Car booked in for a full Ceramic Pro 9H+ coating
Discussion
One of the benefits of living outside the UK is the cost of labour being significantly less here! The car is going into a local workshop who specialist in detailing and high end wrapping. Over the last year they have been importing Ceramic Pro materials and I've just had a good chat with them about its performance. I expect most of the detailers here here already know about it.
It will be there a week, where they will perform the following work:-
- Interior out, front cream leather sent away for professional re-spray and refurbished back to as good as 45k miles will allow
- Door trims fixed (Where the elbow goes, it rubs away)
- Full interior protection with Ceramic pro plastics, glass and leather/carpet
- Exterior will be coated in 3 or 5 (haven't decided yet) coats of 9H along with 3-4 coats of pro polish and sport
- Wheels coated with 9H + pro
- Windows coated with specific glass/anti water ceramic product
Car goes in on the 23rd, pick it up again when I return from the UK on the 3rd. Will keep this post updated in case anyone else decides to take the plunge!
A few videos of it in action
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlWTFkDEj10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Bftt4Eqibo
When it's dirty, much easier to clean
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZBhYhAwOA0
Cheers!
It will be there a week, where they will perform the following work:-
- Interior out, front cream leather sent away for professional re-spray and refurbished back to as good as 45k miles will allow
- Door trims fixed (Where the elbow goes, it rubs away)
- Full interior protection with Ceramic pro plastics, glass and leather/carpet
- Exterior will be coated in 3 or 5 (haven't decided yet) coats of 9H along with 3-4 coats of pro polish and sport
- Wheels coated with 9H + pro
- Windows coated with specific glass/anti water ceramic product
Car goes in on the 23rd, pick it up again when I return from the UK on the 3rd. Will keep this post updated in case anyone else decides to take the plunge!
A few videos of it in action
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlWTFkDEj10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Bftt4Eqibo
When it's dirty, much easier to clean
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZBhYhAwOA0
Cheers!
Edited by stuart-b on Saturday 14th February 15:11
Just got the car back. Car looks better than when it came from the factory. 3 year warranty on the coating (should last the life of the car). Washing is now super simple, only water needed, and won't need to polish it for years!
Work completed:
3-stage detail and polish, 2 days work - removed 99% of paint defects, swirl marks and scratches
2 coats of Ceramic PRO 9H
2 coats of Ceramic PRO Light
2 coats of Ceramic PRO Rain on the glass
Wheels:
Ceramic PRO Strong + Ceramic PRO Light
Interior:
Interior chemically cleaned
Seats removed
Leather fed twice, cleaned, resprayed back to factory colour
Protected with Ceramic Pro for Leather
Result:
None of the interior yet
Work completed:
3-stage detail and polish, 2 days work - removed 99% of paint defects, swirl marks and scratches
2 coats of Ceramic PRO 9H
2 coats of Ceramic PRO Light
2 coats of Ceramic PRO Rain on the glass
Wheels:
Ceramic PRO Strong + Ceramic PRO Light
Interior:
Interior chemically cleaned
Seats removed
Leather fed twice, cleaned, resprayed back to factory colour
Protected with Ceramic Pro for Leather
Result:
None of the interior yet
Fastra said:
Expensive?
I guess it's what you deem expensive... initially you might think so. 6000kn (which was a good price), that is around £650. However, it was being worked on for a week, plus this included the seat refurb. When you consider all the work that was done, I wouldn't want to do it for that price. To demonstrate the level of protection, you can even pour petrol on the paintwork and set fire to it - after it has burned off, there wouldn't be any paintwork damage (obviously the car could catch on fire - but the point is to demonstrate the protection) - off the top of my head, it protects to 650-800c. Light scratches, small stones, people brushing past with zips and bags, won't damage it. It can even protect against keys (up to a point).2 years ago I had a chap fully detail the car and polish - within a few months I was back where I started. This is guaranteed for 3 years and will probably last a life time. All the highend dealers are having their new cars prepped this way over here now. Interestingly the company who sell the products used on this car don't have a dealer network in the UK yet, it's EU only (so far as I can see on their website). The company comes from a background in industrial, boat and plane paint protection.
It always has the "wet" look, which is amazing - similar to the very highend show products you may have seen, which are mega expensive bees wax. However, this won't rub off
Edited by stuart-b on Thursday 5th March 14:59
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