JamesB Posted July 13, 2005 Report Share Posted July 13, 2005 I couldn't find the thread so sorry if this has been asked before. Is it worth getting paint protection i.e. Autoglym on a new car? Now bear in mind I am not going to do anything to the car myself after delivery so even if the benefit is marginal, it might be worth it in my case. Your thoughts, as ever, will be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleanimage Posted July 13, 2005 Report Share Posted July 13, 2005 What do you mean 'not do anything'? Do you mean you want your car to be low maintanace? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesB Posted July 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2005 I'm not likely to do any clay barring, rewaxing etc myself after buying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_PC Posted July 13, 2005 Report Share Posted July 13, 2005 Then your car will look poor in a short while! Sorry to be a bit blunt but you can't expect a car to stay looking even relatively "new" if you don't plan to do anything to it. Unless that is you're not planning on keeping it for long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleanimage Posted July 13, 2005 Report Share Posted July 13, 2005 You are going to have to do something James! For example, washing the car properly every once in a while is somthing I would heartily recommend AutoGlym Lifeshie is pretty high maintenance, you still have to use SRP once in a while which is what you want to avoid. Supagard is very low maintenace - just washing the car properly with some decent will stand your car in good stead for 3 years. It may not look like a brand new car at the end of this time, but it won't be anything that a trip to a decent valeters couldn't sort out. If you really want a sealant because you want to do the bare minimum of work, then your choices are Diamondbrite or Supagard. Which one you choose depends a lot on how long you are keeping the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesB Posted July 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2005 [ QUOTE ] Then your car will look poor in a short while! [/ QUOTE ] It doesn't matter, it's not very expensive. Only kidding. Andy, nothing wrong with a bit of bluntness if it's backed up with sense Dave, I have been known to wash my car (although I'm not sure anyone on this forum would endorse this). In retrospect, I probably haven't been clear enough. What I mean by not doing much after buying it is not doing much immediately after buying it. I am never going to be the type of person to remove the existing wax and then apply multiple layers of carefully researched Swissol Divine (at £6/ml ) within 5 minutes of the car being delivered. However, my car is relatively frequently hand-cleaned. The dealer (as you might expect) offers Autoglym treatment prior to delivery and I'm just wondering if people think dealer pretreatment is any good, bearing in mind I am unlikely to do any specific pretreatment myself. But the car will be regularly cleaned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleanimage Posted July 13, 2005 Report Share Posted July 13, 2005 To answer your question, "is it any good", I'd say yes. If I didn't use my own car for testing products then I would have a sealant on it. No doubt about it. However when you ask the question on most cleaning forums, the answer is usually quite different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_PC Posted July 13, 2005 Report Share Posted July 13, 2005 Providing that the dealer preps the car properly then it should be OK (i.e. no swirling etc before applying any sealant). I'm not a big fan of long term protection but then again I'm a saddo who would happily was his car twice a week! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shao_khan Posted July 13, 2005 Report Share Posted July 13, 2005 Had one of my MX5s done by the dealer - never again, they didnt prep it well enough and it was a nightmare getting it correct again took a long time. As for James looking after his car - you should have seen his wheels on the '6. TO be honest I would rather spend a bit extra and get one of the expert valeters in, had one done by Wax wizard a couple of years back - truely fantastic finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesB Posted July 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 [ QUOTE ] As for James looking after his car - you should have seen his wheels on the '6. [/ QUOTE ] Oi - you should have come to Drusilla's. Immaculate wheels and plenty of witnesses to support me. When would you get the experts in? Straight after delivery? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleanimage Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 ...and experts at what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesB Posted July 15, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 The experts that SK was talking about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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