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My wife's car has little black dots on the hood mostly. They're organic but not easy to clean off. I've tried all kinds of tar removers, no luck. I don't have them on my ML but on my wife's car they're all over. I have tried everything (except buffing) to get them off, no dice!!! I don't have these on my daily driver either which is parked outside. So, I concluded it must be associated with my wifes work place, since she parks her car outside at her work. No big industrial area whe she parks, a supermarket behind, a few restaurants around, that's it. I also notice these dots on all employee's cars parked in her lot!!! It's not oxidation either.

Well, I was doing weeds on my yard today and I noticed a similar pattern on part of my deck. The debris was mostly near where my grille sits on my deck!!! Then I thought: smoke, pieces of grilled stuff, etc - same with the restaurants near my wife's parking area. I think I now know why these small orgnic dots drop on her car. So, does anyone have these on their cars and do you park near an industrial area - industrial here simply means an area where there's a possibility of smoke in the air!!! It's not road tar - period!!!]]> http://pointedthree.com/disc/forums/showthread.asp?tid=17260
Back in 1983 when I purchased my Brand New W126 at my Mercedes Benz dealership in Montreal,I saw a young man in the car showroom doing a repair on a dash board,it had a very small crack on it.I noticed that he had a very small tool case and it held many different color compounds to do his repairs.We started talking and he told me that he had a franchise called *TrimLine* and that all he did was repairs on dash boards for many different dealerships across the Montreal area.

Well 25 years later I recently found a supplier of these compounds are ordered myself a kit.
The current W126 I own has a small crack on it near the speaker grill on the left side of the dash board.So I will be taking some before and after shots to show you how I did.
Here are a few pictures of the compound kit I received today.
Cheers!]]> http://pointedthree.com/disc/forums/showthread.asp?tid=16468
Ive been using Autoglym now for over ten years and always had incredible results, in fact today I polished our first Mercedes ML 270 CDI,in white and after leaving the polish on for 2 hours it was as always only just a wipe to take off.

So thats my 2 Cents, it will be interesting to poll to see what you prefer!

Feel free to add other Polish options to the list as well.!!]]> http://pointedthree.com/disc/forums/showthread.asp?tid=6893 http://pointedthree.com/disc/forums/showthread.asp?tid=14128 I had my sunroofs tube secured because of noise and the dealer in Scottsdale also lubed the sunroof a few months ago.
I noticed a couple of days after I got the car and I was already way south by the Border in the country in very dusty conditions that I had a couple of lines on the sunroofs headliner that looked that they could be a little bit of grease from the lube job they did.
As the time kept on going by doing a lot of off road driving everyday in dusty conditions the dirty markings keep on getting more pronounced.
The whole headliner looks new and clean everywhere else even though the interior has been exposed to a lot of dust before many times over and over.
Any pointers how to try to remove these spots with out making it worse will be greatly appreciated.


Mario
]]> http://pointedthree.com/disc/forums/showthread.asp?tid=5764 http://pointedthree.com/disc/forums/showthread.asp?tid=12520 So Cowboy, do you wax the painted bumpers same as the bodywork??
What's the point of those warnings about Metallized Plastic?
]]> http://pointedthree.com/disc/forums/showthread.asp?tid=12725 Is there some limit to the number of times you can re-wax your car? Both of mine are well-protected and quite beautiful, and always garaged besides. But the simple fact is that I enjoy the process. It's like therapy. I just put another coat on the Mercedes and nearly did another one on the Audi tonight. Is there any downside at some point?

]]> http://pointedthree.com/disc/forums/showthread.asp?tid=768 http://pointedthree.com/disc/forums/showthread.asp?tid=12244 The best way to wash a car without inducing scratches are swirls
Is the "2 bucket method" with grit guards .

(How to video↓)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOt--yizRoc



(Big thanks to Mike Phillips for making this great video!)



 
 
Another cool technique that isn't mentioned in the video
Is flooding.

When doing your final rinse, Don’t blast your vehicle with the water hose.
. 
Use Free-flowing water (no nozzle)
 
This will allow the water to sheet off of your vehicle.
Blasted rinse ↓

 Flooded rinse ↓

It definitely makes drying your car a lot easier! 
 
Also...Never use the same car wash water that you have used to clean your wheels with on the paint. Brake dust even in water is very abrasive
.
↑ Its something you definitely don't want rubbed into your cars finish.


 
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I'm thinking of debadging my W140 and wondered what the easiest way of achieving this is without damaging the paintwork?
Maybe use a hairdryer to soften the glue?

TIA,

Q.]]> http://pointedthree.com/disc/forums/showthread.asp?tid=9151 ]]> http://pointedthree.com/disc/forums/showthread.asp?tid=6521 I spent an hour and a half washing and sort of waxing the ML today. Then I take it out for a ride, etc....

Since there's still big snow piles outside in the streets and factor in the mid-40 degree, sunny weather and it's melting all over the place. So much for cleaning it. :wah:
It also took me about an extra fifteen minutes to a half hour to get anywhere because I took detours and went to other streets to avoid the water puddles. If I couldn't do that, then I'd just drive slowly. The people behind me were irritated, but screw them. :shoot: ]]> http://pointedthree.com/disc/forums/showthread.asp?tid=7038 ]]>