Best car care kit?

[TMikey2014]

I am fairly new to detailing, I have the Porter Cable DA polisher but I am wondering what the best car care kit would be for my needs. I have a black vehicle that has pretty extensive swirls/scratches just from poor maintenance over the years. What is your guys recommendations as far as kits go?

[Desertnate]

What type of black vehicle? Some products work better on different types of paint than others.

I'm not a fan of kits. I'd much rather build a list of product types I need, and then pick and choose across all the vendors here for the items which meet my needs, and not to be overlooked, my budget.

[Detailsbydaniel]

Well it depends what your looking for in a kit really. Are you thinking of upgrading your polisher as part of the kit or sticking with the pc unit you have? I honestly think contacting the service folks is the best way to find exactly what you want for a full package price. I am new to autogeek personally so I haven done it here but I know the other place I buy lots of products from would custom make me my own package since it was a significant order. If your just spending a few bucks it isn't worth all of the leg work for a business but if you spend a fair amount they typically bend over backwards for your business. The detail world is very competitive for making the customer first in my experience. You could start off by saying what tools and products you already have and what your looking for and I would be glad to chip in my 2 cents. I just went through the building stage of a detail aresenal myself. Hope to hear from you soon

[TTQ B4U]

Not sure what all you're looking for in a kit? I'll try and keep it simple. You'll see hundreds of combo options depending on the person. I own two black cars and here's mine.

Short list for black depending on condition....

Pads:
Yellow - qty 2-3 IF you need them. Not likely needed everywhere
Orange - qty 6 as you will need / should switch them out or wash them during the process.
White - 4 as you'll switch these out too.

Product:
You could use HDSpeed and then follow it up with a better sealant.

I did a 3 step process on our 9yr old/100k mile minivan with great success. I did use HDSpeed a month later to touch up and hit it again and it was great.

Meguiar's Ulitimate Compound
Meguiar's Ultimate Polish
Menzerma Powerlock Sealant

You could also look at Meg's Ulitimate Wax as many love it.
I am now swearing by two coats of Chem Guys Blacklight followed by a sealant. Stunning results in my experience. I also love Collinite as a final product too.

So many options. Here are a couple of our van before/after:

BEFORE: I'd say this was the average panel too. Some were bad.

http://i1379.photobucket.com/albums/ah133/PDQS4/Before_zps0uzveciz.jpg (http://s1379.photobucket.com/user/PDQS4/media/Before_zps0uzveciz.jpg.html)

AFTER: Meg's Ultimate Compound and Polish. No final wax or coating on at this point

http://i1379.photobucket.com/albums/ah133/PDQS4/After_zpsftibmo2x.jpg (http://s1379.photobucket.com/user/PDQS4/media/After_zpsftibmo2x.jpg.html)

AFTER: Sealed the above drove it for a month but then hit it again with HDSpeed to help eliminate some remaining trouble spots. Sealed it up with Collinite this time.

http://i1379.photobucket.com/albums/ah133/PDQS4/20160227_113943_zpsjdytrqey.jpg (http://s1379.photobucket.com/user/PDQS4/media/20160227_113943_zpsjdytrqey.jpg.html)

http://i1379.photobucket.com/albums/ah133/PDQS4/20160227_113532_zpsre7hopam.jpg (http://s1379.photobucket.com/user/PDQS4/media/20160227_113532_zpsre7hopam.jpg.html)

http://i1379.photobucket.com/albums/ah133/PDQS4/20160227_113514_zps0mz0hbvi.jpg (http://s1379.photobucket.com/user/PDQS4/media/20160227_113514_zps0mz0hbvi.jpg.html)

I'm very very pleased as it's better than new now. Sorry to have been a pic monger. I think a picture tells a thousand words. I'm proud of my old girl now :)

[shagnat]

Woot!!! Dayum, that's some good work there. I hope I can do that with my car :)