Detailed: Black 1987 Jeep Cherokee - LOTS of Pictures!

[DLB]

1987 Jeep Cherokee
Black Single Stage Paint - Mostly original, some portions repainted.
220,000 MILES! That's a lot of stuff to screw up your paint.

A friend of the family bought this for his son as a Christmas gift, and wanted it to look good on Christmas Morning. Well, it needs a few things, but the kid just turned 15, so they have some time to work on it. Just wanted a good first beater vehicle. Keep into consideration I was going for the big picture with this, not the small details (I know, kind of backwards for a detailer). To fully detail this thing to the extent of a normal job would have taken a few weeks. Imagine a 1987 that had never been detailed and lived out of and you can imagine. As far as the paint finishing, it came out around 80% corrected and 100% better looking!

Methods/Products

Cleaning:
Wash: 2BM, Grit Guard in each, Dawn Non-Ultra (Was tying to get the most amount of junk removed as possible - I normally do not use Dawn), Pressure Washer, Lake Country Blue Sponge. Dried with leaf blower and Ultimate Guzzler.
Wheels, Tires, Inner Fenders: Meg's APC+ 4:1, various brushes.
"TOGW" Wax Removal: Mineral Spirits, APC+ 10:1, various brushes.
Clay: Pinnacle XMT Speed Clay with ONR Lube.

Finishing:
Windows: Surf City Garage Clearly Better Glass cleaner, Cobra Window Towel, Glassmaster Pro.
Tires: SCG Beyond Black and Black Magic Titanium Tire Wet Gel. Mixed 4:1 respectively. (Experimenting with this. Wanted a slight gloss with a matte look. The mix is just about right, just need to tweak it a little. The BMT Gel is really stout stuff).
Trim: Poorboys Trim Restorer
Paint: Machine polished with PCXP & Rotary
Pads = LC CCS Pads - Yellow, Orange, White, in 6.5", orange in 5", Hydrotech Pads in 5.5" (both) and LC twisted wool pad, wax applied with 6" Red Flat Pad.
Compound and Materials: M105 (1-4 passes) M205 (1-3 passes) Straight 91% IPA wipedowns (Thanks Rsurfer for the tip).
Final finishing - Meg's #7, Meg's #26.

This thing was hammered. The interior is going to get replaced, so don't look to hard at the interior afters.
Time involved - guessing around 30 hours.

On to the show:
Before Shots
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Scratch on rear passenger door, after shot below.
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Plenty of TOGW to be found.
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One of the BETTER spots on the top!
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This dullness (oxidation) was covering the entire vehicle.
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Yea, that's a reflection! HA!
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A few of the Interior
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A couple of during shots:
After 2 M105 passes and IPA wipedown.
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Front door after M105 passes and 1 pass with M205.
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The hard plastic trim was all cleaned with straight Odorless Mineral Spirits.
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One top section after 1 pass with M105 - major difference.
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And now on to the after shots. I missed a few of the shots that I have in the before's, but I think you can still catch the level of correction.

First the interiors (again, this wasn't a complete interior resto job - hence the lack of pictures).
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Better at least - major stains in this seat.
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Now the rest...
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Rear bumper corner:
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Forgive the dust - I had just moved it and didn't wipe it down. The Meg's #26 is pretty well magnetized for dust I think. Going to give it a Crystal Mist wipe down before delivery.
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The scratch on Pass. rear door.
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Trim cleaned up pretty nicely (flash is screwing with the color of the door handle).
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No orange peel in this paint at all!
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Some reflections:
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The rear fender flare after being hit with Mineral Spirits (prior to washing).
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Overall shots:
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Higher res pictures (if you want to upsize). The gray weather doesn't do much for beauty shots, so take them with a grain of salt. That's all we have here in GA for a few months.
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For those with short memories;
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[jpegs13]

Great job! I just don't understand why people insist on trashing Jeeps?!
Way to bring her back to life.

[67Customs]

I hope the new driver takes half as much care of it as you have. Nice work.:xyxthumbs:

[Meghan]

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My short memory says thank you!!! :xyxthumbs:
Nice job on that Jeep, love to see cars with that many miles still shining!

[DLB]

Thanks for the compliments.
I know it isn't a Lamborghini, but hey - every vehicle (just about) deserves a little love every now and then. :D

DLB

[Impressions]

let em trash it again.....seems to me you CAN correct it again
Great Job!!

[tuscarora dave]

Nice job, that kid is gonna be very happy on Christmas morning!

[ICEMAN]

I just don't understand why people insist on trashing Jeeps?!

what do you mean? it comes from the factory as trash....


hahahahaha...

you now the "its a jeep thing, you wouldnt understand"... i always say "its a gay thing, only jeep owners would understand" to people who have that on there cheep.



nice turn around!!!

[DARK HORSE]

Very nice Dalton, glad to see you finished it in time for Christmas. Your friends son is very lucky that his dad has such a generous friend so willing to give so much TLC to sweeten up his first ride:dblthumb2:. As Always; great job and outstanding work, looks great buddy!:dblthumb2: