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Yeah looks great Jeff. That vac looks like its well made.

 

I clay ours before their twice a year major detail, and when there is something on the paint normal washing won't remove.

Mark

 

Twice a year but if I need to do spot work I'll clay and polish small areas. I also clay my summer and winter wheels as I rotate them off the car.

 

I want 3 of these, they look like pattern enhancers. (If you have to ask, the joke is lost)

 

The joke was lost on me but after Googling it I have to agree, impress all your Treki friends.

 

I'm married to trekkie and I didn't get it! :cornut:

 

Yeah the ramps are great. Very easy to drive up and they work well on my lowered mini so I am happy with them.:cornut:

 

No need for the elaborate nozzle hanger, but looking at the picture reminds me....I'm always looking for reasonably priced brass quick release couplers. Lowes and Home Depot are only sold in singles and they're pretty proud of theirs and Harbor Frieghts are garbage. Anyone know of a good place?

 

Try here;
Lee Valley Tools - Important Announcement

Great Canadian store, with U.S. distribution & pricing. They are having free shipping for the next week or so.

Mark

 

Maybe someone can help me find this as I can't even find a picture of the product on the Mother's website.
Has anyone seen or tried the Mothers Metal Polish that comes in a container that resembles an old Band-Aide tin and is a fiberous polishing compound kinda like Never-Dull?
Backstory: At the Chicago HIN show yesterday I saw a C5 Corvette with BBS LM wheels. His wheels were pretty oxidized and the owner told me he was going to polish them, showed me the Mothers Metal Polish he used. I asked him where he got it and he said it was in an autoparts store but I've never seen this particular product before. I came back a bit later and his wheels really did look amazing.

 

I have a couple of different metal polishes, mostly I like Meguiars All Metal Polysh but this stuff, being that it's a fiber looks like it would be easy to use at a show or even weekly where the liquid and paste polishing compounds tend to get all over everything and then carefully have to be cleaned off the painted areas of the wheel.

 

No, it's more like the fiberglass insulation in the walls of your house, strands of fiber you take a bit of and use to polish with. The thing it most reminds me of is Never-Dull wadding polish, which I may give a shot also, but I was impressed with how the Mothers version worked.


And the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser works great for removing brake dust and road grime from a bathtub surround, if you ever encounter that problem.