231,000 mile Tacoma correction detail by Immaculate Reflections

[white gecko]

Miguel is a new Marine and was going to be stationed on the other side of the country, in an area that he would need a capable truck. So he picked up this Tacoma and brought it to me to get it looking a bit better before heading out. The truck looked very good for 231,000 miles so after the correction was done I set him up with all the washing media he would need to maintain it properly. While not a full correction, a solid 90%+ correction was achieved in 16 hours. Its fun to work on cars once in a while that don't normally get this kind of attention.



Thank you for your service Miguel and stay safe! :usa:

Festool LED Syslite showing the swirls

Corrected

Swirls on the door

Left side corrected, right side still to be done

Fender under the halogen lights

Corrected

Area behind rear tires

Corrected

Opposing side

Corrected

Side of the bed looking glossy again

Passenger side door

Defects on the hood

The bug deflector had seen better days

After just one round of compounding it was much improved. A little sandblasted from many thousands of miles of driving, but looking considerably better.

After all compounding, polishing, rewashing, and sealing with Blackfire Wet Diamond the truck looked great. Here are the final pictures.

Scratches on bumper were all the way through the paint and could not be fixed without repainting.

Thanks for checking it out!

 

[Scottwax]

Nice job, now it looks it has 231 miles on it!

 

[maxepr1]

Nice work Jeff! If you didn't show the odometer I wouldn't have said it had that many miles on it either.

 

[RaskyR1]

Good job spinning the clock back, Jeff!

 

[mikenap]

Great work Jeff, that truck looks factory fresh!

 

[IHA Mark]

Great job! That is an amazing looking truck for that many miles.

 

[RToth]

Looks really good! And I thought my car was in good shape overall for high miles! 240,000 miles on my Bonneville and while the paint cleans up nice, the front is sandblasted MUCH worse then this one is.



The headlights seem to be holding up really good for the mileage too.

 

[Accumulator]

gofast908z- Hey, I really enjoyed this, thanks for posting it! Yes indeed, a great job on a nicely used vehicle that still has plenty of life left in it.