April is National Car Care Month! (Relax, gearheads—we just found out too.) To celebrate, we’ve compiled a list of some of our favorite car cleaning and detailing kits, each designed for a variety of purposes. No matter what type of car you drive or how serious you are about car care, there’s a car care kit on this list to keep the Car Care Council happy.
Who? The Car Care Council of North America. It is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating motorists about the importance of regular vehicle care, maintenance and repairs in the United States, Canada and Mexico. One of their most persistent endeavors is the “Be aware of car care“Campaign to inform and educate regular consumers about the value and benefits of consistent car care and maintenance.
This includes cleaning and detailing. There are a lot of products on the market, but if you buy what you need every time you need it, it can add up quickly. Instead, consider a car care and cleaning kit. You get everything you need, exactly what you need – sometimes you get way more than you need. But one-stop shopping these days, especially with the convenience of free home delivery from Amazon or Walmart, makes a car care and cleaning kit an easy choice.
1
Best for interior and exterior vehicle detailing
- Complete set and great value for money
- Contains a foam cannon and a wheel scrub mitt
- More product than most of us will ever use
Adam’s Polishes Arsenal Builder Car Wash Kit contains 17 products with which you can clean every corner of your vehicle. From car shampoo laundry soap to spray wax, tire shine and rim cleaner to interior detailer and window cleaner, this kit has it all including three microfiber towels, drying cloth, wheel scouring mitt, washing sponge and bucket and sand protector. It even includes a foam cannon and three air freshener discs to hang from the rear view.
Not only is it a complete indoor and outdoor cleaning kit, it’s also fantastic value for money. If you were to purchase each product individually, the retail value would be $204.99.
BUY IT ON eBAY
2
Best for regular car wash and care
- Doesn’t clutter up the garage shelf with produce
- Trusted Brand Name
- Pay attention to the spray quality
Meguiar’s G55012 Classic Wash & Wax Kit is ideal for those who love the curb appeal of their car but don’t have the time or energy to go all out every time. This set contains everything you need for regular car care, such as the popular Gold Class car shampoo, Quik Detailer, cleaning wax and wheel and tire spray.
The kit also includes a microfiber cloth, an applicator pad and a car wash sponge.
BUY IT AT WALMART
3
Best for waxing and polishing cars
- TorqX polisher is ideal for beginners and easy to use
- Accepts any 5.5 inch buffing pad, buffing pad or brush accessory
Some car care projects require a little extra oomph, and that’s why you need an orbital buffer. That Chemical Guys TorqX Complete Detailing Kit features a TorqX dual-action machine polisher, along with five Hex-Logic foam buffing pads, allowing you to choose the perfect pad to remove deep swirls and scratches, refine the finish to restore shine and shine, and the perfect Apply wax layer for enhanced shine and lasting protection.
You also get bottles of polishing pad cleaner and conditioner to keep your pads long lasting, and three microfiber cloths.
BUY IT AT WALMART
4
Best for car interior decoration
- Ideal for leather, plastic, vinyl and fabric
- Many of these products work well around the home
- You still have to wash the outside, mate!
To keep the cabin of your car or truck looking like new, regular cleaning and maintenance is crucial. Jay Leno’s Garage Interior Essentials Detailing Kit has everything you need to keep your cockpit shiny. It includes Jay’s Interior Detailer, Fabric Cleaner, Glass Cleaner, two packs of microfiber towels, and a very Leno-like denim jacket air freshener.
With this kit you can clean everything from your headliner to your floor mats – even LCD screens.
BUY IT ON EBAY
5
Best for car exterior details
- Large sizes of all products so you don’t run out easily
- Founded in 1980, 303 Products is an OG car detailing company
It’s easy to get carried away by the hype surrounding a new brand or product, but sometimes it’s best to stick with what has stood the test of decades. 303 Exterior care set #30810 has everything you need to clean from the tip of the antenna to where the rubber meets the road, including car wash, tire and rubber cleaner, speed detailer, car UV protection, and tire care and – protection.
It includes a tire brush, tire applicators, a car wash mitt and three microfiber cloths.
BUY IT ON EBAY
6
Best for quick and easy car cleaning and maintenance
- It couldn’t be more comfortable
- 90% of Amazon users rate it 4 stars or higher
- Don’t use these wipes to wash the whole car and don’t ask us how we know
If you like cleaning on the go, this is the set for you. This Armor All 18782 protective, glass and cleaning cloths The three pack contains three buckets of 30 wipes each for touching up the inside, outside and even the windshield of your car, truck or SUV.
Stash this popular pack in the trunk for a quick and easy car wash with no mess, no liquids and no rags.
BUY IT AT WALMART
7
Best for cleaning black cars and trucks
- Claims to restore dull, aged black finishes
- Powerful UV protection prevents your color from dulling and fading, even if you live in the desert
- Only works on black cars; please don’t go rogue with this stuff
If you drive a black car, whether for work or just because black is badass, you know how difficult it is to keep the swirls and scratches at bay, no matter how careful you are. The Jet Black T-3KT Black Box Kit from Turtle Wax is what you need to keep black cars streak-free and silky smooth. Turtle Wax Jet Black products use black tinted technology to smooth out blemishes and deepen reflections.
The kit includes pre-wax cleaner and conditioner, jet black carnauba wax, two black spray detailers and two applicators.
BUY IT AT WALMART
Jon Langston
Jon Langston, Senior Commerce Editor at Hearst Autos, is an avid motorcyclist and gear collector whose work has appeared in Men’s Journal, The Drive, Rider, Task & Purpose, Cycle World, and others.\
This content is created and maintained by a third party and imported to this page to help users provide their email addresses. You may find more information about this and similar content on piano.io
