Brand New Car - best things to do to keep it looking new?
I had a quick look through the detailing forum and couldn't find a topic specifically for what to do with a brand new car to keep it looking as new as possible for as long as possible.
What do people recommend (or do) when they get a brand new car to get everything looking great after delivery, and to keep it looking good? Both exterior and interior.
Very interested to hear your suggestions and experiences!
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My new car in particular has a few things I want to sort out:
- Dealer pre-delivery wax marks on my black rubber trim around the windows. What's the best way to clean these up and/or conceal them?
- Adhesive residue from when the car was wrapped/covered for transport from the factory. What's the best way to get this off safely?
- Cloth seats, will using cans of Scotchguard you can buy from Bunnings etc provide sufficient protection for the seats? Also, what's the best thing to use to clean them prior to Scotchguard as I think my passenger seat already has stains (spray tan! grrr) on it.
The first thing I do is a full paint correction....but that's just me
TBH it depends largely on how much you want to do yourself, how much time you have set aside for regular (weekly) maintenance, an how much money you have to invest in a paint protection product
Are you:
a) Someone who is happy to fairly religiously set aside time once a week to wash & maintain the car?
b) Someone who washes their car whenever they can, but it can sometimes be a month between washes
c) Someone who just wants to do the absolute bare minimum possible, but still wants something presentable
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d) Someone who would fly a detailing Guru from Melbourne once a year to detail your car (then tell your friends who'll all just rock-up and get thiers done as well )
Why do I get the feeling that when we catch I'm going to be drugged at some point in the evening, kidnapped, and wake up chained to a wall in a garage somewhere with nothing but rows of cars to detail?
In which case mate, I would look for someone in Bris who can do a paint correction for you and then you can do the Prima Paint Protection and wax once a month with something easy to apply like Banana Gloss.
Or
Have ceramic polymer paint protection done (like OptiCoat/OptiGuard). Getting that done should also include a paint correction. From there it becomes straight forward to maintain. I'd still be waxing once a month, but it now becomes more about the gloss and wet look a wax will give you (the aesthetic) rather than the protectant properties of the wax protecting your clear coat
Paint correction will take care of any adhesive on the panels.
If you're not wanting to get paint correction done (I'd recommend you do though), you can at the bare minimum, clay the car, which should help remove the adhesive residue
For residue on the rubber and the surrounds, you can use Pre Wow from ZAS
I love this stuff. It works miracles on plastics and rubber. There is a sister product called Black Wow, which is a silicon based restorer to be used after you use the Pre Wow, but as your car (and plastics/rubber) is quite new, I doubt you'll need it. Pre Wow should be ample for your needs
Joel's done a lot of work to outline detailing techniques, from the basic wash, all the way though to full paint correction etc. Really informative stuff
For interior cloth, I'd be tempted to use this over Scotchguard
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