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Welcome fellow Tri-stater!

So which is ideal for dashboards as my new 2015 WRX seems to have a rubberized dash. I've already used a different manufacturer to protect it once I picked her up but to clean and maintain it for future details, which is more suitable for dash? Other materials are ppastic, leather seating, the norm.

Just this past weekend I washed my new stock wheels getting them ready to mount on winter tires in next couple of months and get them ready for Nov to go on car. I used Paint sealent for all the spokes and nooks I could access and buff with hand pad and mf towel as well as the inside of the barrel. I'm waiting to receive the Quick sealant this week to hit up the really tight areas before I top off with a wheel wax over it. Hoping they provide enough protection this winter with salt and these horrible chemicals they are using lately on roads.

Yes, I have had similar issues and commented on another thread about this. I've now adjusted my washing method to washing tires/rims first, then blowing them dry immediately, detailing them dry with MF towel, then I actually cover the wheels afterwards. This way I can wash rest of car and not have to worry about wetting them again after detailing them (pre-tire dressing). After the car is washed and dried, I remove wheel covers and drive down the block slowly (luckily I live on a very quiet one-way) just to get the top layer or rust off. Then I use hand blower again with mf towel to dust off. Key is creeping slowly just so dust doesn't go everywhere and stays inside barrel which I can access easily through open wheel spokes.

Dude, awesome write up, pics, sweet set up and toys and mean truck. Thanks for sharing!

Nope. I'd like to seal it first to protect it and then use in and out for shine!

Washed, clayed, glazed, sealed, and waxed my WRX over 2 days along with detail on wheels, IPA wipe down, glass inside/out, tires dressed, engine bay wiped down, exhaust tips cleaned and interior wiped down. Loved my new Adams products!

Need to pick me up some cans now! Perfect for honeycomb grills I got plus intricate wheels.

Some quick pics of results. Sorry about last 2 pics as I wasn't able to get them rotated properly. Loved how sparkling paint looks. Pics don't do it justice.

Will post a few pics tonight for sure! @ Marquez I also did an IPA wide down just to make sure everything from before was off. Did it after my clay and before the glaze/sealant/wax

Finally got my order delivered and went to town on my car. Started with detail wash of wheels with various brushes, Diablo gel and APC on tires, dried with metro handheld and towels. Washed car with foam gun and 2 bucket method, dried with metro big boy and waffle weave towels. Clayed with Adams big blue clay, followed by Brilliant Glaze, Adams Sealent and topped off with Adams buttery wax. WOW! BETTER THAN EVERY! Great products, great smell, and easy on/off application.

What's the interior material? Leather, fabric, or combo (suade/leather)? Try shampooing cloth seats and headliner if it's that what it is which should help. Cabin filter also is a major help. If not look into vent duct foams in the market too.

Great idea! Didn't remember In & Out! But yes lower grill is raw or unpainted black plastic

Thanks for all the info and tips guys! I just did the "baggy" test and wow! Despite the paint 'looking' flawless, shiny and sparkling (ice silver metallic paint), it definitely needs to be clayed. Luckily I had on my recent order placed a new Adams Blue clay bar. As far as lube, I do have detail spray and a small bottle of ONR I might be using first before placing an order for D114 Once I clay is it absolutely necessary to do an IPA wipe down to remove any residual LSP? I'm assuming YES? Also, I'm debating on products to use and protect the front grills on my car. Top grill is an imported grill from Japan as they come in the Japanese Subaru WRX. It's a basic grill with a glossy finish that looks like some kind of dipped metal grill finished in like a powder coat with a piano black surrounding frame. Bottom grill is a stock black non-textured plastic grill. Would Quick Sealant in spray work once cleaned properly? I'd like to protect them from road grime and help in removing bug splatter etc. I'd prefer to stay away from a spray VRT type to avoid any product running down the bumper. Knocking down VRT in the lower grill is almost impossible as it has a thickness. Grill is almost 1/2" deep and knocking down every little bee hive opening after every wash is a PITA! Thanks again for any advice!

