A Chicagoland get together?

[MadMerc]

Originally Posted by Klasse Act

^^ I know what you were saying and suggesting, its all good and yeah, our cars will be looking good for sure but you never know, a noob to the site could show up. I really wanna show a doubter of rinseless wash what they can do, I'm still blown away with them and have been using them since about February of this year, one of the greatest products ever! I really like being able to wash my car when the sun is shinning down, one panel at a time and because of this, no time for it dry up and its such a controlled way of washing your car, honestly can't say when was the last time I hand washed my car the "old" way, LOL!

This is a great subject for the meet. I think that just about every community has, or will have, water restrictions because of the drought. A great way to learn how to be more eco-friendly.

[MadMerc]

Originally Posted by Larry A

Do you think Autogeek will or can send some supplies to play with at the Chicagoland meet. That would be nice.

I'll bring my bag of tricks, too. There has to be something that we could use in there!

[Mustang81]

Of course if I can make it I'll bring all my goodies. I might even leave the car a bit dirty so others can take a crack at it!

Hmmm, if anybody wants to show off their scratch/chip repair skills, my car still has some spots that could use the touchup.

[D.Acker]

HOLY CRAP!! How'd I miss this thread. With the wife working weekends and me having the boys it's hard for me to get away for long periods of times but I'll try to make it. However, if none of the above locations pan out, Klasse, you know I have a driveway that can accommodate probably 7 cars (if parked right), my garage may only be a one car, but there's enough room to move around and work. Anyone is welcome at our place any time. Also the people across the street just moved, so if that place isn't rented prior to this meet I can perhaps talk to the landlord and use that garage space and driveway also.

1. Roger (Klasse Act)
2. Connor (CH.Detailing)
3. Chris (2011Mustang5.0)
4. John (MadMerc)
5. RChicago (Thomas Quinn)
6. Chris (DealerDetailer)
7. Larry A
8. Bagua
9. Larry (Lstotland)
10. Joe (Witchdoc)
11. Ivan Rajic
12. David (windycity)
13. Chad
14. Kaleb
15. Steve (Mustang81)
16. Dan (Danathin)
17. Louie (Loudog2)
18. Dave (D.Acker)

[Klasse Act]

Dave, welcome to the thread! With the size of the group, it looks like an actual shop with a large parking lot is going to be needed, but I hope you show up to this though. As far as your driveway goes, well, maybe we can set up a CEG meet at your place and do a paint correction at your place, do you have a buffer or a RO like me?

Keep the input coming guys, thanks!

[D.Acker]

Originally Posted by Klasse Act

Dave, welcome to the thread! With the size of the group, it looks like an actual shop with a large parking lot is going to be needed, but I hope you show up to this though. As far as your driveway goes, well, maybe we can set up a CEG meet at your place and do a paint correction at your place, do you have a buffer or a RO like me?

Keep the input coming guys, thanks!

No buffer, just the PC7424

[Ivan Rajic]

Ok guys good news! We can definitely use my shop space in Hoffman Estates.

I/we'd like to keep it to around 20 people so it doesn't get too crowded. As was stated before, this won't be any big event or anything like that in terms of my business, LUSTR Auto Detail, or Underground Autosports, rather a bunch of local enthusiasts getting together to exchange some ideas about detailing and get to know each other. There will be plenty of space for people to park outside (there's a back parking lot with 5-10 spots, but we're in a plaza so there's plenty of parking in front) and we can work on 1-3 cars inside.

Now all that's left to figure out is an actual date/time as well as a game plan for the day. As I said before, it'll have to be a Sunday and as of today it looks like it has to be sometime in September. I am pretty much open any Sunday in Sept except 9/16 as I'll be out partying for my wife's birthday the night before .

As for the game plan, I guess we can do what was already talked about... working on 1-2 donor cars where everyone present gets to try out something different. For some it may be trying out a new polish/polisher and others just a wash or wax, but everyone can learn from the experience. We can figure out all the details later so whoever has any input please feel free to share. Since Connor and Roger took the initiative here I'd like to see what they think so we can get the ball rolling.

Lastly, I'm thinking whoever helps organize this (again, thinking Connor, Roger and I too will obviously help out) can collect a small fee from people who plan to attend. This would be for some food/drinks to be ordered on the day of the meet. Also, if the consensus is to order some products or use a bunch of mine we can increase the fee and go from there.

Let the inputting being ...

[Kaban]

1. Roger (Klasse Act)
2. Connor (CH.Detailing)
3. Chris (2011Mustang5.0)
4. John (MadMerc)
5. RChicago (Thomas Quinn)
6. Chris (DealerDetailer)
7. Larry A
8. Bagua
9. Larry (Lstotland)
10. Joe (Witchdoc)
11. Ivan Rajic
12. David (windycity)
13. Chad
14. Kaleb
15. Steve (Mustang81)
16. Dan (Danathin)
17. Louie (Loudog2)
18. Dave (D.Acker)
19. Kaban


Ivan, that's very kind of you to offer to use your shop for this. Do you guys think it would be a good idea to have a raffle or some kind of giveaway that involves detailing products? I'd definitely be down to bring some good stuff as donations for it.

[Mustang81]

I wouldn't mind paying a small fee for this. I think it's just a great idea to get together and learn from each other. If this one goes well I hope we can continue to do more for those who couldn't make it for whatever reason.

[MadMerc]

Yes, thanks Ivan!!
I think September is a good time for this. Hopefully it will cool off by then.
My input is that we do the food/drinks as a pot luck. Everybody commits to bring something. I think that we have more than enough time to plan it that way.