What car care products do you use?
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Nah man, skip the Meguires stuff. For the VR paint I've found that a final wax with Poor Boy's Natty's Paste Wax (blue) makes a world of difference in clarity and depth. Really brings out the mica. When I go to auto shows people think I had my car painted professionaly. I tell them no, it's OEM with a lot of love.
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A snapshot of what I have been using just recently:
1. Windows: Stoner's Invisible Glass
2. Wheels: Soap and water (waxed wheels), otherwise once in a blue moon, Meg's Hot rims.
2.B. Wheel wax: Zaino Z-2, sometimes Poorboy's Wheel Sealant
3. Soap: Zaino Z-7, also love Poorboy's Super Slick & Sids
4. Interior: Meguiar's #40, sometimes Poorboy's Natural Look
5. Trim: Poorboy's Trim Restorer (used Mother's Back to Black before and it left white residue, and very runny, so thumbs down)
6. Exhaust Tips: English Custom Hot Environment & Chrome Polish for my tips
7. Tires: Meguiar's Insane Shine wiped on with a foam pad, Poorboy's Natural Look, also wiped on with a foam pad
8. Exterior: Jeff's Werkstatt Prime Strong & Acrylic Jett, Zaino Z-5 Pro, Meguiar's #21, Poorboy's EX-P
9. Dash: Meguiar's #40, sometimes Poorboy's Natural Look
10. Leather: Zaino Z-10
I have used a bunch of other stuff before as well.. Mother's Reflections Advanced car wax, Zaino Z-5 non-Pro version, Collinite 845 Insulator Wax, Aerospace 303 Protectant, Meguiar's Rich Leather wipes (greasy crap), Four Star Pre-Wax Cleanser, many kinds of tire shine, etc, too much to list. Plus a bunch of polish products, various pads used with a Porter Cable random orbital polisher.
AND CLAYBAR. If you like detailing and caring for your car, you must clay your car. I use Clay Magic from AutoZone, it's the best bang for the buck, IMO. Nice clay, nice lube without extra crap in it.
Also see my history of various wax applications.
1. Windows: Stoner's Invisible Glass
2. Wheels: Soap and water (waxed wheels), otherwise once in a blue moon, Meg's Hot rims.
2.B. Wheel wax: Zaino Z-2, sometimes Poorboy's Wheel Sealant
3. Soap: Zaino Z-7, also love Poorboy's Super Slick & Sids
4. Interior: Meguiar's #40, sometimes Poorboy's Natural Look
5. Trim: Poorboy's Trim Restorer (used Mother's Back to Black before and it left white residue, and very runny, so thumbs down)
6. Exhaust Tips: English Custom Hot Environment & Chrome Polish for my tips
7. Tires: Meguiar's Insane Shine wiped on with a foam pad, Poorboy's Natural Look, also wiped on with a foam pad
8. Exterior: Jeff's Werkstatt Prime Strong & Acrylic Jett, Zaino Z-5 Pro, Meguiar's #21, Poorboy's EX-P
9. Dash: Meguiar's #40, sometimes Poorboy's Natural Look
10. Leather: Zaino Z-10
I have used a bunch of other stuff before as well.. Mother's Reflections Advanced car wax, Zaino Z-5 non-Pro version, Collinite 845 Insulator Wax, Aerospace 303 Protectant, Meguiar's Rich Leather wipes (greasy crap), Four Star Pre-Wax Cleanser, many kinds of tire shine, etc, too much to list. Plus a bunch of polish products, various pads used with a Porter Cable random orbital polisher.
AND CLAYBAR. If you like detailing and caring for your car, you must clay your car. I use Clay Magic from AutoZone, it's the best bang for the buck, IMO. Nice clay, nice lube without extra crap in it.
Also see my history of various wax applications.
Last edited by Astral; 06-15-2007 at 04:23 PM.
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For example, if you're the kind of person that hates tire shine and thinks that it looks too bling/too much like crap, I recommend using Aerospace 303, as it just darkens the tire, it makes it not look all gray in the sunlight and helps protect the tire from dry-rotting. It looks just nice and clean. 303 by itself is not black enough for my taste though, so I use other products on my tires.
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1. Windows: Stoners Invisible Glass
2. Wheels: Meguiars Deep Crystal Car Wash and Mother's Wax
3. Soap: Meguiars Deep Crystal Car Wash
4. Interior: 303
5. Trim: 303
6. Exhaust Tips: Mothers chrome polish
7. Tires: Meguiars Endurance High Gloss Gel
8. Exterior: PC 7336 + Klasse AIO and Sealant Glaze
9. Dash: 303
10. Leather: N/A
2. Wheels: Meguiars Deep Crystal Car Wash and Mother's Wax
3. Soap: Meguiars Deep Crystal Car Wash
4. Interior: 303
5. Trim: 303
6. Exhaust Tips: Mothers chrome polish
7. Tires: Meguiars Endurance High Gloss Gel
8. Exterior: PC 7336 + Klasse AIO and Sealant Glaze
9. Dash: 303
10. Leather: N/A
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1. Windows: Armorall + claybar does the trick
