SeaJay`s Detailing - Nissan Altima

[SeaJays]

I was referred to this customer by one of my regulars. She was looking to have the vehicle cleaned up (for a reasonable price) so she could sell it to her brother.



The vehicle had not seen an exterior wash since it was purchased in 2007. The interior had be vacuumed and cleaned a few times.



There were two areas of concern on the exterior that she wanted to see if I could correct. She had rubbed her garage walls a few times...the front bumper was bad, but the passenger side wasn`t too bad and was able to get almost 100% correction on it. Both areas were hit with D300 and then GPS.



Products Used:

OPC 3:1 - For cleaning the hard surfaces in the interior and the door jambs

Folex - For carpets

303 Aerospace - to dress the interior

Megs Window Cleaner

DP Xtreme Foam - In two buckets and used in foam cannon

Dawn - Mixed with DP Xtreme foam in foam cannon

Iron- X - For wheels and paint decontamination

Poorboys Bug Squash

Speedy Surface Prep Towel

Glide - Lube for the Speedy towel

ONR - Diluted to clay lube strength

Pinnacle poly clay - for the heavily contaminated sections

D300

Optimum GPS

Blackfire Tire Gel

Chemical Guys Stripper Scent

Kleen Keyboard q-tip type things (can`t recall the exact name off the top of my head). Use them for cleaning vents and hard to reach areas. Also have some for dressing.



Equipment Used:

Three 5 gallon buckets - 1 for wheels/tires and 2 for the normal wash

Karcher 2000psi Pressure washer

Foam lance

Vapor Clean Gaia - steamer portion only

Chenille wash mitt

Various brushes - stiff brush for tires, wheel well brush, lug nut brush, raceglaze brushes for emblems, door jambs, etc, carpet brushes

Many MFs

Cobro application

Porter Cable 7424

Megs MF Cutting disk - used with D300

LC White pads - 3 for the whole car

Ridge 4 gallon shop vac



Now onto the pics...



As the car arrived



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Front Bumper area - notice that some areas were taken all the way to the plastic



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This is the other area on the passenger side - not nearly as bad and some of it was just rubber transfer



http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/JPerrydore/Nissan%20Altima%20-%20Erin%20Blacklock/IMG_8669.jpg



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http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/JPerrydore/Nissan%20Altima%20-%20Erin%20Blacklock/IMG_8667.jpg



All the door jambs were pretty dirty



http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/JPerrydore/Nissan%20Altima%20-%20Erin%20Blacklock/IMG_8672.jpg



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The interior wasn`t really bad, just some stains in the carpet that had been there awhile. The drivers side was the worse due to she didn`t have mats in the car for awhile...so there are tears and heavy staining in this area. She just asked me to do a quick cleaning on it. I ended up spending more time than expected here cause I kept saying to myself "I know I can get it better" lol.



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After the vehicle was washed (sorry no pics, it`s hard to do pics when I"m on my own). The paint was sprayed with Iron-X and let to dwell about 5 minutes.



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http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/JPerrydore/Nissan%20Altima%20-%20Erin%20Blacklock/IMG_8689.jpg



http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/JPerrydore/Nissan%20Altima%20-%20Erin%20Blacklock/IMG_8690.jpg



http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/JPerrydore/Nissan%20Altima%20-%20Erin%20Blacklock/IMG_8691.jpg



And the afters...interior first



http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/JPerrydore/Nissan%20Altima%20-%20Erin%20Blacklock/IMG_8693.jpg



http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/JPerrydore/Nissan%20Altima%20-%20Erin%20Blacklock/IMG_8694.jpg



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http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/JPerrydore/Nissan%20Altima%20-%20Erin%20Blacklock/IMG_8697.jpg



I wasn`t completely satisfied with the drivers area carpet...I think if I had spent a little more time on it I could have gotten it a little better. But overall a good improvement.



http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/JPerrydore/Nissan%20Altima%20-%20Erin%20Blacklock/IMG_8700.jpg



http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/JPerrydore/Nissan%20Altima%20-%20Erin%20Blacklock/IMG_8701.jpg



http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/JPerrydore/Nissan%20Altima%20-%20Erin%20Blacklock/IMG_8702.jpg



And the exterior pics



http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/JPerrydore/Nissan%20Altima%20-%20Erin%20Blacklock/IMG_8703.jpg



http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/JPerrydore/Nissan%20Altima%20-%20Erin%20Blacklock/IMG_8704.jpg



Passenger side where the scratches were - all came out except one or two deep ones.



http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/JPerrydore/Nissan%20Altima%20-%20Erin%20Blacklock/IMG_8705.jpg



Front bumper - really cleaned up nicely but there were a lot more deeper scratches here that I did not get out.



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The customer was thrilled with my work and will be bringing me her new Audi A4 a few times a year to keep up with it.



Thanks for reading!

[C. Charles Hahn]

Looks good! That`s about as good as it gets being the car was beat up like it was.

[Underdawg736GTC]

Yikes! Looks a lot like my wife`s Saturn, something I`m dreading to tackle...but it needs to be done....badly. Amazing turn around especially with the areas she "ooops"! How long did it take you to get it back into shape?

Hopefully her words will turn into action and she`ll bring her new A4 before it gets anywhere close to the Altima!



Amazing work my friend! :bigups

[DatacomGuy]

How...the heck.. do people drive around with their car in that condition. Boggles my mind.

[pwaug]

How...the heck.. do people drive around with their car in that condition. Boggles my mind.



and now she`s going to do it to an Audi A4!!!! As you said "Boggles my mind."

[SeaJays]

Yikes! Looks a lot like my wife`s Saturn, something I`m dreading to tackle...but it needs to be done....badly. Amazing turn around especially with the areas she "ooops"! How long did it take you to get it back into shape?

Hopefully her words will turn into action and she`ll bring her new A4 before it gets anywhere close to the Altima!



Amazing work my friend! :bigups





Took me about 6 hours total.



I have all her contact info, so I`m going to stay on top of her to ensure her A4 is taken care of!

[imported_RedlineIRL]

Wow, nice turnaround. Esopecially with only 6 hours into it. It amazes me how people can stand to drive around in a vehicle that filthly, pretty disgusting when you think about it

[Scottwax]

Great job bringing that car back!

[SeaJays]

Wow, nice turnaround. Esopecially with only 6 hours into it. It amazes me how people can stand to drive around in a vehicle that filthly, pretty disgusting when you think about it



This car is nothing compared to some of the vehicles I have done. I have had some that I really can`t believe anyone was driving in it. But some people just don`t care about that type of stuff I guess.




Great job bringing that car back!



Thanks!

[Underdawg736GTC]

Incredible for 6 hrs of work!

My wife`s Saturn (which I`ve basically disowned), is absolutely annihilated and she wants me to make it look new again. I`m hesitant to do so because I know it`ll be trashed again in 2 weeks or less. The interior is way too trashed for my abilities.

Again, Awesome job!