In my opinion, dealer applied Supaguard is a total rip off. I worked for the Toyota plant in South Africa for 24 years, and one of my positions was the assembly plant Quality Manager. In this role I was the final point of contact between Toyota SA and the customer, when the dealers and Marketing company could not address customers complaints. The biggest single paintissue was complaintsresulting from dealer applied Sapaguard! As far as the customer was concerned, it did not matter if it was a factory issue or not - they bought the car from 'Toyota', andToyota was responsible. After this, I was the Paint Plant General Manager, so have a fair knowledge of automotive paint
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. The problem with Supaguard is, if it is not applied properly, you end up with the issue the OP is facing. Also, when it is applied, they usually use a lambs wool mop on a polishing machine, which is the worst possible way to polish a car. 99% of the time, after a car has been polished with a lambs wool mop you end up with the car being covered with swirl marks. Park the car in the sun, and it looks really cra*p!<div sab="813">My advice - take it back and get it sorted by the dealer! Also, check for swirl marks, as removing is a real pita
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