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I've had a lot of success with UHS on headlights - the only issue I've encountered is if the speed is too high the surface can get hazy, but thats more to do with the pad than the compound. You should be good.

In both situations its "as needed". The plates will last varying amounts of time depending on how they're used. Some people are really hard on them and can kill a plate inside a year, others go 3-4 years before ever looking tired. The biggest telling sign you need a replacement plate is its no...

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If you want to replace the plate with the same factory installed (gray ring) part you want the 981.320N backing plate. If you want to replace the plate with the high engagement plate (blue ring) that was original to the ES tools you want the 981.321N backing plate. Both those part numbers...

Obviously I'm not eligible to win :) but how about those who store their cars for the winter? My 1967 C10 custom didn't even go out in the rain, so when winter came and she'd be sleeping under a cover for a couple months I had a regimen in place that winterized everything. Theres lots of great...

Awesome entries so far... keep em coming!

^^ correct - if looking at a pad from our line the white one would be your solution. Also, if you want to jump into RUPES with both feet have a look at our spray on / wipe off sealant. No pad needed ;) RUPES P808 Protective Sealant is a spray on car wax that protects and shines all hard...

What I use personally for my basic supplies: Rupes Big Foot Polisher Bag What I use when I'm traveling for training and need to carry more supplies: Rupes BigFoot Big Bag XL The BIG Bag is awesome... all the room you could ever need for pads, towels, compounds a large tool and a small tool in...

Odd that the foam pads stick, but the MF doesn't. If it were both I'd hypothesize the plate had gotten heated and the hooks lost some structure. In any event, happy to send you one of our blue backing plates with the higher grip velcro if you prefer, or a replacement gray plate as a warranty...

Love this contest... can't wait to see what kind of creative polishing applications you guys come up with. My mind is already swimming with ideas of things that could be polished with a BigFoot... countertops, a lawnmower, a traffic sign.... :)

To a degree true and not true Mike - the most effective movement is obviously going to be both the orbit and the rotation combined. With the traditional 8mm tools the movement of the orbit itself was hardly enough to do more than 'vibrate against the paint', but the distance traveled in the 15...

The only plates that do not fit ALL tools are those manufactured and included on tools prior to July 2014. Everything after that date will fit all tools, ES or Mark II, blue or gray ring. The plates are available from Autogeek and most of our distributors in the US.

Happy to help and don't think too much of it. Sometimes its something so simple we forget to even ask the question. Something like: "Did you plug the tool into an electrical outlet?" and yes... that is a question I had to ask a guy once with a tool that wouldn't work right out of the box and...

Don, Just replied to your email with Jason Rose in copy - best thing at this point rather than speculating about what is causing the issue is to see you working with it. If possible get a short cell phone video and send it over to us - sometimes its something really simple that we're just not...

We don't sell direct to the public so nothing to buy. Things are still very much in the early stages, we don't have the appropriate protocols or segmentation of the facility to protect our intellectual property at this point and some things are sensitive/confidential pieces of the...

Certainly there are some NAFTA benefits (potentially) but there is still a lot for us to figure out and we only have SOME of the SKU's here for the moment so it will take some time to figure everything out and it will be a constantly moving target as we add additional manufacturing capacity to...

There IS a RUPES rotary but at this time only for the European market. It has not been released to the US yet as its not converted for our voltage nor has it been validated by UL, etc. Lots of things have to happen before an electric tool can be sold in the US.

I'm thinking we need to add the "BUILD YOUR OWN BIGFOOT EXPERIENCE" :)

Common tap water is going to contain (based on region) some amount of calcium, sodium, and magnesium (among other things). Calcium and magnesium are the main culprits for things like limescale on kitchen and bath fixtures... so I'd play with a way to get those introduced to a mix, spray and...

Not that simple unfortunately, just because they're manufactured here instead of shipped there are other cost considerations that increase as a result. This change is really more about 2 things for us: 1 - Increasing responsiveness to market demand by removing the transit times associated with...