Autoglym Lifeshine

[dereksharpuk]

I tried it myself on my Mini having been given it for free. Not bad, but perhaps would rather use the normal polish followed by Autoglym Showshine. By the way, garages make a fortune applying these life shine products. Best to do it yourself.

 

[Dylan1]

imo zymol is better- also-the detailer i use swears that zymol is THE best

 

[jonathanw]

Does anybody have any experience of Autoglym Lifeshine.

I have been a fan of Zymol and wonder how this Autoglym product compares.

 

[daro911]

ORIGINAL: dereksharpuk I tried it myself on my Mini having been given it for free.

My MINI has not been conventially polished from day one March 07 - 13K miles used every day and my secret is the best kept secret polish out there Autoglym Aqua Wax. Wash car and then spray on the car and plastics whilst still wet and then leather off in usual fashion. Finally go around car with micro fibre cloth and you have one canuba waxed sweet smelling car again. Extra time and effort required over usual washing procedue under 10 minutes on a MINI. So addictive I do it every few weeks when we have typical Brit weather and every 4 weeks if we ever get a good dry run. In between my car shines and feel like it's just had a conventional polish job

 

[dereksharpuk]

ORIGINAL: daro911 My MINI has not been conventially polished from day one March 07 - 13K miles used every day and my secret is the best kept secret polish out there Autoglym Aqua Wax.

Thanks for that, I'll try it on my Mini. Just in time for the 997 Register visit to the Mini Factory... trouble is, that means going in the Mini and not the Gen 2 []

 

[Black80XSA]

Lifeshine applied by the dealers or aftermarket Autoglym valetters is a rip off - you're paying £300 for under £10 of products. I've seen a few cars years later wearing the lifeshine sticker in the window and in fairness they look pretty good, certainly better than the average car of simialr age. As good as Zymol, no, but then you can get the lifeshine for £6.50 on ebay and in 2-3 hours you are done. Zymol is great but you have to be the sort of person to want to spend hours on your car on a regular basis. [link=http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/autoglym-lifeshine-valeting-pdi-kit_W0QQitemZ180270789543QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item180270789543&_trksid=p3286.m14.l1318]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/autoglym-lifeshine-valeting-pdi-kit_W0QQitemZ180270789543QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item180270789543&_trksid=p3286.m14.l1318[/link]

 

[daro911]

ORIGINAL: dereksharpuk

ORIGINAL: daro911 My MINI has not been conventially polished from day one March 07 - 13K miles used every day and my secret is the best kept secret polish out there Autoglym Aqua Wax.

Thanks for that, I'll try it on my Mini. Just in time for the 997 Register visit to the Mini Factory... trouble is, that means going in the Mini and not the Gen 2 []

One tip for you Derek, given to me by my Autoglym area rep, although I'm sure your car is already nicely waxed Aquawax is best used on a car that just needs topping back up as opposed to a thorough good polish or restoration. Once you have your car at that stage I have found a regular Aquawax has elimanated the need to give the car a single conventional polish to date []

 

[jonathanw]

I think I am going to stick with Zymol. I have found that using deionised water to wash the car makes a significant difference to the longevity of the wax. I would highly recommend the Ionic water treatment syatem.

 

[Dylan1]

likewise,jonathan.i have found that a proper zymol every 3-4 months or so only needs a gentle wash and deionize to keep it looking sparkling

 

[chris.bailey]

I have a garage full of car care products and for the Porsches Zymol is the best as long as you are prepared to put some time in. I spent a whole weekend prepping our Boxster and then gave it 3 coats of Zymol. The end result (Guards Red) was spectacular. Having got a decent coat on it makes it much easier to maintain. On our Toureg, which was Lifeshined from new, I stick with Autoglym as to Zymol that would take a week rather than a weekend. The super resin stuff does tend to last well but to my mind does not have the depth of shine that Zymol gives.

 

[garyw]

[] seems to an awful lot of Boxster coupe and cabriolet owners on the Polishing thread....[] No point to make, just thought it odd [] garyw

 

[spyderman]

We're very proud of our little roller skates!

 

[Dylan1]

seems to an awful lot of Boxster coupe and cabriolet owners on the Polishing thread....[] aahhhh if you could only see it now ..unwashed for 4 weeks post pcgb wales weekend[] more atlas mud than atlas grey[]

 

[fireblade]

I have a strong aversion to polishing any cars unless absolutely necessary, due to getting through to the undercoat on more than one occasion albeit never on a Porsche. These days aren't we just polishing away the transparent lacquer? (my car is metallic) Since I bought my first Porsche over 30 years ago I have used Porsche Car Wash Preservative as recommended in the handbooks (up to my 2003 996C4S, it doesn't appear in my 2008 997 tt handbook) I don't quite follow the instructions as I put 5ml into a 3 litre garden sprayer and spray liberally after washing then chammy off. My cars have been used every day, garaged overnight but washed at least once a week and after five years my C4S paint was spot on apart from the usual stone chips etc and no one believed that it had only been polished once or twice. I intend to follow the same procedure for the tt but unfortunately Porsche no longer seem to supply the preservative and my OPC can only offer some sort of paste to rub in which defeats the whole object. If anyone can trace this former item please let me know as I only have about two treatments left. Please see attached. Cheers

 

[Dylan1]

WAW!!!getting thru to the undercoat you must have been seriously into polishing[]

 

[fireblade]

Not really, on older cars (MGB, TR7 [yes some people did buy them!] Sunbeam Tiger, Mini Cooper, Lotus Cortina, etc) I had no difficulty getting down to the undercoat particularly on the edges when trying to remove gunge. I assume that the protective lacquer used these days is much harder but as long as the car is washed regularly I haven't found the need to polish. I am not looking for a concours finish and I don't really have the time to spend a whole day on the car every week when an hour will do. I am sure that many others disagree but my car is for driving not polishing!

 

[fireblade]

Hi Guys I think that one of you on his thread tried to email me beginning "if you are really interested" Unfortunately this message disappeared into Microsoft cyber space just as I logged in and I have been unable to locate it. If it was one of you I shold be grateful if you would resend it. Cheers

 

[loughran62]

S`cuse me but what`s all this about deionized washing water? Do I buy it in bottles..... hopefully not. Maybe there`s a hose fitting ? Not come across this before but am definately interested, my car can never be shiney enough [] Seriously tho` you don`t buy it in those bottles meant for irons do you? Mike.

 

[sailor]

So far as I know, the "de-ionising" is supposed to remove most of the lime etc contents of tap water, leaving you with water much like the softened stuff. The "ionising " unit is plugged into your hose line and the result is said to be a continuous stream of "soft" water with which to wash the car. It's supposed to dry without leaving deposits on the paintwork I might try it, to compare with my softened stuff. JohnC 993turbo

 

[loughran62]

Thankyou John, found it. `Pimp Wash` [8|] [link=http://www.rinsepimp.co.uk/]http://www.rinsepimp.co.uk/[/link] Mike.