Diamondbrite on new Ford - yes or no?

Lemonade_Pockets

It does work and help. However the dealership will have a reasonable profit margin on it. If you can get them to do it for £50 or something then i'd say yes, otherwise just by the the kit and get stuck in yourself!!!

motorguy

vikingaero wrote: »

In your case as you are really unable to clean it then Yes.

But there are loads of hand car wash places around run by immigrants. £350 will buy a lot of £5 washes.

It is often the detergents that are used in the car washes that cause the paint to fade or dull. A car needs a good polish / wax at least twice a year to stop this happening.

AdrianHi

I had Diamondbright done on a car back in 1999, I've also had Supaguard, these days I use a sealant once to twice a year.
Supaguard, just don't, even DIY, it's hell to polish off.
The Diamandbright really did well and lasted a number of years, but 10 years, no way, your not likely to keep up the aftercare which is funnily enough requires applying a fresh cout of sealant a couple of times a year if memory serves. Fairly easy job though.

I wouldn't pay £350 on a new car (ever again) since most of the work of doing a job like this is surface preparation which is dead easy on a new car that hasn't picked up years worth of grime.
Either DIY Diamondbright or if you are interested I can recommend a set of Duragloss products, especially good on dark coloured cars (gives a "wet look"), which will last a good year or so with just a squirt of Aquawax during drying after washing with their shampoo. Very reasonably priced products too.
Good idea to do a DIY job as soon as you get the car home.

kitchpoo

It might be worth looking at the scotchguarding of the interior aspects - as this often gets overlooked