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This is my best friends car and he's getting married on the 27th Dec. So, I thought of giving him a wedding present by detailing his car and he said yes! 
He really love this car. Modified it as soon as it went out of the delivery bay. Power chips, larger turbo, uprated diesel pump, nozzle upgrade, front mount intercooler, blow valve, better suspension, bigger exhaust pipe...etc
Tested this car before and its quite fast
So, on with the show,
Day 1 - send it in sometime around 4pm
The car at arrival was quite dirty from dirt & mud. He likes to send the car for good wash and polish&wax job but I was surprised to see some MAJOR mistakes done by these pro shops. I'm not bashing but to me this is unacceptable. See the pics to know what I mean ya.
EXTERIOR BEFORE
Burn marks from a rotary buffer
Again another burn mark
Dirty wells
Wax/Polish Residue on all the exterior door handle
Wax residue on all 4 corners of the fender flares
Front mirror with wax/polish residue
All the emblems were like this - with residues
Rear windscreen - wax/polish residue - again
The snorkel was also showing same symptoms.
Truck bed was only dusty. No problem
ENGINE COMPARTMENT BEFORE
Little bit dusty and rubbers & stainless steel pipes can use some shine on them
residue
another one
and another one - I think you guys get the point. Its residue o rama throughout the car
INTERIOR
The interior was quite dirty. He smokes and also goes for crazy 4x4 adventures when he's in the mood.
The vinyls in the interior were slapped with very slick dressing similar to tire shine (its like someone put products similar to ASD on the dash and door panels)
Rocks in between the "window seal" (...not sure what the name of that thing)
FRONT HEADLIGHTS BEFORE
The plastic headlights were showing light oxidization.
Apologize for the blurry pictures.
So, on DAY 1, I just took pictures and took out all the loose stuff and bag it in zipbags.
DAY 2:
Started by cleaning the interior.
Process:
Here are some picts (combination of during and after)
Gear Console was cleaned with APC and sealed with M21 2.0
There is a scratch near the cupholder. I didnt have any vinyl paint on that color so I'll leave it for next time.
The model airplane was a little bit dusty so its was wiped with LAST TOUCH 1:1 and sealed with M21 2.0 (2 coats)
I then moved on to the engine
Here are some pictures on the afters
New battery. Old one just went dead.
Moving on to washing the whole car.
Process:
Here are the pictures (during and after session)
My little watchdog. He's old. If not mistaken, 8years old. He's dirty in this picture. Went around playing with sand and stuff. Gave scrappy a wash later tonight.
It was already late so I stopped for the day. Felt something was not right
Day 3:
Wokeup early and started work around 9am. I had slight fever and a migrain. Not sure why though.. took some meds and went straight back to work
I planned to do some Paint Correction - M83 & M80 combo but my buddy called me up and told me he wanted to take the car earlier by 3 hours. So, no paint correction on this car. (dang)
Here the process on that day
Here are the pictures
Burn marks after touchup
Scratch after touchup - not perfect but less noticeable
Missed few spots. Re cleaned missed spots and dressed back.
All done. Pick it up and was thrilled with the outcome
I've booked his car for Paint Correction in Jan09.
Thanks for viewing
Comments and Advice/Suggestion are welcomed.
Tim
He really love this car. Modified it as soon as it went out of the delivery bay. Power chips, larger turbo, uprated diesel pump, nozzle upgrade, front mount intercooler, blow valve, better suspension, bigger exhaust pipe...etc
Tested this car before and its quite fast
So, on with the show,
Day 1 - send it in sometime around 4pm
The car at arrival was quite dirty from dirt & mud. He likes to send the car for good wash and polish&wax job but I was surprised to see some MAJOR mistakes done by these pro shops. I'm not bashing but to me this is unacceptable. See the pics to know what I mean ya.
EXTERIOR BEFORE
Burn marks from a rotary buffer
Again another burn mark
Dirty wells
Wax/Polish Residue on all the exterior door handle
Wax residue on all 4 corners of the fender flares
Front mirror with wax/polish residue
All the emblems were like this - with residues
Rear windscreen - wax/polish residue - again
The snorkel was also showing same symptoms.
Truck bed was only dusty. No problem
ENGINE COMPARTMENT BEFORE
Little bit dusty and rubbers & stainless steel pipes can use some shine on them
residue
another one
and another one -
I think you guys get the point. Its residue o rama throughout the carINTERIOR
The interior was quite dirty. He smokes and also goes for crazy 4x4 adventures when he's in the mood.
