New Car = Clear Bra and Which Wax?

SamIam

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My wife and I just pulled the trigger on the new Wagon Queen Family Truckster in Metallic Pee. "You think you hate it now, just wait till you drive it!"



Not really, got a new Honda Odyssey Van, in Gold Metallic, and traded in the Black Pearl Acura MDX. My wife wanted Gold because she said, "You won't have to spend so much time making it look good. Not like Black." Little does she know!!!!



Picked up a second dog, a 65 lb lab mix to go with our 50 lb Belgian Shepherd. Mix with a 7 yr old daughter, a 10 yr old son, and add in frequent trips to the lake, and the MDX just wasn't big enough anymore.



Anyways, I have 2 questions:



1) I have both AIO/SG as well as 4Star Platinum (UPP), and some Glanz wax. I am guessing that Glanz is the shortest lived here, but is the easiest to use. I thought the 4Star looked fabulous on a platinum metal flake Lexus I did last year, but wasn't sure how long a couple of layers would last. I am sure SG would last all winter, but does anybody have some experience using Platinum over a long Midwest Winter? UPP is easier to use, and made the flake in the Lexus sparkle, which I would hope it would do on the metal flake in the new Honda.



2) I want to get a 3M clear bra for it. Anyone have experience applying one? I will pay to have it done, but would like to do it myself, for the experience. If its just a matter of taking your time and being meticulous, I feel like I would like to do it. If it is a major PITA, then I will hand it off and pay someone.



Anyways, as always, your feedback is appreciated.
 
1. Go with AIO + #16 for midwest winter or go Zaino or Poorboys EXP.



2. In my understanding, there is a real art to applying these correctly. Find someone good who does it for a living I have been told by reliable sources.
 
I had a Llumar clear bra installed on my 350Z. I watched the guy install it, and I would not want to do that myself. Very tricky. He sprayed the paint surface with a water/alcohol mix and then positioned the film over it, then squeegeed the water out. Quite a trick, but it's perfect and well worth the expense.
 
1) ""I have both AIO/SG as well as 4Star Platinum (UPP), and some Glanz wax. I am guessing that Glanz is the shortest lived here""



Guess again that Glantz wax would be compared to AIO/SG in durabilty, and many people have said UPP has durabilty problems, but it looks great. Glantz wax recently finished 2nd behind Zaino in a test of 7 products for among other things durabilty. Klasse and UPP were not in the test, but my point is Glantz is very durable, and one of my old favs. The test site is down but if it comes up again here it is.



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