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I had some clear pvc pipe laying around so thought it would be different to make a clear cold air tube. It looks pretty decent when it is cool but after driving around for a while the heat makes it foggy and it will stay that way until it sits for a few hours. Is there any way to stop this...

poorboys 2.5, 3m compound, zaino zpc and aio all seem to leave more marring on my paint then they take away. i've tried 100% cotton towels and microfiber towels, using firm pressure and light pressure, circular motions and straight motions, and they all come out the same. i thought it was...

Now that the nice weather is rolling around I pulled my car out of the garage and decided to strip off all the old zaino with some dish soap and apply new. I'm a zaino fanatic but know that prep is 95% of what your car looks like. I washed it three times with dish soap and then went to go over...

My pc 7424 spins fine when it isnt pressed up against something but the minute I place it down on a surface it will slow down enough where I could grab the pad and stop the rotating. At first I thought it was spinning so fast that it looked like it was barely moving, like some rims do, but once...

I havent been happy with the performance of my pc lately. Everytime I take it out and use it, it seems as if I could of done a better job by hand. Well I started paying attention to the pads and noticed that they were not spinning, it seems to just vibrate and shake back and forth rapidly. If...

I tried to this passed fall and I really didnt see any difference. In fact, I think it came out better when I did it in the summer via hand. Not sure if it was applied better because of the heat or because I put it on with my hand. What does everybody think? What speeds to you guys use...

My uncle has a Toyota Matrix that received a good amount of curb rash on the passenger side rocker panel. We went to toyota with the paint code and I tried filling in the scratches, sanding, and polishing. The touch up paint seemed to be MUCH lighter then the rest of the panel. After sanding...

http://store.yahoo.com/autopia/p21-127.html Can that be put ontop of zaino or will it not bond right? It should add some depth, no?

I scratched up my car pretty good and GSRstiles was nice enough to give me a write up on how to try and band-aid it. I'd like to get cracking at it this weekend inside a heated garage if I could only find a good compound which I can get my hands on within 2 days. I did a search and it seems...

So I just started parking in a new garage and didnt realize how tight the doorway was. :sign I'm VERY intimidated about using sand paper on my car. But I'd also like to hold out on going to a body shop for a few months. I saw the insanity GSRstilez calls scratch removal on this...

On the website it says you can go back and forth with z2 and z5. I wonder if you could mix the two together when you do your "upkeep" coats every now and then. It would certainly cut down on the time. Anybody try it?

I'm talking about the plastic liner that goes above the wheel in the wheel well. They are flat black plastic and mine are filthy. I was thinking of removing them and cleaning them but not sure which product would look good and last the longest. Then after more though I figured it would be a...

After seeing my buddies pearl white caddilac I am now obsessed with pearl clearcoat. I'm trying to picture it on a black car but really cant. A bunch of my friends say that they think it wont look too hot. Anybody see this? What other kind of stylish clearcoats are there? Maybe a black...

I used to put my zaino on by hand. Lately I've been doing it with a PC and one of the finishing pads that was recomended in another thread. I've found a few small micro scratches in the paint that are in an even loop design. I put the polish on between 5 and 6. Would spraying detailer on the...

I only used 3m swirl mark remover, and Klasse to help prep the paint as much as possible. I then went over it again with ZPC and then the rest of the zaino stuff. I see some people using other stuff but then also hear that not everything is compatible with zaino. I think I got pretty good...