A repainted surface requires rubbing. It is always rough and becomes smooth after the rubbing is done. Normally, the painters do this on their own; its the final stage of the painting process. Seems it was not done on your friend’s car.

I guess you should just take the car back to the body shop who worked upon it. If they have not done it on their own, they ought to do it for no extra cost. What is mentioned above(sandpaper, clay bar, rubbing compound) is precisely what I am talking about.

You said that only the rear bumper was painted right? One thing that could have happened – depending on where they painted the car, is that overspray from this car or from another car being painted blew in the wind (if it was done in an open area) and settled on the car. I’ve seen this happen a lot at small workshops, where they don’t give a damn…[Read more]

The distance takes 13 to 15 hours depending on the driving speed. Also add the time for which you may stop including tolls, food, nature’s call etc. From what I have heard, the Mumbai – Aurangabad – Nagpur road should be ideal. It would be Mumbai – Ghoti – Sinnar – Aurangabad – Jalna – Mehkar – Karanja – Amravati – Nagpur. The conventional road is…[Read more]

As long as your car is in good condition, regularly serviced, you won’t have any issues with it. Here’s a list of things to check: http://www.cartoq.com/10-quick-weekly-checks-for-your-car/ . As for the route, a friend of mine HV Kumar is a whiz with route planning – here’s a link to his site: http://www.hivayking.in/