2009 GMC Sierra 2500HD Crew Cab and 2008 Cadillac CTS4

[PursuitSE]

This is a 2009 GMC Sierra 2500HD Crew Cab. This one truly owns the title of an "extreme make over". It is used as a delivery truck for a local bakery. Only 17 months old and already 148 000 km on the clock. As far as I can remember the exterior hasn't seen anything other than a pressure wash.
Customer asked for a basic wash and wax with an interior cleaning. My main goal was to make it looks okay, since it won't stay clean for too long...

Before :
Doesn't look too bad from this angle.


Wrong !!!




The bluish stains on the sides are from the trailer that is attached to a fifthwheel.
They were such a pain to remove.




The interior was bad, but honestly I expected it to be much worst.




Process :
Interior
vacuum, plastic washed with some water and APC+, windows cleaned with NXT Glass cleaner, all plastic dressed with Quick Interior Detailer

Exterior
Wheels, tires and wells washed with APC and NXT car wash
Washed with NXT car cash with a small qty of APC for a stronger mix since it was very dirty...
Waxed with #21 Synthetic Wax, the owner didn't even care about the swirls.
On the bluish stains, I tried APC, then Meg's Paint Cleaner, then ScratchX, then #105 with an orange LLC pad via PC. This last try worked great, as I expected.
Tires and all exterior trims got ASD


After :
Total time : 5 hours.
I was told not to go crazy on the inside.





Stains removed.

[PursuitSE]

Re: 2009 GMC Sierra 2500HD Crew Cab and 2008 Cadillac CTS4

Now for the CTS.
This 2008 CTS is the personal car of the owner of the bakery.
Has 56400 km. Never been cleaned since he took over the lease from another person last summer.
Unfortunately it was raining that day.

Before :



A lot of nasty bugs









Process :
Interior
Vacuum, plastics cleaned with some water and APC+, glass cleaned with NXT glass cleaner, plastics and seats dressed with Quick Interior Detailer

Exterior
Wheels, tires and wells cleaned with APC and Deep Crystal Car Wash. You will see in the after pics that I would have needed some Wheel Brithener on the wheels.
Washed with NXT Car Wash mixed with a bit of APC for a stronger mix since the car hasn't been washed in months...
Customer didn't care for the swirls so I went straigh to the wax. I used #21 Synthetic Wax
Trims and tires dressed with ASD

After :
Total time : 3h45

[J. A. Michaels]

Re: 2009 GMC Sierra 2500HD Crew Cab and 2008 Cadillac CTS4

Great work on both. You were not kidding, that truck is a extreme makeover. The truck was messed up.

The caddy looks very good also.

[spence82]

Re: 2009 GMC Sierra 2500HD Crew Cab and 2008 Cadillac CTS4

Geez,good job man.I can understand a work truck getting that dirty but there is no excuse for the caddy...

[PursuitSE]

Re: 2009 GMC Sierra 2500HD Crew Cab and 2008 Cadillac CTS4

Great work on both. You were not kidding, that truck is a extreme makeover. The truck was messed up.

The caddy looks very good also.

No kidding ! I quotted way too low on this truck..

Geez,good job man.I can understand a work truck getting that dirty but there is no excuse for the caddy...

I can't understand people who own such a nice car letting their car go this messed up. It was 2008 which looked like a 10 years old car to say the least.
This was done in early June and the Caddy is already looking pretty bad when I see it on my way to work.