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Certainly good idea to do as suggested in the previous posts and work on strengthening your core muscle groups plus losing any excess weight if needed. Going to the gym is not always necessary, sometimes just toning the muscles through various light exercises and stretches makes all the...

The Weathertech cover seems to work well but I've only had it a little over one year. Although covers are illegal in just about every state, the plastic is high grade unlike those cheap ones which turn opaque, so I have hope that it should last quite a few more years without going cloudy and...

That is cosmoline applied for protection during overseas transport. After baking on engine components and other places under the hood for years, it is not going to come off easily. The cosmoline was supposed to be cleaned off during new vehicle prep, but most dealers were lazy. Most picky...

Re: It's pointless to polish silver... I feel that my titanium silver BMW always looks fine and boring during sunlight hours, no matter what--- it really doesn't "pop" until there is more dramatic lighting available. Dusk hours are great (with the red and oranges to add some warmth), or if you...

The wheels appear to be etched and I'm not so sure they are actually chrome. You'd want to be positive about the material and coating first before getting aggressive. Looking at the back side of the barrel, it seems they might be cleared aluminum based on some of the haziness and what appear...

Might not hurt to check a junkyard or dismantler of late model vehicles for the parts you need. And depending on the plastic, some of that stuff might be fairly cheap from the dealer.

Looks pretty good. The remaining scratches look like exposed primer and bare metal. I think you might have been able to shave off more paint on the less deep areas to minimize the appearance slightly more, but if your friend intends to use touch up paint my belief is that you'd want to leave...

Is the areas or spots you call rust actually rust or just simply embedded brake dust? BMW (and most German marques) use semi-metallic pads for good performance and when driven hard, fragments of the brake pad shear off and frequently land on the wheel and melt. It's a fact of life with the...

If you are overweight, try to get it off. Even a little "beer" belly can really put excess strain on your lower back area. And the advice for specific exercises and ergonomic working technique are spot-on. Also review your entire lifestyle and ergonomic situation-- chairs, couch, the way you...

Wow, that is unfortunate news. I always use hearing protection with the Flex 3401, my Porter Cable, and Milwaukee rotary, plus when using the shop vac, leaf blower, or using compressed air for blowing things off. Ear plugs, ear muffs, whatever is handy and close to reach. My Dad has...

Thanks-- they're fun when enjoyed. Definitely like the older ones more than the newer cars! My '01 is a nice car and daily driver, but the older BMWs are still more fun to drive. Too bad there aren't fun, twisty roads around here! Yeah, I figured that is what happened with the mats. If it's...

In the photos it appears the carpet floor mats have clear, discolored plastic protective covers on top. And it looks like the clear plastic was re-installed over mats that were still damp, judging from the condensate forming in some of the after pics. Perhaps use of the extractor to remove the...

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Well, to go off on your tangent... it is pretty common on many German cars to have a different smell from other makes. Mostly the older ones, when the Germans used durable horsehair for the seat underlayment over the springs instead of rubber or synthetics. My 1980s BMWs have a unique interior...

If the film is coming off completely (no color film left) and not separating into two layers, I found good old Windex with ammonia takes off the remaining clear glue like a charm. When I was removing the old tint from my 535is, one layer of the film would easily peel right off and this was...

Owning older BMWs myself, there is nothing you can do with the anodized aluminum but strip the coating and polish, then re-clear if you so desire. I fully polished the bumpers on an '86 535i and they came out looking great, almost like chrome. But it is a bunch of work and not necessarily a...

Get off at Kanner Highway (Hwy-76). Google maps shows it as exit 101, but I'm local and never go by the numbers after they changed them a few years ago. The hotels appear to be on a frontage road just east of I-95, at the next intersection. The entrance to the business park Autogeek is...

Yup, something is certainly not working right--- I think the forum is detecting Firefox as a mobile browser and feeding it a reduced content page layout. Hopefully things will settle down after the update work is completed.

Re: How To Clean and Protect Interior Leather & Vinyl with Detailer's Pride In my experience, a single application and buff of the DP Protectant leaves a bit less sheen but makes the plastics look richer in color afterward than the 303 Protectant. At least this is what I have seen on the black...

I, too, have been pleased with D151. I used it to clean up my 1995 Astro Van, a generic white cargo van (much cheaper to insure as an occasional use vehicle than a truck, for when we need to make a trip to buy something for a house project, etc). It was about an 85% correction, which was fine...