Right now I wash either with the BLACKFIRE Pro Ceramic Coating Wash, or do a foam pre-wash with it and finish with ONR. Right now I am drying them with Optimum Car Wax spray.
Adam's used to be awesome, they had a few products and they were great. Now it seems as if they are doing the same thing as Chemical Guys and have 10 different shampoos, 10 different APC, 5 different coatings... the product is still good, just too many "specialized" products. This is why Optimum is so much simpler. 1 APC, you dilute it according to your needs, one leather cleaner/conditioner. A few products I always buy from Adam's... their tire cleaner, don't know what it has but even Optimum APC full strength can't touch it, their tire dressing is great, and the undercarriage spray for me is a must, I used to use WD40, but Adams is better and smells great. I have used their 3 step polishes, good, but I will stick to Sonax for now. Optimum Spray hyper polish and hyper compound are awesome, but their spray nozzle clog so much they can be frustrating to use.
I thought so too until I saw Esoteric Car Care and Apex Detail videos using a gloss meter before and after coating applications. I can tell you there is a difference between wax and coatings to the eye, especially in solid colors. Esoteric has a guide on the Kamikaze coatings and which one works best depending on the color of the car. Their video of the La Italia and the Mijabi / ISM duo on red is one of the best examples.