The 2024 Annual Detailing is Done!

[Lunentucker]

2024 Annual Detailing

This was a slog!
I had to take several breaks, due to my 93 year old dad having some health issues. I fear his days are numbered now, and working on this thing whenever I had the time has been therapeutic.
I do my best thinking when I'm thinking about something else.

Washed everything top to bottom and underneath.
The complete undercarriage was cleaned and wiped down with Chemical Gus Barebones.
All painted surfaces and exterior plastics were cleaned with Chemical Guys Water Spot Remover.
Wheels off, and I didn't like the rust I was seeing forming on the rotors and a few other places, so I decided to pull the rotors, clean them up, and paint them.

Went over all surfaces with Turtle Wax Hybrid Solutions - paint, fenders, tonneau, bumpers, engine bay, side steps, and rubber trim. That stuff is great, and you don't have to worry about getting some on the trim and making it look white like with traditional wax.

Oh yeah. New Tag Number.

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[ShastaJT6]

Looks amazing! Im going through mine and doing a bunch of cleaning and touching up and stuff, the first time Ive really done a pre-season clean and prep like this. Your pictures are really motivational!

How did you get all the bits under the hood so clean? Did you just spend a bunch of time with rags or did you use some equipment (steam, hose, etc?)

 

[Hootbro]

They do not leave the factory looking that good.

 

[Lunentucker]

Looks amazing! Im going through mine and doing a bunch of cleaning and touching up and stuff, the first time Ive really done a pre-season clean and prep like this. Your pictures are really motivational!

How did you get all the bits under the hood so clean? Did you just spend a bunch of time with rags or did you use some equipment (steam, hose, etc?)

I foamed it when I did the undercarriage and exterior and rinsed with the pressure washer (electric).
Once it's all dry I mist the Hybrid Solutions over everything and then wipe it onto everything with a clean microfiber. You really don't have to buff it on rubber and plastics. The painted surfaces benefit from buffing.

 

[jeepers29]

When can I drop mine off? Nicely done sir.

 

[Rusty PW]

Now that you are done with it. It's time to take it off road, through the biggest mud hole that you can find.

..........and you can start doing mine now.

 

[Lunentucker]

Something I didn't even notice when I was taking the glamour shots.
In the first photo, there's a bird perched in the top of a tree at the pond.
I cut down several trees there this winter to open up the view a bit, and one of them had this in the center at the stump. An image that was likely begun about the same time I was born, and took decades to complete. A natural composition that reflects the nature of its own environment.

 

[Ty01vette]

Very nice, I may have to get up you so you teach me a thing or too about cleaning them up.

 

[HorsesRear]

I thought I was good at detailing a vehicle. You do excellent work and I am really impressed. Very nice looking Jeep.

 

[Lunentucker]

Very nice, I may have to get up you so you teach me a thing or too about cleaning them up.

Wow! You're close!

 

[Rusty PW]

I thought I was good at detailing a vehicle. You do excellent work and I am really impressed. Very nice looking Jeep.

Nah.........he missed a spot.......

 

[Jefe1018]

Great job, my typical detail consists of our moderate monsoon season.

 

[Maximus Gladius]

Stellar job! Sorry about the end of life stuff. I know that’s very hard. ? Going through that to.

 

[JMD4WD]

Great Job!!!!!!!

 

[Mx113]

Well, it rained 2 inches yesterday. So mine is the cleanest it’s been since I bought it in December.

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