My preferences:
1) I like Meguiars Soft Wash Gel, although it is really bright pink which may put you off.
2) Menzerna stuff
3) Don't use
4) Dodo juice supernatural, slightly expensive but when you sit at a traffic light in the rain staring at the beading on your bonnet it's worth it
5) Britemax Ironmax or similar
6) Megs endurance tyre gel (there was a specific tyre gel thread on here and about 75% of poeple recommended this)
7) Dr Leather wipes, so easy to use
8) I just hoover but might be interested in others opinions on this
9) Autobrite Hellshine PAIN (love this stuff, tried the dodo juice menthol stuff as a switch last time and binned it!)
10) There's a specific thread on here about cleaning your bay, plastic bags, elastic bands, all purpose cleaner etc
11) Same as 5, but also google "detailing clay bars", I quite like the megs clay bar kit
Other) A lot of detailing, in my (fairly nooby opinion) isn't just about the products above but the quality of the cleaning gear. Try googling:
- Snow foam
- Two bucket method
- Yeti's or Wookie's fist or any wool wash mitt (or anything about not using a sponge!)
- Uber Yellow or wooly mammoth drying towels
- Plenty of varying quality microfibers (from cheap for dirty areas to good quality for buffing off your polish/wax - I like the dodo juice supernatural range ones but they're expensive)
- I'd recommend a DA + masking tape, scary before the first try but it's really easy
- Wax applicators, again I like the dod juice supernatural wax finger applicators if you can pay that much for a bit of sponge
- Detailing world, awesome web site with plenty of info