Hello, I am a new recent member to Auto Geek Online but have been detailing for about eight months now and am pretty active on bimmerforums.com
I am curious about an adapter I recently bought for my FLEX XC 3401 VRG polisher.
To start things off, when I made my first order in October of 2009 when I ordered my FLEX XC 3401 VRG I also bought a flexible backing plate for it, because, at that time, Autogeek advertised that it would work with the FLEX XC 3401 VRG and when I received it and tried to attach it I knew that it did not look right. So I contacted Autogeek customer service and asked them about it and they were very courteous and informed me that it had been advertised wrong and that it would indeed not work with they FLEX XC 3401 VRG and I was refunded the price of the backing plate.
Fast forward to the beginning of April 2010 when I made another purchase that included the Diamondite Glasswork System Kit for Machine Application. The kit comes with an adapter for a power drill but will work with the 5/8"x11 dual action polisher adapter that costs $4.99. On the Autogeek page for the DA adapter it says that it can be used with "the Meguiars Dual Action Polisher G110, Porter Cable 7424XP, and the FLEX XC 3401 VRG Orbital Polisher." I used the adapter once with my FLEX and I thought it felt a little unsafe and it looked like it was not made to 'adapt' with the FLEX; the inside of the head is completely exposed. It is also hard to install; I had to use to small crescent wrenches to tighten it down. Now, this adapter attaches the same way as the flexible backing plate I metioned earlier. The only reason I was able to use the DA adapter was because there was about an two inches where I could slide two wrenches to tighten it to the FLEX.
My question is, am I using the DA adapter the correct way and has anyone else used one on a FLEX XC 3401 VRG before and what are your thoughts on this? I have attached pictures below of the DA adapter and backing plate on the FLEX.
Feed back please
I am curious about an adapter I recently bought for my FLEX XC 3401 VRG polisher.
To start things off, when I made my first order in October of 2009 when I ordered my FLEX XC 3401 VRG I also bought a flexible backing plate for it, because, at that time, Autogeek advertised that it would work with the FLEX XC 3401 VRG and when I received it and tried to attach it I knew that it did not look right. So I contacted Autogeek customer service and asked them about it and they were very courteous and informed me that it had been advertised wrong and that it would indeed not work with they FLEX XC 3401 VRG and I was refunded the price of the backing plate.
Fast forward to the beginning of April 2010 when I made another purchase that included the Diamondite Glasswork System Kit for Machine Application. The kit comes with an adapter for a power drill but will work with the 5/8"x11 dual action polisher adapter that costs $4.99. On the Autogeek page for the DA adapter it says that it can be used with "the Meguiars Dual Action Polisher G110, Porter Cable 7424XP, and the FLEX XC 3401 VRG Orbital Polisher." I used the adapter once with my FLEX and I thought it felt a little unsafe and it looked like it was not made to 'adapt' with the FLEX; the inside of the head is completely exposed. It is also hard to install; I had to use to small crescent wrenches to tighten it down. Now, this adapter attaches the same way as the flexible backing plate I metioned earlier. The only reason I was able to use the DA adapter was because there was about an two inches where I could slide two wrenches to tighten it to the FLEX.
My question is, am I using the DA adapter the correct way and has anyone else used one on a FLEX XC 3401 VRG before and what are your thoughts on this? I have attached pictures below of the DA adapter and backing plate on the FLEX.
Feed back please