Will be using this picture I took couple years ago once again on social media as my background

Awesome write-up and suggestions on the follow up posts. I'll be sure to be relocating my arsenal from my non-insulatiled garage and keep new ones indoors as summers are sometimes brutal and winters ridiculously cold here in North NJ.

Thank you all for the feedback so far. Looks like Adams Sealant, Brilliant Glaze and HGG will all be going in my load 2!

Now aside from the shine, that's impressive in 1 hour!

I'd love to try the wet method after a wash but find that by the time I get 1 rotation around the car to dry, the last few panels are already dried. This ends up in horrible water spots with the water I have coming out of my spicket. I rush doing sheeting method, metro vac and waffle weave as fast as I can to avoid them and I think the added time to do wet HGG would create more water spots than I'd like. Might be doing dry application once I receive product.

I do use a dedicated MF Detergent made specifically for mf towels although it's from a competitor that I still have some left in the gallon

Hey guys, While I do my best to wash my microfiber towels in dedicated loads to avoid cross-contaminations, I would like some feedback on how and what you guys keep seperated when washing them. I use a washing machine that's clean and free of fabric softeners. I typically do 2 load using warm to hot water to wash and cool to rinse. I also use dryer on low heat to dry them afterwards. Load #1- I load with mf towels used for window cleaning, quick detailer, interior wipe downs and lightly damp for dusting all with no heavy products on them. Load #2- I load with mf towels used for buffing off quick waxes, paste waxes, maybe glazes, and polishes used on cleaned wheels, etc. I'm now looking to try out some Adams products using NEW towels and would like to avoid cross contaminating them. Looking at trying Adams HGG, Sealent, Brilliant Glaze and possibly a wax. Which loads would you throw each of the MF towels and application pads into? Load #1 or #2? By the way, heavy soiled towels and pads I sometimes presoak in bucket with APC overnight prior to washing in machine with MF Detergent. Thanks in advance for any advice and suggestions!

Yup car is silver....and you're right on the "noticeable" micro swirls to the average person. I just know they are there since I did a thorough inspection recently under lighting. Thank you for the tips and advice. I'll try doing an IPA wipe down, then sealent, followed by glaze and topped off with a nice wax. That should last me until old man winter sets in here in NJ around November/December. Or at least until it's too cold to maintain in my driveway! Hopefully I can sneek in a few HGG washes afterwards to get me through until spring.

Thanks guys! I'm thinking a wipe down on IPA should work as I know there isn't too much layered product down from what I can see. I'd like to try Adams Brilliant Glaze to maybe fill in the <5% of imperfections, if any, and finishing with a wax for extra pop at the very end. Could I glaze prior to sealing? Once sealed using HGG would be great too so long as I can add some wax over it?

Hi guys and girls! Been reading and watching videos for Adams products and would like to expand my arsenal and try more of them. As of now I've tried the new glass cleaner formula and there's simply not enough GREAT things I can say about it! I'm absolutely in shock every time I use it after so many years of trying others. So my questions/concerns are....I've done a paint correction back in May on my new 2015 WRX to correct some overspray and swirls from the dealer, factory, etc. At the time, I had applied a competitor sealent which seemed to work great for about a month. After which I started noticing beading had diminished to almost nothing and I had begun to even get water spots from simply rain on a clean car. Fast forward to light polishing to clean it up, and a light coat of wax couple months ago, I'd like to get something on it soon. I think the wax has thinned out and sealent is not "sealing" as it should IMO. Im now really interested in trying out HGG but had some questions regarding the application or products to layer. I'd like to try it along with Adams sealent, followed by Adams glaze and then a wax. Maybe it's overkill but I'd really like to add some protection on my new car for the upcoming fall/winter as it will sit outside 24/7. Should I apply HGG, then Adams sealant, then glaze (for filling in any very minor imperfections) and then wax? Or can i apply glaze for said purpose then sealent and wax? Is all this overkill? Thanks for the input. Any advice is appreciated!

Car beading looks great! !