Typical Kiwi Ute!!

[Aaryn NZ]

Hello my Autogeek friends.

Here is a detail I done not too long ago on a 2013 Holden Colorado.
Yep - its pretty dirty & not in great shape but all too often, quite the norm for me to get vehicles in this condition. Luckily I like a good challenge!

Right, lets go . . .

This is how the Colorado turned up. As you can see - relatively dirty, lots of mud underneath & even through the coating of dirt I could see the swirls & RIDS everywhere.





































. . . Hefty wash process completed & mud cleaned off the wash pad. Door shuts cleaned up & ready for the interior detailing. Yikes!








Interior started with a lengthy vacuum, followed up with a combination of hot extraction & steaming. Tornador, APC, various brushes, steamer etc to get the trim cleaned up. Glass made sparkly clean, final vacuum & inspected . . . interior done.

























Polishing time.
Paint clayed, inspected & test spot done. M101 on orange 5 inch LC Hybrids - M205 on LC CCS white & topped with D156.
Some 50/50 shots during compounding . . .




















Finally - Colorado finished!












Sorry, the sun disappeared & rained not long after so couldn't get any sun shots but i estimate somewhere around 80% correction on the paint - thinking the RIDS were more like REDS (Really Everywhere . . ) for this one.

Thank you all for having a look.
Cheers Aaryn.

[Goin Rogue]

Amazing doesn't describe that transformation! That was one of the dirtiest interiors I have ever seen. That Colorado looks new again, great job!

[Angus]

Amazing results! Had you not shown the process I'd swear you swapped Ute's with a brand new one! The owner must have been thrilled!!

[Aaryn NZ]

Amazing doesn't describe that transformation! That was one of the dirtiest interiors I have ever seen. That Colorado looks new again, great job!

Thanks mate.
It wasn't pretty for sure but not as bad as some that have been in. Appreciate your compliments.

Amazing results! Had you not shown the process I'd swear you swapped Ute's with a brand new one! The owner must have been thrilled!!

Cheers Angus.
Haha - i couldn't afford a new one so had to carry on with the old one.
This was detailed for a dealer. Quite often i get the ones that no one else will or can do.

[BillE]

Okay Aaryn, where's the original truck?

Man, what a difference...well done my friend!

OT: That looks like a lot of the 'farm trucks' I see around here. Difference is they NEVER get even a simply 'hose off' till they trade 'em off.

Bill

[CDot]

Holy cow...that has to be ranked as one of the best complete turn-arounds I've seen on AGO. Great job!

And I noticed you said "typical" like this is normal wear--sheesh.

[RTexasF]

I hope the dealer paid you well......you absolutely deserve it .

[Belphegor]

Excellent work, stunning results! May I ask how many hours you spent on that truck?

[miad]

Generally, with the transformations you see on here, there are a lot of the same answers.... "great job", "awesome work", just the normal quick compliments, so I never think to chime in with the same thing. but time is different. I mean this is one of the best transformations you will ever see. even for someone that has been doing this for over 20 years, results like this are rarely seen, because you rarely get an "opportunity" to work on something that bad. I'm not sure what the word is, but to call your performance "amazing" is not nearly doing it justice.
by the way, that's an odd looking vehicle? its like the front end is a Traverse, the doors are from a Colorado, the interior is a mix of the 2, and then the bed looks like something from a John Deere Gator.

[Klasse Act]

Fantastic turnaround! The Colorado down under looks complately different from the ones we have here! The front end kinda looks like a Chevy Traverse.

Hope the owner is happy

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