PCD Deliverees: Did your car have wax on it?

[ZCP M3]

To those who have done PCD:

Do I need to bring a small bottle of wax with me to the Performance Center or did your car have a coat of wax on it when you picked it up?

[UnclePerkins]

Mine had a light coat of soft wax on delivery day; applied by the PCD folks. Ginger told me they use only Meguiar's products.

[mikewills]

Hopefully they don't apply it with a wool pad on a rotary.

[mikewills]

Originally Posted by formula M

A bag of mf towels cost $5.99... I highly doubt any dealership uses wool, or anything but mf.

Those towels you speak of do marr paint. You're better off using them for interior and windows.

YES....wool pads are still used on buffers. They can do alot of damage. Check out www.detailedimage.com "ask a detailer" section and you'll see some crazy shit that dealerships do.

This is the very reason why many buyers tell the dealers not too wash or detail the vehicles when they arrive on the truck.

[ZCP M3]

Well now I want to call the PC and see exactly what they do! Lol.

[flzrider]

Any PCDers coming from ED? My car was in need of a bath when I dropped it off for re-delivery, I wonder if PCD cleans ED cars or not. It's possible they don't, seeing as how it would be much more involved since the car has been used inside and out. Being the OCD type, I'd rather wash it my myself.

[mikewills]

Originally Posted by ZCP M3

Well now I want to call the PC and see exactly what they do! Lol.

I wonder if they leave the white plastic on the horizontal surfaces until 1-2 days before a delivery.

[v1k0d3n]

Originally Posted by mikewills

I wonder if they leave the white plastic on the horizontal surfaces until 1-2 days before a delivery.

Yes there is wax on the car from PCD. And from what I could tell mike, the plastic was taken off the car pretty soon after arrival and the cars sit on a lot behind the PCD center. I only say this because there were several 1M's sitting on the lot when I was there (like 6-7) and there was no sign of plastic. I looked at the thread for PDC dates, and it appeared that some people were 2+ weeks out.

All that being said though...the car looked amazing upon my receipt and inspection. People may be getting a wee-bit anal about the care of the car. I mean...I'm anal....REALLY anal. But I wouldn't concern myself too much about the first coat of wax. Just strip it off and put on the Zaino when you get home

[ZCP M3]

Originally Posted by v1k0d3n

Yes there is wax on the car from PCD. And from what I could tell mike, the plastic was taken off the car pretty soon after arrival and the cars sit on a lot behind the PCD center. I only say this because there were several 1M's sitting on the lot when I was there (like 6-7) and there was no sign of plastic. I looked at the thread for PDC dates, and it appeared that some people were 2+ weeks out.

All that being said though...the car looked amazing upon my receipt and inspection. People may be getting a wee-bit anal about the care of the car. I mean...I'm anal....REALLY anal. But I wouldn't concern myself too much about the first coat of wax. Just strip it off and put on the Zaino when you get home

I'll give you a run for your money on anal/OCDness...

I'm considering using my quart bag of liquids to carry wax/speedshine/rain-x with me instead of toiletries.

[mikewills]

Originally Posted by ZCP M3

I'll give you a run for your money on anal/OCDness...

I'm considering using my quart bag of liquids to carry wax/speedshine/rain-x with me instead of toiletries.

I may bring some ONR to mix up and some plush MF towels for a wipedown prior to taping. I've also thought about bringing a xenon dual LED lamp to look at the paint under light, so I can properly document any paint issues at the PCD. Not sure if I will wax.

[Papethova]

Originally Posted by v1k0d3n

Yes there is wax on the car from PCD. And from what I could tell mike, the plastic was taken off the car pretty soon after arrival and the cars sit on a lot behind the PCD center. I only say this because there were several 1M's sitting on the lot when I was there (like 6-7) and there was no sign of plastic. I looked at the thread for PDC dates, and it appeared that some people were 2+ weeks out.

All that being said though...the car looked amazing upon my receipt and inspection. People may be getting a wee-bit anal about the care of the car. I mean...I'm anal....REALLY anal. But I wouldn't concern myself too much about the first coat of wax. Just strip it off and put on the Zaino when you get home

How about swirl marks?

[ZCP M3]

Originally Posted by mikewills

I may bring some ONR to mix up and some plush MF towels for a wipedown prior to taping. I've also thought about bringing a xenon dual LED lamp to look at the paint under light, so I can properly document any paint issues at the PCD. Not sure if I will wax.

ONR and MF are being brought for the same reason: clean surface to apply tape on. I think I'm going to spray-on wax the paint and Rejex the wheels to keep brake dust off them. Then some Rain-X on the windows, just because.

[JimD]

The Performance Center has a car wash. I didn't look hard at how it works but it is the drive through type, probably has rotating brushes but possibly not. The local BMWCCA club has had a couple autocrosses there and I've seen them using it. They might do some hand washing but it is inside the car wash building. We aren't doing it this year or I would be there soon to look.

Jim

[v1k0d3n]

Originally Posted by ZCP M3

I'll give you a run for your money on anal/OCDness...

I'm considering using my quart bag of liquids to carry wax/speedshine/rain-x with me instead of toiletries.

Well, considering that with one trip to Ohio 2 things occurred:

1). An old man backed into my front bumper at Starbucks
2). I was stopped for roadwork when a backhoe dumped a rock onto my windshield, thus cracking my windshield. All JUST before my first run-in service.

This taught me a couple things...

A). no matter how anal I am, no one else gives a shit...so therefore you just can't keep anything nice.
B). F@^# it. Refer to A.

Originally Posted by Papethova

How about swirl marks?

lol. no swirl marks that i could/can see