2. Wheels: Eagle 1 wheel cleaner, Eagle 1 nanowax
3. Soap: ArmorAll (SUCKS DON'T USE), switching to Zaino car wash
4. Interior: microfiber towels + armorall interior wips + some other wipes.
5. Trim: microfiber towel.
6. Exhaust Tips: Cant find anything that works.
7. Tires: blackmagic tire shine
8. Exterior: Eagle1 nanowax
9. Dash: microfiber towels, wipes
10. Leather: n/a
2. Wheels: Eagle 1 wheel cleaner, Eagle 1 nanowax
3. Soap: ArmorAll (SUCKS DON'T USE), switching to Zaino car wash
4. Interior: microfiber towels + armorall interior wips + some other wipes.
5. Trim: microfiber towel.
6. Exhaust Tips: Cant find anything that works.
7. Tires: blackmagic tire shine
8. Exterior: Eagle1 nanowax
9. Dash: microfiber towels, wipes
10. Leather: n/a
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Not a show and shine guy - but learning
1. Windows: Windex pre-moistened sheets, Rain-X
2. Wheels: Rain-X Wash and Wax/ Mr Clean Auto Dry
3. Soap: Ditto
4. Interior: Meguiar's Rubber and Vinyl
5. Trim: Ditto
6. Exhaust Tips: Eagle-One Never Dull Wadding!
7. Tires: Meguiar's Hot Shine Foam!
8. Exterior: Turtle Wax Liquid Claybar
9. Dash: Meguiar's Rubber and Vinyl
10. Leather: N/A
Exterior plastic - Meguiar's Plast-x rocks.
Exterior scratches - 3M rubbing compound.
1. Windows: Windex pre-moistened sheets, Rain-X
2. Wheels: Rain-X Wash and Wax/ Mr Clean Auto Dry
3. Soap: Ditto
4. Interior: Meguiar's Rubber and Vinyl
5. Trim: Ditto
6. Exhaust Tips: Eagle-One Never Dull Wadding!
7. Tires: Meguiar's Hot Shine Foam!
8. Exterior: Turtle Wax Liquid Claybar
9. Dash: Meguiar's Rubber and Vinyl
10. Leather: N/A
Exterior plastic - Meguiar's Plast-x rocks.
Exterior scratches - 3M rubbing compound.
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1. Window Cleaner- Windex and newspaper
2. Wheel Cleaner (stock rims)- Meguiars Hot Wheels or Dupont Teflon Wheel Cleaner
3. Washing Soap- Meguiars Gold or Blue Coral (in a pinch)
4. Interior- very diluted Simply green & water
What products do you use to DETAIL your 8?
5. Exterior Trim (black parts)- Mothers Back to black
6. Exhaust Tips- English Custom Metal Polish
7. Tires- Simply green (no tire black)
8. Exterior (Wax...)- Zaino!
9. Interior (Dash...)- 303 Aerospace Protectant
10.. Interior (Leather...)- Meguiars Gold Class™ Leather Cleaner & Conditioner
2. Wheel Cleaner (stock rims)- Meguiars Hot Wheels or Dupont Teflon Wheel Cleaner
3. Washing Soap- Meguiars Gold or Blue Coral (in a pinch)
4. Interior- very diluted Simply green & water
What products do you use to DETAIL your 8?
5. Exterior Trim (black parts)- Mothers Back to black
6. Exhaust Tips- English Custom Metal Polish
7. Tires- Simply green (no tire black)
8. Exterior (Wax...)- Zaino!
9. Interior (Dash...)- 303 Aerospace Protectant
10.. Interior (Leather...)- Meguiars Gold Class™ Leather Cleaner & Conditioner
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Meguiar's products on everything inside and out except windows. Can't beat them for ease of use and outstanding results. Windows get the windex-and-paper-towel treatment and it works fine.
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1. Windows: Windex ![Smilie](https://www.rx8club.com/images/smilies/smile.gif)
2. Wheels: Meguire's Wheel Cleaner (spray)
3. Soap: Meguires NXT
4. Interior: Black Magic Shine
5. Trim: NA
6. Exhaust Tips: those steel wool pads... forget what they're called
7. Tires: Meguires Tire Spray
8. Exterior: 3M Hand Glaze or Royal Blue Carnauba Formulartion I can't decide which works better so I jump back and forth
9. Dash: Black Magic Shine
10. Leather: NA
![Smilie](https://www.rx8club.com/images/smilies/smile.gif)
2. Wheels: Meguire's Wheel Cleaner (spray)
3. Soap: Meguires NXT
4. Interior: Black Magic Shine
5. Trim: NA
6. Exhaust Tips: those steel wool pads... forget what they're called
7. Tires: Meguires Tire Spray
8. Exterior: 3M Hand Glaze or Royal Blue Carnauba Formulartion I can't decide which works better so I jump back and forth
9. Dash: Black Magic Shine
10. Leather: NA
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