Testing out the new FLEX on my girls '04 Accord

[RaskyR1]

Re: Testing out the new FLEX on my girls '04 Accord

Please do update us if anything happens to your pads, I have stopped using those pads as well, but only for the flex.

Hey Sydster,

I finally ran into the issue with the pads that you mentioned. I had to do a black car and made 2 passes with M80. As the pad became saturated it started to get soft and then the backing plate started to cut away at it.

O-well, I guess I'll use my LC pads with the FLEX.

Thanks for the heads up though.

Rasky

[RaskyR1]

Re: Testing out the new FLEX on my girls '04 Accord

Sorry to hear that Rasky, let me know how your replacement issue goes... Are you using this machine now for everything or as a follow up to the rotary???

Tom

Well I really haven't been doing much for work now that I'm back in school but I plan to use the FLEX as my main buffer on retail jobs and I will use the rotary for dealer cars simply because of the speed.

I peeled the remaining gasket off of the backing plate and the unit still works...though there must be some reason it was there???

[Tom Weed]

Re: Testing out the new FLEX on my girls '04 Accord

Sorry to hear that Rasky, let me know how your replacement issue goes... Are you using this machine now for everything or as a follow up to the rotary???

Tom

[RaskyR1]

Re: Testing out the new FLEX on my girls '04 Accord

Please do update us if anything happens to your pads, I have stopped using those pads as well, but only for the flex.

So I still haven't seen any issues with the pads but Saturday something happened to the FLEX. There is some sort of white gasket that came unglued or something but It melted part of the backing plate and stopped the machine from working. I will be calling today about a replacement backing plate.

[RaskyR1]

Re: Testing out the new FLEX on my girls '04 Accord

Flex is an awesome machine! A lot of power! Love your Honda, I'm a huge fan of Hondas, because of their reliability/resale value/quality/performance. great color too, I like it much better then plain silver. Plain silver is even more boring then plain white.

I concur! I've owned 6 Honda's now and just bought a new Acura this week. I've never had a serious issue with any of them and 2 of them had over 200,000 miles when I sold them.

[supercharged]

Re: Testing out the new FLEX on my girls '04 Accord

Flex is an awesome machine! A lot of power! Love your Honda, I'm a huge fan of Hondas, because of their reliability/resale value/quality/performance. great color too, I like it much better then plain silver. Plain silver is even more boring then plain white.

[Sydster]

Re: Testing out the new FLEX on my girls '04 Accord

I have not noticed any damage to any of my pads as of yet but I will keep you posted if I notice anything in the future.

Thanks for the heads up guys.

Please do update us if anything happens to your pads, I have stopped using those pads as well, but only for the flex.

[NitrousG35]

Re: Testing out the new FLEX on my girls '04 Accord

Looks good Rasky. Have you gotten used to the differences between the Flex and the Porter Cable? I need to come out and see for myself what your Flex can do. I think I may get one too.

[RaskyR1]

Re: Testing out the new FLEX on my girls '04 Accord

I have not noticed any damage to any of my pads as of yet but I will keep you posted if I notice anything in the future.

Thanks for the heads up guys.

[Tom Weed]

Re: Testing out the new FLEX on my girls '04 Accord

Not wanting to hijack this thread or or steer this away from the nice work that Rasky did, but my experience with the Flex XC3401VR and the black backing plate that it now ships with is that it will ruin a Meguiars x006 series pad because the backing plate goes out further than the Velcro on the pad does, and it cuts into the foam. I ruined two pads before I switched to a CCS pad. Sydster wrote me, he had the same problem. The foam Solo pads work well on this machine as they fit the back perfectly and Rick at ADS is carrying a new Cross Cut Flex pad that has beveled edges where it wont grab the way at CCS pad does on this machine. Just wanted to give a heads up as I have not seen too much info on this, so be careful if you use a 6.5" meguiars pad or you could ruin it.

[mini44]

Re: Testing out the new FLEX on my girls '04 Accord

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W8006 for both the M105 and M80. I was surprised how fast it removed those scratches!




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Rasky,
Did you have any issues with the pad fitting on the backing plate? I read that its the same size as the velcro on the w8006 pads.

Donna

[ZoranC]

Re: Testing out the new FLEX on my girls '04 Accord

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Re: Testing out the new FLEX on my girls '04 Accord



This thing is crazy man ! I'm lovin it

Scratches before and after...

before


after

[Sydster]

Re: Testing out the new FLEX on my girls '04 Accord

All my polishers get set on their backs.

I don't recall how mine was packaged but I know it had foam inserts in it so there was not any uneven presure on the backing plate.

Did you buy it new?

I guess it was new it was just given to me by my sister. Thanks!

[RaskyR1]

Re: Testing out the new FLEX on my girls '04 Accord

Just wanted to ask how you store your Flex when not in use, do you store it with the backing plate resting on the surface or upside down with the body resting on the surface (like you would with a rotary) and the backing plate not touching anything? Because when mine was shipped to me it was in a position where in the backing plate was resting on the surface and I'm not really sure if that is a good thing.

Thanks!

All my polishers get set on their backs.

I don't recall how mine was packaged but I know it had foam inserts in it so there was not any uneven presure on the backing plate.

Did you buy it new?