I t's big and it's prestigious and it's on at Sydney Olympic Park, Homebush over the weekend of 2nd - 3rd July. With almost 1000 cars and motorcycles on display, Meguiar’s MotorEx is nearly twice the size of the Sydney International Motorshow, so if you’re into street machines, hot rods, customs, classics, performance cars or custom motorcycles, it’s a must-see event. Check out www.motorex.com.au for further details.

We’d like to extend a special offer to Meguiar's e-Mag readers. We have 200 adult tickets available at 20% OFF – that’s just $14.40 instead of the usual admission price of $18. And we’ll post you the tickets to save any queue hassles at the venue. There is a limit of 4 tickets per newsletter recipient. These will be distributed on a first come first served basis. Please click here to apply and we’ll contact you when the tickets are available for payment.

U ndoubtedly, Surface Prep - the step often needed prior to polishing / waxing - is the least understood area of paint care. Most people don’t realise that the key to creating the best possible and longest lasting gloss and protection is to ensure your paint finish is free of bonded contaminants and any significant imperfections before polishing/waxing. There is another reason people don’t understand this step – it can be complicated.

We have 2 sections dedicated to this important topic in this edition of e-Mag. The first is a step by step procedure to determine whether your car needs a surface prep, and gives product selection advise.

The second section is an independent article which featured in Auto Salon Magazine. This reviews the Quik Clay Detailing system and includes a great step by step guide explaining how to remove bonded contaminants and achieve a smooth as silk finish.

T o go with our product knowledge feature and the Autosalon feature article in this edition of Meguiar's e-Mag, we are offering each member a fantastic deal on our Quik Clay Detailing System. This Quik Clay and Quik Detailer combo retails for $34.95, but to our e-Mag readers we’re not only offering you 20% off, that’s only $27.95……but we’ll also deliver it to your doorstep free of charge! Talk about service! So don’t get out of your seat, click here for secure online purchasing, and when your Quik Clay Detailing system is delivered to your door, prepare your paintwork for the perfect shine! Please note, this offer is exclusive to Meguiars e-Mag subscribers and closes on June 30 2005.

S ummernats 18 attracted a new record crowd of 118,000 over the four-day event, which was up again on 2004’s record-breaking crowd. So, as we said last year, who ever thinks the “street machine” thing is dead needs to get a reality check. A huge crowd, fantastic atmosphere and unprecedented line up of cars.

We are major sponsors of the overall event as well as the naming rights sponsor of the Meguiar’s Judging Pavilion, the Meguiar’s Judging Team and Meguiar’s Peoples Choice. We also hold a round of Meguiar’s Superstars at Summernats and select two Street Machines & two Hot Rods to go through to the Superstars Best of Breed Final held at Meguiar’s MotorEx in Sydney over the first weekend in July. Click here to see some of the standout cars featured at this years event.

We were all shocked by the Tsunami disaster that devastated a number of Asian countries on Boxing Day. So we decided to give the Summernats crowd the opportunity to make a pain-free contribution to the relief cause. Half of all Meguiar's sales during Summernats were donated to the Tsunami relief fund and we were pleased to hand over a cheque for $12,500 to Care Australia.

W ith the huge success of our Nxt Generation Tech Wax and Car Wash that we released last year, it should be no surprise when we say “there’s more to come”. Our program for the 2005/06 season will include 4 new Nxt Generation products as well as another Hot Shine Tyre protectant and unique interior maintenance product.

Click here for a sneak preview of these products. Keep an eye out for these exciting new products starting to hit the shelves from July.

C oastcars.net is one of the newest and fastest growing car clubs in Australia. After kicking off just 12 months ago, they already have a membership of over 2000!

They recently organised a great skid pan event. This allowed 24 of the team cars to practice safer driving methods while learning car control and having fun at the same time. And they kick started the training of the CoastCars.net Utes - which they hope will follow in the foot steps of the successful Donut King utes. The day went very well with fun had by all. What a mess the cars were in by the end of the day!

What better way to compliment a skid pan event than to finish off with an all hands on deck wash session. A great idea that we were happy to support. Our brand new Hyper Wash car wash went down a treat and the feedback on the results were fantastic. To end off our e-Mag newsletter, here are some pics of the event.

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