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Old 11-29-2009, 10:06 AM
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Source for car care products

For years, I've acquired various car care products from Larry Reynolds at carcareonline.com. No offense intended (it is probably a matter of economics), but my experience has been that his selection of products has steadily narrowed and narrowed year after year for the products I'm interested in.

I'm asking if anyone has a source(s) for products by 303, Lexol, Meguiars, P21S, Sonax, The Wax Shop, and Wurth.

Thanks for any recommendations-

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Old 11-29-2009, 10:35 AM
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When it comes to Meguiars, just get it from your local walmart/target for the best price.
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If you search the Internet by the brand name I'm sure you'll find multiple sources and the best price.
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For Meguiars professional products, I'd order them direct from their own website:

www.meguiarsdirect.com

Otherwise, try:

http://www.autopia-carcare.com/
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Thanks.

As for the Meguiars, I use a couple of their high end products that Target and Wal-Mart do not sell. I can usually find them online or through a local distributor who sells products oriented to the professional auto body repair business.

As for searching the Internet by brand name...yes, that is one way to do it. So far, I have found that I would be buying from four or five different retailers. Not optimal...not much in the way of time or monetary efficiency, but certainly possible. One of the real advantages of carcareonline was the breadth and depth of the product line, however, as I mentioned previously, that has largely come to an end.
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Did you check out the Autopia car care site I posted in my post above?
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Old 11-29-2009, 12:08 PM
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Did you check out the Autopia car care site I posted in my post above?

I did. Thanks for the link. A couple of hits. Didn't see Sonax, The Wax Shop, or Wurth. Maybe I didn't look closely enough. Perhaps I'll consider some of their brands for what I can't find (or more easily find) elsewhere.
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"The Wax Shop" was purchased by Turtle Wax awhile ago, reformulated and then discontinued in the USA. Maybe its being reintroduced??

Wurth is available at http://www.autogeek.net/ and http://www.superiorcarcare.net
Sonax is available at http://www.topoftheline.com
For meguiars (all lines) try http://www.autodetailingsolutions.net/
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Old 11-30-2009, 10:09 AM
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I use stuff from these folks http://groitsgarage.com
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Old 11-30-2009, 10:38 AM
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"The Wax Shop" was purchased by Turtle Wax awhile ago, reformulated and then discontinued in the USA. Maybe its being reintroduced??

Wurth is available at http://www.autogeek.net/ and http://www.superiorcarcare.net
Sonax is available at http://www.topoftheline.com
For meguiars (all lines) try http://www.autodetailingsolutions.net/
Well, I bought The Wax Shop's Slick Stuff HD Spray Detailer from them (www.waxdepot.com) early this year. It looks like the site is still there and supposedly the product is still available. I'm sure there are other excellent spray detailers, however, I've consistently found that this product works the best on our 300CD-Ts. Ran out and tried some Meguiars (not the professional stuff) acquired from Target and it was clearly inferior to the Slick Stuff HD Spray Detailer.

The Wurth link looks excellent. That and the Sonax have been the toughest products to find here in the USA.

I've bought from Griot's over the years (not the exterior/interior care products though). No complaints other than the (it seems like to me) rather high prices. Quality has been good.

Thanks to all the posters for the links and advice. Much appreciated.

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