Zymol Lifetime Refills

Pb2theMax · 04-20-06, 10:30

Is anybody here a Zymol member that gets free lifetime refills of Zymol Vintage or other high-end waxes? Is it worth $1,800 a jar?

truzoom · 04-20-06, 10:55

I hate to do this, but..

I'm not a member, and I can still tell you no wax is worth that much per jar (this is of course, in my own opinion).

Even with lifetime refills, how often are you going to refill it?

BigAl3 · 04-20-06, 11:13

to some it may be worth it. but, i could never justify spending that much $$$$ on any wax regardless if you get lifetime refills....

firegate · 04-21-06, 12:31

That might work if you ran a pro detailing business.. it would be an interesting selling point to say that you top every car with a $1800 show car wax, and if they really honor the free lifetime refills, it shouldn't be out of the question.. For anything other than that, it hits diminishing returns - how many times are you going to apply the wax? If you're maintaining a whole fleet of cars, it could work out in the long run.

lucaszcpm3 · 04-21-06, 01:04

Well its about the price of 25 jars of Souveran!

tegboy · 04-21-06, 01:11

I would love free Zaino re-fills for life!

NT2SHBBY · 04-21-06, 03:13

$1800 a jar????

anyone wanna buy a slightly used bridge I got for sale?

fullvllan · 04-21-06, 03:37

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Originally Posted by firegate

That might work if you ran a pro detailing business.. it would be an interesting selling point to say that you top every car with a $1800 show car wax.

diffinitely a good marketing strategy to hook in new clients or justify a price increase. it would be nice to get a free sample to see the results first hand

BigLeegr · 04-21-06, 05:31

I think there is a "1 per year" limit on the free refills.

Bluesbrekr · 04-21-06, 06:22

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Originally Posted by BigLeegr

I think there is a "1 per year" limit on the free refills.

Yup, 1 refill per year...so in 25.7 years it would cost the same as Souveran.

strat81 · 04-21-06, 08:11

Has anyone here ever actually used or seen the stuff on a vehicle? I'm sure it's a bit overpriced, but I suppose that if Bill Gates was an Autopian, that might be his go to wax.

Mikeyc · 04-21-06, 08:31

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Originally Posted by BigLeegr

I think there is a "1 per year" limit on the free refills.

I'm not really sure where this "1 per year" rumor started, but a guy on another detailing forum stated he called Zymol and refills are unlimited, but there is a three week turn around time. Also, you have to pay to ship back the empty container and then also pay the shipping on the full container being sent back to you. I haven't personally called and verified this, but I've also never seen any fine print on Zymol.com stating that there is a limit on refills.

I have a 4 oz. jar of Vintage (no free refills and MUCH cheaper) and I can honestly say it's a great wax. I would never ever pay $1500 for the larger, free refill jar though. Unless of course I became so rich that I was looking to give away money, but I don't see that happening any time soon. I will also say that I've put Vintage up against other waxes like P21S, DP Max Wax, Pinnacle Soveran, Megs #16, and others and IMO the Vintage gives the deepest & wettest shine. Vintage is definitely not an extremely durable wax though. I get maybe 4-6 weeks out of one coat.