1994 Land Cruiser

[Scottwax]

Got a lot more pics to upload then post but this one is pretty picture intensive so I`ll give it a thread of its own.



1994 Toyota Land Cruiser. Had to break it up over two days due to regularly scheduled morning appointments the two days I had this week to work it in. First day I did the interior, washing, claying, tires, fenderwell and came back the next day to polish and seal it.



Not in the best shape but not too horrible.



http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/500/1994_Toyota_Land_Cruiser_before1.jpg



http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/500/1994_Toyota_Land_Cruiser_before2.jpg



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http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/500/1994_Toyota_Land_Cruiser_interior_front_ds_before. jpg



During the Optimum No Rinse wash and claying with Meguiars white (consumer) clay:



http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/500/1994_Toyota_Land_Cruiser_washed_clayed1.jpg



http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/500/1994_Toyota_Land_Cruiser_ONR_clay2.jpg



The interior was cleaned with BioKleen Traffic Lane Cleaner on carpets and mats, Woolite/water to clean vinyl and leather. Vinyl dressed with Optimum Protectant Plus, leather with Meguiars Gold Class for Leather.



http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/500/1994_Toyota_Land_Cruiser_interior_backend2.jpg



http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/500/1994_Toyota_Land_Cruiser_interior_backend3.jpg



http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/500/1994_Toyota_Land_Cruiser_interior_backend.jpg



http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/500/1994_Toyota_Land_Cruiser_interior_middle1.jpg



http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/500/1994_Toyota_Land_Cruiser_interior_middle2.jpg



http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/500/1994_Toyota_Land_Cruiser_interior_front1.jpg



http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/500/1994_Toyota_Land_Cruiser_interior_front_ps.jpg



Nice phone, eh? The plastic coating on the wood trim was beginning to delaminate, nothing I can do about that.



http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/500/1994_Toyota_Land_Cruiser_phone.jpg



Got low miles?



http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/500/1994_Toyota_Land_Cruiser_miles.jpg

[Scottwax]

I was somewhat limited on the exterior, especially after 45 minutes of vacuuming the interior to remove dog hair. I am not sure if the customer actually owns this Land Cruiser (he has an X5 and an AMG SL55) so that might be the reason he gave me a price limit. Plus, it has Missouri plates! That meant a two step exterior detail. I really need 3 to finish down swirl free with the rotary (either UDM or rotary/Ultrafina) so I ended up polishing it out with the UDM using a yellow Meguiars polishing pad along with Optimum Polish and sealing with Meguiars NXT2 using a tan Meguiars finishing pad. Tires, trim, running boards and fenderwells dressed with Armor All.



Not 100% swirl free but not bad for one polishing step. Ignore the streaks from not completely wiping off the polish. ;)



http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/500/1994_Toyota_Land_Cruiser_flash1.jpg



No sun at all after I finished and the only place at these condos that there was any sun was right in front of the entrance gates. Figured I would piss a lot of people off parking it there for pics. :lol



Anyway, turned out pretty good for a two step.



http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/500/1994_Toyota_Land_Cruiser_front1.jpg



http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/500/1994_Toyota_Land_Cruiser_frontend1.jpg



http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/500/1994_Toyota_Land_Cruiser_rear1.jpg



http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/500/1994_Toyota_Land_Cruiser_side1.jpg



http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/500/1994_Toyota_Land_Cruiser_backend1.jpg



http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/500/1994_Toyota_Land_Cruiser_front2.jpg



http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/500/1994_Toyota_Land_Cruiser_frontend2.jpg



http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/500/1994_Toyota_Land_Cruiser_side2.jpg

[cajunfirehawk]

Awesome job as always Scott but I have to ask; on a job like that where time is limited as are the funds, what treatment does the roof get?

:nixweiss

And any of you other pros can chime in on this question has this is really a somewhat generic question on larger vehicles such has this one...thanks.

[Frito Bandito]

Looks great, Scott! `Bout time you posted another C&B!



What polish did you use?

[asleepz]

I love Land Cruisers of all ages, very nice detail and good job bringing the ole girl back!

[Scottwax]

Awesome job as always Scott but I have to ask; on a job like that where time is limited as are the funds, what treatment does the roof get?

:nixweiss





Same as the rest, that`s why time can be limited on large SUVs. Typically though, the roof doesn`t need as much polishing, I guess because less people touch them. In this case, since it was one polishing step, the roof got it too.




What polish did you use?



I used Optimum Polish, thought I had listed it. http://www.scottwax.com/rice/videos/smilies/pat.gif

[Chris@Optimum]

I`ve been putting off detailing the wife`s `97 Landcruiser...You`ve motivated me to get on it!

I`ve never posted a C&B b4 but maybe this`ll be my first since I will be doing it at my own pace instead of for a client. Great work as usual Scott! How`d you like all those curves on the FJ80? hehe.

[Driven Auto Detail]

That thing is a beast. Great work, as always! How are you liking your digi-cam?

[imported_smprince1]

Really nice work as usual, but my eyes are really drawn to how great the interior looked in the afters. I`m gonna have to try some of the BioKleen Traffic Lane Cleaner when my Matrix Grand SLam TLC runs out.

[Pats300zx]

Great work Scott. The pics with the new cam are great. :2thumbs:



Nice work on the interior. Do people still use those phones?

[mhadden]

The 80 series is the best LC IMO, Very beautiful! And the locker option for the front was the last time it was offered by Toyota... I`m curious as to why that cellphone was in there, its as if the guy still uses it! :lol (he won`t be using that old analog thing much longer though!) I think your 2-step process still turned out excellent! :xyxthumbs

[BigAl3]

cleaned up pretty nice, even for a one step. nice job :up

[mazdaguy]

looks awesome!

[Thomas Dekany]

Scott - what a liquidy looking paint. Excellent work :xyxthumbs :xyxthumbs



I normally don`t really want to recommend products, but to you I`d say to try the white ccs pads from Autogeek. It has a lot of cut while being a fairly soft pad. It may give you better results. m2c

[gmblack3]

That cleaned up very nice Scott! I am going to order some BioKleen TLC the next time I order some bac-out. The bac-out works great for food/protein based stains.