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AutoGlym LifeShine – applied by main dealer

  • 23-01-2016 2:56pm
    #1
    Matt406
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 190 ✭✭


    Hi Folks,

    I recently purchased a new car from a main dealer and they are offering to apply AutoGlym LifeShine to the car (inside and out) for €350. Does anyone have any experience of this product? Is it worth the €350? Are the main dealer the best people to apply it – would a professional car detailer do a better job?

    Just wondering should I spend the €350 on it or hold onto my money and just it to give the car a good valet every 12 months or so?? Thanks.


Comments

  • #2
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    No, instead get talking to the guys in the Detailing forum, they will tell you how to best protect and detail the paint.


  • #3
    wandererz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,789 ✭✭✭wandererz


    Don't bother. Save your money.

    In fact, ask them to do nothing. Don't even let them wash the car - insist that they don't as they will scratch the paint.

    When you collect the car take it to Spirit-Detailing or Elite Auto Clean in Blanchardstown if you are around the Dublin area.

    Have it booked in prior to this and include a quartz or nano coating.

    Elite had a new 435D in today and it looked fabulous.

    The car will look better than out of the factory and will have a coating that will last up to 5 years.


  • #4
    wandererz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,789 ✭✭✭wandererz


    Edit: Double post.


  • #5
    bf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 993 ✭✭✭bf


    You can buy a life shine kit for about €30.... As other have said get Spirit or Elite to put a good sealant or nano-coating on, should cost about €250 and umpteen times better


  • #6
    ShaunieVW
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 585 ✭✭✭ShaunieVW


    biko wrote: »
    No, instead get talking to the guys in the Detailing forum, they will tell you how to best protect and detail the paint.

    Take this advice, that dealer stuff isn't great and their cleaning methods are questionable for new cars, if I was investing all that money into a car I'd tell the dealer to leave it as is and let the professionals do it, have a look on spirit detailings FB. The dealer job is a nice money maker for them nothing more.

    My sister had it the dealer job done on a new car and it was full of swirls from day 1. Not that she cared.


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  • #7
    projectgtr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,462 ✭✭✭projectgtr


    100% do not get it done, take that money to Elite and get it done there by a professional.


  • #8
    bennyx_o
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,317 ✭✭✭bennyx_o


    As others have said, don't do it. Tell the dealer not to wash the car. I'd go so far as telling them not to drill holes for the number plates and leave the protective wrap on, then take it straight to the likes of Elite Auto Clean and get it done properly first time around.


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