Rust Protection Ayrshire/Glasgow

Rust Protection Ayrshire/Glasgow

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clarki

Original Poster:

1,326 posts

226 months

Tuesday 27th February
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Need to get our MX5 protected now and wondering if anyone has any good experiences/recommendations please.

Thinking Preserve & Protect in Johnstone. Good/Bad??

Many thanks.

anonymous-user

61 months

Friday 8th March
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I'm not a fan of the thick spray on stuff, it didn't work on my Defender.

Personally I'd find a dinitrol place and have them put the clear wax on, the black stuff makes a car an utter nightmare to work on and it in my view doesn't work. It also lets water get behind it whereas the clear wax from dinitrol etc are a lot eaiser check and top up and far less of a manky mess when you need to undo/inspect.

two4oneuk

71 posts

133 months

Friday 8th March
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I've used protect and preserve. No issues. If I need it done again I would go back but get the clear dinitrol instead of black.

47p2

1,562 posts

168 months

Friday 8th March
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Buy Lanoguard and do it yourself

Did my Volvo a couple of years ago and at almost 28 years old it now looks like this


tighnamara

2,270 posts

160 months

Saturday 9th March
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Used them a few years ago, treated new GR Yaris with clear dinitirol.
Excellent work and would use again.

clarki

Original Poster:

1,326 posts

226 months

Tuesday 12th March
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Thanks all. Car booked in for the 22nd. Will opt for the clear finish.

LDC

3 posts

142 months

Thursday 14th March
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I'd look elsewhere personally.

Certainly know of a growing number of folk with a poor experience of them, myself included.

You'll get the confident chat of how good a job it'll be, but the end result is far from it. Then when it goes wrong, you'll get the same excuse that everyone seems to get, of an ex member of staff being responsible for the job.

They might be fine for newish cars/off the forecourt, but anything a few years old, is best sent elsewhere.

clarki

Original Poster:

1,326 posts

226 months

Monday 8th April
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Car back home now and very happy with the work Preserve and Protect have carried out.

Went for the bronze finish which actually looks quite nice.

Little video below of the experience/costs for anyone else umming and ahhing about doing the same. May be of help.
https://youtu.be/g-_OaqCgwmM

9Pirate9

11 posts

11 months

Tuesday 9th April
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Good video.

I took my car to a bodyshop around 10 years ago who used waxoyl for the underside, cost me about £80 and I picked it up later that day. Pardon my ignorance, but what's the difference?

Drive Blind

5,250 posts

184 months

Tuesday 9th April
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clarki said:
Little video below
hello

I've watched a couple of your other vids, please stop advertising how good the B780 and B781 is, I want to enjoy them in relative peace and quiet wink

I'm over the hill from you in the garnock valley

Peanut Gallery

2,521 posts

117 months

Wednesday 24th April
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Another happy Preserve and Protect customer here, I went there in November 2022, pics of my car are on the "Your experiences" thread - https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

I missed yearly checkup in the summer of 2023 (if indeed there was one..) - never stopped raining, and I would need to drive there on a dry day to drive home again the same day. I know I could drop the car off for a few days, but my summer never allowed for that on dry days.

I am noticing a few small spots that are flaking off and showing a bit of rust, but not many and these do show fairly strongly as they are a different colour (I went black underseal)

Fingers crossed for me to give the car a thorough clean underneath and a touch up this year, fingers crossed we get a summer.


You mention you had the seem sealer, he offered it on my car, I said to have a look at the car when he had up on the ramp and do it if he wanted to, he messaged and said he did not do it as it was not necessary.

Edited by Peanut Gallery on Tuesday 7th May 17:24