Treating my new'six month old' black GT

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reefman
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Treating my new'six month old' black GT

Post by reefman »

I'll be taking delivery in next week or so the cars done about 9K what shall I do from day one? I've previously had a new car that I asked the dealer to leave with no treatment etc so I could do it myself which I did with Maguires products but with this one being used what should I do to strip off anything and start again and if so using what - what would I strip it back with if I need to .

I found The maguires range was good at the time but is there better out there? I've still got some left will it be ok or does it have a shelf life?

Its also got a leather interior whats best to treat this with?

cheers

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scirocco1974
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Re: Treating my new'six month old' black GT

Post by scirocco1974 »

for the leather i use autoglym leather protector and cleaner works well
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Re: Treating my new'six month old' black GT

Post by trix »

reefman

it sounds like you are nicely clued up on long term protection, I'd recommend claying to remove any previous treatments/contaminants from the paint work
articles:
http://www.sciroccocentral.co.uk/forum/ ... ow+to+clay" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.sciroccocentral.co.uk/forum/ ... it=claying" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

& regarding product ranges, everyone gets used to working with different ones, I have a selection of different brands in my bag of tricks :yes:

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