Eastwood’s Daily Special: Profile Gauges
Friday, July 21st, 2006
Eastwood Co’s emailing subscribers today with an interesting daily special: a 3-piece adjustable profile gauge set. If you haven’t seen profile gauges before, you’ll want to check it out — they’re pretty slick.
Essentially, they consist of a formable material that can be captured between a two-sided, firm frame. To emulate curves on a surface, simply form the material to match, then lock it down with the frame. Now you can carry the form-fitted gauge around to check other shapes against the one you captured. In the photo in the email you see a gauge in common use — matching the curve of a Jaguar headlight cowling, probably to compare it to the other side to make sure they’re the same.
Anyway, the gauges are on sall for $49.99 (from $56.99) and come in a kit of three including 5″, 10″ and 15″ gauges. They’re also for sale individually (though not discounted) should you require only one.
Adjustable Profile Guides [Eastwood Co.]
This is just a quick note to let you know that Eastwood Co. is currently holding a 10% off sale via their website.
Here’s how the pros get at every square inch of the car during a restoration: They mount it on a rotisserie, just like they do chickens at the market.
When we were at the Eastwood Co. site yesterday looking up pricing and specs on the panel clip removal tools we told you about, we stumbled across some pretty slick tech articles including one on “painting your own car.”
They also mention that while in many places it’s illegal to paint your vehicle in a residential area, “you can still strip it down and prep it for the body shop. This is a good way to save money.”
This afternoon we were helping a friend install car stereo speakers and found ourselves quickly reaching for our panel clip removal pliers and door panel removal tools. If you’ve ever wondered how the pro shop installs your speakers in 1/4 the time it seems like it should take, you should know the answer now: they have the right tools. 
