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05-15-2010, 06:25 PM | #1 |
Rags to Riches...Yaris looks brand New again
Hey folks;
thought some of you would enjoy these pix. My Yaris is my work horse and unfortunately I have VERY little time for it , I rust proof it every winter at Krown and by the time winter is over it looks like she's seen better days. My friend here in Toronto started a new mobile detailing business so I told him that I need to be his first customer as if he could make my car look like new he could do it with anyones car . The pictures don't do the before and after any justice; the interior was JUST as bad as the exterior. I use my Yaris to cary tons of parts from Local suppliers and from Buffalo to Toronto and it gets dirty fast. The car is now better than new, it's cleaner than new and a blast to drive with a few minor mods. Unfortunately a week after this was done I had to haul a Yaris full of exhaust systems and mufflers from my suppliers so she could use another wipe down. I LOVE this car so much but I might have to get something bigger for the business...there's only so many parts you can fit in a Yaris To save time here is a copy and paste of his post on a detailing forum that he frequents: This car belongs to a good friend of mine whom owns an online parts business. He’s my first paying customer and told me he wanted to be proud of his car again. He wanted some paint correction, and clean inside and out. The car has some unique features like the exhaust he fabricated, and the adjustable sway bars he made in conjunction with whiteline. It’s got an intake, rims, lowered and some upgraded brakes. It always has a roof rack and cargo container on the top so he can haul parts from his box office in the states. It’s his daily driver he bought a couple years ago. He owns a couple of supras (an 84 just like mine too) and the yaris is chosen to bear the rough Ontario winters.... As you will see, this may be the dirtiest car you’ve ever seen. The thing hasn’t been washed all winter. The black dirt is due to him getting it rust-proofed every year and it seeping out of everywhere, and subsequent road grime sticking to everything. This job took me aprox. 11 hours. And was the second time using all my supplies, including the PC. I was really happy with how it came out, and the owner’s reaction was priceless. It went something like “Holy ****ing ****!” then he continued to laugh. It was very rewarding to see his eyes light up. I suggest you have a look over the pics and captions, then scroll up to the top to remind yourself what it used to look like and laugh like he did. I can't stop looking at it myself. I used 1.5 Gallons of zep citrus at 3:1 on this car and you can see why in the pics below. it took me four very thorough passes on the door jambs to get them clean. I just put my watch away and this is what came out 11 hours later. Exterior Detailer's pride foam cannon shampoo used in riccardo foam cannon 2 bucket wash 1.5 gallons of zep citrus at 3:1 2 bucket wash method tarminator meg's claybar with ONR lube 60/40 IPA wipedown Menz power finish 1 stage correction green LC pad using Porter Cable 7424XP karcher 2.360 pressure washer meg's natural shine Waxed with Coli 845 on LC gold pad Wheels/Tires Zep Citrus in the wheel wells AG CWC for the wheels, tarminator Duragloss 253 tire shine. Racglaze brushes and XL wheel brush for all exterior Interior Eureka enviro steamer on all panels zep High traffic carpet cleaner, hot water extraction with shop vac floor mat's pressure washed, and rigid WD4070 shop vac extraction zep pro glass cleaner rigid wd4070 + auto detailing kit Aerospace 303 on all panels. BEFORE DURING Ready for battle... I pulled all the cup holder liners out and let tome soak in ZC while I worked on the interior. Vac Steamer action. I honeslty don’t know how I cleaned interiors before I had this thing…absolutely amazing for cup holders, little cracks around switches and vents… Ok zep citrus, lets see what you can do here… CWC working.. Pulling the dirt out of the tires Me working… Now the karcher to work.. Boom! Need some terminator here… Trying to get some of the grim off with the karcher… I sprayed everything down with zep citrus and then dwell with foam on it…. This is what it looks like with the ZC sitting on the car. You can see where I agitated the door seam with the raceglaze brushes. Foam time It’s difficult to see in the pictures, but the car is still incredibly dirty and it’s time for a hand wash. What I had to do was wash the car panel by panel, pre-treating it with the zep citrus…it was the only way to get the film off! I had to repeat this process, then I did another pass around the car with terminator. I basically had to bathe the front end in it, and the wheels were pretty bad too, so I foamed the car again to remove any cleaner residue. Now time for clay… this is ¼ of the roof!! And masked… Polishing time! It was very hard to capture the swirls in the white paint, but it had plenty. I was able to get most of them out with the one stage polish…green pad and power finish. Here’s the best I could do for a before: And after: AFTER no caption required here I am very proud of this area... |
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05-15-2010, 06:36 PM | #2 |
#1 Lemming
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That looks FANTASTIC!!! Great job! I'm itching for a day this summer to do that incredible of a detail job
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05-15-2010, 06:40 PM | #3 |
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Pretty extensive photos and awesome work. You need to do your best to keep it that way!
