Opticoat pro

[Wolfgang]

Here's the results of CSIRO testing.

CSIRO Results - Opti-Coat

[OPT]

Please don't get me wrong, I'm not bagging the product, more their claim of a lifetime warranty!!! If someone offers me a lifetime warranty I'd expect it to last a lifetime and not have to pay someone each year to inspect the product with a lifetime warranty and then pay them more money to fix up the product that supposedly has a lifetime warranty. That isn't a lifetime warranty IMO. It's a 12 mth warranty with ongoing repairs and maintenance after that to extend the life of the product a further 12 mths.

Hi Don

The annual service is optional actually. The product offers a 5 year warranty with no special requirements. The extended lifetime warranty is offered though if the owner allows the Opti-Coat guys to maintain it annually.

No snake oil. The coating isn't going to magically fall off the paint after 5 years, just like the other guy's S Class Mercedes isn't going to stop suddenly when the 3 year warranty is up.

[Jimi]

Yep, as above there's a 5 year warranty with no inspections required. But if you want it to last longer than that, you need annual inspections - the guy that did mine charges $45 which is fine when you consider that his time spent doing a clean that's better than ill ever do is probably worth it anyway

[giveway]

Well mine is getting done today. Just dropped it off. Getting Paintwork plus outer and inner wheels. Not doing the glass or interior.

I was offered and thought about doing the steering wheel with opti guard for $60, but being a control surface I was reluctant to do it as I don't know what it would feel like and had not researched it.

Any opinions here?


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[Brendan_A]

Got my whole interior done with opti guard inc steering wheel and have no issues with it been slippery. Feels like a normal leather wheel to me.

[SlingerWood]

I haven't had any slip issues either. The glass for me was a must. I know it is probably just justifying my decision to myself but I have been driving for the last few days and the windscreen is still crystal clear..

[brad]

Thanks for your help in contributing to the thread with your vast experience with the product.......

I can understand Antiplastix's POV. There have been a million wonder coatings for motor vehicles over the years & generally they haven't lived up to the hype.

[BenM]

I haven't had any slip issues either. The glass for me was a must. I know it is probably just justifying my decision to myself but I have been driving for the last few days and the windscreen is still crystal clear..

That's good to hear. I never did my glass (did it myself with Nanolex... about 6 months ago... water is still beading) or wheels. Always considered going back to get the wheels done but never got round to it.

Washed my car on Sunday though and after having been a bit slack due to poor weather, it reinforced to me again the value of the coating... she came up schmick as anything with very little work.

Of course washing it on Sunday guaranteed that it would rain yesterday... of course it did.

[woofy]

I had repair work on the backend of my car and had them repaint two door panels to fix up some scratches at the same time. They polished a fair whack of the car and took off the paint protection that had been there for the past 2 years and all the panels they touched are so grubby in a short time its not funny so very night and day what the difference is for me.

[SlingerWood]

I can understand Antiplastix's POV. There have been a million wonder coatings for motor vehicles over the years & generally they haven't lived up to the hype.

I just think that people come on here to get information and to help others. If you are not making a contribution based on experience or knowledge and you aren't trying to help then you should stay out of things. Comments like that are snipes and don't add to the knowledge base.