Anbuzero Detailed: 01 Ford Explorer Sport

anbuzero

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This truck belongs to my coworkers sister. I keep telling people that this truck had enough bird crap and mud to fertilize my back yard with. it was in every crack and crevice you could imagine. Speaking of which why did Ford make this truck have so many hidden spots and hard to clean areas.



Well as the title says its a 2001 Ford Explorer Sport with only 42,000 miles and it was bought new. I have no clue how some parts of the truck got how they are but when it was dropped off i was told to do what i could with it. I would have liked some parts like the hood and the plastic trim on the bottom of the truck to have been in better condition but what can you do. The hood has some pretty deep RIDS and on those the clearcoat is starting to peel back. They weird thing about this truck is that theres a minimum amount of swirls from what i could see while outside. I would have liked to get the paint looking better that I did, but like i was told i did the best i could. so here it is enjoy.



Wash:

Gilmour Foam Gun

CG Maxi Suds

Megs #62

Wash Mitt

Two Bucket Method

WW MF Drying Towel

Larger MF Drying Towel





Clayed:

Clay Magic Fine Grade Clay Bar

Clay Magic Lube



Trim:

Black Wow



Glass:

Clay Magic Fine Grade Clay Bar

CG Window Clean



Wheels:

CG Grime Reaper

Wheel Brush

CG Silk and Shine



Interior:

Shark Steamer

Vac

MF Towels

Cg Grime Reaper

CG Silk and Shine

CG's Fabric Clean

PB's Natural Look (for the leather)



Exterior:

PB's S&G

CG's M-Seal



LSP:

PB's Natty Red



Tools:

Costco MF towels

DD Uber MF Towels

Sony Cyber Shot 7.2mp



Pics:

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Filthy stubborn wheels that would never get clean

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During the cleaning of the engine. as you can see in the before and after above some parts were so heavily covered in dirt and grime that they appeared to be naturally brown. when hit with some Grime Reaper and a brush all that changed...



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Heres wut washed off the brush after the above part

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After the wash and clay:



I dont even recall where i found this but if i took a picture of it, that probably mean it was somewhere it normally shouldn't be.

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When claying I found this. Apparently sometime in this trucks life it had be waxed. poorly yes but at least they tried.

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My little brother helping me wax while i applied sealant to the hood to protect it more as it needed it very badly.

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after buffing off the CG's M-seal

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I was so tempted to polish out these swirls, but i couldnt :(

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The rest of the afters:

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I think thats all the pics for now all comments are welcome :2thumbs:
 
Heck of a turn-around!



That crud you removed shouldn't be anywhere on a car in my opinion
 
Wow and I thought the hood on my 03 was bad with a couple of spots from sap etching. Great turn around.
 
OTG Signs said:
Heck of a turn-around!



That crud you removed shouldn't be anywhere on a car in my opinion

Thanx and yeh I still cant remember where i found it but I knew it wasnt in a good place if i took a picture of it.

Chops said:
Wow and I thought the hood on my 03 was bad with a couple of spots from sap etching. Great turn around.



Yeh im convinced some drunk person with those jeans that has zippers on all pockets including the back ones, was sitting on the hood and dancing. :LOLOL
 
bufferbarry said:
Some areas could use improvement but that was a decent turnaround.



ctrent86 said:
Yea the engine bay and interior could have used some more loving, but overall decent turnaround.



Thanks. For the engine bay if you mean the intake pipe, that brown you see is the rubber being discolored, similar to brown on discolored tires . The part I did miss is on top of the battery. My bad. And for the interior, if you mean the stains in the carpet, then those required extracting to remove which I unfortunately could not do at the time. If what you meant wasnt these things could you please let me know as I'm always looking to improve my work.



Also if you dont consider this professional, i understand, and I'll be glad to have a mod move it, seeing as how when i posted my work the other day I didnt realize there was another section on the forum for amateur work.
 
Adam91LX said:
Are we looking at two different cars? One interior is blue the other is grey.... I am confused?



Not at all. All pictures are of the same car. The pictures where taken at different times of the day so the lighting affected the way the color of the pictures look.
 
For the engine bay the shots are sort of limited, but the alternator and wires could use better cleaning and dressing. That is what I was referring to.
 
ctrent86 said:
For the engine bay the shots are sort of limited, but the alternator and wires could use better cleaning and dressing. That is what I was referring to.



ah i see thanks for the input :thx
 
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