"The Whole Enchilada" 1997 Toyota Land Cruiser gets it all

[Tru_Shine]

This detail was done a few months ago, but I'm just now getting to the write up. This vehicle took me 32 hours in 3 days to complete. It was one of the biggest jobs I have taken on.





This is a 1997 Toyota Land Cruiser that has NEVER been detailed (or probably waxed) lol. This was scheduled for full exterior, Full interior, leatherique leather treatment, and engine degrease. The whole enchilada!



Let's begin by showing you what I had to work with. Sit back and enjoy

(I hope you have a strong stomach)

Dont even Ask?

Now for the inside!

See how nasty and shiny and oily the seats are? also all of the cracks and creases.

The carpet

I think that's my tip?

 

[Tru_Shine]

The back of the seats

So lets get to work!



I began by degreasing the engine bay with APC and degreaser using my Karcher foam gun.

Then I agitated it with various brushes

then rinse

I hand dried all of the standing water

then applied the 303 protectant.

Next it was time for a bath, a foam bath that is, using Dawn detergent to strip off any and all waxes and oils and such.

applying some P21s wheel gel to the wheel

Then agitating them

I rinsed off the first foam bath and finished the wheels

Next I got out the real Foam cannon and applied some real foam.

Then I washed it using two bucket method and 2 grit guards and a 100% sheep skin wash mitt.

Then another thorough rinse

After I dried it off, I took some shots of the engine bay after the 303 soaked in real good.



Way better!

Now it's time to see the paint condition.

 

[Tru_Shine]

Very Dull and Faded!

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Day one I started the interior. I knew that the leatherique needed to dwell for 24-48 hours so I had to clean it up first.



here is a 50/50 of some APC and lots of scrubbing

Sorry for the lighting.......

It was a long day of interior detailing. lots of APC and rags and brushes.

I used my Cyclo polisher with carpet brush backing plates to scrub the big areas.

So this is the seats after a full on scrubbing (not to bad, but not good enough)

After this step I smeared the Leatherique Rejuvenator oil into every crack and crevice of the seats. and left it to dwell for 48 hours.



Sorry I didn't get any pics of these steps. but here is the seat after the 48 hours of dwell time.





The Rejuvenator oil soaks into the leather raising all of the oils and grim to the surface and softens the leather tremendously. causing a lot of the creases and cracks to go away.





In this picture you can see all of the Nasty Oils and grim that has risen to the surface of the leather.

To Remove the Rejuvenator Oil, you take a bucket of water and a Damp towel and scrub the seats, rinsing the rag out as needed.



here are the the seats after

Here is a pic of the back seat before and after

and now after cleaning off the Rejuvenator Oil, It's So plump and Soft

Here is the bucket of water after just a couple of seats (And Remember, these seats were already cleaned once before, that just goes to show how much nasty grim gets down into the leather)

Ewww, just aftera couple of seats!

And here is the final Interior shots

 

[Tru_Shine]

Remember those Dirty Creases? BAM! this is what leatherique does!

Now lets go back in time to Day 2 "the Paint correction"





The paint was very dull and swirled. The correction was done using a FLEX 3401 and Harbor freight Rotary buffer with various backing plates and Lake country Purple Foamed wool pad and Hydrotech pads. all with Meguiars M105 & M205.

Here is a 50/50 shot.

Wow!

here I am Polishing the tailights using 4" Cyan hydrotech pad and M05 via Rotary

All of this clear coat on the back was faded and staind so I had to buff it to get it all out

Here are the front fog lights.

and here is a 50/50 of it

 

[Tru_Shine]

By the time day 3 rolls around I was almost finished. I applied some Black Fire Wet Diamond

And finally, the Finished product.

Thanks for viewing, Have a blessed day!

 

[Jean-Claude]

THIS is the kind of detailing where skill shows. Anyone can wash a cherry exotic.



Awesome job, brohaime.

 

[MarcHarris]

Your best yet Eric! Stunning work with a great turn-around. I know the cool cars get all the views, but this really shows what it's all about. The fog lights came out amazing as did the seats, inside the fuel door, and everything else. Amazing work...

 

[Accumulator]

Tru_Shine- I love beater-vehicle details, and you did a great job on this one! Thanks for posting it.



I actually think you did the work pretty fast, I woulda taken a lot longer than that.



