My sister backed into my GS300 over the weekend and now my car looks like crap. Her insurance won’t pay to fix my car because we live in the same house. It seems State Farm has always found a way out of properly fixing/paying out for every single claim I’ve ever filed, which isn’t very many. She’s offering to pay for it either way though.

I’ll be taking it to get an estimate on the repair later today.

 

Took my GS to the store and came across a glitch in the matrix. The best kind!

 

Dropped my car off at a shop last week to get an oil leak fixed. They called today and told me that they found an issue with the valve cover gasket, there was a seal that wasn't replaced when the gasket was done. After they fixed that they found the actual leak I was talking about. The cam shaft seal is seized to one of my cam shafts and the P.O. absolutely destroyed the bolt that holds the gear to the cam when they tried to fix it. Greddy timing belt soaked in oil, ruined.

Fun..

 

ouch. Sorry to hear. Insurance companies always trying to get out stuff like this. What’s the point of having insurance then?

 

That’s what I thought. I pay a lot of money for full coverage on all of my cars and they have screwed me every single time I needed help, either by not giving me anywhere near enough to make a repair or by just never giving me anything at all for a claim.

The interesting thing is that my sister and I both use State Farm, have the same coverage, the same agent, and she’s had a way better experience.

I’m not too thrilled about this as I was planning on selling the car soon and I don’t want to have mismatched paint. With that said, most of the GS’ for sale are complete junk at high prices, so it won’t be a hard sale.

 

I got a check engine light for P0300 (random misfire) yesterday. Now my GS is running pretty rough now. Hopefully I can get it fixed soon because I use the GS to take my daughter to school across town.

It’s only been a day and I already miss driving the GS.

 

Yesterday.

 

Nicely done - what did you use on it?

 

The 3M headlight restoration kit. Essentially wet sanding and compound.

I've been using it for years. I've modified the original kit by buying my own discs for the Velcro attachment for my drill.

Off the shelf the kit is 500/800 grit wet sand. Then 3000 trizact pad. Then compound.

I've purchased 1k, 3k, 5k, 7k and 10k grit pads. And I've also bought sheets of 3k and 5k trizact.

Most headlamps the 500/800 then trizact works perfectly. For some heavily damaged lamps I step up the effort and sanding levels.

 

They look great, and thanks for the detailed (pun not intended) description. Always something to learn!
I have my own process, and just tackled a pair of lights that needed wet sanding - a first for me. Normally I use a combination of 3M polish with a buffer, and lately I've been finishing them off with Chemical Guys Headlight Restorer and Protectant. Not sure about the protectant part yet so still looking for stand-alone wipes to seal the deal.

 

Which protectant are you using. I really like the chemical guys restorer but need a sealer

 

At the moment, nothing beyond the Chemical Guys stuff as the last step, as they say it has a sealer in it. I am still looking for something as a stand-alone, and not part of a larger kit (that I don't need).
If I have to wipe the headlights once a month or so with the Chemical Guys Restorer, it won't be the end of the world. I think that bottle will outlast me and the car But, I am going to keep looking.

 

That’s what I’ve been doing but it gets a bit annoying. I have a bottle of there ceramic coating I might but over it next time

 

Certainly worth a shot. From what I've read, even the ceramics on the headlights don't last much more than a year...

 

Very nicely done.