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Two and a half days after I got my car out of the body shop for a full repaint a few weeks ago, my car got a few minor hail dents in a storm. As you can see in the picture below, in at least one of the dents, there's a color change in the center of the dent. The shop gave us an estimate that...

I thought I'd pass along this tip in case anyone else finds themself in the same situation. The other day I wanted to change the backplate on my PC, but the wrench that came with it was AWOL. I called a couple tool shops and no one carried them in stock, so I was lost for a bit trying to find a...

OK, this is coming out of an absurd, immensely frustrating situation. My car was damaged in the storms that hit St Louis last month and the insurance company, Farm Brueau of Missouri, was great about how they handled the claim, total payoff about $3000. I got the car back last Wednesday evening...

After a few delays, I finally got to pick up my car at the body shop last night. It went in for minor storm damage from a tree branch, but I was able to parlay that into a full paint job for <$500 more by the time I was done haggling with the shop and (mostly) the insurance company. When I got...

I can't believe they haven't come up with a solution to this. I just tried to access the FK1 forums and they've been hacked yet again. What is this, the 3rd or 4th time this year?

My car's in the shop this week getting a few minor dents repairs due to storm damage from the stuff that hit St Louis last month. Insurance paid out $2600 after my $100 deductible and I just negotiated with them for an additional $350 appearance allowance for the scuff mark on the rubber molding...

Ever since I moved this spring and had to start parking outside overnight, every once in awhile I find something like this on the roof of the car. At first I thought someone was spitting on my car, but as you can see in these pics, it doesn't really look like that sort of pattern. Sometimes it...

I'd like to try RMG, but I'm wondering if I can use it effectively in a regimen where I'd like to also include a base of a couple coats each of 2180 and 1000P, topped with a nice 'nuba such as PW or NB. Since 2180 is supposed to bond into the paint to do it's "magic", it looks like there...

My car's going into the shop tomorrow for some bodywork after some storm damage. Because of the damage they're painting the roof and most of the right side of the car. Because of some other issues I'm having them paint the hood, trunk, and bumpers. That leaves the left side of the car. I've been...

My car's going in for body work yet again :hairpull and I'm looking for options for detailing the paint until I can wax again. Is RMG supposed to be new paint safe?

Dave was in trouble. He forgot his wedding anniversary. His wife was really upset. She told him, "Tomorrow morning, I expect to find a gift in the driveway that goes from 0 to 200 in 4 seconds....AND IT HAD BETTER BE THERE." The next morning Dave got up early and left for work. When his...

I thought about making this a poll, but I can only think of things like smearing it on with your finger or a spatula. It's a stupid question, but I've only used liquid waxes so far and when I recently got some Nattys Blue I realized I wasn't sure of the best way to apply it to a foam pad on the...

I posted in another thread about some minor dents my car got from a falling branch in the storms that hit St Louis last Wednesday. I just moved here a couple months ago. Does anyone have a suggestion for on finding a decent body shop in this town? I live in and work near Kirkwood.

I live in the suburbs of St Louis and was hit by the surprise storms that hit last Wednesday evening. The storms pretty much came out of nowhere, no one predicted we'd have anything nearly like what hit us. The "gust front" on the storm made the winds go crazy for several minutes or more before...

Lance is gone, but it's a pretty exciting race this year. There was a major drug scandal the day before the race that took out several top riders, so the field is relatively wide open. American Floyd Landis has been in the yellow jersey for several days, but only by 8 seconds now. Tuesday looks...

Bird droppings survive space launch Wed Jul 5, 5:29 PM ET HOUSTON - NASA's rocket scientists have a new appreciation for the out-of-this-world power of bird droppings. The orbiting space shuttle Discovery sported some whitish splotches on its black right wing edge that NASA officials...

I went by O'Reilly Auto yesterday to buy Aquapel and the boxes had a different name, I think it was just Glass Treatment Rain Repellant. It's from PPG, so the guys at the counter and I figured maybe for some reason they changed the name, at least on the consumer level packaging. I couldn't find...

For anyone who's a Dish Network customer (I think you have to have service to get this deal), through this week you can buy a Pocketdish AV402E for $149 and get a $50 rebate, so $99 net. That's for a device that has a 20 gig HD, can play videos and pics, and could serve as an external USB HD for...

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I'm planning to get another pad for correcting swirls and such using my PC. Would I be better off using a Swirlbuster pad or one of the 4" spot foam pads? Also has anyone heard what happened to the Swirlbuster polish? It sounded interesting, but it's been months since I've heard anything...