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This is the hood of a 2017 Mazda CX5... that I'm selling. If I remember correctly (it's my daughter's car), this tennis ball size collection of pits/divots is from an egg that was thrown from a car. I painstakingly touched every (!) individual spot with a medium-tip acrylic paint pen. That alone...

Okay, "new" is really inaccurate. My '84 Toyota Pickup was painted 2 yrs ago. But, it lives in the garage, has driven 1,200 miles, not seen rain, and been washed with mild carwash detergent. It's a single stage paint job. The goal was NOT to create a show truck. The cab, hood, doors, and...

I just bought a 2020 4Runner. It has a silver panel on the center console that is painted plastic. The previous owner added a few light scratches. They are very light - can't feel them with my fingernail, but pretty visible when the light hits them. My assumptions (based on basically nothing)...

Hey guys. I need some help picking pads and polishes. I've got a Flex XC 3401 VRG (DA orbital polisher) and used to have, what seemed like a good system... at least an easy-to-use system. A company that isn't around anymore sold polishes (four levels from cut to polish) and corresponding pads...

The dashboards in the old Toyota trucks are notorious for cracking... a lot. This is what the dash in my '84 looked like when I bought it... (uploads failing) ... I was able to find a unicorn - a near perfect brown dash out of an '84 "Dolphin." Remember those tiny Toyota trucks tucked under...

There are a couple things about the spare tire on my Toyota Pickup that make it a bit of a hassle to apply tire dressing to. - The location - sunk into the bed and surrounded by sheet metal and glass - tricky to spray - The tread - the sorta chunky AT - makes it hard to wipe on This isn't that...

The clear coat on my hood is past saving. So, other than the cost of a can of clear and some time, there's nothing to lose. I did the prep - clean, 1500 wet sanding, clean, dry, tape... ... Then paint. I've probably used over 1,000 cans of spray paint in the in past 40 years (I repainted my...

My 2006 Land Cruiser looks amazing... until you look at the hood. No buffing/polishing will bring it back. I bought the truck with 39,000 miles on it. It had been in a minor accident - bumper and hood were repaired/repainted. It would appear the paint work on the hood was far from Toyota OE...

The rubber/plastic step on the bumper of my 2006 Land Cruiser faded to a light gray. I've tried a few chemical dressings - they'd last a few days. The guy who owns the shop that does the mechanical work on it, saw the bumper and said "Use a heat gun." Me: "Huh?" He grabbed a heat gun and did a...

The sliders (think running boards) on my Land Cruiser where powder coated a dark charcoal gray a couple years ago. The coating seems to be holding up well, other than how faded it's gotten. The truck sits outside... backing in the Georgia sun. Now, that dark charcoal looks like a light gray -...