'09 Toyota Corolla (free job for a friend)

SpoolinNoMore

New member
A buddy of mine has watched our dogs a few times while the wife and I went on vacation and wouldn't take money as gratitude, so I told him I would detail his car. I'll start off by saying this car has been washed maybe a total of 4 times in its short life. He's not a detailing enthusiast, but does appreciate a clean car. Apologies for my sub-par old digital camera, I tried a 50/50 with it but was very unsuccessful (need to take a photography class or something, but it seemed the metal flakes in the paint were messing with the flash on my camera :smash:).



Before:

201107170081.jpg


20110717007.jpg




Taking her Dawn bath:

20110717021.jpg




Not that there was any beading before, but just to be sure, she's stripped!

20110717003.jpg




Door panel:

20110717015.jpg




Fixed:

201107170161.jpg




Cup holder...err...roof:

20110717017.jpg




Fixed-ish (with plenty of 105 dusting...):

201107170181.jpg




Driver's Door:

20110717001.jpg




Fixed:

20110717014.jpg




205 oils beading after polish:

20110717002.jpg




Finished (pre-sealant and trim detail... didn't have any daylight left after all was finished, and all of my flash photos of course turned out terrible):

20110717004.jpg


201107170221.jpg




Thanks for looking, even though compared to the super exotics on this forum make this look :yawn: :madgrin:
 
Wash:

Dawn

Meg's Wheel Brightener

Meg's Super Degreaser

Clay:

Griot's Garage w/Meg's Final Touch QD

Polish:

Griot's 6" DA Polisher w/Meg's MF Pads

Meg's 105

Meg's 205

LSP (not shown but either way):

Meg's Ultimate Liquid Sealant
 
Looks good man. Every car deserves to look nice and clean, especially the ones you get alot of use from, its only fair to the car! GJ!
 
I like doing these sorts of 'charity' jobs because it gives me some more rounded experience on vehicles that I wouldn't normally get to do. Plus, detailing vehicles you'll see every day sort of pay you back in being able to enjoy your work over and over. It wasn't visible in the pictures, but I could see noticeable depth in the metal flakes in this paint last night. I'm becoming more and more of a fan of synthetic LSP's on metallic paint every time.
 
Back
Top