LSP for Weekend Only Cruiser?

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Just finished 2-stage correction on a black old-school base coat / clear coat painted hot rod. Looks better than I had expected. I will have paint film installed behind all 4 wheels, and strategically on the spoilers and front nose where rock ships are most likely to occur. Then I need to decide on LSP. This car will see fair weather only cruising and trips to local shows. I am considering skipping a true Ceramic Coating on this car.

I have installed consumer grade ceramics with good results. But I have found that unless you go with a true self-healing coating like Feynlab, any ceramic you can order and install yourself will show fine scratches and toweling marks over time. (I am unaware of any self-healing coating that is available to the consumer market … yet) Then, your only option is to physically remove the coating with with a compound, re-correct and re-coat. I am at that place with the wife’s black SUV which gets all the hard climate duties in our house. It still looks good from 10 feet, but needs to be completely redone.

I’m thinking for a true garage queen, any of the new(er) SiO detail sprays will provide plenty of gloss and protection and allow for super easy, fine polish only spot touch-ups along the way.

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Being a hardcore Firebird fanatic myself, I see your 'Bird and hats off sir, amazing car!! Are those the Yearone billit rims? 18"? They look amazing!!
Since yours is a 'Bird I say pamper it and go for high end. Go Polish Angel. On their site sub your email and they will send you emails everytime they have 15% off. They had one a day ago. They have them often enough.

Not sure where you are located, but have you ever been out to Dayton Ohio last weekend in August?? I asked this of another member. Best absolute weekend every year.

Amazing car you have:dblthumb2:
 
Yes - YO billet honeycomb: 18x10 front and 18x12 rear. DSE rear Q-link and mini-tubbed, DSE front sub-frame, LS9 / T-56. This build took a long, long time. Just took delivery last month, in time for snow, ice, and a methodical final paint buff and cut! I’m so finicky about that, I had them hit it with 2 extra coats of clear and then take her through color sand and rotary compound only, I enjoyed finishing her off from there.
 
PDC said:
Yes - YO billet honeycomb: 18x10 front and 18x12 rear. DSE rear Q-link and mini-tubbed, DSE front sub-frame, LS9 / T-56. This build took a long, long time. Just took delivery last month, in time for snow, ice, and a methodical final paint buff and cut! I’m so finicky about that, I had them hit it with 2 extra coats of clear and then take her through color sand and rotary compound only, I enjoyed finishing her off from there.
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Absolutely amazing!!!! Tastefull pro touring 'Bird!! Love the DSE and mini tubs, and the LS9 is a spicey touch!!.
Yea, car would get love in Dayton.:hungry:
 
My gf and I are relaxing on the couch watching Knight Rider, the K.I.T.T. vs K.A.R.R. episode to be clear - because those are my all time favorite cars.

Yours is gorgeous!

My "if it were me" suggestion is Optimum Opti-Seal with Optimum Car Wax over it.

Over the 2021 summer I was able to use OCW for the family daily drivers (mom, gf, me).
 
I wouldn't even consider a coating for such a car. Extended protection and durability would be near the bottom of the totem pole of priorities from my perspective and that is where coatings excel.

In your case, there are plenty of traditional glazes, waxes and/or sealants that would be a better choice in my opinion. They can be applied as often as you desire, like before each show, without any special prep. And spot "touch-ups", if and when necessary, will be easier than if you are dealing with a coating.

A few products I'd consider... Meguiar's #7; Meguiar's #21; Meguiars Ultimate Liquid Wax; Meguiar's #26.
 
I would look in Gyeon CanCoat as an option. Coatings will scratch especially for those that love touching their vehicles constantly and wiping them down with detail spray. Very common amongst car shows. The benefit is that they form a harder surface to not look as bad as a wax or sealant.
 
Kamakaz1961 said:
Silly Rabbit is right!

Polish Angel for the win! Another great wax is Pinnacle Souveran Paste Wax. Can't go wrong either.
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For a black garage queen, Pinnacle Souveran is hard to beat for gloss and depth. 🤙
 
This is helping a bunch. I guess I sort of live in my own cocoon and was under the impression that ceramics had really taken over the market. I wondered how waxes and sealants were surviving. I love the durability of ceramic on our hard driven 4-season mobile - but the thought of compounding the now marred beaten up ceramic in order to re-correct and re-coat is daunting.

I do have a couple of friends that brought their cars to a very highly regarded detail shop that installed Feynlab Self Healing Ceramic and i am blown away. Take a bone dry, rough, terry cotton towel and rub as hard as you like. Go ahead: F’ it up. Blow a warm hair dryer on it or pour a cup of warm tap water across it and the roughed up area literally looks freshly sprayed. Is that technology ever coming to the ‘enthusiast’ market??
 
I just applied Autoglym High Definition wax yesterday. Compliments of our very own VISITOR
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Depends on what you like for looks. I like the candy gloss on black that coatings give you. If a coating shows marring it is definitely protecting better than waxes and sealants and I’d rather my coating mar than paint.

I think CanCoat would be good to get that candy gloss if you like that.

As for self healing Kamikaze Zipang can be purchased by prosumers and has self healing properties.

If i was not going coating route 100% Polish Angel. Centurion for a base coat and Carnauba Arts Black Wulfenite for toppings.


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Thank You! Damn - I’m behind the times .. I’d never heard of Kamikaze. I was glued to their site for the last 45 minutes like it was porn.

I’m not sure I trust my skill set enough to to lay down their Zipang on a black car…. Is there any benefit to using their ‘overcoat’ spray as a stand alone? My thought is if the car is not ‘coated’ and you find an area of a few light toweling marks, you can practically take those out by hand with a mild finishing polish and then hit that panel with a light top coat. I have never had any luck polishing a ceramic coating other than to affirmatively remove it to re-coat the entire panel (or car)
 
As others have said- Pinnacle Souveran - on a black garage queen- BOOM! So deep you would lose your balance when you get next to it.
 
Sometimes oldies but goodies are among the best bet and that’s why I still use Souveran on both my black and white garage queens.
 
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