Nice to see somebody using the Cyclo on carpet, yeah...it's great for that :xyxthumbs

 

[Alexshimshimhae]

I cringe sir, I cringe =[ been putting off a CRV with ridiculous amounts of oxidation myself lol GREAT work..





BTW what's your method for interiors? (if you don't mind my asking) I seem to get the jist of carpet/seats but is there anything in partic you use for everything else? (tornador or anything of the sort?)

 

[buckeye3d]

Awesome job! I love reading the writeups on really nasty, older cars.

 

[stiffdogg06]

AWESOME JOB! That car out awesome. Matter of fact, I just received my Leatherique from DI today.

 

[steelwind101]

Great work! I love a turn around like that!



If you get a lot of cars in like that you should get a steam cleaner for use on those leathers, it would save a lot of scrub time and micro damage.

 

[Labster]

Looks great Eric! Gotta love doing jobs like that with such a drastic turn around!

 

[sacdetailing]

wow man, sick work. leatherque is actually one of the few products that amazes me in my whole detail arsenal. sick work as always with this one stands out. keep up the good work.

 

[Barry Theal]

Great work!!!! Thats how its done folks!!!!

 

[LS1-MEX]

great job....that car was nasty, like somebody already said, that shows tru skill, anybody can wash a cherry exotic

 

[bigltc]

I love the rescue missions! Great work!!!

 

[2005GTPinMD]

Great job! I see you used BFWD. The more I use this stuff the more I love it. I just detailed my wife's car today and noticed that hardly any dirt stuck to the car since using BFWD.

 

[Tru_Shine]

THIS is the kind of detailing where skill shows. Anyone can wash a cherry exotic.



Awesome job, brohaime.

Thanks Broskie!

Your best yet Eric! Stunning work with a great turn-around. I know the cool cars get all the views, but this really shows what it's all about. The fog lights came out amazing as did the seats, inside the fuel door, and everything else. Amazing work...

Thanks Marc Harris of Auto Lavish in Michigan! aka the Bomb Squad cuz your the bomb!

Tru_Shine- I love beater-vehicle details, and you did a great job on this one! Thanks for posting it.



I actually think you did the work pretty fast, I woulda taken a lot longer than that.



Nice to see somebody using the Cyclo on carpet, yeah...it's great for that :xyxthumbs

yeah, It sure did feel a lot longer, but I didn't exactly know how much this guy was willing to pay, so I didn't want to spend 4-5 days on it. thanks

I cringe sir, I cringe =[ been putting off a CRV with ridiculous amounts of oxidation myself lol GREAT work..





BTW what's your method for interiors? (if you don't mind my asking) I seem to get the jist of carpet/seats but is there anything in partic you use for everything else? (tornador or anything of the sort?)

yes actually I did use a Tornador, it's not somthing I use all the time because not every location has compressed air. but mostly the cyclo, bissle little green machine, tornado, apc, Spot Shot, brushes and terrycloth towels.

Awesome job! I love reading the writeups on really nasty, older cars.

Thanks

AWESOME JOB! That car out awesome. Matter of fact, I just received my Leatherique from DI today.

I didn't much care for it until this job. after 24 hours I didn't see much difference but on day two after 48 hours, I was like WHOA!

Great work! I love a turn around like that!



If you get a lot of cars in like that you should get a steam cleaner for use on those leathers, it would save a lot of scrub time and micro damage.

thanks, I kind of dived head first into this one. I should have pulled out my shark steam cleaner. the steam cleaners really help a lot, especially on nicotine stains

Looks great Eric! Gotta love doing jobs like that with such a drastic turn around!

Thanks man.

wow man, sick work. leatherque is actually one of the few products that amazes me in my whole detail arsenal. sick work as always with this one stands out. keep up the good work.

yeah this time it blew me away but only after the 48 hour mark

Great work!!!! Thats how its done folks!!!!

Thanks Susan

great job....that car was nasty, like somebody already said, that shows tru skill, anybody can wash a cherry exotic

mucho gracias

I love the rescue missions! Great work!!!

Much obliged!

Great job! I see you used BFWD. The more I use this stuff the more I love it. I just detailed my wife's car today and noticed that hardly any dirt stuck to the car since using BFWD.

thanks man, I try to grab for other stuff but my hand wont let me, I love it!