Some grimy interiors

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96GreenPSD

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I figured the forum could use a break from all the nice exotic paint corrections that have flooded the Click & Brag in the last month or so :lol1:



First up is a 199x BMW 323 convertible, I was asked by a local foreign repair shop to a "restoration detail" on this one. I only had 8hrs total for this car, so I allotted 4hrs for the interior and went to town dry brushing, vacuuming, and scrubbing the interior with OPC and various brushes. The seats took multiple scrubbings with OPC at a 3:1 dillution ratio to remove years worth of accumulated grime, the carpets received the same treatment, but with full strength OPC used on the worst stains. In the end I had gone through 30 gallons of water and a quart of diluted OPC to get this one clean.

































I went back and touched up the gas pedal & the lower dash panel after this pic:





















I apologize for the picture quality of this next set of pics-they were taken on my Iphone.





2003 Acura Tl-S: 110,000 miles, detailed last probably 50k miles ago. The carpets weren't horrible but the seats were about five shades too dark from accumulated dirt. The procedure on this one was the same as the 323, working time was about 3hrs 15 min.















































Two more coming up.
 
The next two are cars owned by dentists in the same office. Both are smart businessmen so they see these cars as depreciating assets... unfortunately that means they only see a cleaning when it's absolutely necessary.



2006? 530xi, 140k miles and hadn't been detailed in around 5 years also. The grime on this one didn't look as bad as the Acura's but it was EMBEDDED in the leather. I couldn't believe how hard it was to get the little cracks in the grain of the leather clean. This one took about 5.5 hrs to clean because of the leather, plus the vents were filthy and there was so much dirt and crumbs in the cracks of the console and dash.























Test spot, after 3 rounds of scrubbing:





Afters:









































 
2003 Jaguar X-type, 130k miles and hadn't been detailed since the owner bought it in 2006. In some of the pics you can notice the hole worn through the steering wheel from repeated abrasions via a wedding ring, as well as clutch-foot damage on the driver's floor mat.



























50/50:







The steering wheel had excessive wear from the owner's wedding ring:







































Driver's seat closeup:









Formerly grimed-up driver's door panel:







Kick panel & weatherstripping cleaned up, door jams were done later along with the exterior:





That's it for now, if I get more interiors in this kind of shape I'll update the thread. None of the cars came out perfect, but they were on average a decade old and had been neglected. These kind of details can be my favorite as they give the greatest improvement and allow people to enjoy driving their cars again, plus a clean older car still looks good and an extensive detail is a lot cheaper than buying a new one! Let me know what you guys think. Thanks.



Mike D.
 
Nice work on the "cosmetics" of the vehicles.

Now, what about a couple of weeks or months, down the road when the electronic that run the windows, seats, etc start to go south? More to "cleaning and restoring" a "flood" vehicle than just cosmetic cleaning.

 
Ron Ketcham said:
Nice work on the "cosmetics" of the vehicles.

Now, what about a couple of weeks or months, down the road when the electronic that run the windows, seats, etc start to go south? More to "cleaning and restoring" a "flood" vehicle than just cosmetic cleaning.
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Thanks. I'm not sure if you're joking, misread the post, or responded to the wrong thread... none of these cars were involved in a flood.
 
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