[Yamashita-san]

Car wash and the coating maintenance day.
I washed the car with Kercher high pressure washer.
Cleaned the body surface with the Cristal Nano Glass Maintenance liquid.
And the finish was the "SiF hi-brid 3000" (Fluorine & Silicon mixed coating).
It was hard but I satisfied with the result.

 

[Dashnine]

Looks fab.

 

[weh_aye_man]

Loaded mine up with half a forest as I'm off to my son's tomorrow to "help" him with his fence.

 

[Barnsh]

Car wash and the coating maintenance day.
I washed the car with Kercher high pressure washer.
Cleaned the body surface with the Cristal Nano Glass Maintenance liquid.
And the finish was the "SiF hi-brid 3000" (Fluorine & Silicon mixed coating).
It was hard but I satisfied with the result.

Looks great, you've done a good job !

 

[Strappe]

Car wash and the coating maintenance day.
I washed the car with Kercher high pressure washer.
Cleaned the body surface with the Cristal Nano Glass Maintenance liquid.
And the finish was the "SiF hi-brid 3000" (Fluorine & Silicon mixed coating).
It was hard but I satisfied with the result.

Looks first class well done.
Enjoy your DS.

 

[Yamashita-san]

Thanks to all of you who responded to my post.
Though it rains today.
(Rainwater is sliding down the surface of the car. My treat seems to work well)

 

[Mamil]

That looks great! I've never put one of those treatments on one of my cars, I just wash every couple of weeks and use some Autoglym aqua-wax which seems to do the trick of keeping it shiny. But I'm thinking of doing a treatment and my question is how long does it last? In the end for me it's a trade-off between spending a day doing the treatment, and the time it'll save me doing my regular waxes, and that depends how often it needs to be re-done? Thanks.

 

[Yamashita-san]

Hi, Mamil
The SiF hibrid 3000 coating says 1 year but I do it every 6months.
I don't need to do wax or other treatments except for water washing or shampoo washing.
The shine comes back by those treatments. That's the benefit of the glass coating.
I also have the Autoglym gross protection and sometimes use it but there are small differences between them (water washing+ alchole wipe and Autoglym gross protection)
I strongly recommend you to use the glass coating chemical.

http://www.detailxperts.net/blog/2015/10/15/glass-coating-what-is-it/

P.S. if you drive the DS in the off-road frequently you don't need to do this.

 

[Mamil]

Thanks for that. I'll look into what treatments are available locally and may try one out. I don't do much off-roading and something like this would likely be very useful to stop our sticky red dust staining the paintwork anyway.

 

[pcheaven]

Thought about my most recent DS,and am glad it's gone. Though miss my 65 plate it was a gem

D5 is amazing,and much happier on 20" rims. 22 was just too little rubber

 

[Zedman]

Love the colour and styling of your DS Yamashita, but love the look of the house behind it even more!!

 

[Yamashita-san]

Thanks, Zedman!

 

[Leoniums]

I have asked before but does anyone knows if the privace glass has uv protection?

 

[Zedman]

I don't think the privacy glass gives UV protection from what I believe but I am not exactly authoritative on the subject.

 

[simon]

I think its only a tint and is not like the UV windscreen option you can get.

 

[Barnsh]

I have asked before but does anyone knows if the privace glass has uv protection?

It's just a tint ( sadly no sun protection )

 

[Chippy]

I have asked before but does anyone knows if the privace glass has uv protection?

Definitely only tinted.

 

[PedroT]

Pulled out a tree root, very good "Tug boat". Wheels were on gravel and was very sure footed.

 

[Chippy]

Pulled out a tree root, very good "Tug boat". Wheels were on gravel and was very sure footed.

A novel idea Pedro. In our village this morning they were using a tractor to do the same thing.

 

[Sportsman]

Went down the beach