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    Re: Worst vehicles to detail?

    For me it was a Range Rover. The roughest terrain it ever saw was a parking lot but it was outfitted with every off road accessory known to man including the headlight & taillight guards. Very fiddly and tedious work.

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    Re: Worst vehicles to detail?

    Every time I look at the new `vettes (hi ya, Ron!) I think that I`d go nuts trying to keep one of those the way I`d want it...just so many.."details" that`d have to be attended to.

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    Re: Worst vehicles to detail?

    I agree with anything the owner says is pristine or showroom new!
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    Re: Worst vehicles to detail?

    I don`t like large pickups with long roofs (crew cab/extended cab) SUVs, Jeeps (my wife had a 1996 Cherokee ... too many sharp bends etc) AND like others have said: "anything the owner says is pristine or almost *new.*"
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    Re: Worst vehicles to detail?

    Did this at work `for fun` to try out me new Flex 3401. LC Force Hybrids, M101/M205 then CQuartz UK. Have another one in the fleet as well...might be quite a while before I do that `for fun`...as in `maybe next year`. Friggin` roof seemed to go on forever...makes our collection of E250 vans look small by comparison.

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    Re: Worst vehicles to detail?

    Quote Originally Posted by Accumulator View Post
    Every time I look at the new `vettes (hi ya, Ron!) I think that I`d go nuts trying to keep one of those the way I`d want it...just so many.."details" that`d have to be attended to.
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    Formerly the "Best Detailer", now just Super Wax Waster Man. Not necessarily tactful, but normally right. It`s good to be da King !!!

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    Re: Worst vehicles to detail?

    Chevrolet Avalanche...too much plastic

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    Re: Worst vehicles to detail?

    Be careful, you are going to upset RONKH.
    Quote Originally Posted by 512detail View Post
    white corvette`s with chrome wheels... just no way to make them shine

    but seriously..any vehicle where the owner brags about how well maintained it is....well then wth are you calling a detailer?!

    I don`t like lifted trucks! in general or to detail

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    Re: Worst vehicles to detail?

    Quote Originally Posted by 512detail View Post
    white corvette`s with chrome wheels... just no way to make them shine
    White Vette with matte black wheels is a different story

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    Re: Worst vehicles to detail?

    The carpet on some VW`s, the type where you have to manually remove larger debris that becomes woven into the crazy fibers.

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    Re: Worst vehicles to detail?

    For me it`s my wife`s Town and Country... and she knows it too, I think she even snickers when she ask me wash it....
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    Quote Originally Posted by atgonzales View Post
    For me it`s my wife`s Town and Country... and she knows it too, I think she even snickers when she ask me wash it....
    Our minivan was time-consuming but low-effort, so for me that worked out to "pretty easy". But several hours per layer of KSG sure did get old, let alone when it needed correcting...it wasn`t the big panels but rather all the weird stuff like sliding door-related areas and all those angled slots in the grilles. Washing it actually went a lot faster than the Tahoe for some reason and just *SO* much easier; I used to wash the MPV all the time but I procrastinate on the Tahoe something awful

    That "slots in grilles" makes me think how today`s Lexus grilles would be awfully time-consuming.

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    Re: Worst vehicles to detail?

    School buses (after 9 months of school)
    Larger Fire Trucks (for summer parades)

    Never have done either, though, ... but just sayin`...

    I must say, though, that community fire/safety/rescue squad departments that are made up of volunteer fire and rescue personnel take ALOT of time in cleaning/maintaining their vehicles. My hat goes off to them for not only the time they put in for training and the services they provide to small local and rural communities, but in the pride they have in their vehicles and how they look in parades.
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    Quote Originally Posted by quebert View Post
    Neighbor has a super raised FX4, I could not do the front window for anything lol. Even with a ladder I couldn`t figure out a good way to get at it. Plus I felt like I was going to topple over trying. I`ve since bought one of those Stoner glass cleaning wand thingies which would work great on a boom handle. But I don`t think I`ll ever detail a truck that high off the ground again.
    Traxion 3-700 ProGear Topside Creeper look this up on amazon

    I`m actually looking into getting one at some point

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    RV`S and Boats can be a pain in the you know what! lol

 

 
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