HD Speed and a neglected Honda Pilot

[House of Wax]

HD Speed to the rescue again. I just love that stuff.

Customer brought me their Honda Pilot family hauler with the warning "my wife doesn't take very good care of it". Well....he wasn't joking. I was later informed by an friend of the customer that it's never been waxed or polished since they've owned it, and it showed. The interior was pretty awful, so I had my work cut out for me there. The customer chose to pay for a one step AIO on the exterior and an interior cleanup, so that's how we proceeded.

Process:

2 Bucket wash with Four Star Ultimate Car Wash
Tires cleaned with Four Star Ultimate Tire Cleaner Gel (I liked this stuff)
Decon with a Nanoskin fine grade prep towel using UWW+
Armor All on wheel wells
Chemical Guys VRP on the tires
Polished with HD Speed on a yellow Rupes microfiber polishing pads using the Rupes 21

Leather was cleaned up with Four Star Ultimate Leather Cleaner Gel
Hard surfaces were wiped down with OPC @3:1 and then treated with Four Star Star Ultimate Vinyl Protectant
Windows cleaned with Stoners


Here's what we started with:

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A couple quick progress pics:

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[House of Wax]

Results:


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[LSNAutoDetailing]

Wow!!! What a transformation!!! Congrats, NICE JOB!

[House of Wax]

Thanks!

[Mike Honcho]

That thing WAS disgusting!!! Nice job!

[AnthonyGXP]

Nice! Speed is definitely one of my AIO's!:dblthumb2:

[House of Wax]

That thing WAS disgusting!!! Nice job!
Yes it was. I was pretty wiped when I was done

[Vegas1]

Looks great!

[jms493]

Looks fantastic. I love seeing normal heavily used cars that have been neglected turned back to new!

[House of Wax]

Thanks guys

[custmsprty]

Outstanding work!

[hawaiian]

Fantastic turnaround! How many passes did you take polishing, how long did the job take?

[BBSD_Zach]

Fantastic job!

[House of Wax]

Fantastic turnaround! How many passes did you take polishing, how long did the job take?
Only took 2 or 3 passes on average. The paint cleaned up pretty quickly. I think I had about 9 or 10 hours into it due to how nasty the inside was.