Poll - How do you take cosmetic care of your Mach-E?

[AstralLiving]

PPF on front and mirror caps, with 5-year ceramic, installed by Authentic Detail in Austin TX area. Lucky to be able to garage it.

I think some of the ceramic is messed up in the front, as at last wash the water wasn't beading in a small part of the hood. Not blaming Authentic Detail, it might have been when I cleaned off some bird poop with Turtle Wax brand droppings/bug cleaning spray (I googled for advice and seemed ok). The shop is going to take a look as soon as I can get it over there.

Hand wash ever 2-3 weeks with a Meguiars waxless car soap, using different microfiber mitts for the body and then for the wheels. Just using my home hose with the typical yard nozzle, no special pressure washer or carwash nozzle. I'd love advice on this area; should I invest in some special tools?

This is the first time I've done all of this, and first time I've been able to garage a car. So I'm very happy with the experience so far. It's always relatively clean, especially compared to my wife's ICE car which is relegated to the driveway.

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[JamieGeek]

Car wash only, and driven through mud on a semi-regular basis.

 

[Guss-E 2021]

Um it's a rainy, snowy and cold here. Ask me again in July (for picture).

 

[sookestang]

Thanks for the complement. Here is some info on those wheels: #493

Thank you for providing the link!

 

[agdad]

 

[agdad]

Armor Shield Ceramic coating And ppf on front

 

[alexgorod]

This really should be a multiple choice poll - I applied 3-in-1 ceramic coat in early spring, then washed it by hand until probably October, but it's too cold now and I use a $10 car wash after each show snow wave melts down.

I planned to reapply ceramic before the winter but missed the last warm days before it became too late for that.

 

[BLUEPO]

Two buckets method with detailing shampoo/foam on my ceramic coated Grabber Blue GTPE.

 

[MachEMaster]

PPF front and 1/3 hood. Hand wash and chamois dry regularly. Clay bar and wax twice per year. Tire dressing on the tire and cheap plastic Select exterior trim, when it's time to show off. Lol

 

[ShaggySS]

Ceramic and home wash only. Seen too many stories of people losing the charging port door cover and that front battery cover.

 

[Pushrods&Capacitors]

I use power washer with griot’s garage foaming cannon and then turtle wax ceramic hybrid solutions. About to apply our leftover Adam’s advanced graphene ceramic that worked great on our son’s black WRX.

Btw, the pic in the thread title photo is our 4X getting a foam cannon wash.

edit: when’s it’s really dirty but we need to wash it quick, we’ll run it through one of the two local touchless washes and then I’ll use detail spray to touch up later. It’s actually dirty in the photo below but just dig what space white does in sunset conditions.

 

[Dave-O]

Bought a pressure washer from Tesmanian, a Chemical Guys car wash bucket kit, a decent foam cannon from Amazon, and some Adam's Mega Foam so I can keep her clean when the weather warms up out here.

I'm considering doing the Adam's Graphene coating to help with that, but from what I hear, all these coatings need to be maintained ('the coating can get clogged') and it seems like it's not really saving you any work or time, just getting you to spend even more money. If it really did make it easier to wash the car, I'd totally do it.

I may see what I can do to protect the glass (headlights, windshield, roof) since those are expensive to replace. Don't see much point in protecting the paint ... you're just paying up front for a paint correction, IMO.

which foam cannon did you buy?? I don’t want to spend $100+ for a piece of plastic lol.

 

[Sagacant]

For those that opted for the “partial hood” PPF, is it noticeable? Like can I see a distinctive horizontal line on my hood? It’s way cheaper to do a partial front PPF but I’m worried how it would look

 

[kkriskal]

For the last 12 years (6 vehicles), ceramic only. I've had Ceramic Pro 9H professionally applied to every one. I've never polished or waxed. Two had over 120K miles when sold and paint looked like new. I wash them at home with a pressure washer then blow dry. No need to touch the car. If very dirty, I will use a foam canon and microfiber mitt. I use CarPro products.

Where did you get the mudflaps?

 

[vortix]

Where is the option of "do nothing"?

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