Chill bro, while the peace of the mind way to get 100% authentic Meguair's product is through Motormad/Hypercoat but Meguair's Direct based on the old timers here have proven their stuffs is genuine and is probably another importer competing. Well, we can all buy from the sources we want lah. I do buy from Lazada Meguair's for the HCW when they have promo cause small items + free postage is cheaper.
I personally used the Osren Luminous Paint Coat and Meguair's Hybrid Ceramic Wax. Both lasts about 2-3 weeks before requiring top up, but user experience I guess the Osren is easier to buff off. The Meguair's was designed for wet application though but I prefer dry application cause it lasts longer and uses less product.
Under Malaysia weather, definitely not 12 months. If outdoor parked cars, is likely 3 months or so. Fusso coat doesn't add much gloss, but the durability is one of the better in the market as it is fluorine based.

Regarding your sequence, the wax from the shampoo is probably minimal. The claying will remove it anyways, no problem there.
IPA wipe down is used to remove fillers for inspection and also to remove the polishing oil to prep the surface for coating/waxing etc. So far I'm using 1:1 IPA (50%).

Such a therapeutic watch..

Haha. Must be some impressive bristle if it doesn't leave any marrings on the plastic! 

I still phobia to aim water into engine bay. The way they go about doing it seems very confident and easy... Later end up I go try dunno what will happen to my ride.
Haha yea man. A bit garish inside.

They actually spent quite some time detailing the rims and tyres although it doesn't look bad. Haha.

Hi. Maybe for now, I prefer wash+ coat (using Hybrid ceramic wax, OSren Coat etc.)

Can you suggest any good shampoo, washing mitt and coat? The diffrence of price is too huge for eg, between OSren/PG and Meguair

-Yes by right it's wash>clay>polish>coat, but most would advise not to do claying if you are not going to follow up with machine polishing, because claying does mar your paint.

-Yes you can polish by hand once in awhile to clean your paint before coating it. How often? No correct answer but generally I would say if you feel your white car becoming slightly yellow-ish then probably it's time to do so, or maybe once every few months.

-Osren Ultra drying towel is designed for drying so better absorbent is the point. Osren regular microfibre towels are more general purpose towels, can be used to buff off stuff, wipe off tar remover, used for drying if you're in a pinch also can.

1:1 can be used as weekly topper

I'm more of a person to use neat cause neat has better longevity

ah choooooo

Anyone interested in the IK2 Foam Pro? 

No for me, I use the CarPro Polyshave cloth. Even after it felt smooth for me on the cloth, when I use a clay bar go through can see some dirt one (embedded ones I guess, so I reckon the clay bars are more thorough).

So what I do is... I'll clay cloth then clay bar.

wow how so haha

Dear sifus, Im not sure if this was asked before but I have been using Glaco on my windows and I want to ask if any tips to prolong its effectiveness for my use.

You see, I park my car outside to weather even at home so its exposed to rain, dust, morning dew. Therefore I wash my car on weekly basis. However a few questions pops up;
1) Can I wash my windows with the car shampoo too? I mean will such degrade the coating faster?
2) After my wash, there are beads of water still on the glass so can I wipe the windows dry? Right now I'm afraid to touch it so usually I leave it to dry under the sun but I'm not sure if that's a good thing or will it cause watermarks.
3) Sometimes I do get lazy to wipe down the current coating layer, so will it be okay if I apply another coating ontop of the existing layer?

Need advice.Tq

Hi, I'm now lookind for rim cleaner. Anyone used these products before? Which one to get?

If there any other product to recommend besides these? TIQ