Scarelane
07-02-2011, 09:09 PM
This is our 2002 Toyota Highlander. It's the kid hauler, the Home Depot hauler, the lawn mower hauler, ect. It get's used for sure! My wife never washes her and I've let it get way to cruddy. So this morning I decided to finally get her cleaned up.
Products used:
Tires: Amazing Roll-Off
Wheels: Griot's Heavy-Duty Wheel Cleaner + Daytona Speed Master
Foam Bath/Wash: Dawn + DP Xtreme Foam
Bugs: Diamondite Bug Eraser + Scary Pinnacle Yellow Safe Bug Scrubber
Clay: Griot's + Speed Shine
DA: Griot's + Griot's Orange and Red pads
Polish: Meguiar's #80
Wax: Collinite's 845
Tires: Ultima TTGP
Glass Outside: DuraGloss 751
Glass Inside: Stoner Invisible Glass
Interior: AutoGeek Tornador
Here are some before pics:
http://i676.photobucket.com/albums/vv126/67ford_MN/Highlander/IMG_3066.jpg
http://i676.photobucket.com/albums/vv126/67ford_MN/Highlander/IMG_3067.jpg
http://i676.photobucket.com/albums/vv126/67ford_MN/Highlander/IMG_3068.jpg
http://i676.photobucket.com/albums/vv126/67ford_MN/Highlander/IMG_3069.jpg[/IMG
[IMG]http://i676.photobucket.com/albums/vv126/67ford_MN/Highlander/IMG_3070.jpg
http://i676.photobucket.com/albums/vv126/67ford_MN/Highlander/IMG_3071.jpg
So as you can see, she was covered in bugs, dirt and tar. I actually gave her 2 foam baths and had to hand wash twice! The Diamondite Bug Eraser worked GREAT! Just melted all of the bugs right off. The Griot's wheel cleaner was awesome too. Here's a pic:
http://i676.photobucket.com/albums/vv126/67ford_MN/Highlander/IMG_3072.jpg
The Griot's wheel cleaner worked really well. The wheels were yucky, but came out very good.
Then after I got her clayed (my Griot's clay seemed very sticky today) I tried Griot's Machine Polish #3 and I thought it was VERY difficult to remove. So I ended up using Meguiar's #80. Good results and MUCH easier to use. This was my first time using Collinite's 845 and it was AWESOME! Went on easy and removed super easy. Great shine as well. I also tried the Ultima TTGP on the tires and I thought it was kinda difficult to apply evenly, but I'm sure it just takes some practice.
Here are some after shots:
http://i676.photobucket.com/albums/vv126/67ford_MN/Highlander/IMG_3077.jpg
http://i676.photobucket.com/albums/vv126/67ford_MN/Highlander/IMG_3076.jpg
http://i676.photobucket.com/albums/vv126/67ford_MN/Highlander/IMG_3075.jpg
http://i676.photobucket.com/albums/vv126/67ford_MN/Highlander/IMG_3074.jpg
http://i676.photobucket.com/albums/vv126/67ford_MN/Highlander/IMG_3073.jpg
So overall she turned out great! Was a beautiful day for doing some detailing!
:props::buffing:
Products used:
Tires: Amazing Roll-Off
Wheels: Griot's Heavy-Duty Wheel Cleaner + Daytona Speed Master
Foam Bath/Wash: Dawn + DP Xtreme Foam
Bugs: Diamondite Bug Eraser + Scary Pinnacle Yellow Safe Bug Scrubber
Clay: Griot's + Speed Shine
DA: Griot's + Griot's Orange and Red pads
Polish: Meguiar's #80
Wax: Collinite's 845
Tires: Ultima TTGP
Glass Outside: DuraGloss 751
Glass Inside: Stoner Invisible Glass
Interior: AutoGeek Tornador
Here are some before pics:
http://i676.photobucket.com/albums/vv126/67ford_MN/Highlander/IMG_3066.jpg
http://i676.photobucket.com/albums/vv126/67ford_MN/Highlander/IMG_3067.jpg
http://i676.photobucket.com/albums/vv126/67ford_MN/Highlander/IMG_3068.jpg
http://i676.photobucket.com/albums/vv126/67ford_MN/Highlander/IMG_3069.jpg[/IMG
[IMG]http://i676.photobucket.com/albums/vv126/67ford_MN/Highlander/IMG_3070.jpg
http://i676.photobucket.com/albums/vv126/67ford_MN/Highlander/IMG_3071.jpg
So as you can see, she was covered in bugs, dirt and tar. I actually gave her 2 foam baths and had to hand wash twice! The Diamondite Bug Eraser worked GREAT! Just melted all of the bugs right off. The Griot's wheel cleaner was awesome too. Here's a pic:
http://i676.photobucket.com/albums/vv126/67ford_MN/Highlander/IMG_3072.jpg
The Griot's wheel cleaner worked really well. The wheels were yucky, but came out very good.
Then after I got her clayed (my Griot's clay seemed very sticky today) I tried Griot's Machine Polish #3 and I thought it was VERY difficult to remove. So I ended up using Meguiar's #80. Good results and MUCH easier to use. This was my first time using Collinite's 845 and it was AWESOME! Went on easy and removed super easy. Great shine as well. I also tried the Ultima TTGP on the tires and I thought it was kinda difficult to apply evenly, but I'm sure it just takes some practice.
Here are some after shots:
http://i676.photobucket.com/albums/vv126/67ford_MN/Highlander/IMG_3077.jpg
http://i676.photobucket.com/albums/vv126/67ford_MN/Highlander/IMG_3076.jpg
http://i676.photobucket.com/albums/vv126/67ford_MN/Highlander/IMG_3075.jpg
http://i676.photobucket.com/albums/vv126/67ford_MN/Highlander/IMG_3074.jpg
http://i676.photobucket.com/albums/vv126/67ford_MN/Highlander/IMG_3073.jpg
So overall she turned out great! Was a beautiful day for doing some detailing!
:props::buffing: