Many people tell me dun go for white car ,or else you will regret lately.

But I like white paint,cause is look young, shape and clean.

But hard to maintenance.

Somehow I think black is more hard to taking care.

Anyone one can share some advise,how to maintain a white car.

I have my car washed every week and wheels polished every alternate days. Will normally send it for waxing every one or two months. this way, my white is still looking brand new even after close to two and a half years. I have another black car at home, my sisters to be exact. She doesn't care about her car lol, therefore scratches are easily spotted in black color.

i agree with white color car being high maintenance due to its nature.. every week need to be wash with professional people.. so whoever want white color car make sure u r car cosmetic lovers.. i'm myself not into cosmetic, more on performance and entertainment..

If you are lazy, don't get black or white.
Black has anorther problem, car will be very hot and not easytoto cool down because it absorb sun heat.

White paint... If wanna make it like new paint and wash it every weeks or after rain and parking out side and drive to car wash.
After 6 months go for polishing.

Or totally don't care it and keep it dirty until you can't accept the car condition, then bring to repainting workshop for spray pearl white

This post has been edited by kimsim: Dec 11 2012, 07:31 AM

it is very easy to spot any stain on white color solid paint...
if really lazy to wash maybe 2-4 weeks once, go for metallic paint...

anyway, u can send your car for detailing every 3-6 months...
the staffs will apply a seal layer which will isolate the water and paint, wont harm directly to car paint directly and it will look like bubble water...
hence the paint surface will as smooth as silk...

example the picture below is my bloody effort for detailing...



if u want to cheap detailing, the SS2 there have one shop doing this, around Rm300-400 for standard package if no remember wrong...

This post has been edited by gkl83: Dec 11 2012, 08:05 AM

Having a black car is much worst. My first car was a black car, now my second car is a white car. Comparing these 2, my first car is harder to keep clean. You can see even one single speck of dust.

If you talk about glossy paint, YES.
White cars need more work to maintain.
After a rain, the water streaks will accumulate if not removed regularly (those yellowish/brown water lines)
Need to polish every so often of fine scratches will eventually get stain stucked inside permanently
Turns yellowish over time
All the problems above happens to other colours, but they are not so visible.
Black is the second hardest to maintain after white.

hi guys

after see you guys comment.it seem white is hard to maintain.

but i have no choice i had to get white.

just booked a new honda insight white

need to polish everyweek to keep the paint good?


mine is pearl white..i hear is more much better than solid white.

any idea?

no need until polish every week la...just send to car wash once a week ok already...polish once a year enough....thats what i do to.my white car oso....still very clean n paint still very good....not that high maintenance

another white car on the road....damn common these days...

If you are hardworking, just wash urself...dont send to car wash as we dont know what shampoo they use..it might harm ur car paint and coat...polish often also will destroy the paint coat...but if u plan to repaint the whole after two years then u dont need to worry too much

Polishing is not exactly good for your paint. Every time u polish, a fine layer of paint gets taken off. Polishing once a year should be sufficient. Yuo can do waxing every 2-3 months to 'lock in' the polish. Wash weekly but be careful with the shampoo used. Best would be just a wet cloth and plain water. No real need for car shampoos.

Actually as long as u always keep ur car in clean condition, n waxing it every 2 to 3 months your car will look like new. As i also using a pearl white car for nearly 2 years, my car paint still look new though....

This post has been edited by popmaster22: Dec 11 2012, 11:53 AM

Why not look into a Tribos treatment program for your car? It comes with a 3-year warranty on body, 6months on Glass & Rims.

With a tribos protected program, you only need to water wash your car and wipe it clean. Doesn't need wax & polish for the 3 years during warranty.

u will appreciate black/dark color when u scratch your car bumper..

With the rainy season setting in, need to wash once every 2-3 days

If not black steaks can be seen.

I guess depends where u stay also, in kl, air dirty hence fast dirty

In Sabah Sarawak, most ppl drive white cars

get this! it helps alot.

actually claying is better than polish...

polish remove layer by layer along with contaminants bcos of chemical cleaning, worst the paint by look "imbalance" after polish...
claying no chemical cleaning involved, it simply remove the contaminants only...

as usual, claying + waxing will do more than enough for detailing...
polish required unless claying no able to remove the hard stain or contaminants...
rubbing compound required unless polish no able to remove the tough stain or contaminants, it 100% will harm the car paint...

here some information about claying
http://www.bimmerboost.com/showthread.php?...!-MUST-READ

I have black & white car at home..both are hard to maintain, every week if got time i will wash & wax. But the hard work always being paid off with the deep shine reflection..