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  • VE VF Distortion From Guard Rolling

    VE VF Distortion From Guard Rolling

    VE VF Distortion on rear guards from rolling guards VE-VF car owner??? If you have ever spoken to Des from AutoFX WA he would have told you about the distortion that is the result of guard rolling due to a flaw in manufacturing where the 12 o’clock part of the rear guard has a weak

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  • How to apply OPTiX OP888 Ceramic Coating – Part 1

    How to apply OPTiX OP888 Ceramic Coating – Part 1

    How to Apply OPTiX OP888 Ceramic Coating Part 1  

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  • Making custom Vector patterns PPF

    Making custom Vector patterns PPF

    How make make custom Vector files for cnc plotter, Take a photo of the pattern required either of the direct object or with a hand drawn 2D pattern Import it into a vector generating program Create the vector you need and export file. Import it into your signage software and trace tool. Size it to

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  • How much for a Paint correction – cut & polish

    How much for a Paint correction – cut & polish

    Paint correction – Cut & Polish Every detailer’s pet hate is the saying “hey mate how much is a…..?” If you are here reading this then you are probably new to all this and about to realise the more you research the more questions you have and that is because the world of detailing is

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  • DA Polishers – Detail LOGIX

    DA Polishers – Detail LOGIX

    Detail logix DA Polisher The Detail Logix polisher was put through a fair bit of R&D like everything well sell, use or promote. We aren’t all about brand name pushing. We have a passion for what we do and because we are simply put “detailing geeks” we love to try, myth bust, research and to

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  • Full Detail Case Scenario GTi Coupe

    Full Detail Case Scenario GTi Coupe

    Full Detail case scenario on a 2nd hand GTi coupe The owner purchased the Golf with only 20,000km and only a couple years old. The owner was fussy, he likes the better things in life and prefers paying more for a better brand than to be on a tight budget. Even though the interior wasn’t

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  • Suspension & guard rolling

    Suspension & guard rolling

    Suspension setups are as important as the quality of suspension parts. The suspension setup also is important for the clearance you may or may not need and therefore has a direct link to guard rolling and how much a guard has been rolled and vice versa. People often think that guard rolling is 100% of

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  • Flaring out front guards STi

    Flaring out front guards STi

    So you have a bit of poke due to the aggressive offset and wanted tour guards rolled. Rolling the guards does not mean to pump or flare the guard outwards. Rolling is to roll up the lip of the guard upwards. In some cases we can pump or flare out guard edge of the guard

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  • C63 Rear Guard Roll

    C63 Rear Guard Roll

    AMG C63 Guard Roll The AMG C63 needed the rear guards rolled to eliminate the rubbing from the tyres. These after market wheels accompanied with a lower suspension resulted in the tyres rubbing on the lip of the rear guards. This causes damage to the tyres and the guards. Rolling the guards by us gives

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