Envious Eric
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Well, this was a two day adventure that took me from my place in Huntington Beach all the way up to Santa Barbara, which ended up taking 3.5 hours to get there from 6-930 as traffic was horrible. I ended up working until 830 pm that night, and then decided to call it quits to get some sleep since I had been up since 5am. Before going to sleep, I went to the owner’s restaurant for some really good food! It’s an awesome place, great setting, amazing ambiance (good for a date night for sure), and not too far off the freeway, or downtown Santa Barbara…by the way, the food was amazing! If you are ever in the SB area, and you like Lebanese food, you MUST stop in here and see for yourself! The place is called Zaytoon and all info can be found at the website: Best Restaurants in Santa Barbara with Lebanese Cuisine- Zaytoon Santa Barbara- Zaytoon
Well, moving forward to the detail portion of my trip. I first arrived and could immediately tell that the car was in dire need of some proper loving! Oxidizing paint, holograms, compounded clear film, oxidizing and dirty wheels…this car had it all! The plan was to do whatever it took to get it back to 95%+ and get it looking as best as possible over two days. That meant the wheels were coming off, suspension was to be cleaned and waxed, wheel inners coated with opti-coat, trim degreased and cleaned up, paint correction to be performed with multiple steps, clear film to be restored as much as possible….basically a total make over! Let’s not forget the interior which was not pictured, but received leather cleaning and conditioning and uv protection was applied to the dash, doors, and anything not leather.
Here are the before pictures on how I received the car:
Remember the clear film I mention needing correction:
Well, moving forward to the detail portion of my trip. I first arrived and could immediately tell that the car was in dire need of some proper loving! Oxidizing paint, holograms, compounded clear film, oxidizing and dirty wheels…this car had it all! The plan was to do whatever it took to get it back to 95%+ and get it looking as best as possible over two days. That meant the wheels were coming off, suspension was to be cleaned and waxed, wheel inners coated with opti-coat, trim degreased and cleaned up, paint correction to be performed with multiple steps, clear film to be restored as much as possible….basically a total make over! Let’s not forget the interior which was not pictured, but received leather cleaning and conditioning and uv protection was applied to the dash, doors, and anything not leather.
Here are the before pictures on how I received the car:
Remember the clear film I mention needing correction:
