Acura TL Winter Prep

MarcHarris

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Sorry we haven't posted in awhile! We have a few one's coming and here's the first of 'em



The owner of this vehicle is always busy working as a medical doctor at two different hospitals, and when he's not busy with that, he's busy with his Grandkids at home. He left it up to AutoLavish when it was time to resuscitate his dependable daily driver. Given the style of the new Acuras, the owner desired to keep this one, and we can't blame him. And after some TLC from AutoLavish, why would he not?



The goal was to clean up the interior as thorough as possible, and prep for the coming Winter with a Acrylic Sealant on the exterior. If we could make it look better, then great. Of course we could! We planned on trying out a product we had not used yet: Meg's D151 Reconditioning creme, which would provide some correction on the soft Honda paint, and leave the surface sealed in one step, saving time for the customer (we charge by the hour).



The interior would need lots of work. The carpets showed severe staining around the foot controls, and the interior panels had seen some hyper-grandkid-fun-and-games-gunk. The leather needed reconditioning. Mild extraction would be required. The Glass needed cleaning as well... badly.





Befores:



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Swirls:



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TOGW:



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Since the main focus was the interior, we decided to attack it first. There was significant staining and the leather needed rejuvenation. At the same time, we attacked the door jambs.



Interior before:



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Starting to clean the interior: Used Woolite at 10:1 for the first wipe, followed by 1Z Cockpit Premium. Right before finishing up the interior, Leatherique Penetrating Oil was applied to the leather seats and left to dwell while we worked on the exterior.





50/50 on the door sill:



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50/50 on the lower plastic seat molding / seat controls:



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Coming along...



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Jacob using the LGM to help clean the carpets:



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Interior done:



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some of the boot kick was not coming out :(



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Door jambs:



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After cleaning with Finish Kare 1919:



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Door jams came back nicely



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Second thing was to clean the wheels. We used Meg's Wheel Brightener at 4:1 with various brushes to scrub years of grime off the wheels, bringing them back to former glory



Wheel Brightener applied:



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and rinsed off:



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Next was to clean the paint. Using a mix of Chemical Guys Citrus Wash and Clear with some APC to help cut through the years of grime:



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me like foam!



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fall colors - it was a little chilly (45F) but an otherwise beautiful day



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Once foamed and rinsed, we proceeded to clay. And yep, here is the obliged dirty clay shot



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this was after just the top portion of half the rear bumper:



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We had to Work on getting TOGW (The Other Guy's Wax) out of the crevices before we could start to polish:



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Mud flaps before:



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Mud flap after:



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Fender well after:



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We polished quickly with Meg's Reconditioning Creme D151 via the PC and a green polishing pad. The D151 is similar to an All In One product in that it leaves a layer of protection similar to Klasse AIO, but has slightly more cut to it, similar in cut to M205:



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Glass polished as well, then treated with Aquapel:



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Trim was dressed with Meg's Trim Detailer in Spray form. Here is a 50/50 on the cowl. Right is undressed:



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Total time to complete was just over 4 hours. Thanks for looking!





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Great work usual guys! The interior looks better than new! The paint looks wet as well.

Do you expect the D151 to offer decent protection?
 
Awesome job!!! and quick work!:clap:



Did you use that Woolight on the carpet too? And where do it get some because it looks like brand new carpet. Also what dressing did you use on the tires and wheelwells? It has a perfect shine :heelclick
 
Great work guys! Crazy amount of scuffs on that interior!



Based on the salt depostis that were in the carpet I'd say they never opted for the "spring detail" :D
 
:wow:, all that quality work in 4 hours? Amazing! Aside from the great turnaround, that snippet right there is worthy of praise :2thumbs:.
 
great turn around guys. So what are your thoughts on Meguiars D151 Reconditioning Cream?



I still would like to pick it up but just gathering opinions on it. That TL came out great!
 
JCastro1085 said:
Thats great work right there! What did you use for the fender wells



Thank you, and we used Meguiar's All Season Dressing for that



audicoupej said:
Great work usual guys! The interior looks better than new! The paint looks wet as well.

Do you expect the D151 to offer decent protection?



Thanks! We were happy at how she came around as well! I wouldn't expect the D151 to be much protection stand-alone, but topped off we should have a nice amount of protection. Think of it as an AIO type of product.



Hemin8r said:
Great job once again fellas!



Thank you Hemin8r



b2matt said:
Awesome job!!! and quick work!:clap:



Did you use that Woolight on the carpet too? And where do it get some because it looks like brand new carpet. Also what dressing did you use on the tires and wheelwells? It has a perfect shine :heelclick



Thank's B2Matt! The carpet were dry vacuumed, brushed, then hit with Folex + the little green machine. Tires had No Touch high shine applied (it'll end up slightly more satin-like once completely dried). Wheel wells got hit with Meg's All Season Dressing



Apollo_Auto said:
All that in 4 hours?! Nice work guys!



Thank's Jesse! Makes it quicker when you have two pro's working rather than one ;)



RaskyR1 said:
Great work guys! Crazy amount of scuffs on that interior!

Based on the salt depostis that were in the carpet I'd say they never opted for the "spring detail" :D



Bingo ;)



dc5itr329 said:
awesome work. what products did you use to polish the glass?



Glass was hit with Meguiar's Glass Cleaner Concentrate diluted with reverse osmosis water



MichaelSpoots said:
:wow:, all that quality work in 4 hours? Amazing! Aside from the great turnaround, that snippet right there is worthy of praise :2thumbs:.



I think it was 4 hours and 15 minutes of work - so kinda like 8.5 man-hours. Still had a nice turn around and the interior came out very nice.



vtec92civic said:
great turn around guys. So what are your thoughts on Meguiars D151 Reconditioning Cream?



I still would like to pick it up but just gathering opinions on it. That TL came out great!



This was our first time using it and we really liked it. We also tried 3M Polish Rossa, and while it had more correction ability, we knew the D151 was the winner because it would save additional time. Working in a client's budget is always a key factor!



GallagherAuto said:
Looks Awesome!! Great work. :clap:



TY kindly :)
 
Marc and Jacob...beautiful work boys! The interior was in hideous shape and you managed to bring it back to life in short order. Keep it up! :)
 
My mother has a TL with that same tan interior. Every time I go see them it looks almost gray and she isn't a dirty person. Reminds me why all my cars have dark interiors. Great job reviving it.
 
Looks great, Marc!! I bought the leatherique twins to try out on the S.. how'd you say they were on the leather again?



You just keep bustin' them out, and they all turn out MINT!
 
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