Been away for a while - My last 12 details! 56K Go Away!

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blue-sun

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I haven't been here as much as I'd like to over the last few months. I've been pretty busy detailing though, so here are the fruits of my 12 last labors.



Toyota Matrx, Lexuse ES300, 2 02/03 Maximas, A Suzuki Grand Viatra, Ferrari 355!, 03 Mustang, Mazda Miatia, Honda Element, 00 Honda Civic, Pontiac Grand AM, GMC Envoy and an Subaru Legacy GT!



Of these cars above, the Element, the Grand Am, The Envoy and the Ferrari were interiors only. The Matrix, ES300, Miata and Civic were full interior and exteriors. The Maximas and Legacy GT were exteriors only.



Interiors got cleaned with TOL interior cleaner @ 1:20. Windows got Stoners, Plastic trim got 303 (until I ran out) and Meguiars Interior Quick Detailer (really like this stuff).



Exteriors all got washed with either QEW or Gold Class car wash. All were deswirled with either #9 SMR or DACP. All except the Civic and the Legacy got topped with NXY, those 2 got topped with Four Star's sealant (http://www.premiumautocare.com/fostulpapr.html - bought from local very own turbomangt)



Enough talk, here are some highlights of each detail, as to not kill my server or your time:



ES300



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After: (it was dark out, and my camera sucks at night - best I could get)

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Miata:

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Full Shot After:

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Black Grand Viatra:



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Swirled/Oxidized hood Before:

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My girlfriends bother's new 03 black Mustang



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Swirled hood before:

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Stud:

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One of my coworkers Grand AM / Envoy:



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The Grand Am is a 99 and he told me it had never been detailed (interior wise) and he's got 3 boys!



Nasty door jabs/pockets

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The Envoy is a 02 and again, never detailed. He stated he'll be bringing me them every 3 months to keep them clean.



Leather Before:

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After (soo soft!)

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Now the extior onlys on the Pair of Maximas (brother and mother of the upcoming, the Matrix pics - got all 3 done for a discount in 1 week)



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Mothers Maxima (silver)

Swirls on hood Before (look around reflextion of light):

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After:

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Son/brother (Maroon/Burgondy) Notice long scratch on hood

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During (left half done)

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Done

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On to the Martix



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He had some spots of Tar that tok FOREVER to get out (clay, Bug & Tar Remover, WD-40 - nothing worked - Finally used the buffer on the spots to get them warm, then I popped them with a fingernail and then buffed off again! )



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After about 45 mins:

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Full Rear shot:

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And the one you've been waiting for, the 355 F1 Belinetta:



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Motor before:

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After wiping down (sprayed SG 1:7 onto a cloth, then wiped down)

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teh hotness!

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drool!

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mm, paddle shifter!

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And finally the civic, my GF's parents car. It hadn't been washed in easily 1.5 years and had only seen wax once, about 4.5 years ago. When I did the GF's bro's Mustang, her parents were taken away at what I could do, so I decided to give them a treat with this car.



The paint was badly oxidized!



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Hood before:



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left half done

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left half done (close)

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The GF's 4 year old niece came over about halfway thru, and begged for me to let her help. She did the windows, vacumed the floormats and helped wipe off the 4 start sealant.



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Enjoy!



That' was abuot 6-7 weeks worth of details! There were a handful inbetween there, regular maint wash's, and a sealant/deswirl of a new black Evo - but it got too dark for pics! and the GFs car that I didn't take pics of. . .



David
 
Ack! Girl... dragging... towel... on... rocks... then... car... Ack!



I was detailing my 3 month old black car on Saturday. My 3 year old daughter decided to help by using the tire brush on the side of the car opposite where I was working. Yes. I still have a daughter.



Good job getting the niece on the carpets and windows. I'll remember those.



Great job on the Civic and all around. The blue flake is awesome!
 
JasonATL said:
Ack! Girl... dragging... towel... on... rocks... then... car... Ack!



I was detailing my 3 month old black car on Saturday. My 3 year old daughter decided to help by using the tire brush on the side of the car opposite where I was working. Yes. I still have a daughter.



Good job getting the niece on the carpets and windows. I'll remember those.



Great job on the Civic and all around. The blue flake is awesome!
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The towel was on the rocks for all of 2 secs tops, and I made sure it was clean before he rubbed the paint with it. I knew someone would get a kick out of that pic. . .lol!
 
2000firebird said:
lmk when u get that engine bay write up done ive been waiting a while for one

very nice work
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Will do.



In the meantime, here's a writeup of how to clean dirty exhaust tips that I did a few weeks ago.



Scottwax said:
Very impressive, especially that Civic, looks like a completely different color!
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Thanks Scott!



I may not have the arsenol of polish's, sealeant etc of like some of you proffessional guys, but I think my DACP/NXT combo works pretty darn good!
 
JasonATL said:
My 3 year old daughter decided to help....



Good job getting the niece on the carpets and windows. I'll remember those.
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The beauty of that is how easily they fit into the footwells... :grinno:
 
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