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ceramic coating or annual detail

Ceramic Coating worth it?

4.6K views 42 replies 22 participants last post by  jgracie46  
The pros of ceramic is it stays cleaner longer. You still get the small hairline scratches and such. If you're washing your car on a weekly basis, I don't see the point. I had one car coated once and it was nice during the winter when I couldn't wash it much and it stayed much cleaner than usual, but the rest of the year it made no point to have it since I was just washing it anyway. Anymore I just use turtle wax hybrid ceramic spray wax and it lasts a few months. A couple layers of it and gets through the winter looking better than usual. If you want to do it, go ahead. Its not bad. But unless you do it yourself, I don't see it being worth the money. Put that money towards a front end PPF.
Stuff that would stick and need to be carefully cleaned just washes off instead. The washing itself is easier due to the extreme hydrophobic properties, air dry means only the slightest toweling is needed, and a quick application of a topper refresh and you're done.