Daily driver

[v1ru5879]

Wondering whatever one would recommend for a daily driver that's not garage kept. Obviously it's a little pointless to do a full paint correction and all that nice stuff. But am wondering what's the best process for keeping the daily driven vehicle looking good without wasted effort

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[Souldetailer]

HD Speed and a hydrophobic QD or drying aid.

Peace,

Darrin

[frankprozzoly]

My daily driver is a yr old. 14k. I'm proud to say it's damn near 95%. I pretty much keep up with megs express wash and hydro 2 sealant.

[Hoytman]

Wondering whatever one would recommend for a daily driver that's not garage kept. Obviously it's a little pointless to do a full paint correction and all that nice stuff. But am wondering what's the best process for keeping the daily driven vehicle looking good without wasted effort

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A regular application of a good cleaner wax of your choice.

[Mittenz]

Wondering whatever one would recommend for a daily driver that's not garage kept. Obviously it's a little pointless to do a full paint correction and all that nice stuff. But am wondering what's the best process for keeping the daily driven vehicle looking good without wasted effort

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I disagree with these parts. IMO it's even more important to do it to a car that sits outside. My son is driving one of my cars and it sits out all the time in the Atlanta heat and pollution. Within the next couple of weeks when he has two days off, you can be sure we are going full attack on it so it's set for Winter. Then in the Spring, I'll do it again.
I had a 06 Civic that never saw a garage and I had 150K on it, most people would guess less than 50K when they saw it. I'd still have it if it didn't get run over by a semi. (slow turn hit but still totaled it)

[custmsprty]

HD Speed and top it with Poxy, 16oz bottles, very affordable and will go a long way.

[SYMAWD]

Coated it with Cquartz and then just wash it when it gets so dirty it bothers me. Paint is still pretty much perfect.

[LSNAutoDetailing]

HD speed

[kuji]

My Crown Vic is coated with CQUK, sits outside, and is driven year round; sun and snow. Back in my early detailing days I wanted to make the paint as swirl and scratch free as possible, so I picked up a PC and went to town on it. It came out great; almost showcar, but since it is my daily driver eventually it got swirled and scratched again. It got to a point where I would literally loose sleep over it because I wanted the paint to be as perfect as possible, but no matter how careful I was, swirls and scratches happen.
I finally realized that it is pretty much impossible to have a show car finish on a daily driver, so every year I hit it with Reflect to take out light to medium defects and bring the shine up. Could I compound and polish? Yes I could. But the car sits outside 24/7 and whenever you compound or polish you remove small amounts of paint, and my theory is that on a DD you need www much clearcoat as possible.
Like I said, every year I polish with CarPro Reflect, and coat with CQUK. Is it perfect? No. Is its pretty good? Yes, and I'm satisfied with it.

Anyway for a daily driver I would say coat it and the rest is maintence.
Cheers
Phil

[v1ru5879]

I disagree with these parts. IMO it's even more important to do it to a car that sits outside. My son is driving one of my cars and it sits out all the time in the Atlanta heat and pollution. Within the next couple of weeks when he has two days off, you can be sure we are going full attack on it so it's set for Winter. Then in the Spring, I'll do it again.
I had a 06 Civic that never saw a garage and I had 150K on it, most people would guess less than 50K when they saw it. I'd still have it if it didn't get run over by a semi. (slow turn hit but still totaled it)

How did it hold up between corrections? Also how long do you space the services apart? I live in New Mexico so dry desert heat and cold mostly dry winters with occasional heavy snow and salted roads galore