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Old Mar 23, 2005 | 11:15 PM
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OK, I'm a believer!!! Got the Menzerna twins and Porter Cable to bring the life back into my Trans Am. I had such horrible swirls and scratches. These products work great. I was so happy after doing the work. Check out the pictures:

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Old Mar 23, 2005 | 11:41 PM
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reminds me of what my car also used to look like
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Damn that stuff works wonders!!! Where can you buy this stuff at?
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BAD2000TA: Nice work! Car looks great! I'm so proud...

Onyx Z:
Where do I get these things?
There are lots of places, some of which have good combo deals. A few are:
www.properautocare.com
www.autopia-carcare.com
www.autogeek.net


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Is it just my work's Mac, or can you not see jack crap in any of those pictures? I can make out the swirls and such really good in the first pics, but those last few with the hood I can't see anything in the paint... it's too dark.
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Originally Posted by BAD2000TA
OK, I'm a believer!!! Got the Menzerna twins and Porter Cable to bring the life back into my Trans Am. I had such horrible swirls and scratches. These products work great. I was so happy after doing the work. Check out the pictures:

Brian
Pics look good. I just finished up the same on my car. Just for future info though, you might want to consider taping all your trim off before you start polishing. If you haven't already tried to clean your trim around the wipers you'll see why I say that. Takes less than 5 minutes to do it and you'll save yourself a ton of headaches in the long run.
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Old Mar 24, 2005 | 05:38 PM
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Dang! I need a PC asap.
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Pics look good. I just finished up the same on my car. Just for future info though, you might want to consider taping all your trim off before you start polishing. If you haven't already tried to clean your trim around the wipers you'll see why I say that. Takes less than 5 minutes to do it and you'll save yourself a ton of headaches in the long run.
Yeah, I know what you mean. First time, though. You learn!

Thanks for the comments.
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Originally Posted by chupr0kabra
BAD2000TA: Nice work! Car looks great! I'm so proud...

Onyx Z:
Where do I get these things?
There are lots of places, some of which have good combo deals. A few are:
www.properautocare.com
www.autopia-carcare.com
www.autogeek.net


-Mike
Hey Mike. I really appreciate all your advice - it really helped out a lot!!! I am so much happier with my car these days. It may have 83,000 miles, but I still enjoy the hell out of it!!!


Brian
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Is it just my work's Mac, or can you not see jack crap in any of those pictures? I can make out the swirls and such really good in the first pics, but those last few with the hood I can't see anything in the paint... it's too dark.
Sorry. I try and post so daylight pictures as well. I just took these in the garage after polishing.
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Yeah, I know what you mean. First time, though. You learn!

Thanks for the comments.
Should have posted this along with my earlier post though...depending on how rubbed in the polish is on the plastic you can use the 50/50 Water and Alcohol mixture to get some of the polish off. Just make sure to use some kind of trim dressing afterward cause it'll really dry out the plastic.
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I will anxiously await the day time pics, then.
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