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These LED bars may seem excessive, but it's practically mandatory up there when you get off the main roads.
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I played around with them while I had the truck, and I accidentally vaporize a small child. They are CRAZY bright.
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The drive has taken it's toll on the front. This truck only has around 8,000kms on it.
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The chrome rims were showing some early signs of staining. Wheel acid takes care of this very easily.
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Arches were obviously full of mud, but the heavy rain and snow during the drive removed all but a thin layer giving a nice brown colour to match the car. APC and Foam was used with a large fender brush to clean this.
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Naturally, the badge.
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Looks way worse then it is. Most rinsed off, rest came with light agitation and apc.
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Again, loose and not caked on dirt from driving.
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Exhaust tips were sealed when I did the truck the last time. APC brought them back to clean, and mother metal polish brought them back to new.
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Oh yeah, there is 2 of them. This truck has the TRD exhaust system.
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Best feature ever on a truck of this size.
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Staining on the inner spoke.
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Lots of dirt built up in the valve stem opening.
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When you live up north, you expect to get muddy. No exceptions here. Luckily he installed aftermarket floor liners which saved all the carpet from expoosure.
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One of the prominent features in this car is brown leather. They must have got a smoking deal on it at costco cause it's everywhere. AG leather twins used on the seats, while the door, dash, and console leather peices were cleaned with APC and treated with Poorboys Natural Look Dressing.
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Top model gets the top mill. 5.7 Liter 388hp V8.
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Engine bay was dirty but it wasn't stubborn to remove.
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Lets start cleaning. Engine bay was rinsed, then covered with APC before foam was applied. Agitation provided by a Raceglaze detailing brush and my arm.
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Wheel wells saw the same treatment as above, but with a Griots Garage fender brush.
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APC applied to lowers then foamed with a mixture of Chemical Guys Maxi Suds 2 and Detailers Pride Extreme Foam Formula (strong mix).
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I didn't take a clean picture of the mats until I put them back in. Either way they came up clean. APC was used to clean.
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Although the truck is dirty, it's only 8,000kms old. This is the clay after doing the whole vehicle.
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Paint condition is about what you would expect. Marring and fairly light stuff. However correction was not in the cards for this one so I was given a hit with Meguiars Cleaner Wax via Port Cable 7424 using White Buff and Shine Euro Foam pads. This combo cleaned the paint nicely and filled in some of the light swirling helping with gloss. Maybe in the future we'll cut this thing down to size (owner doesn't want to).
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Tail lights were VERY bad, so I decided to try my sample of Auto Finesse Tripple. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.
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Not bad for one hit.
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Meguiars M6 being worked in to the DS door. This was an absolute pleasure to use. Excellent bottle and dispenser (I'm looking at you Autoglym) and very long working times.
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One of the leather rims vents getting it's deep clean.
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And welcome to the afters. As states, AG leather cleaner and conditioner used for the seats. Poorboys NLD used for everything else.
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Sonax BSD used on the painted areas, rest just wiped off.
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Headlights were hand polished with Tripple, then waxed with BH Finis along with the rest of the car.
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That looks a bit better.
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First time I dressed fender liners, but it definitely was needed on this truck.
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Wheels were cleaned with Acid wheel cleaner and APC, then sealed with FK1000P.
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Paint was waxed twice with BH Finis Wax.
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Exhaust tips polished with Mothers Metal Polish and sealed with FK1000P.
