Whats on your ride?

Currently

  • WAX

    Votes: 21 13.7%

  • SEALANT

    Votes: 35 22.9%

  • COATING

    Votes: 32 20.9%

  • SEALANT TOPPED WITH WAX

    Votes: 48 31.4%

  • HYBRID WAX/SEALANT

    Votes: 11 7.2%

  • OTHER

    Votes: 6 3.9%
  • Total voters
    153
2002 QX4 Bird Poop, need to clean and polish that and coat that sucker. Just deciding in what to use, EXO bc I know it or Cquartz UK to try something new?

2009 MDX-Opti-Coat almost 2 years and it looks great, still easy to clean and I only wish the beading were tighter.

2012 Subaru-OptiCoat Same time and results.

Note both of the above were opticoated bc my wife and son don't care for their cars and I was looking for reduced maintenance. Mission accomplished.

2013 M37X Sport-EXO v2- looking good and wearing well.
 
JSFM35X said:
2002 QX4 Bird Poop, need to clean and polish that and coat that sucker. Just deciding in what to use, EXO bc I know it or Cquartz UK to try something new?

2009 MDX-Opti-Coat almost 2 years and it looks great, still easy to clean and I only wish the beading were tighter.

2012 Subaru-OptiCoat Same time and results.

Note both of the above were opticoated bc my wife and son don't care for their cars and I was looking for reduced maintenance. Mission accomplished.

2013 M37X Sport-EXO v2- looking good and wearing well.
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Seems like something is missing ?????
 
Currently I have GTechniq C1 topped with multiple coats of GTechniq EXOv2. I continue to add coats of EXOv2 every quarter or so (more like when I have time to) and love it. It allows me to still work on the car, unlike Opti-Coat and some others (I used to have it but took it off because I didn't care for the look) while having the long-term protection that I really wanted for this stage. Love the combo and wouldn't trade it for a lot of the other options on the market today.
 
CQuartzUK/reload-washed with duragloss rinseless weekly, wheels OC 2.0:
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BlackFire TPnS then Cystal Seal all covered in a fine layer or dust and road grime. Gonna take care of the top coating this weekend!
 
TroyScherer said:

I had to vote other.. To many combinations...



Truck (Outside 24/7)
Paint: Opti-coat Pro - Topped with Opti Car Wax / DG AQ / Reload / Permanon depending on the day and time.
Wheels: Pin BL Surface Coating - Topped Permanon
Glass: FlyBy30​


VW Jetta
Paint: CQUK x3 - Topped with Reload
Wheels: Opti-coat Pro - Topped with Reload
Glass: Opti-Glass​


Acura
Paint: 50% Pin BL Surface Coating / 50% POLISHANGEL FAMOUS - Topped with Sonax BSD
Wheels: Pin BL Surface Coating - Topped with Hydro2
Glass: Wolfs Glass Guard
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I note that you have coated wheels with either OptiCoat or PBL Surface Coating. I am pretty new to coatings, but I just used PBLSC on the wheels of one car (the rest all are sealed with Zaino CS). It went on easily, but I am not thrilled with the look. (Could be the wheels, though). How do you find PBLSC compared to OptiCoat for use on wheels?

Thanks!
 
tedj101 said:
I note that you have coated wheels with either OptiCoat or PBL Surface Coating. I am pretty new to coatings, but I just used PBLSC on the wheels of one car (the rest all are sealed with Zaino CS). It went on easily, but I am not thrilled with the look. (Could be the wheels, though). How do you find PBLSC compared to OptiCoat for use on wheels?

Thanks!
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In my opinion Opti-Coat is the best & longest lasting coating especially for wheels. I you are going to go through the whole process to clean and prep wheels for a coating I would suggest OC.

PBL Surface Coating is working good, but it is more of a long life sealant to me at this point. For the amount of work required I will most likely go back to using BF Metal Sealant to top up my wheels as I can apply it post wash and get 2+ months durability. And it gives me something to do.
 
Roof/Rocker/Front Bumper - Opti-coat 2.0
Wheels - Opti-coat 2.0
Tires - Optibond
Glass - Opti-glass
Rest of Paint - Reload

I'm polishing my car section by section and will go over it with CQUK 2014 when I'm done
 
My STI Opticoat v2.0
Daily wheels OptiCoat v2.0
Track wheels Reload

Nissan Altima
CQUK
wheels have opticoat v2.0

Acura MDX Hydro2

Subaru Forester FK1000P

CBR600RR BFWD
 
2002 Infiniti Q45 - Blackfire Wet Diamond topped with Menzerna ColorLock (soon to be CQuartz UK)

2005 Infiniti Q45 - Blackfire Wet Diamond (considering between Opti-Coat or CQuartz UK)
 
We have a three way tie between:

SEALANT
COATING
SEALANT TOPPED WITH WAX

Some day, in the not too distant future, I could see myself using a sealant, :funny: As long as it looks like a wax!
 
My Tundra has Black fire wet Diamond and add Prima Hydro MAX Super Spray every 2-3 weeks after I wash it.

My Camaro has just Prima Hydro MAX Super Spray on it so far but its a toy and only has 1500 miles on it. Trying to figure out what I want to put on it I have Hydro 2 coming try that on wifes car first (also black) see how I like it and figure out how to use it.

Arsenal includes Prima Hydro MAX Super Spray, BFWD, Collinite 845, BF total polish and seal, chemical guys hybrid v7, and a lot leftover over the counter Meguires and mothers products. cant wait to experiment.

I am also using this stuff on our work trucks trying to find the best bang for the buck/time product to use when i do compound-polish-seal on them. Big-ole rubbish trucks just trying to make the paint jobs last 3000-5000$ bucks just to repaint a cab with few repairs. so trying to invest in paint care even though the guys that drive them dont care bunch animals.
 
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