New Golden Shine Car Care Products for Spring

California Car Cover is proud to announce four additional items have been added to the Golden Shine Car Care line this spring. Available starting this month, we are now offering Leather Care, Tire & Trim Spray, Undercarriage Spray and Headlight Restorer in the Golden Shine brand.

"The Golden Shine line has been well received by our customers. We have been listening to many of their suggestions for new products and look forward to bringing more great items annually," said Jim DeFrank.
One of our more popular products has been our Tire and Trim Dressing. The premium dressing works great and provides a long lasting shine, but does need to be applied with a foam applicator and worked into the tires or trim. For those enthusiasts looking for a quicker way to apply the dressing we developed the Golden Shine Tire & Trim Spray.
The Tire & Trim Spray applies easily and sprays on for maximum covering in a short amount of time. Any access or over spray can easily be wiped up with a microfiber towel.

Once the Golden Shine Tire & Trim Spray is applied simply go over the treated area with a microfiber towel or foam applicator to make sure the dressing is evenly applied.

Undercarriage Spray is no longer an auto detailer's secret. This product works wonders on fender wells and undercarriages. Often fender wells look dull and are covering in dust and dirt that is kicked up from the tires. This product provides a low shine coating to make dark plastics and metals look new.


Often fender wells look like this. Though the car might have recently been washed, fender wells can look dirty and dull. We recommend first rinsing the fender wells with a degreaser, such as our Golden Shine Go-To Cleaner. This will rinse away a lot of the grime and provide a cleaner surface for the Undercarriage Spray to bond to.

Spray the Golden Shine Undercarriage Spray evenly around the fender wells and undercarriage. A nice even coat will give your vehicle a nice even shine and looks great for days, not hours.

Looking to keep your seats clean and soft? The Golden Shine Leather Care is a cleaner and conditioner for interior leather surfaces.
The product is really easy to use. Simply apply a small amount to a towel, work into the leather surface and buff dry.

Golden Shine Leather Care provides a low sheen to all the leather surfaces in your vehicle.

Headlights looking a little hazy? Our Golden Shine Headlight Restorer will help you clear up some hazing and make your headlights look like new. The polish is easy to use and does not require the use of a polish ball.


Golden Shine Headlight Restorer can be applied by hand with a microfiber polishing pad. As the polish begins to break down, simply buff to a shine with a clean microfiber towel. Our Headlight Restorer is not a heavy cut polisher. It is an enthusiast grade headlight polish. The product is meant to maintain and clean headlights with light hazing, but are in fairly good condition. If your headlights have heavy yellowing that is baked into the headlights then it is better to use a heavy cut product in conjunction with a polishing ball.

Handy Detailing Tools for Spring at California Car Cover

A lot of the blog posts and product reviews I do come from customer's feedback. Quite often customers approach us at car shows and ask if we carry a product that does this or that, or even if such an item even exists. Below are some handy detailing tools available at California Car Cover that I use in my garage that save time and make life easier around the garage.
Do you use a screwdriver and a towel to get into tight spaces on your car? Don't risk damaging your car, towels or tools by using Slick Stixxx. These aluminum detailing sticks come in an assortment of angles and lengths to get into all sorts of hard to reach places.
The plastic ends are heavy duty, chemical resistant and non abrasive. The detailing sticks are threaded so installing the different ends only takes a few twists. There are a variety of ends for different applications. After you select an end, just wrap the included cloth around it and you are ready to detail.
The cloth is soft, so you can use it in conjunction with a detail spray or interior cleaner to clean in those hard to reach places.

A screwdriver could not get into the tight space in between the grill and headlight, but the Slick Sitxxx thin adapter can get right in there to pick up dust and dirt missed at the car wash.
A rag alone cannot always get into joints and tight spaces on a dashboard. The Slick Stixxx get right in there and cleans out dust and debris that a towel might leave behind.

The Slick Stixxx are great for cleaning grilles after a road trip. They are much faster that using a towel alone to clean in between each bar of the grille.
The Slick Stixxx can be viewed on our website. A short video showing them in action is on there too.
Have too many detailing tools in the garage? The next pair of items do a multitude of detailing jobs which will save you some room in the garage for another stuff.
The Versa Duster from California Car Duster is a 3-in-1 detailing product. It features a velcro backed handle that you can attached either a traditional California Mini Duster pad to or a microfiber pad for dusting vehicle and home interiors.
The red duster pad has the traditional baked in wax treatment which is great for dusting hard surfaces such as the dashboard. When done, you can simply peel off the duster pad and swap it with a microfiber pad.
The microfiber pad is great for soft surfaces such as seats and dash pads.
When you are ready to detail the windows, simple remove the velcro backed pad and replace it with a glass bonnet. The Versa Duster works great at cleaning corners of windows. You can view a short video of the Versa Duster in action on the California Car Cover website.
Another glass cleaning and dusting tool is the Glass Master. The Glass Master features a long handle and pivoting head to safely clean glass and interior surfaces.
The glass bonnet works great when used in conjunction with glass cleaner.
The microfiber bonnets are great for dusting interio surfaces such as the dashboard and seats.


The Glass Master is available for purchase on the California Car Cover website.

