Andy Beats wrote: ↑Thu Nov 15, 2018 4:48 pm
I think the paint protection is a rip off and I'll never buy it.
It's cheap for them to buy, there's no guarantee they're applying it properly.
In my opinion, better off spraying your clean car with Gtechniq C2V3 paint sealant once or twice a year for around £12 per bottle and 1/2 an hour work.
It is a complete rip off and it’s an almost dead cert the paintwork won’t be prepared correctly before they apply it.
Off topic as far as GAP insurance is concerned but relevant to paint protection - If you’re looking to invest £400 on paintwork protection, get a professional detailer to do it. For similar money, a professional detailer will undertake a full decontamination of the paintwork, an ‘enhancement’ machine polish, apply a good quality protection product and dress the trim/tyres, clean the glass. The overall process is likely to take, as a minimum, between 1-2 days. If you pay for the VW dealer’s paintwork protection, they’re likely to skip the prep stages completely and spend no more than a couple of hours for the £400 or whatever they charge. I wouldn’t even let them do it to my car if they offered it for free!
I’m a bit of a DIY detailing enthusiast, so haven’t had my car professionally detailed, but I know it takes me 2-3 days to do a thorough wash, decontamination, machine polish, and wax or sealant application (plus cleaning the glass, dressing the plastic trim parts and tyres, and cleaning the interior). IMO it’s not possible to do a proper job in the couple of hours the VW dealer is likely to spend applying the Autoglym Lifeshine product - preparation is key to effective longevity of any paintwork protection product, and if the prep stage is skipped or skimped on, it pretty much a waste of time and money having the Lifeshine (or similar) product applied.
Oh, and if you value your paintwork,
never ever let the dealer do a complementary service wash on your car when it’s in for servicing or warranty work. It’s likely to end up looking like they cleaned it with a scouring pad!