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- May 4, 2010
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One week of driving, about 320miles. Half highway half canyon carving. I painted the calipers two weeks ago and installed new front rotors and ceramic brake pads four weeks ago, they have had about 700miles on them. I did the rear rotors/pads last week.
I put opti coat 2.0 on the wheels about a month a ago when I did the rotors. I cleaned the car/wheels last Monday. I wash the car with optimum no rinse and use the left over water for the wheels. For the tries I use APC 1:15.
After a week of driving:
close up shots
50/50 shots. just used ONR and a brush
cleaning products. Daytona brush, cheap walmart fender brush, stiff dollar store tire brush, apc 1:15, home depo bucket put into a 10 gallon wet/dry vac so I got a bucket on wheels
All clean. I use a mf to dry the wheels, a terry cloth for the tires. Let them dry, then megs endurance dressing wit a foam applicator.
So far I am happy with opti coat on the wheels. when they are clean it adds a new layer of shine that i wasn't getting from collnite 845 or other waxes. opti coat really is like another layer of clear coat that enhances the paint. so easy to apply and used like 0.5ml to do four wheels. I haven't done the calipers yet. I haven't finished polishing the car so I no opti coat on the paint yet...
Sadly it left a lot of dust after a week of driving. I was hoping switching to ceramic brakes would help, maybe i bought cheap ones that dust like crazy. In all fairness I drove the car kinda hard this week. Had some fun in the mountains. Still I really hoped it would stay cleaner. I bought that armor all wheel protectant but haven't tried it yet. I wonder if I can put that over the opti-coat.
I wonder if adding more coats would add any benefit. Does wheels cleaner or APC remove opti coat 2.0?
I put opti coat 2.0 on the wheels about a month a ago when I did the rotors. I cleaned the car/wheels last Monday. I wash the car with optimum no rinse and use the left over water for the wheels. For the tries I use APC 1:15.
After a week of driving:
close up shots
50/50 shots. just used ONR and a brush
cleaning products. Daytona brush, cheap walmart fender brush, stiff dollar store tire brush, apc 1:15, home depo bucket put into a 10 gallon wet/dry vac so I got a bucket on wheels
All clean. I use a mf to dry the wheels, a terry cloth for the tires. Let them dry, then megs endurance dressing wit a foam applicator.
So far I am happy with opti coat on the wheels. when they are clean it adds a new layer of shine that i wasn't getting from collnite 845 or other waxes. opti coat really is like another layer of clear coat that enhances the paint. so easy to apply and used like 0.5ml to do four wheels. I haven't done the calipers yet. I haven't finished polishing the car so I no opti coat on the paint yet...
Sadly it left a lot of dust after a week of driving. I was hoping switching to ceramic brakes would help, maybe i bought cheap ones that dust like crazy. In all fairness I drove the car kinda hard this week. Had some fun in the mountains. Still I really hoped it would stay cleaner. I bought that armor all wheel protectant but haven't tried it yet. I wonder if I can put that over the opti-coat.
I wonder if adding more coats would add any benefit. Does wheels cleaner or APC remove opti coat 2.0?