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Suspension needed a rebuild badly (had the trademark dodge squeaky front end), so I took it all apart, replaced bushings with ES poly units, new balljoints, sway bar bushings, etc. Installed a 1.5" front leveling kit (no lift kits available for 2wd models), and got some new tires as well:D...

Ill start with the fire truck, its a brand new truck my dads fire dept got, and the county made it sit in some spot on their training grounds for like a month before they could take delivery, and it made the metal all pitted and whatnot. So they wanted a coat of wax on everything and all metal...

I work at a Mercedes/Jeep dealership as a service porter, we have a detailing company that is subcontracted out that does all the services washes/detailing. Every car that comes in for service gets a complimentary wash and interior vacuum. The dealer pays the detailing company $20 per wash from...

Anyone have any feedback on this? I have read alot of good reviews on it, praising its durability and that it doesnt flake or peel. I have a dark blue Ram and my interior is blue as well (gotta love the early 90's) and frankly, its ugly. I want to change it all to black. SEM Vinyl And Plastic...

well, I use it for work :-P It got SIP/106ff/M21 about a month ago, so this was just a wash and wax, wanted to try out NXT2.0. I actually did it yesterday and took pics today since it was sunny, for some reason the truck was really dusty today, but I dont attribute it to the NXT since the...

I'm looking into getting a good heavy cut compound, and its between Menz Powergloss, and the new Meguiars M105. M105 looks good, supposed to have great correction and finishes down nice, but I have not heard anything about it on here. I already have SIP and 106ff which I love, so I have been...

Doing cars is alright, but when I detailed down in the Florida Keys I enjoyed doing boats. Id rather work on a large job that takes 1-5 days instead of having to land numerous jobs a week. That being said I would also like to do airplanes. I would imagine you can get great pay doing it, it's...

figured I'd bring to traffic in this section, so.... My dads friend had this boat for me to detail, as you can see it was FILTHY, had a layer of mildew on it and the gelcoat was dull and chalky on the entire boat. I didnt have my marine stuff with me (on vacation), so I used OHC with orange...

My parents just picked this up so I decided to put some sealant on it while the paint is nice. IT didnt really need any claying surprisingly, probably would have taken crap off but I wasnt going to polish the vehicle so I decided not to. Just a wash and Meguiars #21. Made the paint look really...

Well I'm visiting my parents and my dad has a lift so its the perfect time to put the beast up and polish the wheels. My camera died while taking before pics, and I forgot my cord to charge or upload at home... Anyways I should probably have wetsanded, but it came out pretty decent. I...

Basically the owner just wanted a claying, a good polishing and sealant, I pointed out to him that one of the doors and quarter panels was repainted which he had no clue about, heh. looked like the body shop hacks tried to buffit out and burned the clear coat? Ive never had to deal with that...

I just reloced up here near the UF campus, and obviously its ALOT of apartments in the area. Im still in the process of getting a local #, business license up here, etc. but I feel that I might have difficulty in being mobile. For example my apartment complex wont let you wash your car period. I...

My buddy had some welds on his fox body that were looking pretty dull so I decided to make them look good again for them. Products: wolfgang aluminum compound wolfgang aluminum polish megs #21 syn sealant (I kno I need to get some wheel sealant but oh well) Wool metal compounding pad...

My moms car needed a cleaning, I've been slacking on it and it hasnt been washed in like 6 weeks or so.... Paint is in good shape so I just gave it a glaze and sealant, came out pretty nice. Products: Megs Hyper-Wash with HD grout sponge Megs Detail line wheel cleaner Megs Super...

I currently reside in Key West, and business is good, small town-ish, good word of mouth business. I plan on relocating to Boca Raton, and I could move my business up there (mobile that would be great. But I'm sure there is 34504 detailers up that way. Thoughts/suggestions?