Flex 3401 or rupes bigfoot.

[Rsurfer]

Nick, I owe you an apology about the thread being deleted. I thought I had subscribed to it and when I couldn't find it I thought it had been removed. I must have not subscribed as I see the thread on the board.

 

[Mach1USMC]

I really like this video and my Rupes behaves pretty similarly to this Rupes. (minus the pads)

Lake Country HD Orbital Pads - YouTube

Do you have a picture of the area you say you were putting very light pressure and it then bogged down?

Also, I've found that a Rupes 21 with the original 6" bp and washer is plenty. If I need something smaller, I just switch machine. I've grown not to like the Rupes 21 with a 5" bp.

Pretty sure mine would have bogged.... Washer mod here I come!

 

[Mach1USMC]

So I just did a full correction on a E60 and really concentrated on my technique. Making sure the pad was making good flat even contact, ensuring it was properly prepped with product and spray, and really concentrating on my arm speed etc.... and had a LOT more success. Granted the body panels on the E60 are pretty flat and straight compared to a lot of other vehicles I've done (the F430 for example) but I had great success with it yesterday.

That being said I will still take my 3401 over the Rupes all day long!! Probably would have saved me 2-3 hrs since I had to go over each section at least twice to get the correction I needed with the Rupes.