Cilajet Sealant?

[Beemerboy]

I saw someone ask about this on a BMW site. The dealership is trying to get him to have it applied to the tune of $750

I told the guy to keep is 750 bucks and once or twice a year have a pro detailer detail the car

Anyone use this or know anything about it?

Seems like its an aircraft sealant, not sure what that means when used on a car?

higher temp? longer lasting durability?

Cilajet Paint Sealant-"Immunity from almost Everything!

[mrclean81]

Its not uncommon for dealerships to push this bs on customers. I`ve known of dealerships charging $500 for a cost of Car Brite Paint Sealant. I use this stuff a lot and have for years, and while its the longest lasting sealant ice ever used, its 30 bucks a quart. It makes me sick to think that a scam like this is happening every day.

[Beemerboy]

Its not uncommon for dealerships to push this bs on customers. I`ve known of dealerships charging $500 for a cost of Car Brite Paint Sealant. I use this stuff a lot and have for years, and while its the longest lasting sealant ice ever used, its 30 bucks a quart. It makes me sick to think that a scam like this is happening every day.

Yea I knew it was a scam..I hate that dealers prey on customers this way.

So you are getting this for 30 bucks a quart?

[mrclean81]

Yea I knew it was a scam..I hate that dealers prey on customers this way.

So you are getting this for 30 bucks a quart?

Yeah. It used to be a little cheaper but its still a good price. I put 1 coat on an old Ford truck I had just to see how long it would last. 8 months later it was still beading water. I finally got bored with it and stripped it and started over lol.

[mahal]

did some research on cilajet. Find out that XXPONET makes cilajet. They have a product for the retail market.

[GearHead_1]

did some research on cilajet. Find out that XXPONET makes cilajet. They have a product for the retail market.

mahal, Welcome to Detail City, we`re happy to have you here with us. May I suggest you take a moment and stop in to the appropriate forum to introduce yourself and tell us a bit about you? As you are likely aware, often when a new member`s first post includes a URL or product name suspicions my rise. No accusations are being made here. I`m just thinking it would be nice to get to know you. Again, welcome to The City!

[Mel Craig]

Hey guys, just wanted to post a bit about Cilajet and what they are trying to do. Cilajet is a great product and the manufacture of the product is a very close friend of mine. The product from what I know is a "Dealership Only" product and not sold by any retailer at all. Furthermore, the detailer who said it is owned buy whoever is incorrect. Like I said the owner is someone I personally know very well. She is an amazing woman who has a great product out on the market being sold through the auto dealership channels.

Auto dealerships have for years now been selling insurance backed products to the consumer in a big way. Right or wrong, the Dealership Paint Sealant program is extremely successful for dealership throughout the country. Most new car auto dealerships offer a new car paint and interior protection package ranging in price from as low as $400.00 and up to $800. In some cases I have experienced new car dealerships offering vehicle protection packages well over $1,000.00

You can look at this as a negative or you can look at it as a positive! Just think for a minute on the business side of things! Dealerships have actually done us a great deal of helping educate the market about the added benefits of paint sealants. Therefore, making it and marketing it a lot easier for all of us to "UPSELL" our paint sealant programs. In fact, in my shop `Paint Sealant" is my number one up sell and I get very good money for each one I sell. And it`s 100% pure profit for us because we were going to wax the car anyway as part of our standard detail.... I`ve used Cilajet for years along with many other paint sealants and I can say that it is one great product that the owner can be very proud of. And if you ever get a chance to meet her you would know she is an amazing person to do business with.

MEL CRAIG
The Detailing Pros

[rwright]

What`s the difference between Cilajet and CG JetSeal 109 other than the fact Cilajet can only be purchased through the dealership "program"?

[Mel Craig]

What`s the difference between Cilajet and CG JetSeal 109 other than the fact Cilajet can only be purchased through the dealership "program"?

Two very different companies and two very different products. And your right... the Cilajet is not available through the retail market place. CG has there Jet Seal 109 available a lot of places. Both are paint sealants...

Good luck to you my friend...

MEL

[C. Charles Hahn]

10 oz. jar with "activator"

I smell Zaino... in a paste.

[cmichael258]

The body shop owner where I had my car repaired uses it on his Lear and all of the family cars. Hard to argue with someone who is in the business. He doesn`t offer it to the body shop customers and only does on special requests from friends.

[JaredPointer]

Cilajet (and others offered "only" at dealerships) may be great stuff made by the best people in the world, but to sell it through dealership channels only - which by the way market this stuff in the most underhanded, inaccurate way possible - is enough to make me tell as many people as I possibly can to avoid it at all costs.

Aside from that, if it were all that great a product and didn`t need some sort of "gimmick" to move it, I would suspect it might be available for purchase to people other than stealerships.

Lying to customers who don`t know better and gouging them to the tune of hundreds of dollars (if not thousands later when it`s time for a repaint because they didn`t care for the paint like they should have based on the misrepresentation of this product) speaks volumes about dealerships, and in my opinion, whoever is pushing it via those channels.

Even with a brand new car, there`s (usually) more to it than slapping on an application of some sealant/wax and calling it a day.

[Rocket]

I don`t know anything about this product so I can not comment on it but... I feel dealerships see an area that they can take advantage and they go all out.

A dealer local to me seals all the cars that come in and charge an extra $1000. I think that`s a ridiculous amount of money for any paint sealant.

[C. Charles Hahn]

I don`t know anything about this product so I can not comment on it but... I feel dealerships see an area that they can take advantage and they go all out.

A dealer local to me seals all the cars that come in and charge an extra $1000. I think that`s a ridiculous amount of money for any paint sealant.

So they`re basically tacking an extra $1000 on to the price of every car on their lot and FORCING every customer to pay?

There`s a dealer that would never get a dime of my business.

[Rocket]

So they`re basically tacking an extra $1000 on to the price of every car on their lot and FORCING every customer to pay?

There`s a dealer that would never get a dime of my business.

It was a Chevy dealer- every car I looked at had it tacked on and I would say I looked at 3 complete rows of trucks and every Vette & Camaro on the lot. I looked at a few other models as well and they all had it added on as well. I would say all of the vehicles had it based on what I saw.

That dealership will not be getting my business either