Great job - how many hours did you spend on it? I would have had to charge an hourly rate to work on that. Nice job
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Re: 2008 Chevy Suburban LTZ
Great job - how many hours did you spend on it? I would have had to charge an hourly rate to work on that. Nice job
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Re: 2008 Chevy Suburban LTZ
I think detailing cars like this is more rewarding that detailing $500K Ferraris. What an improvement!Leave a comment:
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Re: 2008 Chevy Suburban LTZ
The truck was in a wreck i think, repaired only certain areas, and they bought it for dirt cheap.Originally posted by cnfowler View Post
They probably paid less than 10k for it.
It did not ride all that great and made a lot of weird noises.
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Re: 2008 Chevy Suburban LTZ
You the man. The interior looks a lot better. I wonder how long before they trash it again? Great transformation, Nick.Leave a comment:
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Nick, I have to hand it to you for even taking on this job. I would have politely sent them on their way as soon as they asked for an interior service. I think I threw up a little in my mouth when I saw the 'before' pictures.
I don't understand how a 2 year old vehicle can get into that condition. The interior I understand, but the rust issues, peeling, etc. THAT I don't understand. Does Chevy not make a quality product anymore?
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Awesome Job Nick! Sounds like it was not tons of fun, but you sure made it look great!Leave a comment:
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Wow great job Nick!!!! Big difference!Leave a comment:
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Re: 2008 Chevy Suburban LTZ
Thanks yalerd!Originally posted by yalerd View PostWOW!! That interior was trashed, how can someone drive something in that condition.
Nick great work cleaning the Suburban
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Thanks Paul!Originally posted by paulcr39 View PostI can't say it enough Nick, but you do great work. I'm glad to see nothing came out from under the seat and growled at you! This inquiring mind wants to know: What were those stains in back? Coffee?
The stains in the back were some sort of chocolate beverage, I had to keep cleaning it until it stopped lifting onto my towels.
I havent checked the shop vac yet, but when I do I will take a photo of that.Leave a comment:
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Re: 2008 Chevy Suburban LTZ
I can't say it enough Nick, but you do great work. I'm glad to see nothing came out from under the seat and growled at you! This inquiring mind wants to know: What were those stains in back? Coffee?
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wow that's some gross interior and you did an awesome job! Very nice turnaround.Leave a comment:
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Re: 2008 Chevy Suburban LTZ
WOW!! That interior was trashed, how can someone drive something in that condition.
Nick great work cleaning the Suburban
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2008 Chevy Suburban LTZ
2008 Chevy Suburban LTZ, 87k miles.
Interior needed some some major help and the exterior was just given a wash/seal.
The truck is a beat up POS. the body is rusting, there are several large dents, long scratches, buffer swirls and holograms, the plastic in the wells is peeling, the tires are bald etc. it has 87k miles in its short two year life.
The interior was just as bad, all of the carpet was extremly stained, the leather and vinyl was loaded with dirt and grime, some of the plastic parts were discolored, etc. It was a mess.
I wanted to get the thing done and out of my garage, so pictures are not the greatest but I did get the key points.
Some befores of the exterior:
I started off by washing the wheels, tires, and wells and running boards with Deep Crystal Car Wash, Super Degreaser, and Wheel Brightener along with various brushes.
I washed the truck with Gold Class Car Wash Shampoo & Conditioner, and some Body Solvent.
I dried it with some Water Magnets, the pulled it in the garage and took some before shots on the interior:
The drivers side was stained pretty badly as well:
I started off by vacumming every inch of the interior, especially in bewtween the seats. The vacumming alone took over an hour. I filled up a five gallon bucket with papers, garbage, toys, food, wrapers, lolly pops, bread, makeup tubes, straws, etc.
I then filled up another bucket with hot water, I threw in my shoe polish brush, a toothbrush, and a paintbrush. I hung a bottle of All Purpose Cleaner on the side, and a bunch of terry and cotton cloths in my pocket. I agitated all of the vinyl, leather, and any other hard surface with the APC and the various brushes. This took about two hours.
After everything was clean , I vacummed the carpet again and filled up a fresh bucket of hot water and poured in 10oz of FS All Purpose Cleaner
into the bucket. I threw in two carpet brushes.
For the extremly soiled areas of the carpet, I agitated it with my carpet brush, hot water and APC mixture, liberal amounts of APC 4:1 sprayed on the surface, then rinsed with a wet cotton towel, extracted with my shop vac, and dried with cotton towels and the blower on my shop vac. I repeated the process four times.
On the more mild areas of the carpet, I just used All Purpose Cleaner at 10:1, and repeated the process one time on the spot treatments.
The carpet came out about 80% better, and I was able to get it dry to the touch in the end.
The interior was dressed with Quik Interior Detailer, glass was cleaned with Glass Cleaner Concentrate at 10:1. Jambs were cleaned with soap and water.
The drivers side came out really nice:
Dont mind my shadow:
Direct comparisons:
I clayed the exterior, then applied #66 - Quick Detailer (Cleaner/Wax) with my G110 and a few W8207 pads.
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