> One fellow asked me if I wanted to "make a bid" on one and I told him to
> get lost.
> I suppose he has some idiots paying 35K for a Liberty with the roof.

First it was the Prowler. Now, with the new Challenger coming out (only 1
per dealer at this point), and the new Camero in the wings along with a
few other cars, dealer over-bidding is going to get much, much more common.

One dealer recently had a Challenger (which hadn't even arrived yet)
listed on eBay, with a reserve of $15,000 over sticker. It sold, but I
never checked back to see what the bloodsucker actually got for it.

The next big one will be the new 'Vette ZR1, which starts @ a cool
$100,000 and will likely be another limited-production car.

Some folks are gonna rake in some big bux.

And some folks are gonna pay big bux.


PF



> Skyslider

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Skyslider wrote:
> On Jan 25, 8:16 pm, Jeff DeWitt <JeffDeW...@nc.rr.com> wrote:
>> lassie81...@mypacks.net wrote:
>>> I just bought the new Liberty 08 with the Skyslider feature. I had a
>>> hell of a time finding one. What's up with that. I am curious about
>>> the 17 inch Victory rims. They are "aluminum painted". Is this powder
>>> coated..or?
>>> What are the best detailing products to use in general and the rag top
>>> in particular? The car is black BTW.
>>> Skyslider
>> That Skytop... er Skyslider looks like a pretty cool feature, but as you
>> might imagine there is nothing new under the sun <G>.
>>
>> http://hometown.aol.com/r1skytop/myhomepage/index.html
>>
>> Jeff DeWitt
>
> I was talking about that with a friend Jeff...you are right. Early
> ones were leather I guess. Maybe you recall the early 60's VW beetles
> with removable canvas roof.
>
> Skyslider

There is some company in Europe that makes (or made) that roof as an
assembly, I THINK the VW roof was an actual canvas roof but I know
Mercedes and Peugeot used the same basic roof. As a matter of fact
Studebaker probably got the idea from Mercedes because they were the US
distributer for Mercedes in the early 60's. That's also where they got
the idea for the Lark and Hawk grills of that era too.

 

>> Skyslider
> I'll second Mother's products. I've used "Back to Black" on my '04 TJ's
> fender extensions and Mother's Plastic Polish for the windows on the soft
> top.
>
> --
> FRH


I'll agree with the Back to Black for the fender flares. We used that on our
TJ flares with good results and plan to keep using it on the new JK's
flares.
Les
'07 Wrangler X 2 door 6 speed

 

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<lassie81623@mypacks.net> wrote in message
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> I just bought the new Liberty 08 with the Skyslider feature. I had a
> hell of a time finding one. What's up with that. I am curious about
> the 17 inch Victory rims. They are "aluminum painted". Is this powder
> coated..or?
>
> What are the best detailing products to use in general and the rag top
> in particular? The car is black BTW.
>
> Skyslider



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