paint protection ceramic coating

[jasonh]

I had paint protection applied as part of the deal (it was free, dont worry). However I am not even sure it was either applied properly or is there at all due to the rush on the june deal cars?
Reason is that due to the hosepipe ban I have only quickly washed the car twice, and the beads that form when rinsing are not as apparant as on my previous car. I am sceptical as most new cars have some beading when you firts wash them. So how do I approach the dealer, as I know they will fob me off.

 

[Alb]

Not sure what you consider normal but this is the first pic I can find of my car in the wet (and it didn't have a paint protection package).

 

[nem]

If it had ceramic coating done, the beading should be apparent. It should be as if the car is newly polished really. Water should be repelled..

Usually when new cars are readied for customer (at least here in Norway) they are quickly washed down and polished. This polish usually isnt very well done, and one should always re-do this after a little while.

I havent done anything to mine yet (received it in June) but i need to do something before winter.. Either ceramic coating (third party) or regular polish myself..

 

[Hugo A Go Go]

I know mine was done as I keep finding bits of white residue on all the panel edges of the car.

It wipes off easily enough with a cloth and and I think I’ve just about got it all off now. There was also some on the black plastic trim which took a damp cloth to get off.

I can definitely see the water being repelled when it’s wet.

 

[Scotsman]

You should always get a professional to do ceramic coating as a dealership will just get their car cleaning guy to do it the car has to be clay barred before even applying ceramic coating no chance of a dealership doing that you're talking a couple of days at least to do it properly.

 

[Chris P]

Not sure what you consider normal but this is the first pic I can find of my car in the wet (and it didn't have a paint protection package).

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From the photo the beading is very apparent. By the way nice colour

 

[Joules]

I had paint protection applied as part of the deal (it was free, dont worry). However I am not even sure it was either applied properly or is there at all due to the rush on the june deal cars?
Reason is that due to the hosepipe ban I have only quickly washed the car twice, and the beads that form when rinsing are not as apparant as on my previous car. I am sceptical as most new cars have some beading when you firts wash them. So how do I approach the dealer, as I know they will fob me off.

Hi Jason, this is what it looks like when the coating isn't done properly, needless to say, it went back and they did it again. The right hand of the picture has had it applied...you can see the sweep of the application whereas on the left it hasn't been done. It was Autoglym LifeShine that was applied and also was part of the deal, it came with a big box of Autoglym shampoo, interior shampoo, polish etc.
I showed the dealer this photo and he was very apologetic...it turned out that the lad doing it got distracted whilst doing it.