Joined the Flex family- 3401 Thanks Mike Phillips, Smack, Tato

[Justin at Final Inspection]

Hey guys after eyeballing a Flex 3401 for sometime now and finding a deal to good to pass up I pulled the trigger today on a 3401. After getting some questions answered by Mike Phillips and also looking at the results from Smack and Tato it was a no brainer for me. I took Mike Phillips advice and got the 4-3/8" backing plate to accept the 5.5in Lake country pads. It should arrive Friday and I have a black SL550 to tackle on Saturday. Who knows it might make it's debut then I think it will compliment my DA and rotary well. Although if it works as good as I hope I might not be using either of those two again. LOL

I just wanted to say thank you guys and I look forward to learning more about this tool.

[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

Hey that's great to hear! Congrats on the 3401 purchase and welcome to the Flex family.

As for the 5" Hybrid pads you should have grabbed the LC interchangeable plate system as the 4" plate that come with it fits the 4" Velcro on the 5" Hybrids perfectly. With the larger 4-3/8 plate being larger that the 4" Velcro it could potentially chew up the back of the foam on the pad if pressed hard enough.

Looking forward to seeing your thread on the Mercedes and your feedback on the 3401. It may feel awkward at first because of its forced rotation but its teaching you to keep that pad flat to the surface.

I'm sure you have seen this link but I'm going to leave this here for others to read through. Pretty good information to be read through.
A FLEX comparision: PE14 vs 3401

Smack aka Mike

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Congrats bro! You're actually going to need this backing plate system to use the 5" Hybrids
FLEX XC3401 Changeable Backing Plate System

The 4 3/8" BP is for 5.5" pads.

Also check this thread out...
http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/...brid-pads.html

Edit: Mike beat me to it...

[Justin at Final Inspection]

Sorry guys thats what I meant to say. 5.5in pads. Whoops!!!! Worst case scenario I will use my 5.5 CCS pads. Thats what I get for getting excited. LOL

Thanks for the links guys. I have read those about 100 times this month. HAHAHA.

[addysdaddy]

You won't want to use your other polishers. haha. Congrat and enjoy. It's the Porsche Of Polishers.

[Justin at Final Inspection]

You won't want to use your other polishers. haha. Congrat and enjoy. It's the Porsche Of Polishers.

Thanks.

This is the backing plate I got. It says it can be used with 5 or 5.5in

FLEX XC3401 Mini 4 3/8 Backing Plate, FLEX

[Kamakaz1961]

Awesome choice the Flex 3401 is a beast of a DA. Smooth and powerful. IMO the best DA out there. No one can match the speed and power it has to offer as it is a forced rotational DA unlike all the others which are free floating DA's.

Nice choice and welcome to the Flex Force!!....LOL

[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

Sorry guys thats what I meant to say. 5.5in pads. Whoops!!!! Worst case scenario I will use my 5.5 CCS pads. Thats what I get for getting excited. LOL

Thanks for the links guys. I have read those about 100 times this month. HAHAHA.

No worries! I bet you are excited to receive it!

It's the Porsche Of Polishers.

Agreed!

Thanks.

This is the backing plate I got. It says it can be used with 5 or 5.5in

FLEX XC3401 Mini 4 3/8 Backing Plate, FLEX

Yes that plate is for use with the 5.5 LC pads such as the Hydro-Tech pads.

[parttimer]

Congrats on finally drinking the Kool-aid...

[Justin at Final Inspection]

No worries! I bet you are excited to receive it!





Agreed!



Yes that plate is for use with the 5.5 LC pads such as the Hydro-Tech pads.

Oh yeah. Super excited to use it.

Congrats on finally drinking the Kool-aid...

Thanks! Looking forward to using it!