kakeuter
New member
Well last year we acquired a 2003 GMC Savana for a new dedicated work vehicle. Van was in pretty decent shape, given the fact that work vans get destroyed in most situations.
Here’s a list of the main work that we’ve done thus far to the van. All the work has been done by us.
- Full paint correction and interior detail (duh)
- Vinyl graphics installed (we did this ourselves to save money)
- Installed alarm and power door locks
- Installed camera and rear view mirror monitor
Here are some initial shots of the van when we got it.
Let’s first start with the interior. The rubber flooring with filthy, as to be expected considering it’s a work van.
Gutted the interior.
Front cabin flooring before.
Soaked with APC
Brushed down and rinsed with ONR, didn’t want to rinse with pressure washer and risk getting the carpet jute wet.
After – sprayed down with 303 for a mild sheen and protection.
Trim panels received the same process as the flooring.
Flooring and trim panels in the back end received all the same care as the front. No pictures of that.
Wheels were a little cloudy
Polished with 105 and the 3” Griot’s DA
Initial paint condition. No surprise as to the amount of defects.
Started off with D300 and MF cutting pad. Restored clarity and removed a lot of defects, but the results were just not satisfactory.
Kicked it up a notch to a surbuf pad and M105 – this did the trick
Some 50/50s
50/50 of the driver’s side window, had a lot of water spotting
Before and after of initial cutting stage, no finish polishing steps yet.
Before
After
Before
After
Here’s a shot after finish polishing was complete. More finished pics later.
Now onto some of projects that we did to make it more personal to us.
Before picture of the passenger back wall – useless
After - installed white pegboard – much more useful
Next up is the alarm, power door locks, camera and monitor
Alarm pre-wired with relays to run the door locks
Door lock actuators ready to go in (need these if your vehicle doesn’t come equipped with power door locks)
Rear door done
Running the wire through the boot was fun (do it right)
Had to make my own boots for the side doors as they had no power running to them from factory
Made my own brackets
Front doors complete, looks factory (as its suppose to)
Camera looking good
Backup cam/monitor works like a charm (engages when put in reverse, again, done right)
Next up were the graphics
White perforated vinyl laid over the back windows
Back complete
Ready for the passenger side
Driver’s side
Finished pics
That’s about all I have snapped of the van right now. It’s wicked glossy in person.
Still have some minor mechanical things to work on, but the van looks good and hopefully it can attract some good attention our way.
Stay tuned for the next 2 writeups
My car – wheels off detail with opti-coat
SL65 AMG Black Series
Thanks for viewing. Have a safe week.
-Kody-
Here’s a list of the main work that we’ve done thus far to the van. All the work has been done by us.
- Full paint correction and interior detail (duh)
- Vinyl graphics installed (we did this ourselves to save money)
- Installed alarm and power door locks
- Installed camera and rear view mirror monitor
Here are some initial shots of the van when we got it.
Let’s first start with the interior. The rubber flooring with filthy, as to be expected considering it’s a work van.
Gutted the interior.
Front cabin flooring before.
Soaked with APC
Brushed down and rinsed with ONR, didn’t want to rinse with pressure washer and risk getting the carpet jute wet.
After – sprayed down with 303 for a mild sheen and protection.
Trim panels received the same process as the flooring.
Flooring and trim panels in the back end received all the same care as the front. No pictures of that.
Wheels were a little cloudy
Polished with 105 and the 3” Griot’s DA
Initial paint condition. No surprise as to the amount of defects.
Started off with D300 and MF cutting pad. Restored clarity and removed a lot of defects, but the results were just not satisfactory.
Kicked it up a notch to a surbuf pad and M105 – this did the trick
Some 50/50s
50/50 of the driver’s side window, had a lot of water spotting
Before and after of initial cutting stage, no finish polishing steps yet.
Before
After
Before
After
Here’s a shot after finish polishing was complete. More finished pics later.
Now onto some of projects that we did to make it more personal to us.
Before picture of the passenger back wall – useless
After - installed white pegboard – much more useful
Next up is the alarm, power door locks, camera and monitor
Alarm pre-wired with relays to run the door locks
Door lock actuators ready to go in (need these if your vehicle doesn’t come equipped with power door locks)
Rear door done
Running the wire through the boot was fun (do it right)
Had to make my own boots for the side doors as they had no power running to them from factory
Made my own brackets
Front doors complete, looks factory (as its suppose to)
Camera looking good
Backup cam/monitor works like a charm (engages when put in reverse, again, done right)
Next up were the graphics
White perforated vinyl laid over the back windows
Back complete
Ready for the passenger side
Driver’s side
Finished pics
That’s about all I have snapped of the van right now. It’s wicked glossy in person.
Still have some minor mechanical things to work on, but the van looks good and hopefully it can attract some good attention our way.
Stay tuned for the next 2 writeups
My car – wheels off detail with opti-coat
SL65 AMG Black Series
Thanks for viewing. Have a safe week.
-Kody-
