Moms hit my car.
05-08-2005, 08:15 PM
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Moms hit my car.
Mom got flowers for Mothers day...I got this:
Basically, I was parked in my folks driveway and when my mom pulled her car out, she just clipped me. It was late at night when it happened, and it was dark so...Could have been a lot worse. Luckly, no damage to the rim
Anyhow, got home this afternoon, washed it off, clayed it and with the Porter Cable in hand, was able to get it back to this:
Not too shabby. I'll probably go over it again when I do my 6th month Zaino here soon. I'll tell ya, that PC has been a great investment so far...
Basically, I was parked in my folks driveway and when my mom pulled her car out, she just clipped me. It was late at night when it happened, and it was dark so...Could have been a lot worse. Luckly, no damage to the rim
Anyhow, got home this afternoon, washed it off, clayed it and with the Porter Cable in hand, was able to get it back to this:
Not too shabby. I'll probably go over it again when I do my 6th month Zaino here soon. I'll tell ya, that PC has been a great investment so far...
05-08-2005, 08:24 PM
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darn that sucks, glad to see that you could get it back to that good looking
05-08-2005, 10:20 PM
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Originally Posted by joerockt
Mom got flowers for Mothers day...I got this:
Geesh, after all that work you just had done. Well, it looks great and nice move to use the PC.
Hopefully she didn't feel too bad.
05-08-2005, 10:23 PM
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Dang...that sucks man. I would get mad if was anyone else, but if itz moms, geez, you gotta act like it's no big deal. Especially on Mother's Day.
Very nice job fixing it up, you can barely notice it in the 2nd set.
Very nice job fixing it up, you can barely notice it in the 2nd set.
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05-08-2005, 10:31 PM
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Originally Posted by pcaulfie
I guess I must not have figured out how to use my PC...can you sum up the steps you did to clean up that awful mess (kind of polish, etc)? Great job!
For the PC, I used Sonus SFX-2 Enhanced Swirl Remover and a Sonus Orange pad. I set the PC to about 3.5 (per Sonus instructions) and worked on each area for about a minute or two at a time. Stoped, wiped, looked, proceded. Did this several times before I was sastisfied with the results. Switched to the Sonus Blue pad and added a layer of S100.
Its amazing the things you can learn on this and other boards. No way would I have attempted this had I not taken in all the info I've obtained over the year I've been here.
05-08-2005, 10:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Tsx536
Dang...that sucks man. I would get mad if was anyone else, but if itz moms, geez, you gotta act like it's no big deal. Especially on Mother's Day.
Very nice job fixing it up, you can barely notice it in the 2nd set.
Very nice job fixing it up, you can barely notice it in the 2nd set.
Right now, you would need to know where it happend and get very close and look at a certian angle to see them. I'll go over it again when I have more time...
05-09-2005, 05:21 AM
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Sorry about the misfortune, but cant notice it now
I had similar scratches .. how did you repair it?
I know nothing about repairing so can you please list the items you used and in what order you used them in.. Thxs!!!
I had similar scratches .. how did you repair it?
I know nothing about repairing so can you please list the items you used and in what order you used them in.. Thxs!!!
05-09-2005, 10:21 AM
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Originally Posted by keichan82
Sorry about the misfortune, but cant notice it now
I had similar scratches .. how did you repair it?
I know nothing about repairing so can you please list the items you used and in what order you used them in.. Thxs!!!
I had similar scratches .. how did you repair it?
I know nothing about repairing so can you please list the items you used and in what order you used them in.. Thxs!!!
05-09-2005, 01:39 PM
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Originally Posted by LoveMyTSX
What's a PC?? You did a great job!!
05-09-2005, 04:49 PM
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Wow...that's incredible 
I didn't know the PC had that kind of capability?! Do you think if you had done it by hand you would have gotten the same results? Minus the fact you're arm would have fallen off....
I didn't know the PC had that kind of capability?! Do you think if you had done it by hand you would have gotten the same results? Minus the fact you're arm would have fallen off....
05-09-2005, 05:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Bootlegged
Wow...that's incredible
I didn't know the PC had that kind of capability?! Do you think if you had done it by hand you would have gotten the same results? Minus the fact you're arm would have fallen off....
I didn't know the PC had that kind of capability?! Do you think if you had done it by hand you would have gotten the same results? Minus the fact you're arm would have fallen off....
It took about 5 minutes or so of buffing to get the scratches out.I would think that this is what most body shops do for damage like this.
05-09-2005, 05:56 PM
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Originally Posted by itrhybrid
Thanks for the link. I just ordered one.
I don't think I've really gone over the car since I bought it. Time to go search for some waxing threads.
James
I don't think I've really gone over the car since I bought it. Time to go search for some waxing threads.
James
Here is a great article on how to use the PC 7424:
http://www.nacarcare.com/inf-pc7424.html
05-09-2005, 10:20 PM
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Cool, you will be happy you did.
Here is a great article on how to use the PC 7424:
http://www.nacarcare.com/inf-pc7424.html
Here is a great article on how to use the PC 7424:
http://www.nacarcare.com/inf-pc7424.html
http://www.nacarcare.com/son-daspad-kit.html
Are there other kits out there that would be better?
James
05-09-2005, 11:20 PM
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Originally Posted by itrhybrid
Cool. Thanks for the article. What about pad kits. I saw this one and it looks pretty inclusive:
http://www.nacarcare.com/son-daspad-kit.html
Are there other kits out there that would be better?
James
http://www.nacarcare.com/son-daspad-kit.html
Are there other kits out there that would be better?
James
Visit the wash and wax section for more info.
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