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[Josh (PA)]

Looks good FC. Do you use a random orbital, or was it all hand & elbow grease?

[FC]

Originally Posted by zach

Looks good! You can probably ditch the front plate. I haven't had front plates on my cars in years and years.

I never had one on going back to the 987S until last March when I got pulled over in my town over no plate on the M3. I got a written warning, but the cop was very clear that as of 2018 written warnings go on your record. Cop literally made a U-turn and chased me down over the plate. So I relented.

[FC]

Originally Posted by Josh (PA)

Looks good FC. Do you use a random orbital, or was it all hand & elbow grease?

I still have my PC random orbital bought for my ZHP back in '03. I had to work reasonably hard with polishing the car (I used the more aggressive compound for the first time). But for wax I used the Rejex I still have left and that I applied by hand.

Does't look bad from 10' out.

This weekend I'll tackle the nasty dent on the driver's front arch. I can't possibly make it worse.

[Alan]

Looking very good ...

[Nick M3]

Note: There has been significant evolution in pads and compounds for DA polishers recently. Happy to break that out in a separate thread, but based on my experience with K's 993TT, it's worth spending a few bucks on some pads and compounds.

[zach]

Originally Posted by FC

I never had one on going back to the 987S until last March when I got pulled over in my town over no plate on the M3. I got a written warning, but the cop was very clear that as of 2018 written warnings go on your record. Cop literally made a U-turn and chased me down over the plate. So I relented.

Oh, that makes sense then. That's annoying.

[Josh (PA)]

Originally Posted by Nick M3

Note: There has been significant evolution in pads and compounds for DA polishers recently. Happy to break that out in a separate thread, but based on my experience with K's 993TT, it's worth spending a few bucks on some pads and compounds.

I'm ready to invest in a polisher, and would welcome the advice. Maybe start a detailing products thread.

[FC]

Originally Posted by Josh (PA)

I'm ready to invest in a polisher, and would welcome the advice. Maybe start a detailing products thread.

Yeah, I'd be happy to hear as well. I did get newer pads from Griots, but do use the same random orbital.

[Alan]

Originally Posted by Josh (PA)

I'm ready to invest in a polisher, and would welcome the advice. Maybe start a detailing products thread.

I have I believe the older version off this Porter cable, I think it is 18 or 19 years old and works perfectly ... in fact it still looks new.

For some reason when I was in my 30's it seemed like an expensive purchase not that I remember the price I just remember feeling like I was spending a lot of money but looking at the prices of them, it seems they are reasonable unless the one I have is a better model and costs more ... I really can't tell


https://www.portercable.com/products...olisher/7424xp

Also I purchase all the buffing pads from griot ...

An example of one of the pads I buy are below but I also buy the orange ones ... all in 6.5"

https://www.griotsgarage.com/product...rPicks&from=fn


If I were to buy a new buffer I would just go with a Griots one, I seem to trust their products though they are always a little on the expensive side.

Also I buy all the polishes 1 through 4 which I don't see on their website anymore ... also I use their best of show wax


https://www.griotsgarage.com/product...ortby=ourPicks

[JST]

This color is 🔥