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Hey gang Im helping a friend pick out his first car and need some ideas. Heres the situation: -College kid, loves fun cars and motorsport, wants to be an engineer for prodrive. -Working on a small budget 4k-6k range but very good with cars and can do all necessary repairs and maintenance...

The -15º temps here have been killing batteries left and right. I am looking at getting a trickle charger or two for my vehicles that get driven once a week or less. I came across this Battery Manager IV - Everyday and Storage - Car Maintenance - Griot's Garage but the price is a bit...

I just got the new 3in gloss-it backing plate and pads to go with it. I really like these products, but i am not entirely used to polishing w/ such small pads. I know that i need to kick up the speed faster than normal to achieve a good cut, but i don't know exactly how much faster i should push...

This detail i did a few months ago and i am finally getting around to posting a tread on this one. This suburban is owned by a friend of mine and it is a 2001 w/ 248xxx and it has never been garaged or waxed. It was a challenge to say the least because in addition to a full detail, he wanted me...

Right now i have a Jordan 3000 max PSI pressure washer w/ a 13hp honda engine. The thing is fricken bullet proof and i really like it but during this winter months i have been going to the coin opp self serve and i am really starting like the warm water idea. My uncle has a Hotsy Hotsy Pressure...

I am what i like to consider a "semi-pro" detailer. Basically detailing is not my main career but during the summer i do about 10-12 cars for various friends and coworkers. Lately there has been an increased demand for my full details and it is looking to be that i am going to have a lot of cars...

A buddy of mine was kind enough to give a slightly used bottle of 3m Perfect-it 3000 swirl mark remover he didn't need anymore. I am having trouble finding what the general consensus is about this product on autopia. I won't be able to try it for awhile due to weather limitations. Any ideas on...

I have a 99 chevy suburban that i am looking the make a few more horses out of. It has a Vortec 5700 L31, basically a gen I small block 350 v8. Everything is stock and i am guessing that the performance is in the 250hp/300lbs range. I know that you can pull at ton of power out of a small block...

The other day i was poking around under my 99' suburban and i noticed some light rust starting to form after 9 colorado winters. This got me thinking, is there any sort of protectant that i can easily apply to the undercarriage to prevent damage from snow, salt and all of the other nasty things...

Although the DeWalt is know for it reliability, i think i may have killed one. First off, i bough the thing used for i think $20 off a Craigslist at the start of the summer this year. It had been used in a body shop so it is a little rough around the edges, not broken though. It ran a bit...

This audi was a really nice car to detail. Although the paint was hard, it had very nice gloss and few scratches to begin with, so the paint correction was a snap. The owner takes good care of it. This was a nice change of pace from pulling dog crap out of the back of volvos. :woot: Here we...

I am doing a 2000 suburban for a friend and one of his priorities is polishing up the wheels. I have been buffing like crazy with the powerball and the flitz thing and the results are not that great, I took me a good 15 minutes just to get a spoke polished up to a cloudy reflection. My guess it...

So I was starting to tackle the hood of this 2000 chevy suburban with m105 and what i saw after the compounding stage was this... Some of the spots are chips, but 95% are cracks in the clear coat. I really didn't notice it before the compounding so i have a suspicion that the buffing caused...

For years now i have been using stain x around the house for carpet stain cleaning. I must say it is any awesome product and get outs just about any stain you can think of. My question is if anyone has heard of or use stain x and can it be used in cars? Here is link...

Now that i have gotten some rotary practice on some cheaper cars, I'm ready to tackle the 2 Mercedes. I have a 560sel and a 300te. Both are white, 1991, and they have hard clear coats with a good amount of swirls. I'm looking on some expert advice on what pad and product combo works well on...

I'm in the process of restoring/detailing my 1991 Mercedes Benz 560sel. The car is already in good shape for 130k, but I'm kinda new to the detailing stuff and now i really want to make this old benz shine. I'm running into a bit of a challenge with the interior. The grey plastic/vinyl trim has...

I detailed a friends volvo v70 t5 wagon for him this weekend. This is the first car i have detailed that is not one of my own. It was a quite a challenge and the car was not very well taken care of. The silver hood and roof were extremely oxidized and the interior was really dirty. Over all it...