The best car cleaning kits for your budget

This may well be all the bundle you need if you want to give your car a nice finish with a hydrophobic coating. It contains everything you need to pre-wash, wash, and protect your vehicle using a pressure washer and foaming gun.

Polar Blast is a rich snow foam that covers the vehicle in a rich blanket of foam that clings to paintwork to loosen dirt and heavy soiling before shampooing gently. Polar Wash is a safe and effective cleaner that should be applied after pre-washing with the snow foam, while Polar Seal is a protective, hydrophobic coating for a quick and easy high-gloss finish.

Read our review of the Autoglym Polar Collection here

No hose? No worries with this car care bundle from Greased Lightning. Designed to be waterless, this kit will clean paintwork, trim, interior stains, wheels and glass with water only required to rinse the wheels after treatment. It's good value for money and everything works effectively, it's just not the most exciting of car cleaning kits.

Read our review of the Greased Lightning Range here

Ceramic car cleaning is excellent, but also comes with a noticeable price tag, making this trio of cleaning products from Auto Finesse a good deal. A frontrunner in the world of ceramic car care, Auto Finesse offer a wide range of ceramic-infused cleaning products. Here you get the brand's Caramics Shampoo to wash, a ceramic Gloss Enhancer for delivering a nice deep shine to the paintwork and ceramic-infused glass cleaner too.

A safe pair of hands no matter how seriously you take car cleaning, Autoglym is a stalwart of car care here in the UK for good reason. This kit may not have the more modern offerings for car care, but it nails the basics with a selection of products perfect for wheels, bodywork and the interior. It's a quality selection of chemicals, just don't bother with the complementary sponge.

Seemingly specialist at first glance, this kit from Car Gods is the perfect way to decontaminate your car's paintwork prior to a proper polishing and protection coating. The set includes everything for removing the debris that gets embedded in paintwork from shampoo to a tar remover. While it may lack any polishing or protective products within it, this kit will get your car as prepped for these events as possible. It even includes a bucket for a total cleaning novice.

Soft99 is a Japanese outfit that has an innovative approach to car care products. With a wide selection of products available, we're championing this kit that's perfect for washing and enhancing a darker car. Shipping with a dark polish and the brand's famed Fusso Coat, this kit can help make a black car look dripping wet with gloss. The included rain repellent and tyre shine are top-rated extras too.

Not the last name in car care, Turtle Wax has been trying to shake off its budget-orientated reputation in the last few years. Central to this is a focus on ceramic technology, a substance renowned for durability and quality. Infused in the majority of the products seen here, this kit will see your car both cleaned and protected without having to crack open a pot of wax.