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The owner of this 2005 Kia Spectra5 SX came to me a few day ago asking to have the headlights polished. They were very faded to say the least. Using PlastX and a yellow polishing pad did the trick. He wasn't looking for perfection since he wanted to trade the car soon. Sorry no pictures of the headlights before. When he came back to pick the car, I offered him to wash and wax the car, so he could get a better trade-in value.
So, today I had the Kia back to me for the facelift. The car has 62000 miles only, but was not hand washed since last fall and not waxed since God knows when... The paint was dull and dry with no reflection at all.
Before :
Process :
Wash tires, rims ans wheel wells with APC, NXT Soap and Wheel Brightener
Wash body and jambs with Gold Class, NXT sprayed on the front bumper to let the bugs soak
Clay with Ricardo Yellow Clay and Last Touch 1/1 for lube
Rewash with Gold Class
Dry with an Absorber and a Water Magnet
M105 by hand under the door handles
Polish with Ultimate Polish on a white 5,5" LC pad
Wax with Ultimate Liquid Wax on a red 5,5" LC pad
Ultimate Quick Wax on all side and back windows and rims
ASD on tires
Vac/dry brush/vac (I did NOT clean the carpet as per customer request)
Vinyl cleaned with warm water and APC+
Rubber mats taken out, then cleaned with APC+ and a brush, then hosed down
Windows cleaned with NXT Glass Cleaner
Vinyl dressed with Quick Interior Detailer
I had a wash horror story "a la SunnyD" the whole time I worked on this car. Thankfully I have a cartop to work under because it rained the whole time I was working on the car. Then the sun came back for the final pictures.
Before and after of the front wheel. Wheel Brightener took care of the caked dust in a second.
After :
I was still waiting for the rubber mats to dry when I took the pictures.
Remember that I only vacuumed the carpet and not cleaned it per custumer request.
The owner was very pleased with the results and he said they were heading to the dealers tonight to shop for the new car before the Kia gets dirty again ! I hope they will get a higher trade-in value with the work I did on their car.
So, today I had the Kia back to me for the facelift. The car has 62000 miles only, but was not hand washed since last fall and not waxed since God knows when... The paint was dull and dry with no reflection at all.
Before :
Process :
Wash tires, rims ans wheel wells with APC, NXT Soap and Wheel Brightener
Wash body and jambs with Gold Class, NXT sprayed on the front bumper to let the bugs soak
Clay with Ricardo Yellow Clay and Last Touch 1/1 for lube
Rewash with Gold Class
Dry with an Absorber and a Water Magnet
M105 by hand under the door handles
Polish with Ultimate Polish on a white 5,5" LC pad
Wax with Ultimate Liquid Wax on a red 5,5" LC pad
Ultimate Quick Wax on all side and back windows and rims
ASD on tires
Vac/dry brush/vac (I did NOT clean the carpet as per customer request)
Vinyl cleaned with warm water and APC+
Rubber mats taken out, then cleaned with APC+ and a brush, then hosed down
Windows cleaned with NXT Glass Cleaner
Vinyl dressed with Quick Interior Detailer
I had a wash horror story "a la SunnyD" the whole time I worked on this car. Thankfully I have a cartop to work under because it rained the whole time I was working on the car. Then the sun came back for the final pictures.
Before and after of the front wheel. Wheel Brightener took care of the caked dust in a second.
After :
I was still waiting for the rubber mats to dry when I took the pictures.
Remember that I only vacuumed the carpet and not cleaned it per custumer request.
The owner was very pleased with the results and he said they were heading to the dealers tonight to shop for the new car before the Kia gets dirty again ! I hope they will get a higher trade-in value with the work I did on their car.
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