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Looks great! Wow - 34 hours! How much would a client expect to pay for a job like that?

I bought some 303 after reading rave reviews about it, it's great on external plastic trim and brings it up like new, however I did find it shinier than expected on the dash. It does dull down a bit if you buff the dash after wiping off the initial application. I bought 1Z Cockpit Premium for my...

Yes after looking at their site I believe the 3M is recommended for rotary use! I do have a rotary as well but the paint is in very good condition already so I think that might be a bit extreme to hit it with the rotary! I'll grab some PF2500 and an orange pad then:) Thanks for the suggestions...

After a small spending spree at the Autogeek store, I was excited to try polishing the bonnet (hood) on my wife's black 2013 Mercedes B180. I got it looking perfect under the garage lights, flood lights and my LED torch, but was shocked to walk past it yesterday while the sun was out and...

I've got both Stanley, Crescent and Blue Point socket sets, the 1/2" Stanley set I've had for over 10 years and it's still going strong, I've removed engines, wheels, gearboxes, cylinder heads and only ever got a hairline crack the 14mm socket in that time. The Crescent set is also good although...

I had a feeling someone would post that they had seen this polisher elsewhere....I couldn't find anything on Google when I looked. Straight out of the same Chinese factory no doubt lol;)

Hi everyone, After reading many posts about how great the Porter Cable, Meguiar's and Griots Garage DA polisher's are and lamenting their lack of availability in Australia, I came across this in a SuperCheap Auto catalogue the other day. It was advertised on special for only $79.95 so I went...

Hello everyone, I'm relatively new here and believe me I have used the search function but the amount of information is quite overwhelming so I thought I'd put up a post. My wife and I have recently purchased a 2013 Mercedes B180 in 'Cosmos Black Metallic'. The car only 6000km's old and the...

I know ill probably get hammered for even mentioning this, but I've got an old bottle of Nu Finish. :/ Is it good for anything or should I throw it in the bin? I did a search and couldn't find much on it, some said its a paint sealer? Would it be worth using with a coat of wax over the top?

Yeah it's all custom, I bought another dash from spare parts with the stock radio cut-out and fiber glassed & bogged it all together. It's removable too through an opening in the top. I have an Alpine headunit mounted down below (you can't see in pic) and the audio from the ipad runs through that.

Well I cleaned up the plastic yesterday, it came up really nice with the 303. The car is 10 years old and it may have seen a bit of Armor All back in the day but it's been a long time since anything was ever put on the plastic bits. Here's a few pics. Trims removed and cleaned with a stiff...

I just realised I don't have a recent photo, but here is one after I got my new wheels. The car has had the windows tinted since then. It's a 2010 Kia Cerato Koup (called a Forte Koup in the States). I also put a 3G iPad in the dash... :) It's good as it stores all my music and has...

Thanks for the helpful advice, I did see that post by Mike Phillips I just couldn't see anywhere that mentioned what he used to clean the trims initially. It was very informative. I will see if I can pick up some APC on the weekend and give that a go. I found some Aerospace 303 in a local...

Hi everyone, I've been reading up on a few past threads about restoring black plastic trim with UTTG/303 etc. I would just like to know what's the best product to use to actually clean the trim before restoring it? For example, car wash and a brush or is there a specific product I should use...

Hi there, I'm new to the forums, I came across them while trying to find where to get some 3000 grade wet and dry paper on Google! I'm not a professional detailer (I'm a car audio installer), but I have painted a few cars and then cut them back etc and am now in the process of restoring the...