Subaru WRX Hatch

This 2012 WRX hatch's owner went with two layers of Icon Rocklear, our permanent paint protection coating, instead of the single. Rally hatches spend their lives pointed at rocks and road grit, so the extra layer up front's cheap insurance on the part of the car that's going to take it. Under direct light the finish carries a wet, almost liquid depth, and owners tend to say it beats the showroom shine they started with.

That's what the layers buy you, and it's worth being straight about which half is which. The look you get is immediate, and the reason it doesn't go anywhere is that Rocklear doesn't fade off the way factory clear coat does. There's more on how it works on our Icon Rocklear page.