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    Reccomend me a metal polish

    So I have some weds kranze wheels with polished lips. I need help picking some metal polishes. So far to keep them maintained I use blue magic metal polish over mothers mag and alum. Because the residue whipeoff is much easier. I'm talking a million times easier. But for the final show polish, I...
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    Today is my birthday

    Dang. 23 minutes late. Actually yesterday was my birthday but I just got home. Happy birthday to me. Accepting all birthday wishes and presents!
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    Whos at fault?

    So I've always been told that if you rear end someone, its generally always your fault for various reasons. So lets say there are 3 drivers. You, Driver A, driver B Driver B hits Driver A and Driver A car is knocked into your lane your car then hits Driver A car from the sudden accident...
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    got my first ticket...

    Got my first ticket this weekend. I'm 18 and I feel victimized. Lol but really, I got a ticket for turning right at a red light that had sign that said no turn on red. I did see the sign and neither did my passenger. There was 1 sign posted on my side of the intersection but it wasn't on the...
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    leather cleaning again

    I have gray leather in an e46. As much as I try cleaning it it's still a bit shiny. Pictures I see for my interior are pretty matte so maybe I'm doing something wrong or maybe it's just aged badly :(.. Recommendations for tools techniques and cleaners? Both otc and stuff online please.
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    need help with lowered car

    Hey guys. I need help and advice with a lowered car. It's and e46 330ci on style 5s with coilivers. It's pretty low right. Less than a finger gap in the front and maybe a finger gap in the rear. I was going to get some exhaust work done but my car couldn't make it up the places ramps. We tried...
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    can I afford life

    So I'm a senior in highschool. I'm getting read for college and it's not going so well with parents and their "recommendations and my choices. Basically if I don't do their "reccomendations" I'm pretty much left on my own. But either way I have to pay for college on my own. I want to be a...
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    wheel damage?

    I have some bbs style 5s that have some damage on them. Sorry no pictures right now since I'm having trouble uploading. It's not really brake dust I don't think, it could be tar maybe. It's like some black stuff on the lips of the wheels. It's as if someone had a black marker and drew zig zag...
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    how good is your leather/vinyl/rubber cleaner?

    I'm a car person. I'm also a shoe person. I have air force 1s and reebok basketball shoes that are all white. And being shoes they touch the nasty ground. What's your best cleaner for leather and the cloth and the rubber/vinyl parts of the shoes? Shoes will get dirtier than yor interior of your...
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    wax streaks?

    So I've waxed my car with megs 26. I let it dry and haze up. Then I buff it off. But after I buff it off I can see where the wax was. It is black paint and some parts of the black paint are significantly darker and "blacker". Ad by significantly I mean it is blatantly darker. Am I not applying...
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    Cleaning plastidip?

    Hey guys I have plastidipped my wheels white and im wondering whats the best way to clean the brake dust? I'm not entirely new to plastidipping, but just wondering if theres any suggestions with you guys on this forum. I would show pics but i dont know how
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    damp microfiber for wax removal

    Has anyone made their microfiber damp for microfiber? i had a spare waffle weave towel and soaked it in water and wrung it out, then used it to remove the wax on the car and it worked great! is making the microfiber damp before removal safe for the wax? as in it wont remove the wax only the excess?
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    lexol leather condtioner, sticky

    I deep cleaned my leather seats and steering wheel and the results were fantastic. They were shiny and are now matte looking and the stitching looks flawless. I found a bottle of lexol leather condition lying around, so I decided to use it. I applied it to my seats and it then wiped off. But it...
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    hey guys

    Hey everyone. From the suburbs of Chicago here. I been lurking for a long time and found extremely helpful information here. Thanks alot. I have been always interested in cars but not to the attention of detail as some of you. First. Let me say my "detailing" started off with helping my dad...
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