Discussion
hollowpockets said:
not that great tbh, they try and charge what £100+ and the kit is worth £20 tops, it doesnt last anywhere near as long as they say it will. better off with autoglym or maguires etc
You quite wrong im afraid. Suregard costs a lot more than that. We sell it for £300 fully applied. Go for it! It is a good product. GAP insurance would be a better investment though.
mike
I was offered Supaguard and instead (after some research and a number of recommendations) bought some Autoglym Lifeshine from eBay for £40 and applied it myself.
It took a day to apply (hence the £300 - lots of that will be labour) and the results are very good so far.
I'd save yourself some dough and engage in a little DIY...
It took a day to apply (hence the £300 - lots of that will be labour) and the results are very good so far.
I'd save yourself some dough and engage in a little DIY...
Whilst it may be good for the shinny look, it's a nightmare if you need any repair work done. It was already applied to my Tuscan when I brought it and it has lasted 3 years at least, but a small incident with the gate post resulted in a trip to the body shop. 6 inches of damage to the rear wing meant having the rear wing and half the rear end paint ground away to remove the supaguard so the paint would key. Result is a larger bill than I was expecting. Out of choice I wouldn't have it again.
Mark
Mark
M-G said:
Whilst it may be good for the shinny look, it's a nightmare if you need any repair work done. It was already applied to my Tuscan when I brought it and it has lasted 3 years at least, but a small incident with the gate post resulted in a trip to the body shop. 6 inches of damage to the rear wing meant having the rear wing and half the rear end paint ground away to remove the supaguard so the paint would key. Result is a larger bill than I was expecting. Out of choice I wouldn't have it again.
Mark
Mark
On the upside, in the absence of any accidents, it means that tree sap, bird crap and other contaminants are unlikely to bond to and damage the paintwork (as they would on an unprotected car) and may therefore help avoid/delay the need for a respray...
M-G said:
Whilst it may be good for the shinny look, it's a nightmare if you need any repair work done. It was already applied to my Tuscan when I brought it and it has lasted 3 years at least, but a small incident with the gate post resulted in a trip to the body shop. 6 inches of damage to the rear wing meant having the rear wing and half the rear end paint ground away to remove the supaguard so the paint would key. Result is a larger bill than I was expecting. Out of choice I wouldn't have it again.
Mark
Mark
The treatment was changed in 2006 so as it would not effct body repairs.
mike
I've had it on two Honda's .... on a silver Civic Type R and now on a yellow S2000. Neither cost me anything as the treatment was thrown in to the deal to get me to buy....
On the Civic I though it was great as it did seem to clean easier - and the car was certainly not polished by me in the 18 months we had it but still looked really shiny. On the S2000 the car arrived looking stunning but has been harder to clean ??? Can't say why but it does look good when cleaned though.
Would I buy it at £300 ..... No ! I would spend the money elsewhere. If money is not an issue then go for it - it can't really do any harm and should help protect the paintwork a bit more.
On the Civic I though it was great as it did seem to clean easier - and the car was certainly not polished by me in the 18 months we had it but still looked really shiny. On the S2000 the car arrived looking stunning but has been harder to clean ??? Can't say why but it does look good when cleaned though.
Would I buy it at £300 ..... No ! I would spend the money elsewhere. If money is not an issue then go for it - it can't really do any harm and should help protect the paintwork a bit more.
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We sell it at work. Quite a few pople go for it and the cars do look very good after it is applied. Haven't seen any of the cars towards the end of the three years it's supposed to last but we deal mainly with taxis and taxi drivers are usually quite hard to part from their money!
I've also seen "nanotechnology" equivalents starting to emerge that claim their coatings (same sort of thing) will last for 6 years! - the boss tried some on his S8. Much harder to apply than Supagard but his car looks very good.
I've also seen "nanotechnology" equivalents starting to emerge that claim their coatings (same sort of thing) will last for 6 years! - the boss tried some on his S8. Much harder to apply than Supagard but his car looks very good.
thegreengoblet said:
I have a cars salesman trying to sell me Supagard. It's not actually for the TVR but for a new family car and being a knowledgeable bunch I'd though I'd ask for your opinions?
My cars and bikes have been Permagarded www.permagard.info/cars.htm - can't speak too highly of the treatment. But if you enjoy spending hours waxing then this is probably not for you as you don't need to. instead, wash carefully and then use high quality leather/chamois to get the shine back. It's like you've Rainexed your entire car and very impressive, but not cheap.
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