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7/28/07 - Meguiar's Detail Clinic - Irvine, CA (Class Full)

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Old 07-28-07, 04:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Lexustom
Thanks Club Lexus and my hat off to Mike who worked so hard down at the "old Meguiars garage"!!! It was a great day! I learned a bunch of good stuff!!
Yep, I snapped TONS of pictures, all that to come later...
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Yeah, it was a very informative class big props to Mike!!! Oh, and I want to thank everyone who clayed my car, the paint feels soooo smooth. <----It was about the entire class I think.
Oh, but someone left a chuck of clay by the roofs edge and I can’t take that out. Good times none the less for my first clublexus meet experience.
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Originally Posted by Lexustom
Thanks Club Lexus and my hat off to Mike who worked so hard down at the "old Meguiars garage"!!! It was a great day! I learned a bunch of good stuff!!
Tom, I thought that was you - I meant to chat with you a little while but Terrance and I had to run right after the class ended. Anyway, it was good seeing you again. Thanks to Ryan for coordinating with Mike @ Meguiar's and getting us in the door. For anyone that hasn't gone to one of these, you're really missing out. I still can't believe Meguiars does this for free. Thanks a million to Mike Phillips and Meguiar's. Don't forget to leave Mike some feedback for all his work - you can do so here.

Javier

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It was a great day, hats off to Flipside909 and Meguiar's for making this happen today.

I can't wait to get some work done to the car to get it glossy!!
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Talking Thanks Mike and Ben for an informative meet

Great class meet today. Learned alot, definitely happy that I went. Pizza was great too



Originally Posted by mole
It was a great day, hats off to Flipside909 and Meguiar's for making this happen today.

I can't wait to get some work done to the car to get it glossy!!
Mole, you must be the other John driving the other silver GS at the meet today. Nice car man.
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Old 07-29-07, 12:11 PM
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Glad you guys were able to enjoy it. I like to put meets together that people value and enjoy, instead of the typical, lets go eat, or lets go park and stand around meet. It gets pretty old.

I will schedule another one but for 2008. Since the classes are filling up fast, i'll post another poll. I hope you guys learned something of value from Mike and his team. Thanks to everyone that woke up bright and early and those who had to drive far to make it to Irvine.

I will post up my pics shortly.

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Thanks for setting that up.

Definitely a valuable Sunday morning, plus the free goodies and the discount on the G100 made it all worthwhile.

That car did get clayed pretty quickly. Wish I could have that manpower to detail my car. 'Cause now that I know what to do, I have a feeling my wife's gonna get a little lonely when I spend the entire weekend washing, claying, cleaning, polishing, and waxing my baby.

Anyone have any recommendation for Paintless Dent Removal to remove a couple small dings???
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Originally Posted by flipside909
Glad you guys were able to enjoy it. I like to put meets together that people value and enjoy, instead of the typical, lets go eat, or lets go park and stand around meet. It gets pretty old.

I will schedule another one but for 2008. Since the classes are filling up fast, i'll post another poll. I hope you guys learned something of value from Mike and his team. Thanks to everyone that woke up bright and early and those who had to drive far to make it to Irvine.

I will post up my pics shortly.
Thanks Ryan for your efforts. It was a very insightful morning to say the least. It was just priceless.

Terrance
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awesome class! i usually fall asleep during morning lectures or training but this time i stayed wide awake the entire time. learned a tremendous amount of information on meguiars, the products and proper technique. i'm so glad that I attended. people that missed out this year, definitely try to make it out next year. it's invaluable! oh and the pizza was bombass too!
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Here are some of the pictures I snapped at the class...

Temp. of black paint in sunlight that day


The swirls we were working with


The group going to work on lexsterES, full claybar job in 5-10 mins.


Mike putting some elbow grease on the hood


Checking for imperfections with the light gun


Using #80 with the G100, DA polisher on the other side of the hood for comparison


The 2 work areas, left side-DA Polisher, right side-arm power
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Hand's on training


Swipe test to see if NXT tech wax is fully dried yet


The delicious lunch provided by Meguiar's!


My garage wall will look like that one day...


The new Ultimate Quik Detailer (go get yours today!)


And...the finished results! Swirl free, deep, beautiful, black paint...the way it should be!
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Nice pics! Did you guys end up finishing up the hood?
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Originally Posted by Wald GS
Nice pics! Did you guys end up finishing up the hood?
Yeah, Mike ended up finishing the hood while we filled out our feedback forms.

Nice pics Tony!
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