what's the last car care/detailing video you've just watched?
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very cool to see all the hard work over the many years that Richard Griot and Staff have put into Griot's Garage (and Griot's Motors), All while still being a Family Owned Business (which is rare these days). nothing but Respect... 
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very cool to see all the hard work over the many years that Richard Griot and Staff have put into Griot's Garage (and Griot's Motors), All while still being a Family Owned Business (which is rare these days). nothing but Respect...
I wish someone in Australia would take a punt on importing Griot's Garage, not sure why the brand has been left off the table.
Of the other American brands, Adam's is imported by a sole operator and is sold at a premium. Put it this way, a 16oz bottle of the blue car shampoo sells at $34.95, the RRP for US customers is $9.99. A gallon is $159.95. They also don't stock the entire chemical or accessory lines.
Similar story with Meguiar's, by and large the brand is waaay overpriced in Australia, even Carpro products are cheaper. In particular, their polishing pads are ludicrously expensive, a 6-inch foam finishing pad lists at $36.99, a microfiber 6-inch sits at $42.50............and that's each!
Chemical Guys is another overpriced brand here, sold as a premium brand. Adam's can pull that off because the products are excellent, the same does not apply to Chemical Guys.
The exception to the rule being P&S, which are generally very well priced here. So, the model exists, a brand like Griot's would do well here if imported and sold at a fair price. And if not, from what I can tell, the brand could carry that premium.
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Mequiars is a legacy brand, no innovation and the world has passed them by
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Mequiars is a legacy brand, no innovation and the world has passed them by
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Sadly, I tend to agree.
I certainly use and like a selection of their products........................but all bar one are legacy products, in fact one has been discontinued now, the others are very old school thinking. Sure, they do the job, but they just aren't an industry leader and haven't been for a long time now. In this era, why they have so many bottles of liquid wax on offer, all repackaged with different names and different colored bottles, is beyond me. All at the expense of product innovation. Very lazy. And the problem is, people of my generation or younger simply do not relate Meguiar's to high quality car care. One of these days, they will run out of legacy customers.
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Yeah their legacy customers aren't going to have those muscle cars too much longer, not trying to put people in the ground over here but it's true. I grew up with Meg's and basically used all their stuff, infact a forum I was apart of in the early 2000's called my garage the "Mequiars Compound"
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That was a good video of the Griot's facility. Nice to see they make their products all in-house and are a family-owned business. Still wondering what new LSP they will be coming out with being they're relying mostly in the 3 in 1 spray wax. Good product but could use an update IMO.
Meguiars is a different company after 3M purchased it. No longer is there any innovation.
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They have come out with select new products every year since Nick took over from his Dad, so I expect a new(ish) LSP product IS coming. I'd like to see a spray on, hose off product for starters
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They said problem with high solids coating is manufacturing it themselves. I guess not easiest to do and they said they don’t want to farm out.
Funny thing is they farmed out there trim and headlight coating to cerAcoat….
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Mequiars is a legacy brand, no innovation and the world has passed them by
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I respectfully disagree with you on this one my friend.. It’s not that the world has passed them by, but maybe it’s more like you that has passed them by in way of no longer fitting into their target audience..
Think about it and take yourself back 15yrs… What place did you love to go to and check out all the products and make your purchases and come home to enjoy your new goodies? That place was likely a Pep Boys, Autozone, Walmart, Oreillys, or whatever chain store was popular in your parts… The point is we all fit that target audience to a T back then, but we’ve sort of moved onto different tastes which is why we tend to gravitate towards niche product lines nowadays that are geared to “prosumers” at the very least.
But further down the totem pole you bet your arse there’s dudes who are following in your footsteps from 15-20yrs. ago geeking out on “detailing” their 1st cars and they’re probably using a product like this:
Now, would you be using that product today? Have you? Has anyone on this forum even mentioned that product at all? I can’t recall a single mention of it so far.
But there’s obviously people out there buying it or it wouldn’t be taking up precious space on the rack of your local walmart.
