crazyasiantl

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wow





moar pics please

cjTL

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Hahaha alright guys, enough teasing. Spent about a total of 15 hours on this car. All done by hand. Keep in mind, I'm only 16, so I'm not really the best at this stuff. Go back and look at the before pics- this car turned out pretty damn nice.















The carpet cleaned up real well-

MD03CL-S

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holy shiznit! very well done..especially by hand!

jeowen

great job man, looks really sharp again I love that color combo- class.

CLtotheTL32

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Wow great job! It looks like it's SUPPOSED to look

Btw are her carpets oem? They don't have "TL" on them like mine do

NJ SHAWD

16, huh? You have a future in detailing with a minor in photography.

Nice job.

Morrissey25

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+1

For fucks sake lad... WELL DONE!!!

RyanCHICL

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Wow! Great work!

alann

Dude that's amazing. Awesome job! What products did you end up using? Any details on the process?

Riga89

Great job man btw..... Now i need someone to detail mine....

dwb993

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cj, that was a great birthday/graduation present---you did a fine job with what you were given.
A couple of suggestions from an "old man":
1) First and foremost---teach that bitch how to use one of those R2D2 type vacuum cleaners at the gas station. For chrissakes, she has to take some responsibility here!
2) Understand that this gives you bargaining chips for future use. So when you are starving in college and you've tapped out Mom & Dad----cash a chip. If you are careful when you use it, you may even get more than one!

Please post more info on products and techniques used, as well ass any reference information you may have consulted.

ABP_04TL

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damn, is she the same with her self like with the car?

jeez...


nice cleaned up pics

PortlandRL

Hawt diggity damn!!! You sure that's the same car???

Seriously....that is FANTASTIC work!

Steven Bell

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CJ-well done man! Kudo's to you.



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Pz_

I need to drive over to your place to get some pictures of my car in front of your fancy house sometime, very nice!

BuffBakerGA

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Good job... Now go wash that vette in the garage and snap some of those pics.

crazyasiantl

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wow

1StGenCL

wow nice work! Crazy how good you made that car look. As for the "chips" someone was talking about earlier, use them to date her friends

alann

so that's the infamous sister eh?

Majofo

You need to take the wheels off and knock down that spot rust.. that's pretty bad. No wonder there was so much brake dust.. At least get your sister acquainted to a touchless car wash.. damn.

Might as well put ceramic pads in for her as well. I don't care how hot your sister is, there's just no excuse.. including being blonde.

I'm guessing that the condition of the car she's been pumping regular 87 octane.. make sure she's using premium 92/93 octane, dump a bottle of seafoam or b12 down the tank before she takes off again

cjTL

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Thanks guys. I really like her color combo too. If only her TL had A-Spec, Nav, non-snow tires, and didn't drive like shit. I'd love her car then..



Thanks! It did come out pretty nice.

But the floor mats aren't OEM. Previous owner put them in at some point I guess. They're really thick and trap dirt like none other.

Why thank you sir. Having a good camera helps- Nikon D60.



SSM is a pretty hard color to get to "shine" but I try my best.



Lol thanks guys. Making me blush.

All are OTC products that can be found at any auto store. In my case, O'Reilly. To name some of the products- Ajax dishsoap! (for the initial wash, haha) Mother's clay bar and quick detailer, Meguiar's cleaner wax, Meguiar's quick detail, Armor-All glass cleaner, Eagle One tire shine, Lexol Cleaner/Conditioner, Woolite, Meguiar's natural shine protectant, some turtle wax carpet shampoo, uhhh armor all on the pedals and engine bay plastics, brasso on the exhaust pipes, purple power degreaser on the wheels. Tons more products were used- I have an arsenal of supplies in my garage.

Haha come up here and I'll do it.

Haha I already told her to never let it get that dirty ever again. She said she was going to wash it this summer. I quizzed her and asked what she was going to use on it- "The dish soap we have out in the garage and maybe some towels." Idiot. She has some learning to do.

See above post for info on products.

Ha no she's not. Blahhh someone found the pic of her and my other sister. See a few posts above. Lord.

Well thank you! Coming from someone with a very clean RL, I'm flattered.

Thanks Steven!

Haha you should sir! We only live literally <10 minutes from eachother. Saw a NBP TL w/ A-Spec + wheels in town today.

Been there, done that! Just detailed that beast for my dad a couple weeks ago. It's a C6 ZO6. LeMans Blue. Freaking gorgeous- it's too bad the cover is on it 80% of the time.

Hahaha her friends already have praised me. My sister uploaded a pic of me to facebook while I was detailing it and her friends commented.

Haha shit you found that. Here come the comments..

I know right? Disgusting. There's a touch-free carwash about 3 minutes from my house. She needs to find it. But luckily, she knows to put premium in it. I've been with her when she filled up, and she presses the right button.

Her car drives like SHIT. I say that with capital letters, because it does. Night and day difference between hers and mine. I'm not just saying that. My dad and her herself have noticed.

mrlazie1

nice work. what did you use for the carpets?

cjTL

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LG Tromm WM2077CW. Aka the washing machine.

twigglius

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No offense, but you sister is a fucking slob.

cjTL

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Oughta see her new C350. The car is going to look like hell at the end of its 3 year lease at this rate.

Gattdammit Flickr. For those curious as to the after pics, here are just a couple. Dunno where Flickr decided to put the other ones. I titled the album in my iPhoto "TL Restoration".

tnobori1

Great work! That is seriously some good attention to detail. Now to add some curb feelers on the front bumper to prevent any more of that road rash on the rims!

CU2MIKE

I felt sick looking at pics of the before shots, good job on detailing it though. after pics look amazing!

Aman

Nice thread to be revived. How's that TL doing now?

Majofo

His sister traded it in for mom's C350..

friesm2000

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for OP, you can't really change people and how they care about their car, and maintain, so personally i would just let her car be as she treats it (especially considering it is a lease now); sometimes not worth the bother especially when they just trash it again


anyhow i would not mind tea bagging your sister at all...

Majofo

Don't be disrespectful

friesm2000

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WHAT i meant like this....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcYb5cuzAVM

tnobori1

Thanks for contributing once again, Fries. Of your 6000+ posts, 5900 are all useless bullshit like the ones here.

Majofo

Sigable

friesm2000

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and your point is....

cjTL

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When she traded it in, the Benz dealer raped her on the value of the car. But the saleslady, to quote "The rims are all F'd up." Classy.

Thank you. I have a thing for cleaning.

Who knows. It's no longer with us.

I know, its impossible to get my sister, well both sisters for that matter, to care about their cars the way my dad and I do. It sucks because my mom owned my sister's current C350 since it was new for about a year and half and she kept it looking great. And now it looks like shit.

I agree.

tnobori1

The point was made, try and keep up!