Exactly.

As everyone else has said, NEVER use soap designed for dishes. Use a liquid CAR wash. I have tried them all (Turtle, Meguiars, Blue Coral, Mothers, etc.) and the best I have ever used is the Eagle 1. It is hard to find in some areas. I order it directly from Eagle 1 in gallon jugs. THE best.

My 2 cents.

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2000 E430 Sport (European Delivery)
Brilliant Silver/Ash Leather
Brabus Leather/Wood Sport Steering Wheel
PowerChip
Euro Front Bumper Strips, Debadged
E55 "Carbon Fiber" Door Pillar Trim
E55 Tail lights
E55 AMG/Bilstein Shocks
Eibach Springs, #1 Pads
H & R Sway Bars
Speed Yellow Calipers
18" x 8" SSR Integral Wheels
245/40ZR 18 Bridgestone Potenza RE960AS Tires

1986 Porsche 944 Turbo
88K miles

Thought I would share some humour, but I know a person in our old neighborhood use to use Cascade liquid. One day he ran out, so decided to use some cascade powder!!!! Lets just say those Cascade crystals made a nice set of swirlmarks over his then 4 year old BMW 318. This was about 6-8 years ago.

Lets say he bought a bottle of swirl remover and buffed his entire car.

I am sorry things are specialized for a reason. Never use Transmission oil for your engine, or even 2-cycle engine oil for your car. Just like different soaps are different, so is everything else.

Good Luck.

My recommendation:

1.) Meguiar's Gold Glass Car Wash and Shampoo
Alt: Meguiar's Professional Car Wash

2.) PS21 Gloss Enhancing Paintwork Cleaner (hard to find)
Alt: Meguiar's Medallion Premium Paint Cleaner

3.) 3M Imperial Hand Glaze (lil tougher then Meguiar's #7)
Alt: Meguiar's Professional #7 Show Car Glaze

4.) Zymbol Wax (NOT THE STUFF MADE BY TURTLE WAX in US)
Alt: Meguiar's Medallion Premium Paint Protection (Prefer over Professional Hi-Tech Yellow Wax because it uses silicones)

Use Meguiar's Final Inspection inbetween washes.

For Wheels, I use Meguiar's Instant Wheel Cleaner. The Wesley's Wheel Cleaner is much more abbrasive, and I used it a couple times to get the old baked brake dust off.

For Tires, I use to use Meguiar's Gold Glass High Endurance Kit, but now like Wet Tire or Tire Wet's new high gloss color tints. It adds a nice effect to the tires, and doesn't harm the wheels.

For the Interior I really LOVE Lexol Leather Shampoo and Conditioner (they are seperates.)

Just my suggestion, seems to work great on MB finishes. I have gone through testing of almost every material, and ended up here. Good luck.

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Chirag (Charlie) Patel
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- 03 Mercedes S600 Sport TTV12
- 97 Acura NSX-T
- 99 BMW E36 M3 w/500+ HP
- 04 Lexus RX330
- 04 Dodge Dakota Quad 4x4 V8

4 Sale:
- 99 BMW M3 E36 Coup with Dinan SC, Upgraded to an RMS Stage 3 with Aftercooler, 12psi, and 500+hp @ flywheel.

If you haven't got the message yet, NO NO NO NO NO NO and etc.
Happy trails beep Beep from Houston!!!
Donald, El Cheapo, but I use "Car Wash Detergent"