The vinyls in the interior were slapped with very slick dressing similar to tire shine (its like someone put products similar to ASD on the dash and door panels)
Rocks in between the "window seal" (...not sure what the name of that thing)
FRONT HEADLIGHTS BEFORE
The plastic headlights were showing light oxidization.
Apologize for the blurry pictures.
So, on DAY 1, I just took pictures and took out all the loose stuff and bag it in zipbags.
DAY 2:
Started by cleaning the interior.
Process:
- Blow loose dirt with compressed air
- Wipe vinyls with APC 10:1 with generic MF
- Thoroughly vacuumed the interior with assortments of brush
- All seats were scrubbed with APC and extracted out
- Fabric Carpets scrubbed with APC and extracted out
- Noodle carpet - air blown only
- Pedals cleaned with APC on foaming head and scrubbed with various brush
- Headliner cleaned with APC 10:1 on foaming head sprayer. Spray on MF then wiped on headliner
- Door Jambs cleaned and treated with D151
- Vinyls dressed with M40 and later wiped off with generic MF
- Interior Windows cleaned with Meguiars Glass Cleaner Concentrate
- Sprayed M23 liberally on the seats and carpets
Here are some picts (combination of during and after)
Gear Console was cleaned with APC and sealed with M21 2.0
There is a scratch near the cupholder. I didnt have any vinyl paint on that color so I'll leave it for next time.
The model airplane was a little bit dusty so its was wiped with LAST TOUCH 1:1 and sealed with M21 2.0 (2 coats)
I then moved on to the engine
- Loose dirt air blown with compressed air (some agitated with brush)
- Engine bay and plastics were wiped with Last Touch 1:1
- Plastics dressed with Meguiars HyperDressing 4:1 (cooked for 20mins)
- Stainless steel pipes were cleaned with Meguiars All Metal Polish
Here are some pictures on the afters
New battery. Old one just went dead.
Moving on to washing the whole car.
Process:
- Wheel wells, wheels and undercarriage Pressure Washed to remove loose dirt
- Wheels cleaned with Shampoo Plus. Stubborn stains were cleaned with Wheel Brightener (10:1) and various brushes+QTips (for the small bolts on the wheel).
- Tires cleaned with Super Degreaser
- Wheel wells cleaned with SuperDegreaser+brush
- Undercarriage scrubbed with APC (on foaming head) and Super Degreaser
- Washed with Shampoo Plus using 2BM on Grit Guard and Cobra Blue MF mitt (testing them out)
- Dried with 2 Water Magnet
- Drying aid with Last Touch 1:1
- Windows Cleaned with Meguiars Glass Cleaner Concentrate
- Wheel wells and undercarriage dressed with Meguairs HyperDressing 4:1
- Tires on Meguiars All Season Dressing
Here are the pictures (during and after session)
My little watchdog. He's old. If not mistaken, 8years old. He's dirty in this picture. Went around playing with sand and stuff. Gave scrappy a wash later tonight.
It was already late so I stopped for the day. Felt something was not right
Day 3:
Wokeup early and started work around 9am. I had slight fever and a migrain. Not sure why though.. took some meds and went straight back to work
I planned to do some Paint Correction - M83 & M80 combo but my buddy called me up and told me he wanted to take the car earlier by 3 hours. So, no paint correction on this car. (dang)
Here the process on that day
- Body re-wiped with Last Touch 1:1
- Decal removal on rear tailgate and rear bumper (hairdryer and GooGone works great)
- Paint touchup on burn marks and also few other areas (scratches)
- Removal of Wax/Polish residue throughout the car
- Paint sealed with 2 coats of M21 2.0 via ROB
- Wheels were sealed with M21 2.0 via yellow foam app. pad
- Exterior windows were re-wiped with Detailers - Glass Cleaner Concentrate then sealed with RainX 2 coats
- Front headlights were polished with PlastX on Yellow App Foam Pad.
- Tail pipe (stainless steel) and rear bumper (chrome) were polished with Meguiars All Metal Polish
Here are the pictures
Burn marks after touchup
Scratch after touchup - not perfect but less noticeable
Missed few spots. Re cleaned missed spots and dressed back.
All done. Pick it up and was thrilled with the outcome
I've booked his car for Paint Correction in Jan09.
Thanks for viewing
Comments and Advice/Suggestion are welcomed.
Tim
Polishing Paint removes the stress in my life, and the swirls on my car. 
Thanks. 
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