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Old 03-25-2017, 01:44 PM
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All Flash any special cleaning once you have the Xpel and ceramic coating?
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Car has NEVER been waxed and has never been touched with a buffer. For the first year and a half, I refused to wash it with anything but water but have since resorted to Chemical Bros Maxi-Suds II... as you will see here. Other than that, I occasionally do a quick spray with Blackfire Diamond Coat Polymer Spray.

The best part of it is there will never be swirl marks of any kind. As the Xpel is self healing, swirls virtually disappear once water and sun hits it once again.

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Originally Posted by AllFlash
XPel with cQuartz Finest was probably one of the best mod decisions I have made yet. This car has 26k miles on it through some of the crappiest weather and roads one could find... and it still looks like that!

Yeah I'm pretty pumped to get my car back. Looking forward to having a great looking paint job for years
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Old 03-25-2017, 03:29 PM
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Originally Posted by AllFlash
Car has NEVER been waxed and has never been touched with a buffer. For the first year and a half, I refused to wash it with anything but water but have since resorted to Chemical Bros Maxi-Suds II... as you will see here. Other than that, I occasionally do a quick spray with Blackfire Diamond Coat Polymer Spray.

The best part of it is there will never be swirl marks of any kind. As the Xpel is self healing, swirls virtually disappear once water and sun hits it once again.

What do you soap it up with? Do you use a foam gun?
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^^^ Love that shot!
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I can't get over how good this looks. Amazing!! Silly question, but did you get this done as soon as you got the car?
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Received the car in June 15, XPel installed early Jul 15 and the trip around the US and Canada Jul/Aug 15.
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Your car always looks great! XPEL will keep it that way for a long time.
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I have x-pel on my car and I love it. I don't take any weird precautions as far as washing it tho. I just use the coin op car washes, and I bring me own wheel cleaner
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Originally Posted by upcharger
I have x-pel on my car and I love it. I don't take any weird precautions as far as washing it tho. I just use the coin op car washes, and I bring me own wheel cleaner
I'm excited to just wipe down with ONR and dry with a MF


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Old 03-27-2017, 10:34 AM
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Looks beautiful AllFlash! Always love seeing pictures of this thing online
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Old 03-27-2017, 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted by AllFlash
XPel with cQuartz Finest was probably one of the best mod decisions I have made yet. This car has 26k miles on it through some of the crappiest weather and roads one could find... and it still looks like that!

This looks like a scene from a nightmare

Your car looks fantastic, inside/out. Love the steering wheel.


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Yup, that road went on for a few miles and I still remembering the tires starting to spin on the hill just after that... all good. That picture is a great representation that she gets me through eveything and this stuff has held up great!

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