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?





















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.









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









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










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!

WhiteSlips

HOLY COW that interior was disgusting and you got it looking pretty darn good. Three days straight of detailing the same lame extremely dirty car has got to be pretty grueling.

1.5Slowmatic

so gonna be buying the leatherique for my parents crown vic. the seats look the same way!

dc4_wHORE

Seemed like a pretty intimidating job in the beginning since the interior looked so nasty, results were awesome though. In the step where you applied the 303 protectant to the engine bay, do you just let it sit or do you wipe the excess off?

cadwiese

Man i need to get some of the products you use but great work bro

Ozne99

That IS one hell of a job! You definitely turned that car into a new one, great job!

Tru_Shine

you have no idea, the physiological exhaustion that comes on these big jobs. it makes me tired re-reading all of this, lol

it is amazing stuff, it feels so soft and smooth when your done. after the first 24 hours i checked it and it was ok. but after the 48 hours, it was like BAM! Most of all the deep creases were gone and all the grime just rises to the surface. it is some pretty crazy stuff. but a bit pricey. works best if its hot outside and all the windows are rolled up.

yes, I sprayed it on there liberally and let it kind of "Soak in" and then go back and wipe off and puddles or whats left standing.

thanks man, anything you need is in the link below in my sig.

1.5Slowmatic

idc about price if it works good. i hate seeing your threads...it makes me spend money on new things to detail with

JDM_rolex

MAD PROPS to you! You are FREAKIN PRO!! Love watching these threads!

Its like someone took a dump and then you come along and bling the "crap" out of it. hahhaha keep it up!

PatrickGSR94

iTrader: (1)

Man that is nuts.

I'm surprised the paint on the front end didn't have more chips and other imperfections, being a 13 year old vehicle. Or did it and you corrected it somehow, or the imperfections just don't show up in the pics?

The Collin

to you, yet again sir!

YAGYAGAN_JDM

Ni*e work :th*mb*p:

c_murff

amazing work man.

i love the autoglym applicators