Osok Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Just a little teaser of the beast that awaits me this weekend. My buddy's boss wants me to do his 2003 120k miles daily driver suburban. This thing is a BEAST and really tore up. Should be fun!! Ok well I turned the keys back over to the customer yesterday. I was overall happy with the results although the hood was just trashed beyond my skills. I really think I would've needed to go the route of wetsanding areas and could've used a beefier machine. I spent 2hrs alone on the hood and got all the oxidation out of it and large chunk of the swirls but there were still a lot of deep scratches, etching and what looked to be paint failures going on. I ended up spending about 14hrs on it spread over Thur-Sun so from that standpoint a long job in little chunks wasn't as brutal. I will say the highlight of this job was seeing how the interior turned around. Adams leather and interior cleaner worked wonders AGAIN! He went from brown seats and doors to a light cream. I tried to take some "along the way shots but often forgot. Saddly it rained all weekend and I never got it out i the sun to take some good afters. I started with a good rinse down with Adams firehose nosel, shutoff combo. Then it was on to the wheels first. 3 of them were in bad shape and one of them was horrid. I worked on that one wheel for close to 45 minutes. I used APC, Green Wheel Cleaner, fender brush, powerstick but on that one wheel head to bust out some 3M to break down the crust that was on those rims. I asked the guy and he said he blew out a rotor or something which he thinks caused all the hardened on blackness. After the wheels it was onto a wash. Used the Adams foam gun then a two bucket wash with Adams shampoo and wash mitts (both sizes). Finished this just in time to beat the rain and got the truck into my garage where it had to stay for the rest of the weekend. Adams clay with Adams DS (the claybar was trashed by the end) Did a wipe down with 50/50 IPA aftewards since rewashing wasnt an option. Then is was on to buffing with my PC. I ended up doing 2 passes with the green pad and SSR and 3 passes with orange and SHR and 1 pass with white pad and FMP. And finished it off with a coat of MSW! I cleaned up the interior with the smaller vac n blow and then it was a full does of LIC with brush all over the place a wipe down and then leather conditioner. I had to go at the mats and carpet pretty hard with the carpet and upholstery cleaner and got a majority of the funk out of that nasty carpet. Windows were done up nice with Adams window cleaner, glass towel and glass sealant. And then retouched up the trim where needed with VRT and in/out. Bottom line customer was happy and stunned by the results (even though my picky brain was not thrilled with the hood). Enjoy the pics. I'll try to do these b4/after right with eachother so the change is a bit more apparent. Back side before/after: Step Some hood shots b4/after: During: After: Some crazy inside turnarounds After: Seats During/after Doors: After Sorry for the long post. I acutally have a bunch more pics but this is prob enough to show you guys how things went. Adams saves the day again! Thanks for a great product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAYBEN Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 ouch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris@Adams Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Wow, that might turn into a week project! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigredmariner Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Oh my, good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewy Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 No thanks! My back hurts just looking at the pictures... I have enough of my own to get done! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueGenCoupe Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 You'll have a busy weekend. Have fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carolinaboy Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 My truck took a long time but dang, that thing well take a good chunk of time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill-V8V Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Those make for great before and after shots, it's just the in between that ain't so much fun :D:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ryan Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 Good luck! I wouldn't touch that thing. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InDepthAutoDetailing Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 I did one in that kind of shape last year but it was a Civic. I can't imagine doing a suburban in that kind of shape. I hope you get some help it took me 17 hours on the civic. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ouarkie Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 Take a couple Advil and get a lot of sleep, because it could take all day to clean that nasty interior, forget about the exterior. Good luck and can't wait for the after pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budrun Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 Good luck with that thing. Going to be night and day differences after the detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osok Posted May 16, 2011 Author Share Posted May 16, 2011 I updated my first post with write up and pics. Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Drizzle Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Killer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIDetailing Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Looks 100x better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironterp Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 nice job man those interior before and afters are crazy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillB Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Wow, nice save Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianT Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Nice turn around, looks a lot better, even the paint still had some pop left in it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osok Posted May 17, 2011 Author Share Posted May 17, 2011 Thanks everyone!! Nice turn around, looks a lot better, even the paint still had some pop left in it!! Yea..the paint on the doors and side panels all had quite a bit of fleck in them after cleaning it up. The hood, while in areas had some life in it I really think its got some sort of faulty paint issue/failure going on with it. The customer mentioned when he bought it used he had to wait a day because the dealer was repainting the hood. So clearly something was up with it before and still. He's had the truck for 5-6 years now so in the end he really doesnt seem to care too much. I think it definitely bugged me more than him. On a side note..anyone ever do this? Cleaning interior, while wiping down nobs flick the interior dome lights on and not realize it only to find dead battery later that night? Live and learn i guess:loser: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAYBEN Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 my Pontiac will shut them off before letting the battery die.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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