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Old Jul 28, 2005 | 03:59 PM
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My Porter Cable just paid for itself...

I decide to wash the car today and notice the entire right side above and ahead of the right rear wheel well is scratched up and there's white crap all over it. I can only deduce that someone must've grazed the car while parked...I would've noticed if I hit something. I was so livid I forgot to get pics of a before but I went to work with the PC. Thankfully about half the damage was done to the factory clearbra stuff...here's a pic of the stuff I peeled off. The entire "lip" above the wheelwell looked like this.



Here's what it looked like after using Meguiar's medium-cut cleaner with a cutting pad at 5500rpm, Speed Glaze with a polishing pad at 5000rpm, and a layer of S100 wax.



Thankfully, all I have to do now is buy the clearbra stuff to replace it.
 
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Old Jul 28, 2005 | 04:26 PM
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Geez Shane you lucked out with the PC , good stuff. Must have peed you off to discover that. Glad you managed to get her back in shape.
I have been going to give my Black Z71 a going over with my PC, but haven't had time yet.
 
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Old Jul 28, 2005 | 05:05 PM
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peed off is an understatement. I was seeing red...I was raging out.
 
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Old Jul 28, 2005 | 05:13 PM
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Looks like you did a great job with your P/C Shane. It sure came in handy for that heavy work.
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Old Jul 28, 2005 | 05:31 PM
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Oh yeah, after I was done, it was so reflective that my digital camera had trouble with the autofocus.
 
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Old Aug 8, 2005 | 08:53 PM
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Good job Shane. Geez I almost thought it was a condom or something you were holding.
That would be a real shame if you could not fix it as easily as you did. Chock one up for the Porter.
 
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Old Aug 8, 2005 | 10:06 PM
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Nice work, those PC's sure are nice.

Are you going to get the clearbra re-applied? Looks like it took the brunt of the damage, and is probably what allowed the PC to take care of the rest.
 
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