Austere
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In a month or so my old man will be buying a new car and I've been looking into these new paint protection coatings with the idea of recommending it to him. I think I've settled on a pretty good one but I'm wondering what your opinions are on this.
The dealership offers this kind of service so I googled the name of the product they use (Crystal Glaze) and found a lot of comments that suggest that it's basically just a scam, like snake oil, and that it doesn't do anything or worse still, ruins the paint.
On the other hand, I've looked into some other, more independent companies and they seem much better.
I'm looking at these two and leaning towards the second one:
http://www.permagard.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=42
http://www.paintprotectiondirect.com.au/index.html
Although basically I don't know what to believe now... Are they all bad? Or are there any that actually do what they claim?
Has anybody here tried anything like this in the past? What were the results?
Personally I'd be happy to give it a shot on my own car with my own money but I'm sure my Dad wouldn't appreciate it if he did it to his own car, upon my recommendation, only to find that it doesn't do anything. It is kinda pricey at about $600 and my Dad is very thrifty...
I understand that if I polish & wax it every few weeks I can probably get the same results but I'd really rather not have to do that.
The dealership offers this kind of service so I googled the name of the product they use (Crystal Glaze) and found a lot of comments that suggest that it's basically just a scam, like snake oil, and that it doesn't do anything or worse still, ruins the paint.
On the other hand, I've looked into some other, more independent companies and they seem much better.
I'm looking at these two and leaning towards the second one:
http://www.permagard.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=42
http://www.paintprotectiondirect.com.au/index.html
Although basically I don't know what to believe now... Are they all bad? Or are there any that actually do what they claim?
Has anybody here tried anything like this in the past? What were the results?
Personally I'd be happy to give it a shot on my own car with my own money but I'm sure my Dad wouldn't appreciate it if he did it to his own car, upon my recommendation, only to find that it doesn't do anything. It is kinda pricey at about $600 and my Dad is very thrifty...
I understand that if I polish & wax it every few weeks I can probably get the same results but I'd really rather not have to do that.