Well i sold my flex 3401 last weekend in 20min and decided to jump on the band wagon with a new rupes. I never tried one but did research for a month on it and figured why not. NOw i really liked the correction of the flex, it was a lot better then the griots polisher i had. THe problem with the flex was it seemed heavy and it was more work to use it. Everytime i did a car my shoulder was sore and i felt like i was fighting it the whole time. I have a bad back and shoulder so this is why i decided to go with the rupes. Upon first inspection its a well built machine just as good as the flex. It felt lighter and just felt better in my hands. Its 20 in wi so i really couldn't do a good test with it yet. I tried it on the roof of my 08 impala that had a lot of swirls and rids. I started with a white hybrid pad and the optimum hyper spray but that wasn't agressive enough. I next went with a meguirers microfiber cutting pad with the d300. THis did the trick and it was nice not to have to put too much pressure down on the front and not have to fight it. THis combo easily took everything out. I was very impressed with how easy it was, it didn't feel like work. Next i put a ccs pad on with some blackfire gloss enhancing polish and hit the hood of my 68 chevelle. I wanted to see how it would work on a curved hood. I have a 2in cowl hood on it. It was so easy to use on it a lot more then fighting with the flex on the curves. All in all i'm happy with the purchase. I used it first without the kb spacer. I was able to slow it down with pressure but once i made a washer to fit on it you could put a lot of pressure on it and it would hardly slow down a little. The only thing i was a little disappointed with is it vibrated a little more then i thought it would. Of course i wasn't using the rupes pads. It was probably on par with the flex.
Got my new rupes 21.
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