Hopefully these detailing tools will make life a little easier around the garage.

Top Christmas Picks for the Car Lover

It's tough to find something that everyone on your list is going to love during the holiday season. California Car Cover is here to help you out with some great items for the car enthusiast on your list this year. Here are some of the more popular items that our customers are purchasing for gifts this year.

Custom Floor Mats: Floor mats from Lloyd mats not only look great, but do an excellent job of protecting your vehicle's interior. The mats are available in a variety of carpet finishes and rubber. Some of them can even be customized with embroidery or licensed vehicle logos. All the mat options can be viewed and easily ordered online. We also carry a variety of custom floor mats from Weathertech, Husky and Introtech. Floor Mats.


This diecast Harley Davidson edition Ford F-1 pickup is perfect for the motorcycle lover on your list. The truck is finished in the traditional Harley black and orange and features a matching 1948 FL Panhead Harley Davidson in the truck bed. It is a limited edition 1:24 scale collectible. Harley Pickup.
Metal signs are perfect for decorating a game room or garage. These retro styled signs look great and add some nostalgia to any room. California Car Cover carries 100's of metal sign designs in our catalog or on our website. One of the more popular styles this year has been the Gas Pump Girl. This colorful 26" tall sign will look great in your garage. Gas Pump Girl.
The Mooneyes brand has been around for many years and is recognized around the world with hot rod and custom car enthusiasts. This diecast Mooneyes edition Sledster is a great collectible for any classic car fan. The Sledster is available in two designs; black or yellow. Both styles can be viewed on our website. The detailed 1:50 scale hauler is almost 10" in length.
Diecast vehicles from iconic companies are hot this year. Besides the collectibles from Mooneyes and Harley Davidson, California Car Cover also has some great items from Coca-Cola. This Ford Delivery is being produced in celebration of the brand's 125th anniversary. It is 1:24 scale. Check out even more great Coke products on our website.
Our line of Golden Shine Car Care Products has been a hot seller all year long. During the holidays we have added a number of money saving kits to our catalog and website to give people a chance to try a variety of the products at a discounted price. One of the more popular kits this year has been our Variable Spped Polishing Kit. The kit includes a Porter Cable 7424 XP and some of our Golden Shine polish, Premium Wax and polishing pads. More Golden Shine kits can be viewed online.
The Deltran Battery Tender has been a household name for classic car owners for many years. This charges and maintains a battery for extended periods of time. It is perfect for stored classics or vehicles that are not driven too often. The Battery Tender is sold in a variety of configurations, but the 12-volt model has been a best seller for California Car Cover for many years. BBattery Tender.
Safety first. This UL approved chrome plated fire extinguisher not only looks good, but does the job. It is available in a 1ln or 2.5lb model. Flat mount or roll bar mount brackets can also be purchased. #FE1C.
A custom fit California Car Cover will keep your vehicle looking great all winter long. Our custom fit car cover are year, make and model specific, so you are guaranteed the best look and fit. We stock 100's of the hottest covers year round, but can specially make a cover for you in about 2 weeks. Some of the most popular covers this year are the Chevy Camaro, Fiat 500, 2012 Volkswagen Beetle and Chevy Silverado. Looking to have a cover in time for Christmas? Call one of our sales associate today for all the details. (800) 423-5525. View covers online.
The Heat Track heated stairway and walkway mats are great items for cold weather cities. The heated mats safely melt snow and keep paths free from ice for safer walking. The mats are powered by a traditional outlet and you can link multiple mats together. See our website for details.

Have a question on any of the item listed in the California Car Cover Top Christmas picks? Just give us a call or visit our website. (800) 423-5525 or calcarcover.com

Toyo Tires Oktoberfest in Big Bear, Ca

Saturday morning I drove out to Big Bear Lake for the Toyo Tires Oktoberfest. Golden Shine, our premium car care line, was one of the sponsors of the event, so an associate and I went to the Snow Valley Resort to demonstrate some products at the show.
The California Car Cover and Golden Shine display at Oktoberfest. Before the contests and events took place I walked around the show to take photos of the nice Volkswagen and Audi vehicles on display.















In the morning all the attendees had to register for the event. The show attracted a lot of VW and Audi owners from all over the west coast.

Bernie, the Event Coordinator and owner of the GTI above, put together a great event. There was a variety of unique games in the afternoon, including the vehicle limbo contests.


Everyone gathered around for the Switch Stance competition, where teammates had to raise and lower their air ride to the perfect ride height in the fastest time possible. The winner took home a nice prize from Accuair.



Love Twinkies? A few brave attendees entered the Twinkie eating contest.



A custom California Car Cover made for the Volkswagen Projekt MK6 GTI.

Custom paint on the Mini Cooper.
Preparing for the limbo contests.


The competitors were doing everything they could to win the limbo contest. Things started to get interesting and entertaining during the static limbo contest. In the static limbo contest air ride was not allowed, so lowered car owners had to get creative, and volunteer friends, to get their cars even lower.


This VW had at least 13 people piled in it. Eww.

Anyway, California Car Cover and Golden Shine has a great time at the event and we look forward to support more Volkswagen and Audi events in the future. Thanks to everyone at dub-nation for having us out to the show.

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