Torture: 1995 Chevy Silverado (56K warning, lots pics)

[Whitethunder46]

Well, it`s done. 8 hours of labor with an hour of good help from my girl.



Background: It only has 35,000 miles on it but it seems like it has 200,000.



Payment: $110 It is a family truck and is my late grandfather`s. Normal charge would be $225.



Process: (Exterior)



Wash with NXT and APC+ 10:1 in some areas. White Shmitt on some areas, black wheel shmitt in others. 2 bucket method with pressure washer.



Front end I use a combo of Stoner`s tarminator and Megs Body Solvent, really worked quite well with the black wheel shmitt. I also used this method on the bottom of the rear bumper behind the wheels.



Running boards I used DP`s Gel wheel cleaner since they were an uncoated aluminum.



Wheels received Megs Wheel Bright 4:1, tires Purple power 1:1, and fender wells.... well, they pretty much got everything I had (tarminator, APC+, body solvent, purple power, Armor All tire cleaner, etc.)



Tires dressed with Megs Hot shine Gel



Windows cleaned with DP`s Krystal Vision



Wheels polished with #0000 steel wool and Mother`s chrome polish. Also use this method on front bumper and rear bumper. Running boards also polished this way.



Side mirrors receive Klasse AIO used as a cleaner.



Front windshied polished with #0000 steel wool and Klasse AIO, followed by AIO on Blue edge pad via PC speed 5.5



All exterior black trim received 303 Protectant



Engine:

Cleaned with DP Engine cleaner on parts, and Purple Power 1:1 on others. Scrubbed with Megs Wheel brush.



Dressed with Zep All Around





Paint Polish:

Hood got XMT4 and yellow Edge pad via PC speed 6, followed by Edge orange and OP speed 6. Yea, it took about 45 min. I pretty much ran out of time, so I went ahead and used XMT 360 via PC Green pad for the rest of the truck. I mainly used it as a cleaner and it worked very very well.



Followed this with Edge orange pad and Pink Moose speed 5.

Semi-worked it in to clean the paint more. dDd the entire truck then buffed off.

Followed this with Souveran Paste.



Interior:

WOW! It was DIRTY!! Used APC+ 10:1 on the entire interior. On the floor mat I used a Black shmitt and just cleaned it like it was part of the truck. Dried with an old bath towel.

I tried some NXT Tire foam on some areas of the floor mat, didn`t really do anything for me. So, I went with some 303 protectant. Holy crap, I have a new favorite interior dressing for semi-gloss looks. I usually use Optimum Protectant, which I love, but gives an extremely matte finish.



I also used 303 on the floormat.



Seats received Megs Leather cleaner/conditioner.



DG Oder removal and in air vents



Now for ALL the pics!!



Before:

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AFTER:

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a13/carolinaheels42/SL554549.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a13/carolinaheels42/SL554546.jpg

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[SVTContour]

Incredible turnaround!!! :bigups

[imported_paradigm]

excellent work! that thing was in rough shape.

[kleraudio]

Wow, I have been looking forward to seeing the transformation of that truck! It looks GREAT. I bet your grandfather is ecstatic.



How did you like the XMT 4?



Great work man!!



Jim

[Whitethunder46]

Wow, I have been looking forward to seeing the transformation of that truck! It looks GREAT. I bet your grandfather is ecstatic.



How did you like the XMT 4?



Great work man!!



Jim



It worked pretty well. After buffing off, I was like, eh, nothing spectacular. But after following with OP, wow, it really brought out the shine and such.

[rkf76]

Dang man, that engine bay is simply beautiful. Good job man!!

[Evenflow]

Awesome turn around, that engine bay looks amazing.

[Pats300zx]

Awesome job !!!!

[kleraudio]

Oh yea, that engine bay does look amazing!



Jim

[steelwind101]

WOW!! That was a great detail, the car looks better then new now. That would be great to drive about town as people would hardly believe there eyes!!



Geoff

[dubbletrubble]

It is amazing what a good detail can do to any vehicle

[gmblack3]

Great recovery!

[tom p.]

WOW, major recovery! What a toilet bowl. Sounds like you`re doing charity work at that price ;)



That final beading shot is awesome...it`s amazing what modern technology permits us to do when put in the hands of someone capable!



You can be proud of that job. Nice effort :)

[imported_GregCavi]

Helluva Job! You should be very proud.



Greg

[Spilchy]

Great work! Serious turnaround.



Are the wheels uncoated aluminum too? If so, did the wheel brightener stain them at all?



Don`t forget under the bench seat :D :bolt