View Full Version : What do you use to clean your car?
Wolf33
08-26-2008, 01:18 PM
What do you guys use to wash your cars?? wax...leather cleaner...leatherette cleaner...soap....anything you guys can think of for the best result.:bigpimp:
g2artist
08-26-2008, 01:33 PM
Ummmm, I pretty much use water for the body and rims and a vacuum for the inside. Tire gel is used on the tires. Nothing special is needed other than maybe leather cleaner and conditioner. I'm still working on which one is best for me in that department.
Wolf33
08-26-2008, 01:37 PM
i was thinking of ordering the bmw cleaning kit from ebay...but curious to see if anyone knows or has used anything better.
LionRampant
08-26-2008, 01:41 PM
Check out the Bimmerfest Detail Department (http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=13). Pretty much anything you've interest in finding out would be in there.
--LR
Balthazar_B
08-26-2008, 02:25 PM
Zaino (on my S2000, and a BMW pretty soon).
-=Hot|Ice=-
08-26-2008, 03:13 PM
My hands, soap, water and some muscle grease ;)
I use Liquid Glass polish along with Liquid Glass car wash. Lexol conditioner for the leather and Eagle One NANO protectant(not shiny) for the interior plastic pieces.
Neurorad
08-26-2008, 08:49 PM
Check out the sticky threads on autopia.org and e90post.com detailing subsection.
Detailing subsection here on the Fest as well, though I haven't spent much time there.
Personally, I'm on my second bottle of Duragloss 901 car soap/shampoo, very good but not perfect - it's very gentle (good for every other week washing, gentle on the 'wax').
Pinnacle combination leather cleaner and conditioner. :thumbup:
If you never touch the inside of your windows, they will never need any glass cleaner.
Sheepskin wash mitt. MF waffle weave towels for drying. Don't let cotton touch your paint, ever. :thumbup:
midnight
08-26-2008, 10:01 PM
i use all meguiars... i love their stuff
i use the paint cleaner, polish, quik detailer, and interior quik detailer... i also bought gold class liquid wax and gold class car wash...but im thinking of switching to NXT Generation cause the gold class works best on dark cars (i had jet black and now getting alpine white). i also use hot shine tire spray for the tires...never used anything for the wheels but i will on my new bimmer
the only thing i didnt use meguiars for was the windows...i used Eagle One and it didnt seem to work well after a while
these products worked AMAZINGLY well on my car...i took a short video and the paint looks like liquid and super reflective...i still watch the video and am still amazed at the results. gonna miss that car
E30_325i
08-26-2008, 10:18 PM
i use all meguiars... i love their stuff
i use the paint cleaner, polish, quik detailer, and interior quik detailer... i also bought gold class liquid wax and gold class car wash...but im thinking of switching to NXT Generation cause the gold class works best on dark cars (i had jet black and now getting alpine white). i also use hot shine tire spray for the tires...never used anything for the wheels but i will on my new bimmer
the only thing i didnt use meguiars for was the windows...i used Eagle One and it didnt seem to work well after a while
these products worked AMAZINGLY well on my car...i took a short video and the paint looks like liquid and super reflective...i still watch the video and am still amazed at the results. gonna miss that car
is that video on youtube? i wanna see it.
midnight
08-27-2008, 09:48 AM
is that video on youtube? i wanna see it.
i just uploaded it onto youtube for anyone who wants to see it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUyp9Oc1yIU
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