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Bought my FiST in April and named her Pepper

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The name is Scott. I live in Portland and have worked at Horizon Airlines as an aircraft mechanic for a little over a year. I don't get paid THAT well, but, ya know, enough to put away for retirement, make payments on a new car, pay the bills yada yada. I work the night shift 4 days a week, 10 hours a day so sleep is lacking.

Bought a tuxedo black '15 FiST on April 1st (no joke) w/ Simoniz Glasscoat, clear bra and teflon treated interior. I'm pretty ecstatic about the purchase considering the vehicles I have driven in the past. '04 (gutless) Tacoma, '93 Chevy Caprice Classic wagon, '96 Grand Cherokee, '01 Forester. I am not completely illiterate when it comes to cars, just somewhat so I figured this is the best place to look to educate myself and get some tips when it comes to owning a brand new car. From what I've seen on Youtube, working on the FiST seems no harder than working on a Bombardier Q400 and certainly a lot cleaner.

So, to start things off, I have some initial questions that I hope can be answered as I can't seem to get a straight answer from the dealer body shop and I am as I have previously stated, somewhat uneducated when it comes to owning, maintaining or modifying a vehicle.

The body shop told me that because the paint has been treated with Simoniz there was nothing I had to do to the paint but spray it down with the hose and take a microfiber towel to it if I was inclined to do so. I was skeptical before and am clearly skeptical now. How do I care for the Glasscoat? Can I treat it the same as without? Was it REALLY worth the money? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX5bKrorIXA

Any tips for taking care of the clear bra?
Are there any immediate parts or otherwise that I should look into?

Looking forward to meeting you!![shakehands]
 


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Welcome and congrats on the new ride. Not a details kinda guy so
Let's hope a few of them offer tips on glasscoat care and feeding :)
 


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Welcome Aboard.




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Welcome! If it's anything like Opti-Coat then all you will have to do is regular maintenance washes during the usable life of the coat.

You may choose to wax on top of the coat of you like.

There's a wealth of knowledge on www.autopia.org [emoji106][emoji106]
 


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I had a similar coating on my old Versa I owned from new ('07) and traded this past March for my FiST. After 8 years of outside living in Chicago suburbia, there wasn't a spec of rust or fade anywhere.

The coating really does help. Keeps the paint nice and color sharp. They gave me a "special" polish to use once a year, but as far as I could tell it really was just some sort of wax. I continued to wash/wax the car 2-3 times a year over its life with me.

The bigger annoyance is front brake dust.
 


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[welcome]. For the glass coat I can echo what rexdriver85 said. I had it put on 5 brand new vehicles and most lasted over 10 years with well over 500,000km. I treated it like it was not there, washed, waxed, buffed, the cart/suv. With the first car I waxed every weekend for 5 months. Not negative affect on the paint/clearcoat/glasscoat. I have stayed away from coloured waxes as I saw (may have been my eyes) that ti did not seem to be as glossy after the detailing.
 


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Glad to hear it was a sound investment. Especially since Pepper is black. I'll definitely look into something to keep brake dust off the wheels. I was thinking Swiffer cloths would be a quick solution.
 


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