KISS Detail - Extreme Makeover - Toyota Highlander

[PC Too]

came out great. how about repairing some of the stone chips?

[taholman]

I love seeing such a great save. I cant wait to get a buffer so I can polish mine and my wife's car.

[Matt]

What is D151 if you don't mind be asking rather than searching for it?

It's Meguiar's all-in-one polish and sealant.

Meguiar's D151

Come on, it wasn't that hard to search for

[rbss]

Would you recommend using XMT on a new car with light swirls?

[Mike Phillips]

Would you recommend using XMT on a new car with light swirls?

Sorry for the late reply, just now found it...

You could but if it were my "new" car I would use a dedicated process approach, that is use a dedicated polish that has the sole purpose of removing swirls and then I would apply a "finishing wax", or finishing sealant or coating, etc.

See these articles,


3-Categories: Waxes, Paint Sealants and Coatings


The Difference Between a Cleaner/Wax and a Finishing Wax

[RFulmer]

Now this I like to see. Some makeovers of "users" (as I like to call some of the knives in my pocket knife collection). I can't wait to see how that blue car (can't tell what it is) comes out.

Nice job on the Toyota too. I'm about to do the same thing on my 2004 4-Runner that sits outside all the time and is also a "user".

[Marc08EX]

I can't wait to see how that blue car (can't tell what it is) comes out.

Dodge Neon Extreme Makeover with Dodo Juice

[mageA1]

mike, really terrific/inspiring job here... i own a white '07 camry, and will be putting your tips to use to improve the esthetic appeal of the car.
as a white car, mine also has little rock chips that are eye-sores in the paint (and a couple of irritating bumps on the back bumper-cover from my unavoidable 24/7 street-parking situation)... are there any articles on AGO about touching up the paint or even removing small dents/bumps? cheers!

[Mike Phillips]

mike, really terrific/inspiring job here...

Thank you, I try to cover both spectrusm, production detailing, show car detailing and a little in-between.

are there any articles on AGO about touching up the paint or even removing small dents/bumps? cheers!

There are some articles on touching up rock chips and scratches on this forum but I don't recall any on doing PDR, at least not that I can think of, that's a real art form.

Here's two very good how-to threads on doing touch-up work...

Key Repair-Step by Step Procedure


How to fix a deliberate deep key scratch

[Jossy92]

I'm perma-linking this thread..... Great post!

I am going to do the same.

I haven't been online for a while and this is the first post I looked at. I really feel motivated to break out the clay/cleaner wax.

The chips on the hood really make the beauty of the detail and discilpline of the owner POP!