Subaru Impreza Owners Club at Meguiar's!

[Mike Phillips]

Originally posted by Jbishop98
Mike,

Just wondering if you got my email??

Vince

Probably, I get a ton of e-mail

I posted my first post this morning at 6:14am

http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=86747

And sent my first e-mail out at 6:27am

Check your e-mail...

[Mike Phillips]

After removing the swirls in the two test sections, we applied some NXT Tech Wax, allowed it to dry and after removing it we had Jaimee drive the car out where we could see the results...






Then everyone is asked to move into a position to place the reflection of the sun down on the areas we worked on and the areas we didn't work on to really see the results in before and after.

[Mike Phillips]

To recap,

Here's Jaimee's Subaru before






The above photos were resized to 700 pixels wide, the below to photos are original in that I cropped out a 700 pixel wide section out of the original.





If you look closely, you can also see water spot etchings throughout the finish besides the swirls.

[Mike Phillips]

Here's some of the best shots we were able to capture with the sun low in the sky, which makes this kind of photography very difficult to do well.

After

By hand area using ScratchX

[Mike Phillips]

The section we worked on by machine




Here's Joey's shot...




By Hand

Clay
ScratchX
NXT Tech Wax


By Machine

Clay
M80 Speed Glaze/W-8006/G100 - 5.0 Speed Setting
NXT Tech Wax/W-9006/G100 - 3.0 Speed Setting

[Jbishop98]

Originally posted by Mike Phillips
Probably, I get a ton of e-mail

I posted my first post this morning at 6:14am

http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=86747

And sent my first e-mail out at 6:27am

Check your e-mail...

you have another email.

[cuteSTi65]

wow those pics are great!!

:

Mike thanks for forwarding my email to Brian and Jose. Last week I recieved a call from Jose and I placed my order with Brian. I can't wait to recieve these products!!
:

[409industries]

Just a heads up to everyone who is ordering G-100's right now. I received mine in the mail on monday (1/16) with the rest of my order (some foam pads, etc) but they ARE indeed out of backing plates at the moment.

I called and spoke with George he said they do not have an estimated ship date for these yet so it may be a while.

Looks like ill be going out and getting a backing plate somewhere!

[kenji815]

I got a email back from the Brian saying they might received some by this week.
but who knows.. it could all be bullock...

[409industries]

w00t! my backing plate arrived from amazon.com looks like im detailing this weekend with my G100 ill be sure to post some pics as i have a decent amount of spiderweb swirls on my hood, roof and trunk.

I think ill start with the M80 and move up to the M83 if its not getting the swirls out.

wish me luck! (not that i need it because mike showed us everything we needed to know!)

[Jbishop98]

good luck!! my stuff was delivered today!! backin plate should arrive monday!

[409industries]

Ok so last weekend i went at it. Ive just been lazy and haven't posted up the pics... ive been too busy driving around in my shiny car!

Some of the "before" pics. I have an underground washing area at my apartment so the pics weren't the greatest.

Marring on the roof:

Trunk before:

Hood before:

Lets get started... wash it (with my new grit guard too! yay)

After drying completely... claybar!

Tape off all the black trim...


Then i did about 2-3 coats of polish depending on the swirl / cobweb swirl damage on each section of the car. This took a TON of time to do. Interestingly enough i didnt notice much difference in the way M80 and M83 cut the cobweb swirling... i will have to search some more on the forums for the answer to that. my G100 is my new best friend!!!

So fast forward even more, i did 1 coat of Meguiars Gold Class wax since i have so much i dont see the need to go out and buy NXT Tech wax just yet. Heres the results:



some chipping damage on my hood...


the trunk came out the best out of everthing IMO:



So there ya have it. Thanks again Mike!!!

[Akinasdevil]

Re: Photos Part II

I won I won!!!

Thanks to Mike and Meguiars for having the monthly contest, the goodies and great info.

That's me on the right with the black t-shirt and jeans.
Left side.

[409industries]

dang! i guess that means i didnt win... oh well!

[Jbishop98]

Re: Re: Photos Part II

Originally posted by Akinasdevil
I won I won!!!

Thanks to Mike and Meguiars for having the monthly contest, the goodies and great info.

That's me on the right with the black t-shirt and jeans.
Left side.

nice!! congrats!!