Prius Care/Car wax/paint protectant for the new Prius 2016

I've had Paint Protection on 2 of my last 3 new cars - both specified that it didn't need waxing. I washed my 4½yr old FORD yesterday (a rare event as it doesn't get dirty easily) and the water was still beading.

Your dealer should tell you what product they used - in both cases, mine came with a sheet of instructions as well as a small container of shampoo.

Incidentally, the car inbetween those 2, didn't get paint protection. I only had it a week and a bird of some sort excreted fruit excrement on the bonnet (hood) and it etched into the top coat of paint - 2 circles about 2" across. The previous car which was parked beside also received the excrement, but had no damage to the paint, even though the paint protection was 3 yrs old at the time.

 

I doubt the dealership "treatment" is any more than a good wax job. I do a wash-and-wax on ours fall and spring, but am actually starting to come around to once a year. Our circumstances are changing: we used to put on about 15,000 kms per year, with a fair amount of street parking during the day. But now, driving the car maybe every second day, around 9,000 kms per year, and the vast majority of the time garage parked, maybe once a year is fine.

I'm using this stuff, kind of pricey, but the bottle lasts a few years:

 

I used NXT before, it's great! now: liquid carnauba+paint sealant in one;
Amazon.com: Chemical Guys WAC_111_16 Extreme Depth ...

Soap: Mr. Pink Super Suds Shampoo & Superior Surface Cleaning Soap - Chemical Guys Car Care Detailing

Meguiars' Hot shine tire spray & Meguiars Ultimate black plastic restorer(wipers, etc...)

 

There seems to be many good products out there. I've always had nice results with Meguiar's. Goes on clear; Very easy on & off. The car shampoo is very good, too. My car is outside all year... so I tend to wax it every other month.

The dealer wanted $1200 for a wax job.

I've also been using Invisible Glass windshield cleaner spray. Best glass cleaner I've used. No streaks whatsoever. (Now they have a Rain Repellant version. I'm testing it against Rain-X.)

Still searching for door sill protectors! The stick-on, chrome looking ones. I wonder if a Gen3 model would fit?

 

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Agreed. Too pricey. (Prius Chat Shop has the Gen3 version for $199.) I hope to find the non-lighted kind. In due time...

 

OMG yes. We have those illuminated sills on our 2010 Touring, and they are just the two front doors. I think they were standard, at least they were on the car when we purchased, didn't cost extra. Comparing those vs the non-illuminating, it's a completely frivolous item, in my eyes. We did spring for the block heater.

On the same page, take a deep gulp and look at the price of the custom rims.

 

Yeah I didn't even realize the non- illuminated sills were not standard, on 3rd gen. They really should be, really a necessity.

We forked over $400 at time of sale for installed block heater, groan. Within a year or two Toyo can website was quoting something around $250. Now it's over $300.

 

With my large shoes, I'm always clumsily kicking something. Just thought I would try them. The non-illuminated ones are fine. And for the non-mechanically inclined like me, I'm sure I could just stick 'em on.