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[Tim_Feicai]

One of the friends parents sent over his car to be properly cleaned. So took me around 1.5 days to do all the stuff as I'm still not feeling well. Once I'm done with this car, I'm gonna take a short break

Anyhow, vet through and I have a big suprise for you guys!

The car is still new. If not mistaken its 2005 model. Apologize for the very small amout of picts.


So, on with the show…

Day 1:

Car arrived around 9am. Started work around 10am.


Here are some shots on arrival.















The usual road grime . Wheels not too dirty.




Scratch at the rear truck cover.


Scratches at the door handles



No significant scratches or etching on the roof...






Scratch on the C pillar



Engine was really dusty and dirty... Needs a good cleanup..






The Interior was also not to bad.

Here are some picts




Dusty interior



Minor stains in the seats







Headrest with hair and a Bug ..... not from my house, definately. Set it free at a nearby forest.






Interior door panel was dusty and icky..


Dust galore...


I started to clean the interior first as the body, wheels and engine were still too hot for cleaning.

Summary Interior Cleanup
Took out all fabric and plastic mat
Washed them with a PW, scrubed with APC and extracted out
Plastic Mat dressed with HyperDressing
Loose dust was blasted with compressed air
Interior fully vacuumed with various brushes.
Vinyl was wipedown with APC
Vents clean with APC, MFs and Qtips.
Fabric seats - scrubbed with APC and extracted out.
All Vinyls dressed with M40
Once the seats were dry - sprayed some M23 on them.
Interior & Exterior Windows cleaned with Detailer Glass Cleaner Concentrate.
Once the interior was done, I moved on with the washing.

Summary of the exterior cleanup
Wheels & tires cleaned with APC+, SuperDegreaser and Wheel Brightener (10:1) all via various brushes
UnderCarriage - APC+ and scrubed with various brushes.
Power Washed to kickoff loose dirt on body
Prewash - Foamed with HyperWash
Door jambs,nooks and etc - clean with APC+ along with various brushes.
Rinse off with PowerWash
Washed with 2BM (with GritGuard) with some HyperWash
Dried with 2 WaterMagnets
Bed liner, Wheel wells and undercarriage dressed with HyperDressing
Tires on All Season Dressing
Body, Windows, Front & Rear screens, wheels - Clayed with Meguiars Blue Clay+Last Touch as lube
Finished around 10pm ish...



When I was done with the claying, found these things all over the car. Quite frustrated as its everywhere...
(compiled at various time during the day)
































Took me few hours to clean all these residue off. QD, GooGone , brush and Qtips were used to tackle them.


Even on my laziest days, I'll never be this sloppy...



Here are some picts after the washing




Not too bad..










Wash induced swirls....(maybe)










Quite hard to spot the defects in a daylight. Best seen during night time.



End of DAY 1.



DAY 2


Started at 8am.

Continue to go on with Paint Correction

(sorry only took a few shots and the reflections on halogen during daytime - not really ideal) so I only took picture on LED.

Reflections after paint correction

Taken at day time but seems dark in the picture....hmm...


The paint was easy to work with so help alot.











Summary of Paint Correction M83 & M80 on defect heavy - 1-2 passes of M83 clean it up
M80 x 2-3 passes on light defect areas.
All on Rotary
Pads - Megs Yellow 6.5 Pads & LC Orange 3.5" for tight areas.
Rear truck cover unpolished - Paint was too thin.
M21 2.0 on all paint surface, headlights, rear light cluster, side mirrors and decals on the sides via DA (2 coats)
Front, side and rear windscreen sealed with RainX (2 coats)
So finished all around 3pm.

Here are some picts of the afters.

































The exterior

No sun. It was cloudy and rained when I finished my work. (again very sorry for the limited no of pictures)



































The owner was overjoyed to see the car in a very clean condition. He kept on saying "very good...very good..."




Thanks for viewing.

Comments and suggestions are welcomed.


Tim

[vx55]

Amazing work as usual man!
If I were to clean the vehicle, it would take at least 2 days haha!
I respect your effort
Keep up the good work!

[KrisMas]

OK. Very nice work as usual. But...call me whatever you want but....what was the surprise?
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[PuDeN]

Fuuh memang power. . . as usual. . . superb work you've done there.
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[Tim_Feicai]

Alamak! Sorry guys forgot bout the surprise


This is what I found under the engine compartment!








EEUUUUUCKKK...Kucing Panggang (lol).... I clean cars but I dont move carcass....

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[Gabriel]

That's a cat?! OMG!

[slk]

great job again boss!
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[lolss]

what a great effort u had put in man!!!
it took me 1 week to clean my entire can man as my car is a continential car very hard to remove the interior stuff escially the dashboard.. must be extra carefull while removing continential car's interior as the plastics are fragile...
hahas
hope u receive a well paid from your friend!

[kktruno]

Really great job! even light color car, also can see and feel the "wet" shinning

[Tim_Feicai]

Thanks guys
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[PuDeN]

Tim, you are renovating your house now. . . hmm. . . bigger garage? heheheh detailing centre is it. . . might be.
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[Tim_Feicai]

Yes boss . House very old. Last renovation was 9 years ago so this can consider major renovation la.

Me open detailing centre? Dreaming to open got la LOL. Garage upgrade, if got extra funds, then harap2 can do.
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