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I have a couple small chips in my glass and figured I'd get them taken care of before I drop my insurance carrier in favor of a better rate elsewhere. They want to use OEE parts and safelite as an installer and I'm not fully comfortable with that... Though the reviews seem OK, they are...

I'm out of clay and my cars paint, though it looks great, is starting to feel a little rough. I've only ever used mothers and meguiars mild before, and preferred working with the megs. My question, is whether there's a reason not to go with the aggressive? FWIW I want to clay some stubborn...

I just had my hood respsrayed and a new bumper installed on my titanium silver BMW. I picked it up yesterday, and the color seems to match pretty good. The body shop guy wet sanded once and did a shoddy job of polishing afterwards, but before I even mention it he asked if I could bring it...

This wax really isn't talked about too much here. I've searched and found some mention of it, but it certainly isn't a forum favorite, though everyone seems to agree it looks good on silver. I recently picked some up during AGs BOGO sales, and I am not quite sure what I think of it. I...

I'm replacing the front bumper of my BMW 540i with an OEM M-tech front. Supposedly the shop has great equipment and a nice booth and if not pressed for time can accomplish perfection. I'm just curious as to whether there is anything I need to be aware of or need to tell the guy won't fly...

Pinnacle Souveran Paste Carnauba Wax is Brilliant on Red- Awesome on Black! Souvern is hand poured, one container at a time, and boxed with an Anyone wanna go halves? I don't need two.

A few weeks ago I helped a buddy detail his Black '02 Acura TL Type-S. We went at it with a combo of megs polishes (105, 95, 83) with him using my PC and me getting some bench time with my Makita. We were doing prepsol wipe downs after each pass and seemed to get some really good...

Last winter driving from Long Island to Chicago and back the hood of my car suffered some significant rock chipping. I'm not sure if its more cost effective to have it resprayed or touched up, but my touch up attempt didn't go too well. Are there any locals who can give me a quote for...

I saw a steam cleaner on slick deals for like $2.99 AR today. I'm wondering if anyone has tried it, and if its worth the gas to pick up for car detailing. Perfection Steam Cleaner for $2.99AR Save $27.01 @ Walgreens - SlickDeals.net Forums

I'm just about out of ONR and am considering DP Four-In-One Rinseless Wash & Shine as a replacement for it for the sole reason that its buy one get one free at autogeek right now. The only info I've read on it seems to indicate that it falls somewhere in between ONR and QEW in terms of...

I have a couple of little dents I want smoothed over to bring up the appearance of my vehicle. I'm on Long Island and live in Islip (work in Hauppauge). Looking for someone good and reasonably priced.

On a whim I mixed some IW 845 with some Megs #7 yesterday and applied it to my Titanium Silver BMW using my porter cable and I am thrilled with the look. Seemed just as easy to remove, but as good as Colonite is alone on silver, this is at another level. I feel that my metallic flake is...

I'm helping my buddy detail his 2002 TL in about an hour and a half. I was curious if following IP or #83 on purple foamed wool with FP on a finishing pad would be too big a step to avoid holograms on soft black paint.

I know its a bizzare question, but for those of use who can't justify spending more than $40 or so on a paste wax, what would you pay for something thats been opened? If someone had a tub of souveran for instance and claims to have only used one application, what would you offer them for the...

I'm curious as to whether its worth buying any werkstatt prime to use under my acrylic jet trigger. Up until now I've been simply using Klasse AIO first. Can one expect much of a difference in terms of looks? I suspect durability will be just about the same. Only reason I ask is that I...