My new DD meets Collinite.

[James K]

Well some of you already know that I retired the Cobra and bought a 2007 Toyota Highlander. Got for a steal, but it was nasty. So bad my fiancee thought I made a mistake and paid to much for it. Now that it is cleaned up she loves it.

The previous owners have two huskies which go everywhere with them. The car never had a good cleaning, just touchless washes. Two inches of dog hair filled the underseat areas. The carpets, seats, plastics, and head liner were all covered in dirt, hair, and dog slobber.

I am sorry I do not have any before pics, they are on my good camera, and I don't have my computer to upload them. So all of this is done from my phone including the pics.

Anyway, I did not have time for a full correction, and am out of XMT 360, so I decided to just wash, clay and seal. I was going to use DP Poli-Coat, but I stopped in to Advanced to get a new cabin air filter and saw 1 bottle of Collinite 845! So after all the talk on here I decides to give it a try. Happy I did.

So let's start off. The car first got a bath in dawn and Zep citrus. It also got a zep presoak. After that I broke out the Meguiars clay. Yuck! The car was heavily contaminated.

This is the clay after a 2'*2' section on the hood.
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e138/M4Operator/IMAG0039.jpg


This is the clay after a spot on the roof.
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e138/M4Operator/IMAG0040.jpg

Here is some of the contaminants.
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e138/M4Operator/IMAG0041.jpg

I had already spent two hours vacuuming, two hours and 52oz of citrus cleaner on the plastics, and close to a half of a gallon of Folex just trying to get the interior clean. The water coming out of the seats during extraction was beyond disgusting.

I will try to upload pics when I get to my computer of everything.

Here are a couple of the finished product.
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e138/M4Operator/IMAG0042-1.jpg
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e138/M4Operator/IMAG0044-2.jpg
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e138/M4Operator/IMAG0043-1.jpg
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e138/M4Operator/IMAG0048-1.jpg

Other products used were DP waterless as a clay lube, Mothers Advanced Tire Care, Adams VRT, and DP Extractor pre treatment.

I applied the 845 with a Megs MFDA finishing pad. I wanted to see if it would help clean the paint. It seemed to help.

All in all I like the way the 845 looks, and can't wait to see how it holds up.

My fiancee thinks its a new car!!!!!

[BobbyG]

James,

You did one heck of a job!

Tackling a vehicle that has had little in the way regular maintain other than an occasional wash can be quite an undertaking! The claying shows just how dirty the paint was and the finished job really shines!! :props:

It actually looks like it just rolled off the showroom floor...

[James K]

Thanks! It is going to get a full correction next month sometime. Then it will probably get topped with the 845 again. I kinda lime this stuff. LOL.

[BobbyG]

James, I've never heard of anyone that's tried it didn't like it.....:props:

[James K]

I can see why. Easy on, easy off, and a great shine. I will still stock with Souveran on the Cobra but this seems almost perfect for daily drivers.

[mdb917]

Hi James -
Great job on the Highlander. :props:

What's up with the Cobra? Retire? Those of us who live up North have to put our babies away for winter so I'm curious about the Cobra.

Mike

[James K]

Thanks Mike.

The Cobra was my daily driver for the past few years. I work in Ft Stewart and live in Naples Florida. So I drive between the two every month. Plus the Army sends me all over FL, GA, AL, SC, MS, and LA, so the Cobra got many many road miles. I have now parked it and it will now be a nice weather weekend car for when I am home. Going from 1500 miles a month to less then that a year.

[ScottB]

sounds like it would have been a great test for Iron-X

[James K]

No kidding! I really wish I would have had some. I was thinking that as I was claying. I have a bottle of it, just not with me. Sucks.

[Audi X2]

James awesome work as usual!
Nice to be able to give the Cobra some rest.

Next time you need something just let me know. I have XMT 360 and Poli-Seal in the garage.

[James K]

Thanks Buddy! I should have figured you would have had some 360. Oh well. At least I got to try a new product.

[Matt575]

I'll try asking here too...why does everyone like the collinite 845 over the 476? Doesn't the 476 have better durability?

[Belair]

Man oh man, this is yet another example of how terrific that 845 makes silver paint gleam. Fine work James.

[dad07]

James thats a good looking DD.....coli 845 is a outstanding lsp.

[john b]

nice work:xyxthumbs: how did the waterless work for a clay lube?