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Products, tools, and parts — sorted honestly by how well we actually know them.

Editor's Garage

Products Mitch has personally used — on his own cars, and through years of professional detailing work on exotics and classics.

AMMO NYC Skin Defense Seal
AMMO NYC

Skin Defense Seal

Used on: Lexus SC430

The sealant layer on the SC430's regular routine. Skin Defense sits between a wax and a ceramic — a cleaner-sealant carrying ultra-fine abrasives that gently refine the paint while it lays down protection, good for roughly four to six months before it needs redoing. It's one piece of a wider AMMO NYC lineup Mitch has run — the brand isn't cheap, but the results back it up every time.

Collinite No. 845 Insulator Wax
Collinite

No. 845 Insulator Wax

Used on: Lexus SC430

Goes on last, over the Skin Defense. Collinite built this carnauba-polymer wax to insulate electrical components decades before anyone thought to put it on a car — it just happens to spread like nothing else and hold its own against sun and weather better than most waxes on the market. On the SC430, the combination has been an amazing product to run — real depth, real durability.

Griot's Garage Leather Care
Griot's Garage

Leather Care

Used on: Astons, Ferraris & classics (professional detailing work)

A holdover from Mitch's time working in the automotive industry detailing high-end exotics and classic cars. It penetrates deep to replenish leather's natural oils rather than sitting on top like the greasy, lanolin-heavy stuff — dries clear, leaves a supple non-greasy finish, and still gets used today.

Griot's Garage Best of Show Spray Wax
Griot's Garage

Best of Show Spray Wax

Used on: Astons, Ferraris & classics (professional detailing work)

The go-to for a fast, show-quality finish between full wax jobs — a carnauba-polymer spray wax that goes on like a quick detailer but leaves the depth and gloss of a real wax. Another one carried over from professional detailing work on exotics and classics that's stuck around ever since.

Also in the Garage

Brands Mitch has personally run — real parts, real installs — that haven't gotten their own full writeup yet.

Detailing & Car Care

  • Meguiar's

Wheels & Fitment

  • Fitment IndustriesGreat website, great service.
  • Enkei
  • Konig Wheels
  • SSR Wheels

Performance Parts

  • HKS
  • Mishimoto
  • K&N Engineering
  • AEM Electronics
  • Atkins RotaryExcellent products for rotary engines.

Exhaust & Handling

  • Borla Performance
  • MagnaFlow
  • KW Automotive
  • BC RacingMakes good products.
  • Fortune Auto
  • Eibach
  • Whiteline
  • Car Shop GlowAmazing products.

Future Partnerships

Tarmac n Torque is open to testing and reviewing products from brands not yet featured here. If that's you, reach out through the contact page.

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