{"id":5758,"date":"2013-08-29T08:56:12","date_gmt":"2013-08-29T07:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theultimatefinish.co.uk\/car-care-blog\/?p=5758"},"modified":"2024-04-04T07:38:55","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T06:38:55","slug":"fast-car-magazine-tool-of-the-month-rupes-lhr-15es","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theultimatefinish.co.uk\/car-care-blog\/polishing\/fast-car-magazine-tool-of-the-month-rupes-lhr-15es\/","title":{"rendered":"Fast Car Magazine &#8216;Tool Of The Month&#8217; &#8211; RUPES LHR 15ES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re into cleaning cars and I mean, REALLY cleaning cars then you probably know what this is &#8211; if not then let me tell you. It&#8217;s a Random Orbital Polishing Machine called the BigFoot RUPES LHR 15ES. The machine is designed to make a truly random orbit, but manages to stay perfectly balanced, so much so that you can polish one-handed and keep total control at all times.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Fast Car Magazine 'Tool Of The Month' - RUPES LHR 15ES\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theultimatefinish.co.uk\/rupes\/lhr-15es-bigfoot-deluxe-edition-machine-polishing-kit.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Fast Car Magazine 'Tool Of The Month' - RUPES LHR 15ES\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theultimatefinish.co.uk\/car-care-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Rupes-1.jpg\" alt=\"Fast Car Magazine 'Tool Of The Month' - RUPES LHR 15ES\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is a one-step, zero hologram polisher that achieves amazing results in super quick time with minimal fuss. The kit comes complete in a cool hold-all with four grades of compound and four colour-coded foam pads (plus an awesome apron). Start with a medium compound and pad, and if it&#8217;s not aggressive enough, then try the next one.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Fast Car Magazine 'Tool Of The Month' - RUPES LHR 15ES\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theultimatefinish.co.uk\/machine-polishing\/machine-polishing-compounds.aspx?manufacturerid=174\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Fast Car Magazine 'Tool Of The Month' - RUPES LHR 15ES\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theultimatefinish.co.uk\/car-care-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Rupes-2.jpg\" alt=\"Fast Car Magazine 'Tool Of The Month' - RUPES LHR 15ES\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We tried the most aggressive compound supplied with the kit and managed showroom results in literally seconds &#8211; with no risk of damage to the paint. And that&#8217;s what sets the BigFoot apart. A lot of orbital polishers if misused, will remove paint &#8211; (that&#8217;s why you see pro-detailers mask a car&#8217;s edges with blue detailing tape), but there&#8217;s no need with the BigFoot, making it perfect for amateurs and pros alike.,<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s so quick too &#8211; with a 15mm orbit (compared to 8mm on most polishes) you can cover a panel in minutes. The best part is that no annoying holograms or swirls are created. The when you&#8217;ve finished polishing simply wax &#8211; and you&#8217;re done.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Adjustable speed for ultimate control<\/li>\n<li>Four grades of compound to suit the job<\/li>\n<li>Random orbital motion for the perfect finish<\/li>\n<li>The result is swirl free gleaming paint<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Modest Matt,\u00a0Chief Tester at Fast Car Magazine\u00a0is a fully qualified Advanced Automotive Engineer, A member of IMI and a level 4 technician. He has worked for Honda, Saab, Peugeot and the MOD in the past, so he knows a good product when he sees one !<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Verdict: <a title=\"RUPES 'BigFoot' Random Orbital Polishing System\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theultimatefinish.co.uk\/rupes-bigfoot-random-orbital-polishing-system.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RUPES<\/a> has done a great job of making this kit user-friendly &#8211; so easy in fact that your dog could probably do a decent job of rejuvenating your paintwork. Fast Car #334<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Article courtesy of FAST Car Magazine, number 334, October 2013. Fast Car is the UK&#8217;s Number 1 Selling Modified &amp; Performance Car Magazine.<\/p>\n<p>RUPES BigFoot Deluxe Edition Machine Polishing Kit is available From <a title=\"RUPES LHR 15ES BigFoot Deluxe Edition Machine Polishing Kit\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theultimatefinish.co.uk\/rupes\/lhr-15es-bigfoot-deluxe-edition-machine-polishing-kit.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ultimate Finish<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re into cleaning cars and I mean, REALLY cleaning cars then you probably know what this is &#8211; if<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","colormag_page_layout":"default_layout","_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1792],"tags":[465,53,344,345,371],"class_list":["post-5758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-polishing","tag-fast-car-magazine","tag-machine-polishing-kit","tag-rupes","tag-rupes-bigoot","tag-rupes-bigfoot-lhr15es"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"colormag-highlighted-post":false,"colormag-featured-post-medium":false,"colormag-featured-post-small":false,"colormag-featured-image":false,"colormag-default-news":false,"colormag-featured-image-large":false,"colormag-elementor-block-extra-large-thumbnail":false,"colormag-elementor-grid-large-thumbnail":false,"colormag-elementor-grid-small-thumbnail":false,"colormag-elementor-grid-medium-large-thumbnail":false},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"Jez Gilman","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/39063ec6e7265533cb03be397490031d714f01b1f05577c54882058a7a71ceee?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":false,"magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"If you&#8217;re into cleaning cars and I mean, REALLY cleaning cars then you probably know what this is &#8211; if","magazineBlocksPostCategories":["Polishing"],"magazineBlocksPostViewCount":679,"magazineBlocksPostReadTime":2,"magazine_blocks_featured_image_url":{"full":false,"medium":false,"thumbnail":false},"magazine_blocks_author":{"display_name":"Jez Gilman","author_link":"https:\/\/www.theultimatefinish.co.uk\/car-care-blog\/author\/jezg\/"},"magazine_blocks_comment":0,"magazine_blocks_author_image":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/39063ec6e7265533cb03be397490031d714f01b1f05577c54882058a7a71ceee?s=96&d=mm&r=g","magazine_blocks_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theultimatefinish.co.uk\/car-care-blog\/polishing\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Polishing<\/a>","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v15.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Fast Car Magazine &#039;Tool Of The Month&#039; - RUPES LHR 15ES<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UF offers onsite car care training and award-winning detailing services, with the best bits showcased right here on the UF Blog. 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