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05-15-2010, 06:44 PM | #4 | |
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WOW
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05-15-2010, 11:14 PM | #5 |
I know the weather is different in your area but I would never ever let my car get that dirty. But definately a superb job from top to bottom inside and out.
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05-15-2010, 11:42 PM | #6 |
Drives: Copper Orange Mica Yaris Join Date: Feb 2006
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Absolutely amazine!!!!!!
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05-16-2010, 12:54 PM | #7 |
PWN'ING NOOBS SINCE PONG
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Wow!!! Fantastic work!!! Final price on 11 hours of work???
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05-16-2010, 01:03 PM | #8 |
3,300+ at one point.. >:(
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That's amazing!
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05-16-2010, 01:19 PM | #9 |
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Drives: 07 Toyota Yaris, 71 Galaxie Join Date: Mar 2007
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Damn my yaris needs this!
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05-16-2010, 10:02 PM | #10 |
"LibertyRides!"
Drives: 2010 Yaris 3Dr LB | 2020 Stang Join Date: Mar 2010
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WOW!
After that superb detailing job... I'll bet you'll try to keep the car clean all the time, eh? Cheers!
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This year I had to wait a little longer till my friends mobile detailing business got going. I could have done it a LOT sooner but felt my friend needed this detail more than I did Close to $200...which is a stupid steal and a half for all the work that went into it. Like I said the pictures do it NO justice. Yup...it's rained a couple of times since the detail job and she needs another wash. This time will be stupid easy; the body was buffed so smooth that dirt and water glides right off. |
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05-17-2010, 12:23 AM | #12 |
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ho ho ho
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05-18-2010, 10:48 PM | #13 |
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Damn dude, good job.
The difference is amazing. |
05-19-2010, 12:11 AM | #14 |
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Drives: 2007 Yaris RS Blazed Join Date: Oct 2006
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ly shit....good job..
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06-04-2010, 02:29 PM | #15 |
always toyin'
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Damn. your buddie's cleaning expertise shows just by looking at his tool cleanup inventory. I might just pay Crappy Tire a visit tonight to up mine.
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06-04-2010, 04:59 PM | #16 |
Great job now do my car lol
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06-05-2010, 10:09 AM | #17 | |
RAGS TO RICHES YOU CAN HELP!
Someone posted needing help with "BRAKE DUST" ruining their paint as stated by the dealer. Your auto prior to detailing looked worse than any auto in our neighbor right after KATRINA and I do not see any "BRAKE DUST" (Paint pitted/deteroriated) on yours.
oy I never heard of brake dust? but I know Toyota's paint is soft and thin compared to Fords. With that said, possibly you will be kind enough to lend your advice to the inquirer listed somewhere herein as he or she obviously needs information for help. We Yaris owners love our car... Don't forget to wax your license plate don't want it to fade and it will...take care and best, Judy Quote:
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06-05-2010, 10:28 AM | #18 |
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as Neo once said: "woah"
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