[Curious Joe]

Performed quarterly battery maintenance using a Battery Tender on my 2020 300s 5.7L.

 

[Curious Joe]

What do you do with battery tender to maintain battery? Is it a car that sits or are there benefits for regularly driven cars?

An actual 'smart charger' (Battery Tender brand is one) helps maintain the battery's health, even when vehicles are driven often. With a 'flooded battery' they help keep the plates clean. How? Alternators and standard battery chargers only charge to 80% for safety reasons. Smart Chargers have special circuitry that allows them to push the battery to 100% charge, helping clean the sulfates that collect on battery plates.

I perform 'maintenance charges' every quarter (usually overnight) on both of my vehicles, 300 5.7 and a Ranger Lariat. The Ranger has an AGM battery and my Battery Tender seems to help it too.

 

[Curious Joe]

Found the dashcam I received as a gift years ago, used briefly before putting in the closet. I took it out and installed in the 300 several days back. Have a Ford/Thinkware device installed in my Ranger Lariat.

 

[Curious Joe]

Weenie pic today cause why not and it's in town

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I saw this one last monday at Remount Road and Wilkinson Blvd., Charlotte, NC. Driving my Ranger Lariat.

 

[Curious Joe]

Cleaned up last tuesday - usually once per month. Cleanup Shop (new shop) added wax for the first time since delivery. 300 came from the dealer with $4,000(?) of paint treatment(?). Shop stated it was already gone from the top surfaces.

 

[Curious Joe]

300 received its October monthly cleaning recently.

 

[Curious Joe]

Thats a good lookin 300. Can't wait for my '23 C to arrive next spring. Are those the factory Brass Monkey wheels?

Yes. The 'Alloy Package' option was available from 2017 to 2020. Bronze colored wheels, exterior trim and interior stitching throughout.

 

[Curious Joe]

I let it sit in the driveway.... no movement today

Same here. Last drove 300 about 2 weeks ago for its bi-monthly top off of 93 E0, groceries, etc. 300 is up for driving duties tomorrow (local errands) so I'll connect a charger to top off the battery. Install new battery in my spare key fob....

 

[Curious Joe]

Probably not the correct place.

Does anyone know where i can get some decent Chrysler 300 Rear Louvers?

Thanks,

Can you post an image?

 

[Curious Joe]

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[Curious Joe]

Detail Shop phoned yesterday requesting I bring 300 over this morning so they could get started on the cleanup, ceramic coat prep work and application. Should be ready for pickup by Saturday at the latest.

 

[Curious Joe]

Detail Shop phoned yesterday requesting I bring 300 over this morning so they could get started on the cleanup, ceramic coat prep work and application. Should be ready for pickup by Saturday at the latest. View attachment 91758

Update: Phoned shop - they finally finished 300 this morning. They want the car to sit indoors at their shop for the rest of the day to finish 'curing'. This is a dealer detail - cleanup shop that fills their spare time with outside customer's cars. Product? Simoniz Diamond Plate Ceramic Coating.

 

[Curious Joe]

Update:

Picked up 300 from the detail shop - they had 300 for a week. Simoniz Diamond Plate Ceramic Coating applied. $900. Impressed. Dropped off my 2019 Ranger Lariat - White Platinum Tri coat - a one year only, $600 option - receiving the same treatment. Shop will need Ranger for a week - $1,300.

 

[Curious Joe]

The car looks great, can you give us an update in say a month or two to see how it holds up?

Yeah, the same shop will wash 300 when necessary. They've already stated they use a different soap/cleaner on ceramic coated cars than the normal street trade.

 

[Curious Joe]

Both cars look great, the black has a deeper mirror-like shine. can be a DIY project or dealer is a must?

If one buys product from a manufacturer who doesn't require a shop/person licensed by the manufacturer then a knowledgeable person could certainly do it themselves. I will strongly advise to look at one of many youtube videos on the subject to see the amount of work necessary to do the job right.

Example: Cilajet only sells their ceramic/graphene product to people licensed by Cilajet. However, they will sell their recommended Cilajet cleaning products to anyone. According to my shop, being 'licensed' by Simoniz to use their ceramic product is completely optional and he isn't obligated to use the Simoniz product exclusively. Shop apparently buys product from whoever has the best active promotion at the time.

 

[Curious Joe]

Yeah, the same shop will wash 300 when necessary. They've already stated they use a different soap/cleaner on ceramic coated cars than the normal street trade.

Edit: My previous Redfire Metallic 2005 Mustang GT had the previous generation Cilajet Acrylic Coating applied by the previous owner shortly after taking delivery.

I bought Mustang from him in 2011 with only 6,000 miles, totally immaculate - Mustang was garaged and covered almost continuously when not driven, which was often unfortunately - sad story.

I have no garage or carport. I hand washed Mustang and maybe waxed it once before using an automatic car wash (Autobell) for several years. I found the cleanup/detail shop I now use in late 2018. Paint was still immaculate when I sold the car in 2020 - these photos were taken about one year earlier.

 

[Curious Joe]

Thank you Robert, I looked into AlfaOBD sounds promising. I just ordered IOS compatible scanner : Bluetooth OBDLink MX+ I hope for a genuine scanner not Chinese copy. Thanks again

I bought a Foxwell OBD II scanner a few years back - have yet to take it out of the box....

 

[Curious Joe]

Drove 5000 miles in mostly nice weather. That took more than a day in case you didn't do the math.

No you didn't - tell us the truth!

 

[Curious Joe]

Quarterly battery maintenance performed (top off with Battery Tender), monthly cleaning and tires/wheels rotated.