dsms detail - Lexus LX570

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By far the largest vehicle I have detailed, nonetheless a classy car
The Lexus was moderately dirty with a lot of road grime and tar deposits

-pre-foam using maxi suds+dawn

Wash
CWG 2BM
Road Grime Destroyer
Autosmart Tardis
Poly clay and spot clayed as needed with megs agressive

Wheels
Gloss It wheel gel 3:1
ARO

Paint
Gloss It signature sealant
Gloss It Concourso gloss (3layers)

Trim
Gloss It TRV dressing
CG liquid dressing on tires
Glass treated withwindow polymer

Interior
P&S express interior cleaner
Gloss It satin leather polish
1Z plastik reinger (now called plastic deep cleaner)
Carpets treated with Folex






Raised the suspension to it max and PW'ed the wheel wells and cleaned them with ARO





Pulled a lot of grime off the tires



Wheels cleaned inside and out



Wheel wells after



Front end was blasted with a good bit of grime, a mixture of Autosmart Tardis and Surf City grime destroyer was used to loosen up everything



Tar desposits lifting



The whole car needed only a mild clay but some areas required a more agressive bar, meguiars red did the trick



After the wash the car was rinsed with DI water and blow dryed the bulk of the water off with an electric blower, followed by some DD waffle weaves to handle the rest of the water

I began dressing the trim with Gloss It TRV



Glass was treated with a japanese window polymer, protects better than any other product I have used. I let the single coat cure for 5 hours before buffing off

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Rear trunk area had some black streaks which couldnt be removed during the wash process, no Tardis or clay would remove this... this was a no polishing detail but this area had to be hand compounded using Megs 105 DA version and the followed up with 205

The black streaks were polised out completely

Before, tough to get on camera the arrow points to the faint black streaking



After



All metal trimwork polished with Adams 1+2



All running boards treated with TRV as well



Paint was given 2 IPA wipedowns before applying LSP
After the final 3 coats og Concourso Gloss...





Applying LSP to the roof was not a fun task, yet well worth it later



Interior after









Some final shots..

















Thanks for looking

[bigfish528]

great work love the new LX you made it sparkle

[TSC17]

Yes, those are BIG vehicles! Great work as always Dave.

[Apollo_Auto]

Nice work David, very thorough!

[bufferbarry]

nice work dave, thats probaly one of the nicest luxary suv's out there. so I see your liking that japanease glass treatment!

[tdekany]

Beautiful car and great detail!!!!

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Originally Posted by bufferbarry

nice work dave, thats probaly one of the nicest luxary suv's out there. so I see your liking that japanease glass treatment!

Yea the LX is a beautiful SUV, drove it to and from the owners house and its extremely smooth. Thanks Barry!

[SCoach]

Amazing detail to be sure, but to me, even more impressive is the garage organization. As a minimalist by nature, the very simple and effective way you have your shelves, bottles, and brushes organized is inspiring. Nicely done on the car and the garage!

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Originally Posted by SCoach

Amazing detail to be sure, but to me, even more impressive is the garage organization. As a minimalist by nature, the very simple and effective way you have your shelves, bottles, and brushes organized is inspiring. Nicely done on the car and the garage!

Thank you! I just re-did my garage and needed as much space as possible, my goal was simplicity and efficiency

The end result..

[duke4ever]

Saw you used 1Z plastik reinger, a few days ago I received my order of 1Z plastic cleaner. I used it and it worked well however, I must ask do you find it works better than just SG+water? Is there a particular reason I should just use the 1Z instead of the SG?

[bigjizzles]

great turn out and great car,nice pictures! what was the thing you used on the windows?