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Dennis- do you have a recommendation for a shop in the Denver/Boulder/Golden area? Thx. Mike
i was torn between Man Cave Colorado and Steve’s Detailing. I ended up going with Man Cave, and they did a nice job. The key to a really nice ceramic coating is the prep, including paint correction and detailing.
Beautiful car! I love the targa! Maybe one day, I will get one:-)
Just FYI. While the entire front cap of the car is covered in Suntek PPF, the hood and bumper are NOT ceramic coated. Through 2 separate mishaps, I had to have the PPF replaced on each. I have not had a chance to get the newly applied PPF re-coated. In the meantime, I’ve applied Meguiar’s Ultimate Liquid Wax.
Bugs more easily come off of the front bumper with the wax over the ceramic. In most cases, my pre-wash spray (just water) removes the bugs with little to no effort.
The deep shine from the hood to the fenders is no different between the Modesta and the Meguiar’s wax.
I did over 12,000 miles last driving season. I think I washed my car 3 times. I like having my car done every 2 years, because it looks perfect. I'm not making these choices based on anything to do with price or cost.
From September 2017's CQuartz. Picture #1 is just washed, and 2 year-old (over 24,000 miles) OptiCoat Pro. Looks pretty damn good. Picture #2 is after a light paint correction and CQuartz Pro. Very happy customer.
That does look great. How do you go from car looking perfect to only washing every 3000 miles?? Ceramic is perfect for that scenario I bet. I wash MIN once/week so it looks just about perfect all the time. I get it now.
I wasn't a PPF believer when i came here so who knows...................
That does look great. How do you go from car looking perfect to only washing every 3000 miles?? Ceramic is perfect for that scenario I bet. I wash MIN once/week so it looks just about perfect all the time. I get it now.
I wasn't a PPF believer when i came here so who knows...................
Right. I have to wash at least once a week, even with the ceramic coating on both the paint and wheels. Brake dust on the wheels alone requires cleaning, even on those weeks where we don’t get any rain.
Thanks for all the input. Sounds like if I wash my car frequently, I could do a paint-correction to bring out the best color and then see if that's enough for me before going ceramic. Probably will do a ppf on the front end too.
Thanks for all the input. Sounds like if I wash my car frequently, I could do a paint-correction to bring out the best color and then see if that's enough for me before going ceramic. Probably will do a ppf on the front end too.
Do all three. Paint correction, then PPF, then ceramic coat, in that order. If you wash your car frequently it'll help protect the paint. The paint correction will make the car look better regardless of color. I do all three on every single car I buy, it's always the first thing I do right after picking them up.
Do all three. Paint correction, then PPF, then ceramic coat, in that order. If you wash your car frequently it'll help protect the paint. The paint correction will make the car look better regardless of color. I do all three on every single car I buy, it's always the first thing I do right after picking them up.
I drove mine from the dealer right down the street to my guys. They did minor no charge correction, PPF and 2 coats Ceramic Pro.
I tried a fairly new product that was recommended to me by Phil at Detailer’s Domain - HydroSilex. I applied it on my daily driver as well as my CGTS and am really pleased with the results relevant to the cost.
Phil said to use the dry method:
- wash and dry the car throughly.
- mist the HydroSilex on in small sections, I did a 3’ x 3’ area
- carefully wipe the HydroSilex onto the surface with a clean MF towel.
- immediately buff that area off with a another clean MF towel.
The application couldn’t have been easier and after approximately 6 weeks of rainy weather combined with pollen in the air as well as bug splatter my cars still look good to me. After driving on wet roads I do a quick touch up with a waterless car wash or detail spray and the bug splatter, pollen etc clean up very easily.
I also applied lied it to all the exterior glass as well inside of the glass on the drivers and passenger front glass, cleaning the glass after the HydroSilex application is a breeze now plus the inside glass is fairly smudge proof now.
I recommended it to a few friends and they are really pleased as well.
Thanks for all the input. Sounds like if I wash my car frequently, I could do a paint-correction to bring out the best color and then see if that's enough for me before going ceramic. Probably will do a ppf on the front end too.
If you are working with a certain amount of money you want to spend, yes, I'd agree with spending the money on PPF first. It's my opinion that a high quality self-healing PPF provides the best protection against the most things, and the high-end PPF's are pretty glossy in themselves (mine is Suntek Ultra).
PPF just saved my mirror's paint from a door scrape (despite parking far out in the lot in what I thought was a safe spot!). The damaged PPF was easily and cheaply replaced and the paint underneath was unscathed.
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