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The dealer provided an additional discount off the vehicle when the mistake was pointed out and they also threw in some maintenance for free. The alternative was waiting around for whenever they could fix it and the lease on my old car was up plus the dealer is quite a ways away from me. While the cyclo may work on the side mirrors given their size, I'm concerned mostly about the thinner side skirts, rear and lip spoilers as well as the black trim encompassing the exhaust. I've polished by hand with pads before and never seem to get anywhere near the hopeful results so I wanted to see if I was chasing a lost cause.

Hey everyone. I picked up my new vehicle from the dealer about a week ago. Unfortunately they did a number on it with a hand wash despite my request not to get one. For the most part the paint is in good shape. I was able to get a 2 bucket wash in and get some sealant on before more snow rolled in. I'll get around to the standard correction with my cyclo come spring. In the meantime I have piano black trim that looks terrible. Side mirrors, front and rear spoilers, side skirts, etc. Can these be buffed out easily by hand with the correct hex pads or do I need to look into getting something like a small rupes? Obviously my cyclo isn't going to help much here. Recomendations on the best steps to follow. Thanks. Here's a pic of the car and the drivers side mirror.

Thanks for the feedback. I have my color code and found official mopar pens on amazon, but I’ll contact the dealer. I’ll check around for the tips. Really hoping I don’t have to wet sand. That scares me to death TBH. My nail can catch on it when i run it across. It’s hard to tell how deep it is, really.

Any recommendations on pens to try? Being as the white has a bit of pearl in the paint I feel I should be a bit more selective.Is Dr Colorchip worth it? Thanks for the replies.

While moving things in the garage tonight, my wife decided to bang the bladed side of the hedge trimmer into the side of the car. The paint has been corrected a few months back and treated with ceramic coating. Its white paint with a metallic flake in it. It was difficult to get focus on the pictures. Its not just a scuff, the blade appeared to take a bit of the paint off. If I run my finger across it lightly I can feel a bit of a groove. Enough for a bit of my finger nail to catch on it. Is this treatable? At my disposal I have: -Revive hand polish -Swirl & Haze -Paint Correcting Polish -Cyclo -Foam and Microfiber cutting pads for cyclo -Red, blue, orange hex grip pads

Hi Dan, -2017 Abarth 124 Spider -Stripes are about 30 days old. Aftermarket but an approved 3rd party by the dealer. -I will see if I can get some pictures later. I am heading out for work now. -No problem. They were more or less flawless. The most recent wash was completed using strip wash so I could work on a full clay, correction and ceramic coat. No discoloration or anything before working on the stripes. I have some revive and ceramic boost, but my blue hex is shot and needs replaced. I only have orange and red hex readily available and cyclo pads until I get a new order in. I also noticed when i got home yesterday that the VRT has caused the stripes to be a dust magnet. Nowhere else on the vehicle was nearly as dusty.

Yes. This is the video that got me started. It simply doesn't turn out that way at all. Same products and same pad.

Per the title, matte vinyl. I have been able to make it a little better. I had to really layer the VRT on there and buff and buff with a couple of towels in a cross hatch pattern. It still doesn't look anywhere near how it should. Now that I have researched even further Ive also seen results where people state their VRT runs down onto the paint when it rains. Yikes. Luckily the black stripes are on white, metallic paint. But it just looks really off now. Im hoping that with subsequent washes it will eventually even back out, but sounds like that isn't the case.

Normally when I wash I just take some waterless wash to my stripes at the end to even them out a bit. After seeing several posts on the forums as well as reading the thread dedicated to the subject, I decided to try some suggestions. So far I have tried: 1. Brilliant Glaze 2. VRT 3. Brilliant Glaze followed by VRT These products have left my stripes an uneven, blotchy mess. I'm beyond frustrated and aggravated. I have applied and buffed, and buffed, and buffed as is mentioned in the video and it just doesn't work. It looks awful. I have a ceramic coating curing on the paint, wheels and trim. Pulling it out and giving it another wash is not an option right now. What is recommended?

Really it's only one spot on the steering wheel and on the shift knob. Nothing else really has the odor attached it it. What's kind of equally disgusting is if I go drive the car for a bit, the smell transfers from the wheel and knob to my skin until I wash my hands. Would love to know what in the world this guy did. As with any of the new products I'll begin with less is more. Thanks.

I ordered some of the neutralizer. I guess I was hoping something I had readily available would make due since it typically takes several days for Adam's shipments to arrive here. Thanks for the feedback all.

As far as I know only on the drive back to the dealership and then from the dealership. That's about an hour per trip. I applied a nice coat of LC and it seemed to fade for a bit, but after it had started to dry some more it was back. This is going to sound pretty nasty as well but for giggles I checked out the set of keys we gave him - yep, same odor on the keys. Was able to douse that in some APC and get it to go away. It's not a funky smell, like poor hygiene or anything. Just as I mentioned before - like someone rubbed themselves down in a daily regimen of cologne they think actually smells decent and didn't wash it off their hands. Really starting to tick me off. I've never owned the odor neutralizer. Sounds like it may be a good time to invest. I was hoping the LC would really soak in and call it a day.

Hey everyone. We took delivery of a new car a few weeks back. One of the things we worked out with the dealership was for them to add some vinyl factory stripes. They agreed and this past Monday they came and picked up the car, gave us a loaner, etc. Today, I received the car back and started to notice an unfortunate odor on the interior. It was almost like a combination of black ice air fresheners and axe body spray - not good. I cleaned everything thoroughly with leather and interior cleaner and left the car open to air out. Long story short, it looks like its coming from the leather wrapped steering wheel and the leather wrapped shift knob, My best guess is, based on what I smelled when the sales guy dropped it back off, is that he bathes in some form of cologne, it was all over his hands and now the leather has soaked it up. I was luckily able to get it out of the alcantara on the seats. I have tried to use the leather and interior cleaner on it almost a half dozen times, but it doesn't appear to be working very well. Any ideas on what I can use? I have a nice arsenal of Adams products at my disposal but I dont know what else, if anything, would really be safe for the leather.

Thanks for the replies. Its a Challenger. The headlights are bit of a headache to get out. It very well could be hard water. Just odd that Ive never had this issue before and why its so darn hard to get off. I still have some revive and a pad. Ill try to use it with a pad by hand and see what happens.

Hey everyone. Ive been using Adams products for years and have never experienced this problem before. Over the weekend I was washing my car and missed the headlights when drying. Came back later when I was claying and noticed the shampoo appeared to have dried. I could not get this to come off for the life of me. I even look some APC to it and also tried the claybar. Its like its in a solid formation on the outside of my headlights now. Just to clarify, these were not on the headlights prior to washing. I remember because a neighbor that had stopped by wanted to see the halos prior to my washing. Pic is below. Any ideas on what to do?