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Originally Posted by Chattanooga FR-S
I sent this in an email to Stay Fresh, but it was already the weekend so they might not see it until after the sale. Can you guys give me some advice? Here's what I sent:
Hi! I have read reviews and posts about your products on the FT86 forum, and I think I want to try some stuff during your sale. I have a Firestorm Monogram FR-S, got it just under 2 months ago. It is my daily driver, so I know it will not remain pristine. I also do not want to wash it every few days, or even every week. So far I have washed it about every 2-3 weeks. I just bought a DA polisher and would love to be able to give it a super shine. I bought the Maguires new car kit and have been using the products out of it so far. I keep the car in the garage, and I work from home full time, so the car is only out when I am out driving it. I will not be entering it in any shows or anything like that.
I am thinking that I would only need the shampoo and maybe the wax for the DA, and I think I would like to get one of the blue towels for wiping off dust or quick detailed between washes. I have considered getting a clay bar kit, but not sure if that is something I need to do on a brand new car.
Does that sound like a good plan, or am I over- or under-estimating what I should be doing for my car?
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First thing you should do to a new car is clay bar it. New cars are often extremely contaminated with particles you cannot see or feel with your bare hand. Secondly, don't use off the shelf products that you can buy at autozone or pepboys. More often than not they are just watered down and uneffective. Meguairs's professoinal and detailers line are good but not readily accessible and their consumer products are iffy at best. For a shampoo you want something with suds that lasts and offers good thick coverage when applying to the paint. A polish job will be necessary if you want to give it that nice shine (shine comes from polishing not wax). Check out my review on the great job the polishes by Stay Fresh did on 10 year old sun faded paint (
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=66313 ). For long lasting protection use a synyhetic wax. Stay fresh is also offering their prototype wax for free I believe with 20% off for memorial day. They offer great customer service that isnpractically unmatched :p. Feel free to PM me with any questions