I hear what you’re saying, however personally I don’t really care what other people of my generation or younger think or miss out on as long as the tried & true stuff I can depend on is still available for purchase, that’s all that matters to me and I’ll continue using it. Whether it’s Hyper Dressing, APC Concentrate, Megs Glass Cleaner is still the one I have the most trust in above all glass cleaners to provide great dependable results. There’s no other product line as a whole I can depend on like I do Meguiars.
Gold never goes out of style in my book.
Lol. The detailing world as a whole can only invent so much, there comes a point where it reaches a plateau. I mean even if they did somehow release a new mind blowing compound this year, what could it really do to blow everyones mind? I’ll wait for a reply but I’m pretty sure nobody can really think of a good answer to that question because what else could a compound do?
But as I stated before, there’s stuff out there, for example their new headlight restoration kit, however you’re probably among the last ones who would even need that kind of product because your headlights would never look like chit to begin with, but that newb exists out there. Lol.
Sorry I never replied to this… Yea I’ve looked into those setups, the only thing that turns me off is it kinda seems a bit clunky with the whole hose coming from a spigot and makes it seem like you’d be tied down from different directions while trying to use it. Plus it would only get worse if you had to go mobile with it.
Probably sound like a noob for saying this, but in a perfect world I’d kinda be really happy with just a Bissell Spotclean Pro if it had a real hose… I mean if that Spotpro had like a 15ft. hose I think it’d be perfect. Otherwise I have zero complaints with it.
Some people complain about its lack of suction power, but IMO that’s not a problem at all because it’s made to handle the amount of water it sprays out and works perfectly. There’s a ton of water visible in the wand and the carpet isn’t overly wet so what is there to complain about? It flat out works. If it only had 10ft. more hose, that’s all I want. Lol.
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Your right Ric, plus I've never heard of that product, they've obviously not connected with me but you know what "legacy" brand has...Turtle Wax. Not only have they connected with me, they threw out the fishing line, caught me and have kept me coming back to certain products...that's how you do it, get a snob like me to buy into your new approach and lines and PROVE IT
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Maybe I should buy 1 Meg's product to try, which should I get Ric
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Your right Ric, plus I've never heard of that product, they've obviously not connected with me but you know what "legacy" brand has...Turtle Wax. Not only have they connected with me, they threw out the fishing line, caught me and have kept me coming back to certain products...that's how you do it, get a snob like me to buy into your new approach and lines and PROVE IT
Maybe I should buy 1 Meg's product to try, which should I get Ric
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Hybrid Ceramic Detailer is relatively new in the Meguiar's universe and product I really enjoy using. Super easy to use and a nice uptick in gloss and slickness.
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I respectfully disagree with you on this one my friend.. It’s not that the world has passed them by, but maybe it’s more like you that has passed them by in way of no longer fitting into their target audience..
But further down the totem pole you bet your arse there’s dudes who are following in your footsteps from 15-20yrs. ago geeking out on “detailing” their 1st cars and they’re probably using a product like this:
Now, would you be using that product today? Have you? Has anyone on this forum even mentioned that product at all? I can’t recall a single mention of it so far.
But there’s obviously people out there buying it or it wouldn’t be taking up precious space on the rack of your local walmart.
I hear what you’re saying, however personally I don’t really care what other people of my generation or younger think or miss out on as long as the tried & true stuff I can depend on is still available for purchase, that’s all that matters to me and I’ll continue using it. Whether it’s Hyper Dressing, APC Concentrate, Megs Glass Cleaner is still the one I have the most trust in above all glass cleaners to provide great dependable results. There’s no other product line as a whole I can depend on like I do Meguiars.
Gold never goes out of style in my book.Lol.
Those are some great points, and certainly a way of thinking that I hadn't considered. In fact, I was that guy standing in the automotive store buying Meguiar's products to maintain my first car. So that makes a lot of sense, Meguiar's provides an entry point to the detailing world, a gateway to drug if you will.
As for depending on the tried-and-true products, this can work both ways. Sure, using the tried and true will get results, but what if there is something new or different that gets better results? I actually went the other way, me thinking a product like Hyper Wash was not worth trying because its old hat, only to discover that I truly enjoy using it. If we stay in our comfort zone, we don't learn or try new things. So, maybe there is a better glass cleaner or soap out there, sticking with a singular brand is at the risk of discovering something better.