I worked at the detailing department at a car wash and know something about buffers. This thing works *great* on paint, just like a commercial grade buffer wheel. If you have experience with a regular buffer wheel, this is an easy adaptation. It's small enough to handle easily, but big enough to do a fairly quick job.

I use a corded drill for doing a large vehicle. Unless your cordless has brand new batteries, they may run out. But you will save money by not having to buy a buffing tool. 2 of these babies (1 to polish, 1 to wax) and a good drill is all you will ever need. They clean up by soaking in dish soap solution for an hour or two (use enough soap). I definitely recommend this product to anyone who wants a good looking car and wants to save about $100 on equipment!

This great little tool saved my rims that have been tarnished for ten years. They look like new.

This purchase went so smoothly and the product was received timely and cost less than going to the autoparts store

not what i expected, i thought it would be a little more hightech, more powerful. Not sure it is worth it for the price.

My car has BBS forged aluminum alloy rims: that's right, it's an STi. It's a wonderful car and when the rims are clean the whole car looks better, no matter how dirty it is. When the whole car is clean and the rimes are dirty, it all looks dirty. So, there is always brake dust that needs to be agitated physically by something and this is that something. Just attach it to a drill (not included), and vroom vroom. The only drawback for me is that it still takes some time and I end up wanting to clean more of the car and it finally starts to seem as if it would have simply have been more cost-effective to just go to a good car wash, pay 16 and get the whole car cleaned, inside and out and waxed and vaccumed and everything. Anyway, if you don't want to spend more money over time and want an easy way to clean your wheels, even if you don't have an STi, this is a great product.

Sam K