Keeping Back of Car Clean

[Oryan]

I've been using Griot's new hybrid ceramic spray wax thing..Not quite as much dirt and it's a lot easier to clean off. My car is black. Well, most of it is, until a bit of driving makes the rear not black.

 

[me&stinger]

I cannot find the auto-clean mode.

 

[MerlintheMad]

I cannot find the auto-clean mode.

I never did either, until I got this car! I see grime, and "automatically", out come the cleaning tools just as soon as it is above freezing; and the roads don't even have to be dry yet.

 

[eflyguy]

Since applying ceramic, it stays a lot cleaner, and I just "dust" it off at the self-wash place with $1 of quarters about once a month.

 

[me&stinger]

I've used wax in the past. The upside is it keeps cleaning easier than without but the downside is I had to apply it every so often. Ceramic coating has changed the game and if I were to DIY I'd use it over wax.

I never did either, until I got this car! I see grime, and "automatically", out come the cleaning tools just as soon as it is above freezing; and the roads don't even have to be dry yet.

I need one of these Mr. Merlin's auto cleaning services.

 

[Gargamel]

I have noticed that the back camera gets REEEAAALLLLYYYY dirty quickly here in sweden (salted roads). Lucky i got the beeboops left to tell me when to brake when parking

 

[Kimberly Lazarski]

For our cars I clayed and buffed out the paint and used Avalon King ceramic coating, which according to many independent reviewers is one of the best if not the best DIY ceramic coating kit (in reality, I suspect they're all about the same). For the Saab it brought the paint back to life with a high gloss; from 50' away it looks great (any closer you see the paint chips that comes with 149K hard miles).

For the Forester, it made the car look like new, really enhancing the pearl, and to clear the grime that collects on the back (it's a hatchback/SUV) I just need to spray it down with water. The coating should last for five years but I plan to reapply it annually.

 

[TimT]

I have noticed that the back camera gets REEEAAALLLLYYYY dirty quickly here in sweden (salted roads). Lucky i got the beeboops left to tell me when to brake when parking

Same here in Estonia, they get dirty ridicilously fast so nowadays if I know that I need to use them soon in a tight situation I will just go and wipe the side cameras + back with a wet wipe or a paper towel. It's annoying because my girlfriend has a Hyundai I30 that is also a 'fastback' (side angle it looks a bit like a baby Stinger) and it feels like her cameras are ALWAYS clean.

 

[JMP]

The rear camera is really bad for how fast it fowels. I buff on some p&s beedmaker on it, that seems to help, but it cruds up fast.

For the rear, same P&S beedmaker. I actually use it as a drying agent when I wash my car, makes the paint feel slicker than owl S-#@t. Just spray on when the car is wet, then dry off. I find it keeps dust and dirt off the car in general really well. Doesnt last long though, 2-3 weeks typically is all.

 

[TwiceStung]

The rear camera is really bad for how fast it fowels. I buff on some p&s beedmaker on it, that seems to help, but it cruds up fast.

For the rear, same P&S beedmaker. I actually use it as a drying agent when I wash my car, makes the paint feel slicker than owl S-#@t. Just spray on when the car is wet, then dry off. I find it keeps dust and dirt off the car in general really well. Doesnt last long though, 2-3 weeks typically is all.

How slick is owl s-#@t?

 

[TwiceStung]

The rear camera is really bad for how fast it fowels. I buff on some p&s beedmaker on it, that seems to help, but it cruds up fast.

For the rear, same P&S beedmaker. I actually use it as a drying agent when I wash my car, makes the paint feel slicker than owl S-#@t. Just spray on when the car is wet, then dry off. I find it keeps dust and dirt off the car in general really well. Doesnt last long though, 2-3 weeks typically is all.

 

[me&stinger]

How do owls even get in up there to take a s-#@t?

 

[JMP]

It's a long story, but trust me, its slippery

 

[me&stinger]

Well, that's a hoot.