Never Wax Your Car Again?!?

[Jimmy The Detailer]

Hey my fellow detailing colleagues :-), I came across this site - <a href="http://www.5starshine.com">5 Star Shine</A> that claims that their wax lasts 5 years!! Yet their site states never wax your car again. Huh? Anyway, I personally love once a week to grab my bottle of the unparalleled NXT 2.0 and apply, as well as UQD'ing every few days until I repeat the cycle in which I thoroughly take pride and pleasure in doing. Still, I had to bring this to MOL for a discussion, as we on MOL love to deconstruct and evaluate. :db:

[G Force]

We see so many products out. A few days ago i saw a polish, wax with ****** and it even has rubbing compound in it.:eek:

[Phostenix]

Never wax again? That sounds pretty good to me. I better try that stuff.... ;)

[Mike Phillips]

Will the madness ever end... :wall:

This isn't a new product, it's a marketing program. I did research on this about 5 years ago and actually bought the e-book. 5-Star was a 'vehicle' for teaching people the power of reciprocal links by a marketing guy named Glen Canady. Except now search engines take this into consideration and actually discount sites that do this.

http://the-glenn-canady-gorilla-website-marketing-course-review.com/

Looks like he's changed his original Guerrilla Marketing site to look like a video marketing library,

http://www.gorillawebsitemarketing.com/


It used to look like this, just replace Vickie's name with Glen's name.

http://www.website-marketing-secrets.com/

5-Star is a wax type product but it's like a front for the marketing ideas taught by Glen to get your website to the top of Google searches by getting as many reciprocal links as you can for your site.

A few years ago we used to get e-mails from people all the time offering us a link on their site if we would give them a link on our site. Whether these people were putting into practice the ideas taught by this marketer or not we don't know but this is what people that followed his course did, ask for and try to get as many reciprocal links as they could to boost the ranking of their site.

His system worked for a while but search engines now look at real content as the primary method of ranking a website.

At least that's how we understand search engines at this time. At the end of the day, the best way to get to the top of a search engine and stay their over time is to have good, accurate content.

:xyxthumbs

[Jimmy The Detailer]

Wow Mike, you're kidding, jeez... yeah I've seen it a while back and no suprise on outrageous claims. Besides, I thought you'd like in on my secret Meguiar's lifetime wax sealant, it is, do the 5 step with NXT 2.0 or #21 2.0. Now the trade secret, slowly drive car into garage, then saran wrap the car tightly. Finally, close garage and never drive it again :LOLOL:

[Arne]

Mike,why can you put in clickable links,when ours has been removed?
Just a simple question:xyxthumbs

[G Force]

Wow Mike, you're kidding, jeez... yeah I've seen it a while back and no suprise on outrageous claims. Besides, I thought you'd like in on my secret Meguiar's lifetime wax sealant, it is, do the 5 step with NXT 2.0 or #21 2.0. Now the trade secret, slowly drive car into garage, then saran wrap the car tightly. Finally, close garage and never drive it again :LOLOL:
I would like to keep mine in a oxygen free box.;)

[Jimmy The Detailer]

Drats! Didnt think of that. That's a good one too... hahaha Now need to find a giant Eurosealer and vacuum.

[thuban2]

Used 5 star shine on my car same day i bought it, then is waxed over this with nxt 2 coats, came out great. Love meguires products. Everett

[Andy M.]

Mike,why can you put in clickable links,when ours has been removed?
Just a simple question:xyxthumbs

Arne,
There are new rules regarding the forum. Check it out here:
"New Forum Privileges" (http://http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20636)
Hope this will answer your question.
Andy
101impala

[AeroCleanse]

Never wax again, never wash again...thats the approach my brother takes with his car.

[Mark McGuire]

Never wash or wax again. I see these cars on the road all the time.:rofl::rofl:

[G Force]

Some,too many, keep bird bombs until these ones disintegrate

[AeroCleanse]

Never wash or wax again. I see these cars on the road all the time.:rofl::rofl:

"It will get washed when it rains"

:wall::eek:

[Joe's detailing]

Will the madness ever end... :wall:

Mike didn't you know that there's been major break through in chemistry with micro bonding agents?:rolleyes: lol....

[97 Supra]

when i bought my 02 subaru impreza wrx STi they told me it was coated in some 5 year wax, and it was warrantied.

3 weeks later, the water would no longer bead up on the car after being washed.

What a scam!

Wash daily, or other daily, wax monthly :)

[pampos]

Just get a bicycle.you will never wash/wax/polish again : ).Even it was truth,i cannot imagine my self not to take care and detailing my car : ).Only if some endless clear coat are invented i will use them so i will have plenty to remove up to the perfect shine : )

[EPHIOS]

This "5 Star Shine" is far from reality. The longevity of protection put in your car by products (such as wax, etc.), depends on the severity and whether the car is garaged or not. There are so many conditions that can change this.

[sdprius858]

Just get a bicycle.you will never wash/wax/polish again : )

Not true! I waxed my bike and its now very slick. Maybe I'll post some pictures. I swear its a sickness:scratchhead1

[Carfire]

I have to agree with Mike. With all of the stuff I have read on the internet, like a polish that protects or promises to last a certain length of time I know not to buy it. No one car promise that and polishes are for shine not protection.

[Larry A]

I cleaned and buffed and waxed my daughters car on Augest 10. She hasent washed her car since. Maybe she thinks that I used 5 year stuff.

[gb387]

I cleaned and buffed and waxed my daughters car on Augest 10. She hasent washed her car since. Maybe she thinks that I used 5 year stuff.

Ok thats funny!! :chuckle1

Anyway, I have a co worker who had a similar process done to their car initially he was happy to say that he had it done to his vehicle. Not so much anymore, to keep it looking good you still need to care for it meaning clean/polish/wax and he says there is no way it lasted 5 years as they claimed. Anyway needless to say in the end he is very disappointed.

[Toolman]

I see shops proudly putting up bolder & bolder claims by the day...now one of the guy I had some dealings with was trying very hard to convince me to switch to their incredible (read...never heard of) "guaranteed for 6 years" car care system...one step swirl removal, glaze then the super sealant and I'll be able to keep my car UV protected, shiny and element proof for the entire 6 years...asked for samples so I could run some test before deciding then went to their workshop and see how their guys did the "magical" application...needless to say I didn't even bothered with the samples when I left...it's incredible some car owners are so easily swayed by their baseless claims but telling blanket white lies to my customers is just not the way I wanna make a living:furious1...sigh!!!

[gioprivatemove]

Ever tried glass plexin? I am wondering what result from this type of protection...
anyone can share?

[Mark Kleis]

My mom had a 1989 Aerostar and the dealership suckered her into a "coating" for $200 that promised to last for 2 years, and made it so she didn't need soap (only water) during her washes.

As you can imagine, that car was a rolling example of swirls.

[Mike Phillips]

Mike,why can you put in clickable links,when ours has been removed?

Just a simple question:xyxthumbs


The simple answer is I have over 30 posts. :laughing
(I'm abiding by the forum rules)


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[Mike Phillips]

Here's another link with the skinny behind 5-Star Shine...

http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/10-10-2003-46362.asp


Again, this product whether it works or not is besides the point, this was an experiment in Search Engine Optimization to drive traffic to a specific website.

If you're interested in this product then simply purchase some, use it and then post your experience to this thread.

Your own test and review is the best test and review.

:)

[Mike Phillips]

Ever tried glass plexin? I am wondering what result from this type of protection...

anyone can share?


Best thing to do would be to go to their website and just look at the "Big Picture", does it sound too good to be true?

Besides that, order some and test it out yourself and then post your review to the forum.

:)