Detailing On A Budget

It is a nice kit, to be fair, and worse case scenario, it'll be a handy present for christmas/birthdays if i do get sick of it (wouldn't bother me hole selling it though. I'd feel guilty selling it for anything more than I paid, and it wouldn't be worth the hassle of listening to Adverts people offering me half a dairy milk and an old £1 coin to try and make a tenner in the long run).


When I went to cavan to collect the 12 sets, they only had 11 for me (though they didn't actually say that to me, I just copped it when I counted them putting them in the back of the car). They said that they only had eleven and apologised (I'd say a staff member pocketed one, but I don't really care. They could help themselves if they wanted - I wouldn't have passed any remarks).

So they let me grab something off the shelf to make up for the missing AG pack (to complete a 3 for 2). I picked up a Meguiar's Quik Interior Detailer (great product) that was priced at €10.49. But I still owed them €2.49 (even though it should have been the cheapest item, as the AG packs were €12 each).

Turns out the AG packs were on my receipt at €8 each. So I just thought I'd post it incase any of ye guys are in a store tomorrow or such. Apparently the sets are still marked at €32 on the shelves, but they probably (I can't say definitely, cos I don't know for sure) scan at €8 now.

I was gonna say it to them and show them the reservation on my phone (which prices them at €12 each), but I'd also used the 10% off voucher on my spend, and it was €2.49, so i didn't really care that much. I saved €13 off my original spend, which was already heavily discounted, so it paid towards my petrol for the journey out. All in all, well worth it, and now i know that the 10% off code can be used fairly easily in-store (which is handy).



This is my overall Halfords purchase from this weekend:




AutoGlym Perfect Bodywork x19
Meguiar's Ultimate Quik Detailer
Meguiar's ('Replacement') Clay Bar
Meguair's Quik Interior Detailer x2
Wonder Wheel's Alloy Wheel Cleaner
AutoGlym Leather Care Balm
AutoGlym Leather Cleaner
AutoGlym Tyre Dressing x2

Total spend: €228.23

(EDIT: In these calculations I included the costs of two extra AG sets, that I didn't actually include in the numbers as they were for friends (who each paid €12 for their set, so my actual total spend was €204.23)

Just reading that 'total spend' sobered me a bit... Didn't realise I'd spent so much (didn't realise I even had that much to spend!).

Need to collect my Wheel Woolies off Curran whenever he gets them in, and also pick up another Grit Guard off him, and that'll be my spending curbed for a short while, I think.

Zoney wrote: »

Alas, only got to pick up two of the kits myself - left it till Monday and they were out of stock in Limerick, and only 2 in stock in Castlebar where they were collected for me!

Still great value - I'd say I've only a bit over half a bottle of EGP left after 3 applications on the Laguna, so I'll probably get through another bottle this year. The polish maybe a bit longer alright - so I'll probably give one of those away.

I find the shampoo good, but one of my two buckets is bigger than the other, 15 or 20 litres rather than 10, and that's the one I add the shampoo to, just to have plenty for a good thorough coating of suds. So I'll definitely go through the bottles of shampoo despite already having picked up a 2.5 l bottle on the 3 for 2.

KKV - I'd say you'll have to start picking up cheap bangernomics, claying, polishing and EGP them and sell them on for a bit more due to the sparkle, to get through all that! Full time job to use up that much product

Ah, I'd say the shampoo will go quick enough, but I plan to use a fair bit of all products. I'll use them every second or third time I was the car (usually once a fortnight, or once a week).

I still have to do a full machine polish of the car with a more aggressive polish (Meguiar's Ultimate Cut Compound) and then I'll use the AG stuff for the smaller, more frequent washes, to try and keep a nice shine on the car.

My car is destroyed in swirls and other such marks all over it, so it's in dire need of a proper polishing. It's just getting the time to do it all properly.

Friend bought a new car (well, new to her, an 09), and I told her I'd take a look at it and give it a once-over, so I'll have to get that out of the way, then I'll get stuck into my own one mid next week.

Although I spent a few Euro, I now have pretty much everything I need. Snow Foam, Shampoos, polishes, waxes, pads for the DA, Glass cleaner, tyre shine, wheel cleaner, de-tarrer, iron cleanse, clay bars, interior cleaner, leather cleaner, odour (Stripper Scent.. it's actually quite nice!), upholstery cleaner and all relevant brushes, wash mitts, applicator pads, Microfibre cloths etc. (I also have a handful of other shite I can't even think of off the top of my head!)

So I really have no reason to go out and buy anything else for quite some time (that won't stop me from doing so, of course, but logically, there's no reason I should want for anything).




Again I'd say though, although it's not a 'budget' product, it does last for ages, and it's absolutely excellent: I thoroughly recommend Meguiar's Quik Interior Detailer Cleaner for the inside of the car. I don't know what it is about it, exactly, but I just love it. Not too glossy, not too matte. It's great and you use feck all of it (of course, other people may think it's a waste of time, but to each their own).

Where are you based, SeaFields? If you're anywhere near me I'll happily off load one of mine to you for a tenner.

randy hickey wrote: »

Here's the original one I linked to:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Autoglym-Fast-Shine-Lube-5ltr/dp/B00A2A2QKU

It works out at €44.77 delivered to the Parcel Motel address in Newtownabbey, plus it looks like PM will charge €7 for delivery as it is slightly oversize(check that with them before you order).

So that would be €51.77 for 5L - I make that a 47% saving on Halfords' price!

Hmm.. all things considered there, it looks like I'd probably be better off buying direct from Elite Car Care, and just paying the £11 delivery charge. With PM likely to charge €7, it seems to be as long as it is short

Though ordering direct gives me the opportunity to add other stuff, as I don't think the Postage increases.. or at least it didnt when i added another 5ltr product, just to check.

Great bargain. Just reserved 27 of them.


(I'm joking, I'm joking).