Input on new contest...

[trlblazer3]

Not sure how to really differentiate the pro's and the joe's. Could you put a "cap" on how many details in a given period i.e. 3 details/week? Or maybe the types of equipment used (extractors/steamers etc). Just throwing some things out there.

I also like the multiple prizes. Definitely a good, fair format.

[budman3]

Also, no trick photography , no before shots in direct sun and then afters in a garage .... similar lighing conditions would be ideal. It's easy to make a black car look nice in the shade of a garage or at dusk. I agree about the pro's vs. joe's but again hard to decide who is who... Also, opening up the voting to the public, there is always politics in it, if someone has more friends they may win even though the detail may not be the best. 1st, 2nd, 3rd is a nice idea too. I do like the idea and I think its great for you to let us give our 2 cents about it ahead of time.

[Meghan]

Originally Posted by budman3

Also, no trick photography , no before shots in direct sun and then afters in a garage .... similar lighing conditions would be ideal. It's easy to make a black car look nice in the shade of a garage or at dusk. I agree about the pro's vs. joe's but again hard to decide who is who... Also, opening up the voting to the public, there is always politics in it, if someone has more friends they may win even though the detail may not be the best. 1st, 2nd, 3rd is a nice idea too. I do like the idea and I think its great for you to let us give our 2 cents about it ahead of time.

Yes you must tell us if you own photoshop! JUST KIDDING!

[Nuke33]

Haha suddenly a red car turns into a yellow truck for the final shot ha

[sellsGP98]

Even though I'm a newb here I'd like to get in on this contest but I don't think I could compete with those with polishers who have been using them for years. Maybe make two separate categories; one for machine-detailed, the other for those detailed by hand? I think that would let some of us less experienced guys participate. Of course the prize for the hand detailers would be a polisher lol.

[Meghan]

Originally Posted by sellsGP98

Even though I'm a newb here I'd like to get in on this contest but I don't think I could compete with those with polishers who have been using them for years. Maybe make two separate categories; one for machine-detailed, the other for those detailed by hand? I think that would let some of us less experienced guys participate. Of course the prize for the hand detailers would be a polisher lol.

Well the polisher I am going to give is not for newbies (hint hint) but I would be good with doing a separate one, if everyone will be fair about it. Don't want anyone jumping in the detailed by hand section that used polishers... know what I mean. But we could do a Porter Cable to the newbies, great first time polisher.

[detailgod]

how long will the contest run?

can we have more than one detail entered?

if we can only enter 1 detail does that mean we have to choose exterior or interior?

or can we do 1(or multiple) of each?

if doing exterior is the engine required to be done also? or will that be a seperate catergory?

when you say full write up of how you worked your magic i think gives an advantage to somes. i suck at trying to describe or explain anything. about the best you would get out of me would something like this.
PCw/ orange pad and OP worked at speed 5ish until it was broken down.
that is about as descriptive as i get. i have been doing this for so long that alot comes second nature. i do it with out thinking about it. which means during my write up i would forget half of what i did.

[Nuke33]

I cant see why you couldnt enter in both categories, I think we should run the contest for a few weeks to give everyone a chance to find a good car. I would say you can only do one of each... I think the exterior should be focused mostly on the paint and trim but engine wouldnt be a bad thing to do....

As for write up I dont think it would be to hard for people to do a nice little write up if they just take there time on it

[Dust2Glory]

so uuuhhhhh... where do we enter??? I wanna win already!!! haha j/k

[sellsGP98]

Also it might be a good idea to wait a little until Mother Nature makes up her mind. It's not very easy to detail a car in the snow...