New Purchases

Zaggeron

Perhaps, but its been over a month since I applied the glaze and the car has been washed and waxed multiple time since then ... I've only got 2400 miles so I really shouldn't expect to have to correct many issues yet.

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2010 Platinum Graphite 370z Roadster:Touring/Sport
2013 Subaru BRZ Limited

AdamsPolishes

True, a lot also has to do with the dealer. I've seen cars roll off a dealer lot that look like they were washed with a push broom and a bucket of playground sand, others the cars are near flawless. If you have no major swirls then you must've found a good dealer.

I ran a clinic at a huge Lexus dealer here in SoCal a few weeks back... some of the cars they had sitting there with no miles on them had some of the gnarliest swirls I've ever seen. Amazing how badly a dealer can manage to mess up a paint job in such a short time if they don't go about cleaning the cars correctly. I'm still looking for the "NO DEALER INSTALLED SWIRLS" option on the order sheet, thats an option almost everyone seems to get whether they want it or not

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Jeffblue

the day i ordered my car, i told them not to even take off the plastic before i picked it up (which would be 2 months later) Then, every time that i spoke to them in between that point i told them not to touch the car, and it worked. I picked up the car, they pulled off the plastic to make sure there were no defects, and i drove off and took it to have it detailed and clear bra'd, and i can say i have 0 swirls after several washes of only using good technique. All it takes is one wash with some gritty mitt or drying towel and you've got swirls.

AdamsPolishes

Same here. I'm fortunate enough that the owners of the large dealer we go to are long time family friends, the "hook up" pricing is good, but even better is I can say "let me know the day before it will be delivered, I want to be there when it comes off the trailer" All of my families vehicle purchases for the last 10+ years have been done that way... both of my dad's corvettes were delivered on Saturdays, they then gave me a tech bay to spend the day in, I pulled the plastics, washed, and buffed the car out and applied wax before it ever had a mile on the odometer.

Sadly my most recent vehicle was a leftover 09 and I didn't get to do factory ordered delivery. It was transferred in from another dealership and boy was it rough. It was 2 full days to get the paint restored to "new" but I can't complain since I saved a bundle over buying the same truck with a 2010 sticker on it.

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