Legz

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"From technology proven in the aerospace industry comes a paint protection system guaranteed to protect your car's finish for 5 years and keep it incredibly clean. 5 Star Shine's unique PPS technology took over a decade to develop and patent. In fact, 5 Star Shine's PPS formula is the only paint protection system ever awarded a U.S. patent and tested to survive over 150 washings!"

So, I've decided to try it out to see if it's a gimmick or not. With shipping (to Canada) is priced at $90 USD; which is considered pretty expensive for a small bottle like that. Two bottles; one's a cleaning solution, which you'll use 1 gallon of water with, and the other is the wax (more like sealant). And a waxing pad.

I pretty much used 70% of the bottle to wax the entire car; which means it's a one shot deal for bigger vehicles.

If it really last 5 years then maybe it's worth it... But right now, it looks pretty , plus the paint surface is very very smooth.


We'll see what happens after a few washes, see how it stands over time from dirt and road grime.





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Be great if someone can post those pics for me
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Black Betty

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Does water bead up and roll off of your car with this? I so report back in 6 months and tell us if it still does without anything else (like wax) layered on top of it.

FourT2

Interesting product. So what was your application process? Degrease, wash, clay, then use these two bottles?

Legz

iTrader: (1)

Road gets really slushy up here in Canada, the car needs to be washed quick often, I'll check up on it 2 months later

Legz

iTrader: (1)

I didn't use the washing bottle, instead I used Optimum No Rinse since washing in winter is an issue up here. Didn't clay it either since the car is only 6 month old. However, I did make sure that the previous layer of wax is completely off - then left it in the garage for 2 days to let the wax seal.

Garnet Canuck

^ It would surprise you to see how much surface contamination can be removed by a claybar after 6 months.

Anyways, I have serious doubts that this product will truly give you paint protection for 5 years. Show me tests after 5 years and I'll believe, but until then I'll say it's a farce.

tWistedMissiOn

WOW. at last, i thought i was the only one who heard about the PPS technology, i started a thread a while ago asking about PPS but no one responded... so i thought PPs was a gimmick... i initially wanted to have my new car layered with it too, but after consulting with a lot of people(most from forums, who are detailers) i decided to back out. What PPS does is put a layer of teflon on top of the paint to protect it, but i am not allowed to wax the car after because it will decrease the layer or shorten its lifespan, and yea, it said it is guaranteed for 5 years.

ProTan

Maybe I am nuts but I wouldn't buy a product for $90.00 that has a crooked label. I work for a company that manufactures skin care products. We ship thousands of items per day. Each and everyone is inspected against a template. If the label is crooked it doesn't ship. Also I purchase and approve many of our Bottles and tubes. Those caps and bottles are by far the cheapest stock available..

Quality control is very important and if you cant get a label on straight I dont trust whats in the bottle.... Just a pet peev of mine... Maybe I am wrong but if you are making a high quality car care item as a company wouldn't you think that people might pay attention to things like that? They can help make your car look it's best but they cant deliver a bottle that looks perfect? I mean you are going to have the bottle for five years, dont you think they could at least work to make the packaging look decent?

Maybe great stuff but I would never use it.