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From: Exeter,Devon,England,UK
Hi, what is the best wax/polish to shine and protect bodywork. Currently use autoglym on my IS200 but it leaves way too much white residue, however the shine is pretty good. Any good ideas with contact info as I am in UK would be greatly appreciated.
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Tony Brady
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Tony Brady
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Tony: Look on your web for a site called Toughguard.com This is the best, longest lasting, product on the market. It has a no-wax two year guarantee for used cars and a no-wax five year guarantee for new cars. My 96 LS400 looks showroom new after five years of Florida sun and salt. No wax will hold up to, last as long, or look better. I'm recommending this product to anyone who'll listen because it's like nothing I've ever found.
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MC3's comments are interesting, esp considering most of this forum seems to consist of Zaino followers. 5 years is a very long time for any chemical coating. I'll stick with Zaino, but Palm Beach is obviously a torture test for wax/coating/polymers/cloaking devices.:eek:
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Wax/Polish
I use Liquid Glass now after years of using all the others. It is similar to Zaino, in that, it is a "synthetic wax". I haven't found anything that makes my paint feel this smooth. It seems to last longer than carnuba waxes. You can get it at just about any auto parts and I like this part because I hate having to mail order wax.
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Originally posted by michaelcorbett3
Tony: Look on your web for a site called Toughguard.com This is the best, longest lasting, product on the market. It has a no-wax two year guarantee for used cars and a no-wax five year guarantee for new cars. My 96 LS400 looks showroom new after five years of Florida sun and salt. No wax will hold up to, last as long, or look better. I'm recommending this product to anyone who'll listen because it's like nothing I've ever found.
Tony: Look on your web for a site called Toughguard.com This is the best, longest lasting, product on the market. It has a no-wax two year guarantee for used cars and a no-wax five year guarantee for new cars. My 96 LS400 looks showroom new after five years of Florida sun and salt. No wax will hold up to, last as long, or look better. I'm recommending this product to anyone who'll listen because it's like nothing I've ever found.
No offense michaelcorbett3, but I'm not feeling confident enough to risk the $$.
Anyone else use this stuff?
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I find it interesting, and somewhat predictable, that my post regarding ToughGuard met with sceptical responses before doing what I suggested, which is check out the product and claims at toughguard.com I also find it interesting that no one who is "sticking with their product" has actually compared the Zaino's, McGuires and Toughguard as I have. I have empirical evidence, but what difference does that make? Evidently not much. Not for nothing, but the service manager at my Lexus store told me today I had the best looking non-new Lexus he's ever seen.
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I just re-read my reply, above and it sounds a bit snippy to me. My apologies, please. It's just that anyone who's really interested can call the people at Toughguard and ask all the pertinent questions and get straight answers. If you read some of the testomonials or talk to some of the people who've used it, nothing will keep you from buying it. That's my last word on this sucker, I promise.
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Originally posted by michaelcorbett3
I find it interesting, and somewhat predictable, that my post regarding ToughGuard met with sceptical responses before doing what I suggested, which is check out the product and claims at toughguard.com ..
I find it interesting, and somewhat predictable, that my post regarding ToughGuard met with sceptical responses before doing what I suggested, which is check out the product and claims at toughguard.com ..
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Tony Brady
Hey guys, lets keep this calm and happy, we are all fans of Lexus and want the best for our wheels we all have different opinions.Thank you all for your replies, they are all of great help and I will be trying the 3 main responces in order of which is easy to get hold of.
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Tony
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Tony
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Toughguard
Wow...I'm definitely interested in finding any other testimonials from you Club Lexus members. I live in Arizona and frequent car waxing REALLY SUCKS in the summer -- too damn hot. And to make matters worse, the sun literally cooks the wax off the car in 4-6 weeks. I have been dying to find anything that really lasts longer, but everything I have seen so far has been a scam.
Anybody else besides MC3 use this stuff? Yea, there are testimonials on the Toughguard web site but I never trust those things because you never know if they are real.
Thx...Doug
Anybody else besides MC3 use this stuff? Yea, there are testimonials on the Toughguard web site but I never trust those things because you never know if they are real.
Thx...Doug
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dgangi, you should def. look into zaino,
i apply it all the time in FULL sunlight on 90+ drgree days.
No waiting for it to dry, i just apply and take off.
Takes no longer than 20 min. on a gs(both on and off), and that's lots of paint. Of course this is after the initall application of clay/z-1/z-2...
i apply it all the time in FULL sunlight on 90+ drgree days.
No waiting for it to dry, i just apply and take off.
Takes no longer than 20 min. on a gs(both on and off), and that's lots of paint. Of course this is after the initall application of clay/z-1/z-2...
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Thanks bmm89. I am already looking into the Zaino line of products and like what I see...except for the longevity. I was just hoping to find a product that lasts a long time (like >6 mo's). Yeah, I might be a little unrealistic but that's why I was so intrigued by the claims of ToughGuard.
Thx...Doug
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toughguard
Just checked out their site and it does sound enticing. Apart from the price, however, what worries me is potential long term effects on the paint. You know, like Slick 50 is supposed to work great until it starts to break down and leave deposits. Being that I'm not exactly a chemistry Einstein, is there a chance of this happening?
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