Best 5 inch Backing plate for the Harbor Freight DA

[beamerstrumpet]

I bought 2 Astro BP for the price of one from anywhere else, but I pay for the PRIME membership and got them for 8 bucks each. If you order as much stuff as we do, then Prime does pay for itsself.

[biggROC85]

well I will only be using the da for my personal daily driver, and if I have it figured out right. I should wash, clay, meguiars ultimate compound, ultimate polish and then ultimate wax. the first time, then just wash, looking, and wax every free months right? if that's true maybe double up on polishing and finishing pads?

[The Guz]

Look into picking up some ultimate quik wax and ultimate quik detailer. Use those in between washes as your maintenace products. I typically use ultimate quik detailer after every wash or to remove light dust and ultimate quik wax once a month. It will help with the longevity of ultimate wax. I have gotten around 5-6 months with ultimate wax with maintenance. But that all depends on the evironment you are in.

[biggROC85]

Would I need to ever do a complete clay, compound, polish, wax again, or just maybe polish, and wax every few months? Just thinking which pads I will need most, if I'm only going to need to cut once why get a bunch of cutting pads, when I can just get extra polishing and finishing haha

[The Guz]

It depends. If you maintain the car well you may just need to clay, polish and seal about 2-3 times a year.

I would probably get 2 cutting pads, 3 polishing pads and 1 finishing pad.

I recommend you get a pad cleaning brush. You want to have a clean pad for every panel you work on. When you are completely done clean them up and they should last you awhile.

[VISITOR]

just make sure and get a quality DA backing plate. b&s, megs, and lc all are good choices...

[biggROC85]

I will Visitor for sure I think im going with a b & s and get the b & s 6 pack deal.