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Wondering whatever one would recommend for a daily driver that's not garage kept. Obviously it's a little pointless to do a full paint correction and all that nice stuff. But am wondering what's the best process for keeping the daily driven vehicle looking good without wasted effort

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My daily driver is a yr old. 14k. I'm proud to say it's damn near 95%. I pretty much keep up with megs express wash and hydro 2 sealant.
 
v1ru5879 said:
Wondering whatever one would recommend for a daily driver that's not garage kept. Obviously it's a little pointless to do a full paint correction and all that nice stuff. But am wondering what's the best process for keeping the daily driven vehicle looking good without wasted effort

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A regular application of a good cleaner wax of your choice.
 
v1ru5879 said:
Wondering whatever one would recommend for a daily driver that's not garage kept. Obviously it's a little pointless to do a full paint correction and all that nice stuff. But am wondering what's the best process for keeping the daily driven vehicle looking good without wasted effort

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I disagree with these parts. IMO it's even more important to do it to a car that sits outside. My son is driving one of my cars and it sits out all the time in the Atlanta heat and pollution. Within the next couple of weeks when he has two days off, you can be sure we are going full attack on it so it's set for Winter. Then in the Spring, I'll do it again.
I had a 06 Civic that never saw a garage and I had 150K on it, most people would guess less than 50K when they saw it. I'd still have it if it didn't get run over by a semi. (slow turn hit but still totaled it)
 
:dblthumb2: HD Speed and top it with Poxy, 16oz bottles, very affordable and will go a long way.
 
Coated it with Cquartz and then just wash it when it gets so dirty it bothers me. Paint is still pretty much perfect.
 
My Crown Vic is coated with CQUK, sits outside, and is driven year round; sun and snow. Back in my early detailing days I wanted to make the paint as swirl and scratch free as possible, so I picked up a PC and went to town on it. It came out great; almost showcar, but since it is my daily driver eventually it got swirled and scratched again. It got to a point where I would literally loose sleep over it because I wanted the paint to be as perfect as possible, but no matter how careful I was, swirls and scratches happen.
I finally realized that it is pretty much impossible to have a show car finish on a daily driver, so every year I hit it with Reflect to take out light to medium defects and bring the shine up. Could I compound and polish? Yes I could. But the car sits outside 24/7 and whenever you compound or polish you remove small amounts of paint, and my theory is that on a DD you need www much clearcoat as possible.
Like I said, every year I polish with CarPro Reflect, and coat with CQUK. Is it perfect? No. Is its pretty good? Yes, and I'm satisfied with it.

Anyway for a daily driver I would say coat it and the rest is maintence.
Cheers
Phil
 
Mittenz said:
I disagree with these parts. IMO it's even more important to do it to a car that sits outside. My son is driving one of my cars and it sits out all the time in the Atlanta heat and pollution. Within the next couple of weeks when he has two days off, you can be sure we are going full attack on it so it's set for Winter. Then in the Spring, I'll do it again.
I had a 06 Civic that never saw a garage and I had 150K on it, most people would guess less than 50K when they saw it. I'd still have it if it didn't get run over by a semi. (slow turn hit but still totaled it)
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How did it hold up between corrections? Also how long do you space the services apart? I live in New Mexico so dry desert heat and cold mostly dry winters with occasional heavy snow and salted roads galore
 
kuji said:
My Crown Vic is coated with CQUK, sits outside, and is driven year round; sun and snow. Back in my early detailing days I wanted to make the paint as swirl and scratch free as possible, so I picked up a PC and went to town on it. It came out great; almost showcar, but since it is my daily driver eventually it got swirled and scratched again. It got to a point where I would literally loose sleep over it because I wanted the paint to be as perfect as possible, but no matter how careful I was, swirls and scratches happen.
I finally realized that it is pretty much impossible to have a show car finish on a daily driver, so every year I hit it with Reflect to take out light to medium defects and bring the shine up. Could I compound and polish? Yes I could. But the car sits outside 24/7 and whenever you compound or polish you remove small amounts of paint, and my theory is that on a DD you need www much clearcoat as possible.
Like I said, every year I polish with CarPro Reflect, and coat with CQUK. Is it perfect? No. Is its pretty good? Yes, and I'm satisfied with it.

Anyway for a daily driver I would say coat it and the rest is maintence.
Cheers
Phil
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My thoughts exactly! I felt it would be overkill to shoot for a show car look on a daily driven car with extremely unpredictable weather and road conditions. As much as I would love to keep a show car look it's simply not ideal conditions for the car and jeep. I would be like yourself and begin to lose sleep over the inevitable lol glad to know I'm not the only one like that
 
I clay and seal 3 times a year and do a full correction every three years. I think the most important part of keeping a DD nice is a good durable sealant or coating. Living in snowy salt belts makes sealing even more important. My vehicles sit outside 24/7 and I've been able to do a decent job keeping them looking new over the years.
 
FishyX said:
I clay and seal 3 times a year and do a full correction every three years. I think the most important part of keeping a DD nice is a good durable sealant or coating. Living in snowy salt belts makes sealing even more important. My vehicles sit outside 24/7 and I've been able to do a decent job keeping them looking new over the years.
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What kinda seal do you like using? Or if you could recommend a good sealant or coating

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v1ru5879 said:
How did it hold up between corrections? Also how long do you space the services apart? I live in New Mexico so dry desert heat and cold mostly dry winters with occasional heavy snow and salted roads galore
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It did really well here for the way I took care of it. All hand done and never clayed. My current car is getting treated even better.

While our weather isn't as harsh as yours, I'd bet our pollution is worse, and in the spring the yellow pollen pine gets EVERYWHERE!

I don't miss the salted roads of Ohio!!!
 
v1ru5879 said:
What kinda seal do you like using? Or if you could recommend a good sealant or coating

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Well, as far as making it through a tough Michigan winter I've had my best durability luck with Zaino Z-2. I've also tried Collinite 845, Duragloss 105/601 and recently picked up some Duragloss 111 to experiment with. I'm gonna do another hood half and half test this winter with the 111/601 and Z-2.
 
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