8 year old car make over

[SevenDust]

Hello everyone. It's been a while since i've posted anything,so here's one of my recent work: a daily-driven 8-year old Toyota Altis.

So here's how it looked like upon arrival. The paintwork was a little dull and had heavy oxidation all around the car.
http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/5648/zgwk.jpg

The headlights really needed to be worked on.

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/194/4l21.jpg

There were stains and dirt all over. Much work needed to be done here...

http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/7365/y2r5.jpg

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/6235/vwv2.jpg

http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/7913/yfwm.jpg

The rear bumper was pretty bad too. You couldn't see any reflection at all as if it was a matte surface

http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/4588/asyo.jpg

a little closer..

http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/614/lv5f.jpg

The interior was just as bad with soiled seats and carpets

http://img547.imageshack.us/img547/619/j4t3.jpg

http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/6924/xeti.jpg

http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/1393/otdu.jpg

Onward to the cleaning process. I started out with a Osren Bubble and Wax shampoo with a little APC to loosen the dirt and grime.

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/3558/vc16.jpg

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Washed the car with the usual 2 bucket system and clayed the car after. Once that was done, i decided to work on the interior.
Here we have a nice clean bucket of water. But that's all about to change prettttyyy sooonn....

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/4527/rwhp.jpg

Cleaned the interior with a mixture of APC and Osren's leather cleaner.

in progress...

http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/9936/8e3i.jpg

after:

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/7302/fbym.jpg

So after cleaning the interior plastics alone, here's how much dirt i collected

http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/8569/ot9h.jpg

Now here comes the carpets and the seats. There was a nasty stain on the floor carpet that needed my attention. Used APC for the job:

http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/7851/tsbn.jpg
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And of course the bucket-o-dirt photo :D

http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/1826/egpyr.jpg

After finishing up on the interior, i worked on the headlamps.

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/7179/aglu.jpg
http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/3509/1t3j.jpg
http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/1297/yiam.jpg

The chrome trims were polished too. Here's a 50/50

http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/1558/w5ox.jpg

The next morning, i worked on the exterior. Did some leveling work followed by compounding and lastly polished.
Doing a 50/50 on the hood

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/4061/tmxv.jpg
http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/495/73pd.jpg

The before and after shots of the rear boot:

http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/4316/eszr.jpg

http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/4159/xfvf.jpg

Remember the matte bumper? Here's a 50/50

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/7295/vhix.jpg

After the paintwork correction, i moved on to the watermarks.
Here's how it used to look like:

http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/5926/ctbx.jpg

50/50 on a test spot:
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/3035/hygn.jpg

Now here is how it turned out after 2 really long days. Enjoy the afters!

From this:
http://img802.imageshack.us/img802/1996/d9lw.jpg

To this:
http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/333/0lj7.jpg

http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/1209/mhpa.jpg

http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/8646/jgoe.jpg

http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/3757/8l1f.jpg

http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/14/x05i.jpg

Thanks for viewing!

 

[ColinLee]

Nice and clean. Good Job! :top:

 

[stupidcar]

Really impressed with the interior part. Good job!

 

[jerrysiow]

Great job dude! Your ride looks new now with the shining paint.

 

[Veloc]

Bro... You will make people think that UMW still sell new units of this model! Those were amazing 50/50 shots! Keep the posting up man... I always love to see your works..

 

[john_unai]

Really impressed with the interior part. Good job!

yalor, nice!!:top:

 

[ken yeang]

hard work really paid off.....

 

[s1tl]

The legend has spoken!! What kind of sorcery is this bro, this is madness! well at least it put a wow in my face than "a damn those bastards keep on advertising" face hahahaha good job bro!

 

[fazidk]

This definitely puts those so-called (some at least) car spa's to shame...a well deserved thumbs up bro...

 

[Lean]

Speechless. The amount of effort you put into it makes the difference.

Both Thumbs up.

 

[kimoka]

Another insane makeover by the legendary mx5 detailer

 

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[Supra_Fanatics]

Thanks for sharing bro!!! Now it gives me hope that Matte Look surface on my car can now be saved. But bro, how did u bring back the shine on those matte surfaces? Seems to me is like the clear coat is hardly there anymore...

 

[l2s_turbo]

It's vy nice!

 

[SevenDust]

Thanks everyone for the support and compliments! :wavey:

@Supra_Fanatics: Thanks for the compliments bro! Not all matte surfaces could be brought back to life i must say. In this case, the clearcoat was still there,just that it was really really oxidized and thus, could be polished to restore its gloss :) hope that helps!

 

[Supra_Fanatics]

Thanks everyone for the support and compliments! :wavey:

@Supra_Fanatics: Thanks for the compliments bro! Not all matte surfaces could be brought back to life i must say. In this case, the clearcoat was still there,just that it was really really oxidized and thus, could be polished to restore its gloss :) hope that helps!

Thanks bro, cuz mine is like what u said, rough to the touch (matte surfaces feelings).
Will try it out. :top:

 

[vr2turbo]

Thanks bro, cuz mine is like what u said, rough to the touch (matte surfaces feelings).
Will try it out. :top:

But if your clear coat is gone, that is it.....

 

[Supra_Fanatics]

But if your clear coat is gone, that is it.....

Maybe can bring over to show u...to me I fee like clear coat is gone...

 

[KrisMas]

But if your clear coat is gone, that is it.....

.....reminds me of whizzy...or was it weezy...hehehe....

 

[vr2turbo]

.....reminds me of whizzy...or was it weezy...hehehe....

weezy.....