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    Griot's Spray-On Protection Bra

    I saw this posted on another forum. Apparently it won't be released until tomorrow, but this one looks interesting, perhaps far superior to the one from Dupli-Color as it seems to leave a fairly thick, tough coating on the car that you simply peel off when no longer needed. Sounds almost too...
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    Why you should keep your cool.....

    ....even when the other driver almost takes you out. I was stopped at a light today and witnessed a couple of vehicles on the cross street make a mad dash to beat the light and make their left turn. There are two left turn lanes on the street and the vehicle in the outside lane was a single...
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    Has anyone tried Dupli-Color Shield?

    It seems the folks at Dupli-Color are marketing a spray on/wash off bra as a temporary paint protector in lieu of a vinyl or clear bra. Has anyone here ever tried this stuff? I understand that the aircraft industry has used a similar product for some time, but this is the first consumer...
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    Detailing products at the LA Auto Show

    I thought I'd put this here rather than any other section because, well, it's just all so silly. I was at the LA Auto Show today and in the aftermarket section, which I thought was mostly just a bunch of crap, there were at least three different booths with guys hawking the same wax -...
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    That was nice of him to say!

    I was stopped at a light today in my '99 Emerald Mica Mazda Miata, with the top down (nice and sunny, upper 60's here in SoCal today - apologies to the snowbound!), when I hear a horn honk, which I basically ignored. Then I hear a single quick, loud whistle. The kind someone makes when they're...
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    I finally get to show you guys one of my cars!

    Below are the results of several hours of work spread over the last two days. This is a 2004 PT Cruiser with the 2.4L Turbo engine, same as in the SRT4, with the Stage 1 upgrade and a few other bits under the hood. It will be two years old on New Year's Eve and I think I take pretty decent care...
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    Progressive Insurance turned me on to GEICO

    After seeing all these ads for Progressive, the ones where they say they give you not only a Progressive quote, but their competitors prices as well, I thought I'd check out their website and see what it turned up. For the record, I'm 46 years old, married, no kids, wife and I both have...
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    P21S applicator - keep or replace?

    I'm figuring that the little foam applicator supplied in the jar of P21S is a good applicator, but will it last the life of the product in the jar? I mean, since I've so little of the wax in two applications (which must mean I'm doing it right, right? :D ) I'm wondering if I should have a...
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    Not too shabby for a first timer, huh?

    1999 Emerald Mica Mazda MX-5 Miata. I bought it used last October just because I wanted a weekend toy. I guess the paint wasn't really too horrible but it just seemed to lack something, so I thought I'd have a go with a PC7424 and the Sonus SFX product line, after a good wash and clay, of...
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    P21S removal - by hand or PC

    I just applied my first coat of P21S on my Miata and love what it did to the overall look. This is my first experience with a real carnauba wax, and although the consistancy of the application surprised me at first (sort of reminded me of putting butter on corn on the cob) I found it very easy...
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    Advice for a friend's '94 BMW 540i

    A good friend of mine is getting jealous of how my cars look compared to his '94 540i and wants me to detail his car for him. It's loaded with swirls, just incredibly so, and you can see what I suppose is hazing on the hood (I'm new to this so I'm not sure if that's the proper term for the...
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    To spray pads or not?

    I've seen several comments about giving pads used on a PC a quick spritz of whatever quick detail spray one is using. For those of you who do this, when do you do it, and with which products would you do it. Also, when would you not use this technique? Is it primarily just to aid in removing...
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    Shiny happy greetings from Orange, CA

    Hi everybody! I've been nosing around this forum for a few months and I know turbomangt from a couple of other forums. I've gotten fairly obsessive about my cars (although some people might consider that a major understatement) and just can't stand them being anything less than clean...
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