getakey

I posted this over on the 2G forum, but not sure if many of the new 3G owners go there. I highly recommend this product. It was first discovered, posted and recommended by TampRL, a major contributor to the 2G forum. Based on his info, I had it put on my new RLX. It is a nano technology coating that is a 1000x better than those coatings like PermaPlate that the Dealers try to sell you.

The only downside is that the installer must be certified to get the product and there were not that many installers in my area. Hopefully, it will catch on and become more widespread.

There is a consumer version, OptiCoat 2, but it is not warranted to last as long and I do not have any first hand experience with the results.

Here's the link for certified installers. I had one Detailer claim that they were certified and suspect they were just going to use the consumer version

http://www.opti-coat.net/approved-dealers.php

CFoote

Fantastic stuff, great decision to have it applied to your car!

sotiri

did my RLX and Stingray a few months ago; no regrets!

teamtlr

Thanks for the link. Is polishing, correcting, waxing, and sealing still needed after the opticoat?

getakey

You will want to have any correcting done before the coating. Mine had a bunch of swirls from the Dealer "detailing". They removed all the swirls first.

After the coating, there is no need to polish or wax. You can use a Detailing spray after washing.

sotiri

one of the ways to take care of your auto after opticoating is to wash with a powerwasher, using a foam cannon to apply the soap.
You then use a proper wash mitt or microfiber towels to keep the potential scratching at a minimum, then rinsing with the powerwasher.
I dry my cars with a master blaster dryer doing the touchup later with a mircofiber towel.
The master blaster dryer really takes the effort out of drying a car and really reduces the potential for swirls and scratches.

teamtlr

Thanks. If swirls do occur can a correction be done on the opticoat? I am concerned with the salt and winter climate that abuses my finish the opticoat may need a correction over the life of the finish.

sotiri

Yes you can do a correction after opticoat.
you just opticoat after the correction.
After the winter we had here in Chicago, what I did was just not wash the car after it was opticoated until the spring or I did it at the detailer who used the same method I described.
in a pinch I just went to a self wash with a power washer so that I just blew off the salt and obvious debris.
When I finally washed in the spring, the car was just like a saw it at the detailer.
Do the glass while you are at it with opticoat for glass.
you wont regret that either