That Green Hulk

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ScubaStevo

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Well today the big green Dodge 2500 that was stuck in the floodway showed up a couple minutes late. No biggie. He didn't rinse the truck. Little PO'd, but out well. Noticed how bad the interior really was. MAD! Oh well. Next thing I know, I was on the street for 2 hours, blasting the mud off of the truck. It was a nightmare to say the least. Wheel wells alone too me close to 1 hour. Never again am I doing a truck like this.



Exterior was interesting, interior was scary, engine bay was ugly. The job went from 8am, to 8 pm. Nice long job to say the least.



Look for this one in next month's extreme detail contest.



Exterior processes:



Wash 2 times. Pressure wash mud off.

Clay with 2 clay bars. Red paint all over bottom of the truck

Polish with SSR 2.5 to remove hard water spots

Final polish with #82.

Topped with NXT.

Trim got some Trim Restorer

Chrome got Blue Magic, yes blue.



Interior involved a hell of a lot of scrubbing.

Topped with Wolfegang conditioner.



Engine bay was just sprayed down with armor all. Too much crap in there. I'll let the owner worry about frying some components with high pressure water.





Before:





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After remembering I didn't take before pictures, so there is some slight degreaser sprayed on.

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Don't post yet, still have some before/afters. and then dedicated afters.
 
After claying:

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(Yes, those water marks were actually in the paint.)



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This was all after the wash and clay.



After photo of the red paint and tar:



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Before and after of the door panel.



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The shiny stuff inthe speaker grill looks like mud, but its just reflection from the flash.
 
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Rest of the dash done, carpet still not touched.



Some staining in the carpet wasn't coming out, and the carpet was still drying.



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Engine bay after:



The staining inthe foam that looks discoloured about the engine is permanent. I could not get it clean.

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Why oh why would you put yourself through that. I hope you charged him adequately. Awesome transformation!



JJ
 
UNBELIEVABLE. Amazing transformation....it's foolish how the owner would do something like that to his vehicle.



GREAT job!
 
Nicely done, I hope you didnt spray the mud off in your drive way. What was his expression when he saw it done?
 
:cooleek: :eek: WOW! WOW! WOW! Amazing transformation. I don't know how you decided to except a job like that but it came out looking like it was new except for some of those carpet stains!
 
Beason said:
Nicely done, I hope you didnt spray the mud off in your drive way. What was his expression when he saw it done?
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Surprisingly he didn't really have much of a expression. :confused: :(



As far as money's worth, I'd definatly charge more next time if you know what I mean. I only averaged $23 bucks a hour. :(
 
Here is what the other side looked like, though I did fix up the carpet on the side there, as well as on the steering wheel.



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Wow, that guy is an *** for not even giving the truck a quick spray to get some of the mud off.



I would have charged an arm and a leg for that!

Great work!
 
Incredible transformation. :bow



Honestly, I don't know how you stuck with it. I probably would have turned him down, just not worth the aggravation. 12 years ago, when I was starting out, I would have done it though, got to make a name for yourself.
 
i would have said at least $500 USD, just so i knew he was either serious and knew it would cost that much, or he would be cheap and run. you seem to get enough work, you don't need to subject yourself to bulls*** like that.
 
My god what a mud hole the truck was, u did an astounding job ...u sould charged th eguy, 50 bucks an hour.



A M A Z I N G DETAIL :bow
 
Detailtastic, awesome job :2thumbs:



I really admire your dedication, I'd have lost enthusiasm half way through !
 
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