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1996 Ford Explorer
This is my uncle's '96 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer edition, 119,5xx miles on the odometer. He was down here from ND visiting for a couple days, so I thought I would do a detail on his Explorer for him. My main goal was to remove what swirls I could in one step, and to get some protection on it. On the interior, I only did the door jams, the windows, the doors, and the front two seats/dash/center console area. I couldn't do the back because he had a bunch of tools in the back (home improvement projects at his son/my cousin's house and our house). Plus, he had a 1200 mile trip back to North Dakota, so I wasn't looking for perfection. All things considered, I think it turned out pretty well. Enjoy!
Interior
DP Total Interior Cleaner on plastics, pedals, and front floor mats
DP Total Interior Protectant
Pinnacle Vinyl & Leather cleaner on leather, followed by Optimum Leather protectant
Meguiar's QID on what rear plastics I could reach
Meguiar's Detailer glass cleaner on windows
Optimum Power Clean on door jams
Wheels, Tires, and Wells
Super Soap and Meg's APC+ in foam gun in wheel wells, scrubbed with long handled tire brush, dressed with Griot's Garage Undercarriage Dressing
Tires cleaned with Super Degreaser, dressed with Surf City Garage Beyond Black
Wheels cleaned with Wheel Brightener
Wash and clay
Washed with Duragloss 901, 2BM with grit guards, microfiber chenille mitt
Clayed with Meg's blue clay and Last Touch 1:1
Washed again, same method as above
Dried with Cobra Guzzler
Correction
Meguiar's Ultimate Compound
5.5 inch orange LC CCS pads on G110v2
Protection
Klasse AIO
Collinite 845
Miscellaneous
* Ultimate Compound on smooth plastics and bug guard (foam applicator on smooth plastics, 4 inch orange CCS pad on G110v2 on bug guard), sealed with Klasse AIO
* Poorboy's Trim Restorer on textured plastics (side steps, side mirrors, wiper cowl)
* Klasse AIO and Duragloss Aquawax on exterior glass
Befores
sun shot on hood showing the swirls
dirty door jams
bug guard was a bit faded
Interior
DP Total Interior Cleaner on plastics, pedals, and front floor mats
DP Total Interior Protectant
Pinnacle Vinyl & Leather cleaner on leather, followed by Optimum Leather protectant
Meguiar's QID on what rear plastics I could reach
Meguiar's Detailer glass cleaner on windows
Optimum Power Clean on door jams
Wheels, Tires, and Wells
Super Soap and Meg's APC+ in foam gun in wheel wells, scrubbed with long handled tire brush, dressed with Griot's Garage Undercarriage Dressing
Tires cleaned with Super Degreaser, dressed with Surf City Garage Beyond Black
Wheels cleaned with Wheel Brightener
Wash and clay
Washed with Duragloss 901, 2BM with grit guards, microfiber chenille mitt
Clayed with Meg's blue clay and Last Touch 1:1
Washed again, same method as above
Dried with Cobra Guzzler
Correction
Meguiar's Ultimate Compound
5.5 inch orange LC CCS pads on G110v2
Protection
Klasse AIO
Collinite 845
Miscellaneous
* Ultimate Compound on smooth plastics and bug guard (foam applicator on smooth plastics, 4 inch orange CCS pad on G110v2 on bug guard), sealed with Klasse AIO
* Poorboy's Trim Restorer on textured plastics (side steps, side mirrors, wiper cowl)
* Klasse AIO and Duragloss Aquawax on exterior glass
Befores
sun shot on hood showing the swirls
dirty door jams
bug guard was a bit faded
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