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sorry for the confusion. I was under the impression it would fit since their own website says it should fit most 3.5 and 5 gal. buckets. hence "should fit most". however, I just checked my own Adam's Grit Guard and my own 5 gal. Home Depot orange bucket and it fits great... identical to the Adam's bucket. good luck, man. I like the idea of making it work.

I'm 99.9% sure that these fit both 3.5 gal. buckets as well as 5 gal. buckets. I know people have dropped them into HomeDepot buckets... I hope that helps.

oh I've detailed SUV's and new rides before... no I found it odd because it was an unusual car - at least for me. I agree that every car is deserving of a good detail.

why am I just learning this?! (he rushes outta the room and busts into the garage to rub some BSG on his silky smooth black sand pearl paint) AZ = dust and pollen. black paint = dust and pollen multiplier

okay, it was difficult to come up with a title for what I want to say, but odd seemed to cover it. odd meaning not usual, not meaning weird. so, I just got home form detailing a bone stock '07 Buick Rendezvous. anyone else detailed one of these babys? don't get me wrong, I'd never look down on a job - I just thought it was an odd car to be detailing. they just bought it and it was pretty squeaky clean already form the dealership. they're good friends and I'm thankful they offered me the job. I just couldn't help thinking about all of us here on the site and wondering if anyone else had detailed this ride.

so black is the 'rarer' color...? it'd be nice to see some of the retro colors come back... Yenko green or blue or even the Chevy orange. yellow is a tough color for me to like - unless the car is dropped and has a great stance with some choice rims... there are a lot of yellow cars in these pics.

I have one of the lighting kits - total plug-n-play. very easy to install and very bright. Randy does nice work.

have you tried 000 or 0000 steel wool along with Adam's Metal Polish? I help restore a '74 Wagoneer whose chrome was the pits. the results were amazing - but then again, the scratches and pits were nothing major. so since yours sound the same... give it a shot and best of luck. take a pic and keep us up to date. BTW, you can use this method on a stock muffler/ exhaust tip and make them look stainless steel... almost. but way better than stock.

rob, sorry to hear this. perhaps the Dodge double stick is better than my Toyota tape. but, here's what I did: de-badged. sprayed the area with a Bug-n-Tar remover and waited a few minutes. I took a plastic flexible scraper and wrapped it in MF and started "scraping" gently. I was careful to work on just the areas of the letters and not the panel itself. repeated these steps as needed per amount of goo and per letter. it sounds like you should try a different goo remover. oddly enough, peanut butter works really well. just glob it on and let it sit. I also found that God gave us some of the best tools - your fingers are some of the best 'clay bars' around. my Toyota clear coat is very lame and I did have to PC the panel, but it's perfect now. best of luck. sorry to hear you're bummed, but when it's all done, I'm sure you'll love it. hope this helps.

sure thing. Randy's site isn't set up with all that he can do, but if you contact him with what you want - you'll get exactly what you want. he is by far the best I've come across, and I've tried a lot. I usually send him the .eps file of what I want, but you can just tell him and he'll create it. link: http://randode.com/store/decals.html tell him Peter from Mesa sent you. his prices are sweet, too.

de-badge! my ride is shaved and it's funny because hardly anyone knows what it is... 2005 Scion xB. I even have keyhole plugs on my front doors for that ultra clean look... keyless entry = no reason to put key on door. if anyone likes the look of the lettering, but doesn't like the pain of clean in and around them, I have a vinyl guy who can make any badge on chrome 5 yr vinyl. I have a chrome "badge" on my engine cover. just a thought. but, yeah, shaved is the way to go.

sweet! I love the color... (see my logo). I've added a velcro strap to my first generation Adam's apron, but the one down low makes great sense. I'm in.

I passed my first kidney stone @ 5:30 this morning. it was painful. watching this video was really painful.

welcome Randy! sorry it took me so long to post... and I'm in your backyard, Mesa. I'll be coming by and checking out the shop soon. I'm hitting the pavement tryin' to work up some detail clinics... can I use your shop as a venue?

sweet! looks great. so clean and simple. tasty calipers, too.