Superguard/Diamondbrite ??
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Agreed a deal on a Mar 16 Toyota Aygo via a main dealer yesterday and they're really pushing their super polish deal incredibly hard. Had three calls from different people at the dealership telling me how I really must have this to protect my investment etc etc.
I've always been of the opinion that this is just snake oil and a way for the sales people to cop some extra commission and the £300 is purely going in their pockets.
All you folk in the trade/know, what's your feeling?
As I said to one of them earlier today, if it's so good why didn't it have this polish when it was new (or did it?) and how will I know if it's been done? Or is it me that'll be done if I order it?
TIA
I've always been of the opinion that this is just snake oil and a way for the sales people to cop some extra commission and the £300 is purely going in their pockets.
All you folk in the trade/know, what's your feeling?
As I said to one of them earlier today, if it's so good why didn't it have this polish when it was new (or did it?) and how will I know if it's been done? Or is it me that'll be done if I order it?
TIA
I have no doubt about the product being worth it, they all seem like good bits of kit. The problem with it is that the basic protection polish and interior guards are worth all of about 30 quid so the business makes a lot from it as it doesn't take long to apply. You can pick the kits up on eBay for a lot less and spend an afternoon doing it yourself.
Just have a browse of Detailingworld. Myriad tales of such "special protection" products being unapplied, underapplied or misapplied to paintwork. They are just there as commission-incentives for salesmen in shiny suits. Dealers sell cars, they don't polish them. Give it a swerve. As above, take it to a pro detailer after purchase and get it detailed and ceramic-coated for roughly £400-800. Or do it yourself (properly) at home on the driveway for £200-300.
ZX10R NIN said:
Or get you local Detailer to do a proper job.
This! Or spend less than £100 on some products which will work and last even better.
Don't get me wrong there are sealants out there that can last years but the prep work involved to get them to last that long is significant.
When I last bought a new car they offered one of these sealants as part of the deal. I declined as I explained I like detailing my own cars. The sales chap said I could have the product anyway and left it in the boot. The instructions for it's application made for interesting reading.
In short the car has to be defect and contaminant free. So effectively clayed, polished and panel wiped. The sealant then had to be applied in a dry, shaded area and left to cure for quite some time. Once applied it could then be buffed off and job done. To be done as per the instructions it would take a significant chunk of the day.
If your average dealership valeter is going to go to all of those lengths then great. My money is on the fact that they won't!
On my gt86 (bought used but from a main dealer) I declined the cost of supaguard. After trying to sell it, the day before I went to collect the car the dealer explained they had done the supaguard anyway (so confident they could upsell it, the workshop add it anyway as part of the prep).
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