Mothers and Meguiers - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Brahsbrah · 07-03-2013, 05:31 PM

Thoughts on the quality of these products? Seems to be the best stuff I can buy locally.

What brands do you guys recommend?

m.wood0213 · 07-03-2013, 05:38 PM

personally mothers. megs is good but i prefer mothers. if you want awesome stuff get pinnacle from autogeek.net.

Clembo · 07-03-2013, 06:56 PM

For the price I prefer the Mothers. I've been using it for some 20+ years now. Pinnacle is my favorite but costs 4 times as much.

Should say that Meguiars products are also very good for the price. I use several of their products as well.

Autogeek has a bunch of info on the various methods and products. Check it out. You'll also get a million opinions here, find a method and products you like and enjoy giving your car its TLC.

BadMoon · 07-03-2013, 07:50 PM

I'm a meguiars guy myself.

Wo6M · 07-03-2013, 08:01 PM

You could never go wrong with Mothers. I have used and still do use a long line of products. From the cleaning soap, wax to the interior detailing products they always have something that works amazing.
Mothers is well established and maybe people swear by it.
I one for mothers.

SubieNate · 07-03-2013, 08:22 PM

Mothers makes good stuff for the consumer market. Megs makes everything from okay stuff for the consumer market to great stuff for professionals and everything inbetween. All in all they're really not on the same playing field.

Of the stuff you can buy at Pepboys, Mothers, Megs, and Surf City Garage are probably the best bets. Particularly the "ultimate" line of stuff from Megs.

Nathan

n2oinferno · 07-04-2013, 12:09 AM

I have a bunch of Meguiar's Ultimate stuff, including the polish and compound that I use with my Griot's Garage ROP. Can't complain about it one bit.

Tromatic · 07-04-2013, 12:27 AM

This stuff is great on the Whiteout.

http://www.meguiars.com/en/automotiv...ech-waxreg-20/

Greg Nichols · 07-04-2013, 01:24 AM

what are you trying to do? Polish, compound, wash, clean glass.......

I personally really like Meguiars, but not all there stuff. 3D also makes some really nice products.

Many of the companies mentioned are just rebottlers of a cheaper verison sold at a higher price with cute labels so you will pay more.

Cheers,
GREG

serialk11r · 07-04-2013, 02:44 AM

I saw them using Meguiars are the Blackhawk Museum on 10 million dollar collector cars, so I assume it's pretty good.

Brahsbrah · 07-04-2013, 10:17 PM

Going to keep an eye on Maguiers and Mothers products and try them out as they go on sale at Canadian Tire.

SloS14 · 07-05-2013, 07:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tromatic

This stuff is great on the Whiteout.

http://www.meguiars.com/en/automotiv...ech-waxreg-20/

ditto. White is pretty easy to please.

ihaskrayon · 07-08-2013, 12:42 PM

I went to buy cleaning products the other day and I went with Meguires. I've been using them for 6 years. I was thinking about getting Mothers this time around, but I passed. Maybe next time...

Miniata · 07-08-2013, 01:05 PM

I've used a few Mother's products over the years and don't have anything bad to say about the company, but most of my car cleaning supplies come from Meguiars (and a few from Griots). I started out with the maroon bottle stuff, which is pretty much their entry level consumer line, but have moved on from that. I use a lot of their Pro line (tan bottle) products, as well as some of their Ultimate and Gold Class and NXT lines.

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BadMoon Senior Member Join Date: May 2013 Drives: 2014 GLI Autobahn/Nav Location: Central PA Posts: 551 Thanks: 118 Thanked 356 Times in 167 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I'm a meguiars guy myself.

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SubieNate Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Drives: 2013 FR-S Ultramarine Location: Temecula, CA Posts: 959 Thanks: 288 Thanked 560 Times in 269 Posts Mentioned: 6 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Mothers makes good stuff for the consumer market. Megs makes everything from okay stuff for the consumer market to great stuff for professionals and everything inbetween. All in all they're really not on the same playing field. Of the stuff you can buy at Pepboys, Mothers, Megs, and Surf City Garage are probably the best bets. Particularly the "ultimate" line of stuff from Megs. Nathan

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Brahsbrah Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Drives: 2013 BRZ Sport Tech White Pearl Location: Halifax, NS, Canada Posts: 150 Thanks: 17 Thanked 14 Times in 14 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Going to keep an eye on Maguiers and Mothers products and try them out as they go on sale at Canadian Tire.

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