Toyota dealer paint protection

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anyone have info on what a Toyota dealer uses for it's used vehicle paint protection that the customer purchases? I found something called auto armor with 60 month warranty? what is this stuff really , just a sealant ? and how can they offer a warranty that long for paint protection ? being that I have a vehicle to detail with this product on it , I'll need to remove whatever it is .
 
poweraid said:
anyone have info on what a Toyota dealer uses for it's used vehicle paint protection that the customer purchases? I found something called auto armor with 60 month warranty? what is this stuff really , just a sealant ? and how can they offer a warranty that long for paint protection ? being that I have a vehicle to detail with this product on it , I'll need to remove whatever it is .
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Hey Chad,

While I don't have any information on it I suspect Toyota has grossly overstated it's durability. I'm thinking this coating would have to be similar to Optimum Opti-Coat 2.0. To remove these coatings I would think a full polishing will remove it nicely.
 
maybe I just stop on in there and ask them what is really applied. if they even will tell me that info ? if it's something similar to 2.0 then I don't really want to remove it yet , only been on about 6 months. this is my mothers vehicle. it has some tar on sides I was unable to get off with normal wash and then just some light scratches around door handles from fingernails. I'll get the tar off but just wondering if I need something strong that it will remove the Toyota dealer paint protection ? then I might as well polish the whole suv. maybe I'll just one step it with poli-seal then . I was originally planning to opti-seal or even opti-coat it. hmmm .
 
I agree Chad.

Stop by and ask them what they've applied and get a brochure explaining what it is and how to take care of it. If they've applied some coating I'd let it ride for a while and wash it regularly. :props:
 
Usually those products '60 month warranty' paperwork says it needs to be reapplied every year, at the same cost - usually hundreds of dollars.
 
On my '11 Avy I told the dealer I didn't want this 'protection'. They didn't apply it but instead gave me a white plastic bottle of Toyota's Sealant/Cleaner Vehicle Shield Protector, which I assume is what they would've used. A few months ago I looked for it on their website & found not a word about it. Haven't used it on my car but some comments I've read say it's just an ordinary sealant with some cleaner, durability is nothing to rave about. I may use it on my wheels but haven't done so yet; haven't even used it on our 6 yr old Sienna van.
 
At a dealer I worked at we applied a protection called Simoniz Glass Coat. It costs $700 and has a 7 yr warranty.
 
Having worked in a few dealerships in my time, I can tell you that each dealership sells a different product. In most cases, the warranty the product offers is what you are buying. Some products offer rock chip coverage, while some will offer environmental fallout coverage. The dealership I used to work at sold Xylon(sp?) The total package was sold for about $600. The salesmen I worked with told customers it took about 4 hours to apply, in all reality it took 30 minutes tops once the vehicle was washed.
Like others have stated before, I would look into what the dealer sold you.
 
poweraid said:
anyone have info on what a Toyota dealer uses for it's used vehicle paint protection that the customer purchases? I found something called auto armor with 60 month warranty? what is this stuff really , just a sealant ? and how can they offer a warranty that long for paint protection ? being that I have a vehicle to detail with this product on it , I'll need to remove whatever it is .
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What is it called?

A fool and his money are soon parted sealant.

There's a sucker born every minute sealant.

Gotcha sealant!

I'm sorry, but you voided your warranty but not bringing the car back in time sealant.

One of my son's friends worked in new car prep at a high volume Ford dealership 5 years ago They used about 3 to 4 ounces of "product" they called "Finish Guard" for each car and charged $700 for it. They had the audacity to add it to the MSRP on what was called "Add a tag - protecting the consumer"
They also did a lot of "pinstriping".. $20 for a roll of striping tape, they charged between $300 and $400 for it!
:rant: :bat:
 
Auto Armor. I had it many years ago on a BMW I bought in 1984. I never saw the intitial application, but it came with a bottle of "wax" that had the look/feel of Meguire's cleaner wax. It worked about the same too. I didn't keep the car long enough to know about longevity (mistake) but it worked well enough for my tastes back then. Now, not so much...
 
I had a customer who had a new Hyundai and asked if I would use the auto armor that came with he kit they gave him. I called the dealer and they said it was a sealant. I used it and it seemed like it was.. Left a nice shine.
 
DaGonz said:
They also did a lot of "pinstriping".. $20 for a roll of striping tape, they charged between $300 and $400 for it!
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Don't get me started...one of the highway dealers around here had a tape pinstripe job and some stick-on door edge and wheel lip molding that looked terrible...but it was ok, because they only added $750!

As far as the original poster's question--I think I am in the minority but IMO people worry too much about "stripping" previous product. Do whatever prep you would normally do before LSP, and I'm pretty confident this wonder product will be gone, if it isn't already. Mike Phillips had a thread on MOL about these dealer paint protection packages, I'm not sure if he replicated it here.
 
Yes, I got suckered into adding the Auto Armor when I bought my new Camry a year ago or so, before finding this website and learning everything I have. Mine has a kit that has some kind of "refresher/cleaner/sealer" to reapply every year.

I've never bothered to do that, as I found this site and use products I know are fantastic (based on the professionals/people I trust who review/recommend on AG).

So in the end, it might be OK, but definitely not worth the cash I spent and there is much better stuff out there.

I still have my stuff, if anyone wants to try it out on a car for testing/review, I'd send it to you.


EDIT: Sorry, re-read question, which was primarily about stripping it off. I stripped mine like any other LSP, using P21s paintwork cleanser. Definitely wasn't stubborn or anything that I could tell.
 
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Auto Armour was one of the kickback add-ons that I deleted from the quote when I bought my Hyundai.
 
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