Converting a Razor 3 to a rain bar

[APW]

I use a low and high for the presoak only through the arch. The only thing that goes through the Flex Pods are sealants.

 

[APW]

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[soonermajic]

Ooks good, but LEDs are too dull. But they're too dull on my Ryko SoftGloss also.

 

[Eric H]

Ooks good, but LEDs are too dull. But they're too dull on my Ryko SoftGloss also.

If they were bright enough to look amazing during the day they would probably burn out your retina’s at night.
I leave my bay lights on 24/7 in my IBAs. During the day they are still fairly dark but at night it is almost too bright.

 

[OurTown]

If they were bright enough to look amazing during the day they would probably burn out your retina’s at night.
I leave my bay lights on 24/7 in my IBAs. During the day they are still fairly dark but at night it is almost too bright.

I have thought about that before and it would be nice if they had a day and a night mode. If they were not dimmable then maybe they could wire every other LED "bulb" so they only run half at night and all during the day. Of course they would cost even more money than they already are because they would have to use brighter LEDs.

 

[Eric H]

...so they only run half at night and all during the day.

I was thinking about that last week. It sounds crazy to tell the electrician “I want all of the lights on during the day but only half at night”
I do turn off half of my SS bay lights from 11pm-5:30am. they are still bright enough to wash even with 1 350w LED equivalent. When we had 250 metal halide bulbs they weren’t as bright with all of the lights on.

 

[copperglobe]

Those that have converted from foam-n-flow to a rain bar still liking it? I've got two automatics and it's a constant adjustment to keep the FNF going. Any customers notice?

The FNF pipe fills from the driver's side to the passenger's side and the pump just can't quite keep up to fill the entire pipe all the way across like it should. I'm about ready to make it just rain bar.

 

[Roz]

If FNF is not filling you may have another issue that needs to be addressed. Pressure or a clog.

To keep our FNF nice most of the time we do a FNF flush once a month or whenever we notice that some of the holes for the FNF are not allowing chemical to come out.

Seems to work. That being said I agree with overall issues mentioned in this thread that FNF is a work to keep looking like the WW video. I expect better from them.

 

[APW]

I'm very happy that I converted mine to rain bars. The coverage is a lot better and the customers never said a thing after I converted it.

 

[DiamondWash]

The ONLY way I have found to make a perfect curtain with the FNF is either using more chemical or an ultra concentrated chemical otherwise yeah I'm in the same boat with making adjustments and the rain bar conversion looks to be a set it and forget it design.

 

[Waxman]

The foam and flow feature seems like one of those features that the operators care more about than the customers.

 

[I.B. Washincars]

The foam and flow feature seems like one of those features that the operators care more about than the customers.

Exactly...same as wax, clear coat conditioner, clear coat protectant, tri-foam, drying agent, or whatever other wax type product is sprayed on. The only one that matters is the tri-foam, because that's the one they can see and it's just WAX, in their minds.