I was given the opportunity to test out the Armor Shield IX DIY Ceramic Coating from AvalonKing. In this review, we will be evaluating the product's gloss, slickness, UVA blocking capabilities, and durability. Additionally, we will be discussing its visual appeal and how easy it is to apply. Despite not having prior experience with this brand or doing much research on it, I was eager to give it a try due to its popularity on social media.

AvalonKing Armor Shield IX - https://bit.ly/akingshieldix

Comparison of my past wax tests: https://dmitrysgarage.com/wax

The testing started off really well. AvalonKing Armor Shield IX was very easy to apply, it's a true DIY solution. I also found that it looked great, not the most amazing product in that regard, but a very solid showing beating many competitors. The slickness was about middle of the road, not bad, but not much to write home about. UVA protection was also undetectable using my transmission meter.

Where things really fell apart was the durability testing. It is possible that this was a bad batch, but in my testing I barely squeezed out three washes. This is very disappointing for a ceramic coating product, especially if a customer spent a significant amount of time, potentially days, on prep work. I generally try to avoid researching products I'm unfamiliar with prior to testing to avoid bias. After the testing I did some research and saw that many reviews were very positive. However, there were a number of people claiming similar disappointing results, including only surviving a handful of washes or weeks of use.

After a bit more research on ImportYeti, I saw that AvalonKing was importing this product from Lixin Industrial Shenzhen. Looks like they're basically white labeling the product, Lixin seems to sell their products at around $8/pop. It's possible their quality control is just not great coming out of China. If it were me and I wanted to try it out I'd probably just order some products/samples from the manufacturer directly on Alibaba.

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0:00 Introduction
1:00 Application Testing
6:02 Visual Appeal
7:13 Gloss Meter Testing
9:17 Support My Channel
9:42 UVA Testing
11:54 Slickness Testing
14:00 Durability Testing
18:32 Wrap Up

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