'98 Lincoln Navigator Extreme Makeover 56K NO WAY!

[RaskyR1]

I did this vehicle a while back, but since I'm still new to Autopia I thought I'd share some of my work...

10 years, 4 kids, 3 dogs, 1 horse, a long dirt road, and a vehicle that has never been detailed.

This vehicle belongs to my girls' parents. She was between cars and needed a vehicle, so they let her borrow it. My girl bought a new car a week later and I've had it the last few weeks at my disposal. She wanted to clean it to show her appreciation...I though it made for a good extreme makeover.

Total time invested was about 22 hours.

Process:

Wash - Gold Class
Clay - Aggressive Clay
Step 1 - M105 Via rotary and wool cutting pad
Step 2 - M66 via flex and W8207 pad
Wax - NXT 2.0
Exterior cleaning - APC+
Wheels - Wheel Brightner
Interior Cleaning vinyl/leather - APC
Carpet - APC+ (Hand scrubbed, followed with LGM)
Leather conditioner - Gold Class
Engine/Wheel Well Drsesing - Water Based Dressing
Tires - 303 Aerospace
Interior dress - 303 Aerospace
Weather stripping - 303 Aerospace
Tail/Head lights - M105 followed by PlastX
Chrome - Hot Rims Chrome polish

Before













Major spillage...I removed the front seats to get at it better.









Interior was dusty









Seats were pretty dirty and the dye was wearing off the front ones

[RaskyR1]

Door panels were not too bad but the speaker grills have gotten dirty over the years.



Back center console


Exterior


Visible paint scuffs



Balck trim was oxidized



Rubbers on the back were brown from the dirt road

Tires/wheel wells...dirt road evidence


Engine



All taped up...



Tail lights

[RaskyR1]

Door jambs all dirty


It was very hard to capture the true condition of the paint but you should get the idea. Some RIDS remained but without a PTG I wasn't going to push it.


50 / 50 shot


After 105/M66


After





Seat racks were cleaned



Lether turned out good. We were going to have the front seats dyed but the guys wanted $200+ so we left them as is.

[RaskyR1]

Speaker grills turned out good



Engine




Exterior

Chips were brush touched but the owner picked it up just as I finished so no pics of that.







Black trim turned out nice



A little paint work on the hitch

Tire/wheel

The MN winters combined with the dirt road have taken their toll on the wheel wells. The under coating was weathered and cracked. I figured it was going to get dirty again real soon so left them like this.

Side by side plastic polishing

After

Jambs were cleaned and weather stripping dressed





Thanks for looking!
Rasky

[FarmerTom390]

Thats a pretty good looking turn around, that navi was on its way to being a junker.

[EisenHulk]

Damn fine work, Rasky. Great save. I'm sure it felt like a new vehicle to them.

[Sludge]

Beautiful job. That truck looks tons better, especially for a 10 year old vehicle. The owners should be thrilled.

[Got_Leather]

Huge turnaround. Great job. Now sell that big thing and make some dough.

DJ

[oeklm]

Great job.... that thing WAS a mess =)

[triblk6spd]

Very nice! Very impressed! What did you use to get the carpet so clean? What type of shampooer? What is LGM?

[RaskyR1]

Thanks Guys!

Originally Posted by triblk6spd

Very nice! Very impressed! What did you use to get the carpet so clean? What type of shampooer? What is LGM?

Meguiars APC+ for the most part. I hand scrubbed the areas and then followed them up with my Bissel Little Green Machine. I use a small amount of Folex in the unit too. Since I only detail part time now, the cost of a high dollar extractor is not justified. The LGM seems to do well but lacks the lift, pressure, and temp of the high dollar units. I do follow with my shop vac after doing a section with the LGM since it suck up more water.

Rasky

[Hemin8r]

Dude, you did an awesome job on this Navi. I bet her parents loved it! I did a couple of vehicles this past weekend with similair interiors. Well, not that bad but close enough.