Wax will last about 2 weeks but you dun need to polish for a year or so. The main difference between this and PPS is PPS puts a layer of protective film over your existing paint where else this detailing treats your car paint to give it better gloss and shine but you still need to apply need to wax your car every few weeks. The bottomline is you either get a good looking paintjob but you still need to wax or you dun have to wax often and just wash but you won't get the best paint look.

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Added on March 2, 2009, 6:29 pmHypercoat(Meguiars) is the sole importer and distributor of Meguiars product and they do not open on Saturday. However, they sometimes conduct their auto clinic on some of the Saturdays. If we(as a club) apply for their auto clinic, we definitely get that 20% discount on their consumer products except the professional products. If Hypercoat has a auto clinic(usually a car club will be present) on the particular Saturday, you can sometimes get that discount automatically(happens once on my case).

Just to share more on their consumer line...

NXT = this product focuses more to protection not looks therefore more water beading, the sealant last longer, etc.
Gold Class = this product focuses more to looks, deep gloss or shine therefore their waxes are carnuba type and they don't last as long as NXT.

This post has been edited by aquilaTE: Mar 2 2009, 06:34 PM

Yup, I was reading their website too. I heard the Jln Templer is another one of their branches. I was planning to join another car club for their event there but due to poor response, it has been cancelled.

Btw, who are the Honda City Enthusiast Club? They are not Team City, right?

I can only comment on the Scratch X since I have only that one of all you listed above. I find it very effective in removing most scratches at clear coat level(if your scratches reaches base coat/paint, this you cannot fix at all).

The other products I have used so far are the Gold Class Car Shampoo, Safe-Degreaser(Professional Line), Quik Detailer, Quik Wax, Gold Class Trim Detailer and The Natural Shine Vinyl. Two of the items I mentioned above I got it free

Oh, btw... the Deep Crystal system, you can buy it together in a set instead of buying individually. I cannot remember whether it comes with a clay bar or not. I have to check again either on the website or with them.

This post has been edited by aquilaTE: Mar 2 2009, 07:32 PM

I attended two auto clinic under two clubs in the past so that's why I got two freebies from both the clinics.

The NXT series like I mentioned is more to protection to your paint job. The Gold Class is the other series more to looks. There is a professional line of products of Meguiars but those are what the car care centre uses or more for professional DIY detailers. I checked their website and they have another range I am not aware about.

My latest FC is 401km for 31litres. Looks like better than the ones I have before.

Anyway, once our cars are broken-in further(maybe after 10,000km onwards), we will see a big improvement in FC compared to when we first got our car.

It took me two weeks to reach 1000km becoz I was KOed for few days... hehe

I think my FC for this time now will suffer a bit since I was challenged by another car last night

Strange thing for my previous FC was I whack on the KLIA highway(becoz I was late to the airport) and I thought I may suffered a bad FC but to my surprise, it was better. I kept the vtec opened almost all of the way to KLIA

I prefer Shell for it's mileage but performance, I will go for Caltex.

That's why I use Shell instead of Caltex since I find Caltex have poorer mileage but for some reason, I feel the car has a bit more power if I use Caltex... so I guess that is the trade off.

Well, I tested both Caltex and Shell previous with my Putra and I notice I get slightly better mileage(remember, slightly better). I don't use V-power since the normal petrol is quite good already. I agreed with Foocy that mixing fuel will not have any side effects and best to test another fuel after few refill to make sure you don't have the previous fuel in the tank.

I just checked today and Honda service centres only open for half day on Saturday and closed for the Sunday. Only the sales division opens 7 days a week.

My personal preference was BBM due to more unique than the common gold colour therefore I got that colour. V

I'm using both the cd player and the usb. But most of the time on usb with my normal usb thumb/pendrive. I dun have an ipod so I dunno about that one.

Ic ic... sounds good. That means from the car audio control side, you can control the volume and switch between tracks and folders? It's true the stock speakers are not bad to start off with as compared to my original proton Unless I am an audiophile or an ICER, the current setup is already good for me.

I've notice usually with the Jazz, City and the 1.8 Civic, they use mineral oil all the way. But once the car gets older, best to switch from mineral to semi-syth. I'm planning to do that only after the 2nd or 3rd year.

Btw, what do you mean by thick oil?

This post has been edited by aquilaTE: Mar 13 2009, 01:27 AM

Do it afternoon lar... more sun...hehe

I'm done at 12pm. At least more people are awake this time and in time for their lunch. At least my dslr is prep-ed for photoshoot.