'98 Lincoln Navigator Extreme Makeover 56K NO WAY!

[RaskyR1]

I did this vehicle a while back, but since I'm still new to Autopia I thought I'd share some of my work...



10 years, 4 kids, 3 dogs, 1 horse, a long dirt road, and a vehicle that has never been detailed.



This vehicle belongs to my girls' parents. She was between cars and needed a vehicle, so they let her borrow it. My girl bought a new car a week later and I've had it the last few weeks at my disposal. She wanted to clean it to show her appreciation...I though it made for a good extreme makeover.



Total time invested was about 22 hours.



Process:



Wash - Gold Class

Clay - Aggressive Clay

Step 1 - M105 Via rotary and wool cutting pad

Step 2 - M66 via flex and W8207 pad

Wax - NXT 2.0

Exterior cleaning - APC+

Wheels - Wheel Brightner

Interior Cleaning vinyl/leather - APC

Carpet - APC+ (Hand scrubbed, followed with LGM)

Leather conditioner - Gold Class

Engine/Wheel Well Drsesing - Water Based Dressing

Tires - 303 Aerospace

Interior dress - 303 Aerospace

Weather stripping - 303 Aerospace

Tail/Head lights - M105 followed by PlastX

Chrome - Hot Rims Chrome polish



Before

Major spillage...I removed the front seats to get at it better.

Interior was dusty

Seats were pretty dirty and the dye was wearing off the front ones

 

[RaskyR1]

Door panels were not too bad but the speaker grills have gotten dirty over the years.

Back center console

Exterior

Visible paint scuffs

Balck trim was oxidized

Rubbers on the back were brown from the dirt road

Tires/wheel wells...dirt road evidence

Engine

All taped up...

Tail lights

 

[RaskyR1]

Door jambs all dirty

It was very hard to capture the true condition of the paint but you should get the idea. Some RIDS remained but without a PTG I wasn't going to push it.

50 / 50 shot

After 105/M66

After

Seat racks were cleaned

Lether turned out good. We were going to have the front seats dyed but the guys wanted $200+ so we left them as is.

 

[RaskyR1]

Speaker grills turned out good

Engine

Exterior

Chips were brush touched but the owner picked it up just as I finished so no pics of that.

Black trim turned out nice

A little paint work on the hitch

Tire/wheel

The MN winters combined with the dirt road have taken their toll on the wheel wells. The under coating was weathered and cracked. I figured it was going to get dirty again real soon so left them like this.

Side by side plastic polishing

After

Jambs were cleaned and weather stripping dressed

Thanks for looking!

Rasky

 

[FarmerTom390]

Thats a pretty good looking turn around, that navi was on its way to being a junker.

 

[Eisen Hulk]

Damn fine work, Rasky. Great save. I'm sure it felt like a new vehicle to them.

 

[imported_Sludge1]

Beautiful job. That truck looks tons better, especially for a 10 year old vehicle. The owners should be thrilled.:2thumbs:

 

[imported_DJ Mayo]

Huge turnaround. Great job. Now sell that big thing and make some dough.



DJ

 

[oeklm]

Great job.... that thing WAS a mess =)

 

[triblk6spd]

Very nice! Very impressed! What did you use to get the carpet so clean? What type of shampooer? What is LGM?

 

[RaskyR1]

Thanks Guys! :wavey

Very nice! Very impressed! What did you use to get the carpet so clean? What type of shampooer? What is LGM?

Meguiars APC+ for the most part. I hand scrubbed the areas and then followed them up with my Bissel Little Green Machine. I use a small amount of Folex in the unit too. Since I only detail part time now, the cost of a high dollar extractor is not justified. The LGM seems to do well but lacks the lift, pressure, and temp of the high dollar units. I do follow with my shop vac after doing a section with the LGM since it suck up more water.



Rasky

 

[ShineTech]

Dude, you did an awesome job on this Navi. :bow I bet her parents loved it! I did a couple of vehicles this past weekend with similair interiors. Well, not that bad but close enough.

 

[RaskyR1]

Dude, you did an awesome job on this Navi. :bow I bet her parents loved it! I did a couple of vehicles this past weekend with similair interiors. Well, not that bad but close enough.

Thanks Jesse!





Yeah, her parents were blown away. Don't think they have driven it much since either.

 

[chromecarz00]

yeah man great job...]

howdu do speaker grills?

 

[Apollo_Auto]

Holy dookey that thing was in awful shape! Nice save!

 

[RaskyR1]

yeah man great job...]

howdu do speaker grills?

Thanks!



I used APC and a MF towel in them. I spray the APC on the towel and gently rub the fabric. I treat the fabric grill covers similar to headliners.

Holy dookey that thing was in awful shape! Nice save!

Thanks again bro!

 

[akimel]

After such a huge job, I hope you and your girlfriend are still together.

 

[imported_Jakerooni]

Probably one of the best details I've ever seen posted on here. Way more work involved on the interior than most. Absoultly brilliant!

 

[Envious Eric]

amazing work....thats what I am talking about!



one thing I dont understand is how you went from 105 with a wool pad to 66 on a polishing pad...everytime I bring out the wool its for a 3 step where the 2nd step will be a light cutting pad with a light compound to remove the holograms from the wool...

 

[RaskyR1]

After such a huge job, I hope you and your girlfriend are still together.

You mean fiancee....

Probably one of the best details I've ever seen posted on here. Way more work involved on the interior than most. Absoultly brilliant!

Thank you very much! :dance

amazing work....thats what I am talking about!



one thing I dont understand is how you went from 105 with a wool pad to 66 on a polishing pad...everytime I bring out the wool its for a 3 step where the 2nd step will be a light cutting pad with a light compound to remove the holograms from the wool...

It was a light cutting Solo wool pad that I used for the first step. It really depends on the paint but it only had light hologramming after the first step. After trying M66 and doing an IPA wipe down, all looked good. I had originally planned on leaving it at M66, as I wasn't actually getting paid on this vehicle....I never seem to be bale to leave a car without another LSP when using an AIO though.