Winterizing my BRZ
 

Portland in the fall and winter means a lot of rain and a ton of wet leaves. I've decided to prep my car for the winter.

• Wash the Car throughly
• Decontaminate the car
• Wax
• Rain-X all windows
• Deep clean Interior

Anyone have additional ideas or suggestions for getting the car as resilient as possible for driving in the cold, rain, and muck? I plan to garage it at least until all these are done, after that, no guarantees.

Saran wrap it. All of it.

Please excuse the californian we have no concept of what winter is (source former californian)

Maybe before you wax the car apply a polishing compound to prep it even ore to accept the wax finish :-)

i would get some JETSEAL109 from Chemical Guys… get it today because the 20% off SEMA Sale is over … its AMAZING !!

plastidip the entire car!! I think that would be the best long-run solution for winter.

That's the idea behind the "Decontaminate" it basically acts as a primer for the wax and I'll be doing that today :)

Hahhaha well excuse me for putting in my powerfully ignorant winter suggestions... :(

No ill intended by that comment sorry if it came off that way I like a good saran wrapping

I know, no worries. I took it as a good joke, I thought it was funny

car cover and leave it at that?

I was thinking decontaminate via clay bar. I say hand polish it to put back some of those precious oils back into the paint, then wax/seal it for the winter :-)

Thanks for the tip, I finished the wax job today and I used Nanoskin Hyrophobic along with some other Nanoskin products (Shock, Auto Scrubber, ect.)

Should I bother waxing it for winter if I already have Opti-Coat done?

Chicago here. FR-S is my daily driver too. Clean car with dish soap (to remove all sealant). Thorough rub-down with Klasse AIO, then Klasse HSG. A couple days later I give it a wipe down and put on another coat of HSG.

Klasse looks fantastic with Whiteout, I've heard it's harder to make bring out a deep shine for darker colors. You can use AIO on your windows too, it beads water almost as good as Rain-X but lasts longer.

To keep it clean: if you have a garage, get a bottle of ONR, 10-15 thick towels, and a bucket. Fill it with hot water and use the GDWM.

Lmao this thread should be changed from winterizing to preparing for rain.

Rust proof, 17" studded winters, mud flaps, weathertech mats, opticoat, thickest damn wax I can find to protect from salt.

... For anyone dding there car through a real winter :)