94 Eldorado with 120k miles

white gecko

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Here is a 94 (i think) Cadillac Eldorado brought to me by one of my corvette customers. He just picked this up and wanted some life brought back to it. It had never been detailed before and with over 100k miles, it showed! This was JUST a 1 stage paint correction job and some heavy interior cleaning, but nothing super fancy. It cleaned up much better than I expected! With just one stage I got over 80% correction out of it. :) Finished it up with a couple coats of Zaino as well.













Process:



Exterior

-Foamed with Dawn

-Rinsed and Dawn wash

-Megs APC 4:1 on wheels/tires

-Daytona EZ detail brush

-Swissvax Wheel brush

-Clayed with Z18 and Megs LT as lube

-Engine with Megs APC 3:1 and various brushes

-Tires and black trim with Zaino Z16







Interior



-Vacuumed

-Leather with Megs APC 5:1

-Zaino Z10 conditioner

-303 Carpet cleaner for mats and carpets

-Stoner's Invisible Glass on windows

-vents and console cleaned with various brushes/qtips







Correction



-Megs 205 on orange LC 5.5

-using KBM method





LSP



-Zaino Z5pro x2

-Zaino Z6













Here are the carnage pics





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This WAS a new claybar... and here is it after 1 sq ft of the hood...



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Dull and dry looking paint... not to mention all the swirls too.



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You know your swirls are REALLLLLY bad when a streetlight from 30yards away still makes it look horrific!



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Now the nasty interior....





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Some interior afters





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Nice work. I like that body style. Last winter there was a black Caddy Eldorado on here like that one. The owner used Collinite 845. Anybody have pics of that 1 or a link.



thanks
 
The wheel wells need some luvin'...



Other than that it looks great! For whatever reason I like those things, IMO they still look classy.
 
Bigpoppa3346 said:
The wheel wells need some luvin'...



Other than that it looks great! For whatever reason I like those things, IMO they still look classy.



I was already overbudget on time, and owner said not to bother.



Thanks :)
 
gofast908z said:
I was already overbudget on time, and owner said not to bother.



Thanks :)



still looks great though.



Couple quick questions . . . .



How long did it take you to complete that job?



What brush or tool are you using to make the stripes in the carpet?
 
vtec92civic said:
still looks great though.



Couple quick questions . . . .



How long did it take you to complete that job?



What brush or tool are you using to make the stripes in the carpet?



Thanks :)



14 hours. Used a pretty standard stiff bristled carpet brush.
 
Judging by the wheels, the seats, and the style its newer than 97 man, I love Eldorados and I've a history with a few. I never found a black one no matter how hard I tried much less an ETC. You made it look astounding nice job!
 
pb_foots said:
Nice work! I love that bodystyle.

thanks! It is a good lookin car.



vtec92civic said:
excellent job! THose hills in the back though . . . . . they look real dry. Yikes.



Thanks!



detail1 said:
Nice work. I like that body style. Last winter there was a black Caddy Eldorado on here like that one. The owner used Collinite 845. Anybody have pics of that 1 or a link.



thanks



Thank you.



d00t said:
Looks really good for only a one step!!



I was really surprised how easily it corrected. Thanks.



95oRANGEcRUSH said:
You did a heck of a job! If I were the owner I would be thrilled to see that for an end result.



Thanks! :) He was kind of a mellow guy so he didn't have a dramatic reaction. But he did love it!



Scottwax said:
Very nice amount of correction you got using #205 and a DA polisher. Huge improvement! :)



Thanks Scott!



ezemsm444 said:
Judging by the wheels, the seats, and the style its newer than 97 man, I love Eldorados and I've a history with a few. I never found a black one no matter how hard I tried much less an ETC. You made it look astounding nice job!



Thanks! :)
 
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