Hi everyone, new to the forum but a customer of Autogeek products. I just bought a new car, a 2019 Accord Hybrid. LOVE IT!!!!!!! I was a Mazda fan for 20 years but this is a step up, I feel Mazda engine tech is stalled so I moved on. As I said, love the car. My sweet wife unknown to me went to the dealer and paid for an extended mechanical warranty and aslso an appearance package, undercoat, leather protection and paint. I couldnt be angry, she did it for me so its done, something I wouldnt have chosen for myself. The question is, how to maintain this "paint protection" they sell a little kit with 3 bottles of solution in it. I am good for leather but what product should I use to clean/polish this paint? Can I claybayr it? The dealer just shrugs their shoulders when I ask them. Anyone got real experience with these dealer finishes. Dont reply by telling me I shouldnt have done it, I didnt my sweet wife did. lol!!!!
Dealer Paint protection
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Eldorado2k
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What’s done is done... However this^ would legit p*** me off more than anything. What do they mean they’ve got no answers for you? I’d rip them a new one and demand somekind of something over that. Lol. Seriously though.
Bruno Soares
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What do the bottles you have say? If we can find out what product they used we can give you better guidance. Chances are whatever they used is crap and won't last more than a few months anyways so then you'll be able to protect the paint with something much better. Get ready to spend a lot at Autogeek.net 
acuRAS82
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Is it called “Permaplate” by any chance?
Anyways, of course you can clay it, you can polish it. These will compromise and remove it so you would then need to seal with something else. Or you can take it easy into the summer and take your time checking out how the stuff is.
My wife’s car came with Permaplate “lifetime” bs, and 3 bottles. Leather sealer, car shampoo and carpet cleaner. I personally decided to polish the exterior immediately and go with my own LSP. I’ve tried the shampoo since and it seems like regular shampoo with gloss enhancers, nothing special,
Anyways, of course you can clay it, you can polish it. These will compromise and remove it so you would then need to seal with something else. Or you can take it easy into the summer and take your time checking out how the stuff is.
My wife’s car came with Permaplate “lifetime” bs, and 3 bottles. Leather sealer, car shampoo and carpet cleaner. I personally decided to polish the exterior immediately and go with my own LSP. I’ve tried the shampoo since and it seems like regular shampoo with gloss enhancers, nothing special,
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Actually whoever did it knew what he was doing, the paint is flawless and not a swirl on it. I will just go with a good polish in the summer and next year do a good clean and polish. I have experience with claybar and ROS, its just a pain not knowing whats on there.
PaulMys
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You are lucky. Keep us posted.......
I'm the head detailer for a dealership and a lot of other dealerships bring their cars to me and I deal with a lot of pro packs (paint protection, fabric protection, leather protection, rust protection and undercoating). Whatever they put on your paint is probably just a sealant. It won't last very long and if you polish the car you'll most likely remove it. If you paid for the appearance package I suggest you just bring it back to the dealership when you need the paint protection to be re-applied so you get your money's worth but make sure to ask for the detailer that originally worked on your car since you were happy with his/her work. If you have any questions detailing related don't ask anyone in the sales department or the service department, they won't know s***. Tell them you want to talk to the detailer directly...if they even have a legit professional detailer on staff. Might be just a lot guy.
Yeah it's not necessary. Most cars now come covered with plastic and heat shields from end to end and come undercoated from factory. The only parts exposed are the exhaust and control arms/links/joints etc. but some customers really really want undercoating covering everything underneath even if you don't try to sell it. We do get pretty bad winters here though and the roads are covered with salt and gravel so we still get a fair amount of rust damage...and paint damage...and carpets/mats with salt on them 
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The bottle is labelled " First Canadian Protection Products" Paint Finish Restorer. 250 ml. Only instructions on the label, no content breakdown, It tells me to refer to MSDS and I went to the ebsite and it doesnt seem to be there. There is a small number in the bottom right of the label....R-0410. Thats it. I didnt ask for this to be applied, my dear wife did it as a present, paint,upholstry protection, extended warranty and a set of snow tires on rims, it was done out of caring so I done need to be berated, I was hoping all you armchair experts would be able to help me.
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The Maintenenace sheet says not to use petroleum products on the finish and dont use a real chamois as it has oil and will dull the finsh. So...... My plan is this summer to claybar, clean and seal with my regular products. I wont screw the paint up then if I do this?
UncleDavy
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Compound and polish that dealer installed crapola off of the car and apply your own product. My brother-in-law bought a brand new Kia Stinger and he was all proud of himself that he got a "deal" on the Simoniz coating. Now it is all scratched up. I didn't have the heart to tell him that he got taken.