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I have my full hood covered with a clear bra and I was wondering what kind of problems that will cause for hail dent repair. Is the clear bra in the affected areas going to need to be removed? Just looking for a second opinion before I speak with my claims monkey. Thanks

The wife got a new Mazda this week, and after we took it home and polished the areas that were to be covered with the clear bra, we took it back to the dealer to get the work done. When we went back to pick up the vehicle, she pointed out one of the spots to the salesman (the person who met us...

Anyone attending the race this weekend? For anyone not sure what it is: American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón 2012 I am a Flying Lizard fan myself.

We are currently in the market for a new car for the wife and it is quite disgusting the condition some of the these "new" cars are in, whether $15,000 or $80,000... At one point, one of the sales guys asked her if she would be opposed to ordering the car, she just stared at him blinking...

I am using my mother's 2001 CRV (Napals Gold Metallic) as a test subject and so far I have taken on a couple of the bigger rock chips/rust spots, wiped with a 30% IPA, used a fiber glass pen to remove rust and smooth edges of chip, followed by more IPA and have now built up the paint in the chip...

Can anyone tell me what I am missing here? I accidentally loaded photos not into an album and now that I loaded new ones into the album I cannot get rid of the duplicates (not that I can figure out anyway).

I put opti-coat over my clear bra in hopes of being able to polish the swirls out of the opti-coat later instead of looking at the swirls in the plastic. But what do you guys do when you have a car with a swirled clear bra? I was told never to use polish on these so I am drawing a blank. I...

I showed a friend of mine some before and after pictures of a Vivid black dyna that I did paint correction on and then opti-coated. He was quite impressed with how the bike turned out and now about 2 weeks later I have his Road King's bags at my place to see what I can do for them. They are...

My next project is to tear into some Harleys for minor paint correction followed by opti-coating. The first color up is Vivid Black followed by a Sedona Orange. I have a heated garage and all winter, so I am planning to remove the fenders (Front and Rear), remove the dash, seat, fuel...

I am quickly running out of time to get vehicles for family members ready for winter but if I am lucky, Saturday will be in the mid 50's to 60. The victim is a never been polish 1997 Chevy Silverado 1500 Z71. I am quite positive there is a beautiful red truck hiding somewhere under the dirt...

This should be all my thoughts and products used. Prior to the Labor Day sale at Autogeek, I had never used a polymer sealant on a car, had never considered applying a permanent finish, had never used a compound/polish on a car, had never used a dual action orbital polisher on a car, had never...

Last fall I bought the Mequiars Clay Kit and clayed a couple of cars with it using just one of the supplied bars cut in half in case I dropped it. When I ran out of clay lube this summer, I ordered some ONR and mixed up a batch of ONR Clay Lube and ONR QD to see which I liked better. Since I...

So I am getting ready to remove my wheels this weekend and Opti-Coat the wheels but have a couple questions. First off for cleaning the wheels, I am going to start with Opti Power Clean at a 3:1 dilution, and go stronger if needed. They aren't very dirty with only 80 miles on the car. If the...

I have a Griots 6" DA and am looking for something to handle the smaller areas but from what I have read, many people suggest sticking with the 6" DA and going to a smaller pad. I have a 2 7/8" Norgrip backing plate (hook and loop) and currently have a couple of Norgrip pads measuring about 3...

I was wondering if anyone had given one of these a try for a swirl finder...I believe the single bulb for it is rated at 325 lumens. too bright? DW919 18V Cordless Flexible Floodlight | DEWALT Tools I like the idea of having a light I can just change batteries on versus recharging the actual...

So I am ready to tackle a 2004 Black Civic that needs some help and pictures will be forth coming. My order thus far would be: Optimum Compound II Optimum Polish II Optimum Finish Polish Optimum Power Clean All Purpose Cleaner Lake Country 5.5 x 7/8 Inch CCS Foam Pad Kit 3 CCS 5.5 x 7/8 Inch...

I am taking delivery of a new Graphite Luster Acura in the next week or so and I have been kicking around the idea of putting Opti-Coat 2.0 on it. I was debating having them deliver it to me with the plastic peeled off but having had no exterior cleaning done but I ended up telling them they...

First off, wanted to say how pleasantly surprised I was when I called in the morning after placing my order (since I assumed no one would answer at 12:00 AM Monday morning when I placed my order) and wanted to add one more product to my shipping list. AG had not yet refunded my shipping cost so...

Acura Graphite Luster (Dark Gray) Looking for any recommendations putting together and have a couple questions regarding the products I am looking at. I have always been good about regular washing and waxing of my vehicles and just used whatever was a good priced and have had mixed results...