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Old 05-17-2004, 03:35 AM
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Thumbs up Whats the best car care products?

Hey, ive been wondering who makes the best cleaning/polishing/waxing products or all they all the same? Some have told me Zymol is pretty good but i wouldnt know cuz i always use a mixture of diff crap. What is all your opinions on this?
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Old 05-17-2004, 03:38 AM
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coming from australia i hav to say some of the best stuff here is Mequires. i dont know if u hav that. i always found that you can wash ur car with any wash just use a premim was or polish.
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Old 05-17-2004, 06:15 AM
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i use meguires too...good enuf for what i want...you could get some zaino polish...thats the heezy for some good shine
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Also, this thread should help you with the basics:

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum...d.php?t=158378
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Old 05-17-2004, 01:14 PM
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i like griot's garage car care, and beleive it or not i tried some turtle wax platnum and loved it also.
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zymol... expensive but good

as far as what is the best wax... it depends on what you want. Zymol makes very good wax that wont necessarily give you that showroom quality wet look, or the super smooth paint... but it works and is very good for what it is supposed to do. Its one of the liongest lasting waxes out there and protects very well against the elements. Infact, I believe that the waxes which make your car look the best, are the worst against the elements and don't last at all. I've used regular cheap old turtle wax, and it looked amazing... lasted like a week... I've used meguiars and it gave a good shine, and lasted a while but the zymol carbon wax for my 99 m3 really made the estoril blue look great. Each application is slowly restoring the smooth finish of my car, and the field glaze which is pure caranuba wax works great as well, it really makes a nice gloss, giving that wet look. My friend has a hinda s2000 and a 92 toyota mr2 turbo which he is making into a show/race car... its almost complete and he uses zymol as well after trying everything else. Neither one of us use anything other than zymol, and we won't switch until something better comes out. Besides, down here in florida, very few waxes will hold up the way the zymol wax does... and i mean the real zymol in the clear tub, witht he blue wax... not the stuff at discount auto which looks greenish gray... cause that cheap "zymol" wax is made by turtle wax.
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Car Wash-Anything really as long as it isn't dishwashing liquid.

And as a wax use S100, I tried some today and man oh man it's wonderful!
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