Another what to do with a new car thread!

DUBintheSTICKS

So as the title goes I will be collecting brand new car in first week in January, unfortunately it will be the wife's as I slum around in 03 Nissan Micra.

The new car is a Kia Sorento in metal stream or metallic grey or graphite depending on who you ask. This is the actual car (hopefully link works)



I'm new to detailing and am getting my practise in on the Micra and our other car Nissan Tiida, both of which I washed today (snow foamed, 2BM and then protected with hydrO2foam as I didn't have time to do anything else)

So essentially my question is what wax should I use to protect, I have collinite 845 or would chemical guys blacklight with Pete's 53 be better. I was looking at fusso but don't see me have the time to do two coats over 24 hours as vectra mentioned on another post.

I envisage just using hydrO2foam for the first couple of months till I can do a proper detail.

Curran

Hard to look past 845! Will look very well on that colour.
Washing the car with Hydro2foam as the shampoo will offer plenty of protection to get you from wash to wash, even if we're only to be once every 2-3 weeks!

Best of luck with the new motor!!

DUBintheSTICKS

Curran wrote: »

Hard to look past 845! Will look very well on that colour.
Washing the car with Hydro2foam as the shampoo will offer plenty of protection to get you from wash to wash, even if we're only to be once every 2-3 weeks!

Best of luck with the new motor!!

Thanks for the advice Curran, just wanted to pick your brain about what protection would you suggest for the alloy's & wheel and also the Sorento comes with a panoramic sunroof what would you advise to protect that?

Curran

With alloy wheels, it's a job most people prefer not to have to do regularly. Nano coatings offer up to a year plus protection and ease of cleaning. Something like CarPro DLUX or Gtechniq C5 is what you would want. There are other wheel sealants that are more like durable waxes but they won't last very long, maybe 2-3 months, given that the wheels take an awful lot of abuse.

As for the panoramic sunroof, as it's not the windscreen you could simply apply the 845 on it too. On the windscreen it would smear with the wipers. There are specific nano glass sealants, that are also durable for over a year, that go on the windscreen too, but if you are just concerned about the panoramic, then whatever you apply to the paintwork will usually work fine!

vectra

Perfect advice from Curran there.
When I said about 2 coats of Fusso.
I would also give the same advice on Collinite 845.
But then againt hat is me just being extreme.
My point was 2 coats x 24 hours apart will give a bit more protection.

One coat aplied properly will be excellent,
If you can at all, try to get the car from the dealers unprotected as they will most likely give you bucketloads of swirls for free.
And again, if using Collinite or any other wax/sealant. It would always be best to apply these to bare paint.
ie.
No gloss boosters underneath.

You could always aplply at least one coat of 845 to the wheels as well. It will help for a couple of months.
Enjoy the new car.

DUBintheSTICKS

Thanks for the advice Curran & Vectra.

I'm due to collect the car Friday so weather dependant I might get the opportunity to protect it Saturday.

Would I be right with this as my plan,
Rinse,
Snow foam,
2BM
De Tar + De Iron
Claybar
Apply Collinite

The only query is applying the wax if it's cold out, was looking at the bottle and they advise the surface should be warm to the touch

Ron Burgundy II

DUBintheSTICKS wrote: »

Thanks for the advice Curran & Vectra.

I'm due to collect the car Friday so weather dependant I might get the opportunity to protect it Saturday.

Would I be right with this as my plan,
Rinse,
Snow foam,
2BM
De Tar + De Iron
Claybar
Apply Collinite

The only query is applying the wax if it's cold out, was looking at the bottle and they advise the surface should be warm to the touch

I'm in the same boat as yourself in terms of what to do with the new car. I'm between ceramic (something like quartz) or just go with a decent wax like 845.

But to get back to your query on the 845, they say just put the bottle into some warm water for a few minutes, give it a good shake and you should be good to go.

You should be okay to leave the de-tar element of the detailing out.... it's a new car never driven on the roads so it shouldn't have picked up tar.

Best of luck with the new car and the hours of detailing :pac:

DUBintheSTICKS

Cheers for that Ron. Still toying with idea but I think I'll stick with wax. Can always change my mind in few months.

As for spending hours detailing, I dont think I realised what I was getting myself into when I started to take notice and look after the car!

Defo got the bug and a potentially expensive one at that!

Ron Burgundy II

I hear you on the expense part of it. I've spent the last few years buying bits and pieces:D

I'm looking at applying a wax rather than the ceramics myself. Anyway can't do anything until I get the car.

Keep us posted on what you do with the car, plenty of pictures

vectra

DUBintheSTICKS wrote: »

Thanks for the advice Curran & Vectra.

I'm due to collect the car Friday so weather dependant I might get the opportunity to protect it Saturday.

Would I be right with this as my plan,
Rinse,
Snow foam,
2BM
De Tar + De Iron
Claybar
Apply Collinite

The only query is applying the wax if it's cold out, was looking at the bottle and they advise the surface should be warm to the touch

Personally I would foam before rinse.

As said above. Should not really need to detar as it is new and never been on the road. Inspect it though. If there is any very slight traces then the clay should sort that out.
Stand the 845 in a tub of warm water for 15 minutes and shake
shake
shake it
It should be pure watery.

Again. Do two panels as light as you possibly can.
Buff panel one
Apply to another panel
Buff panel 2 and so forth.
Just in case it should rain.

SBPhoto

Very sound advice from Vectra and Ron, I done mine in September with one coat of Autoglynn Resin Polish and then two coats of 845
Still holding good but needs a boost shortly. Happy motoring with the new motor and Happy New Year to all on here.

*Kol*

It's not a great time of year to be applying Collinite. They recommend that the car should be lukewarm to the touch and not cold.

vectra

*Kol* wrote: »

It's not a great time of year to be applying Collinite. They recommend that the car should be lukewarm to the touch and not cold.

That counts out using it in Ireland any time of the year so