Delsol: All bout the Soul: Part 3

Part 3 is up.

Had a bit of time after work so I continue working on the Sol.

Took off the roof top to facilitate the removal of.... something big and chunky.


Can you spot what big chunky thing was removed?


Oh yeah, the dashboard has been removed and this is what is underneath. Will be cleaned later as well. Look out for the future posts.


The rear trims were removed as well (damn, this is very difficult to remove.)


I am still having trouble removing the front trims. Anyone can tell me how or show me a guide... i would appreciate it a lot. Else I will be detailing this part of the trim while its inside the car.


The inside of the car now looks....messy... with everything everywhere


A closer look at the parts that was removed.


Oh yeah fungus infested dashboard is.... gonna be de-fungus


A 50/50 shows just what a big difference it can make.


Taken without flash


Taken from another angle.


All possible with OPC 1:5. and some brushes and cloth and water and PATIENCE.


This is the cloth used.... not so dirty wert.


Closer look and you can see it is dirty...... very...


Dashboard sorta done... more work will be done to it as only the surface was cleaned. The inside is still..... not touched.


A 50/50 on the rear trims.


50/50 on the rear trims.... rear. Told you all that I am not leaving any chances for the fungus spores to survive. Behind also must detail kau kau.


Dashboard done and placed inside the house.


Yet another transformation..... from the fungus infested dashboard once seen.


And this is the amount of things removed from just the 3 items. Would have loved to continue but was getting late at night.


Time spend: bout 5 hours
Note:
- Removing a dashboard on a convertible car is very much easier compare to those with a roof.

More updates to come soon. Stick with me.

Delsol: All bout the Soul: Part 2

You want it... you get it... more updates.

Got some time to clean the rest of the interior parts that was taken out in Part 1 and more...

Can you see which side is detailed and which side isn't? *Hint:less oily is detailed*

Without flash, you can see the color difference.

As this car was fungus infected, I leave no chance and detailed the rear of all plastic panels as well... Can see the dirt?

OPC 1:5 with a brush....

Nice and clean..... no fungus spores left alive

Which side is detailed? *Hint: the darker color is detailed*

Its air vent looks ok

Are you sure?

Probably few years of dust inside here.

OPC 1:5 + Toothbrush (yes, i used to brush my teeth with this brush.... USED TO)

You get.... miracle....

This is the climate control sensor at the back of the panel

Took it apart..... for fun.... nah, for detailing.

Closer look on the amount of dust here.

After detailed.... oh yes..... took awhile cause of the small gaps

Both side detailed... nice?

Among many other things found...... a 2009 MPSJ ticket...

More money found.... hehe.

More dirt found.... huhu

Cleaned.

The top of the middle panel where no one sees.... no one clean

After detailed..... looks better.

But how much was lifted from such a small place? A LOT.

Detailed but not much difference.... for some odd reasons.... its pretty clean?

All the things you saw.....is missing these dirt

And its a bit oily.... odd indeed.

OMG.... someone stole the door panel....

Why would they steal door panels?

To detail of course. Which side is detailed is kinda obvious so I would not ask. Just enjoy the 50/50 ok!

Another view just so people stop saying its camera trick.

Notice all the parts of the detailed panel are gone? (switches, handle, lock and all)

Yeah, even the fungus is gone

Yes, its indeed..... a transformation

The speaker covers are not spared as well...

From the previous millienium

Brush brush with OPC 1:3.......

Sweet cleaniness

Switches were also dismantled and detailed millimetre by millimetre.

Switch taken apart.

Installed back after cleaned.

20 years of human palm on the door handles...

Yeap, its dirty

Window sills.... normally I would just replace these but since this car is a bit hard to find parts.... detail till clean

Brushing on the way with OPC 1:3

No gaps, no folds, no dirt shall escape me

Spreading the rubber for exercise.... and access to the dirt

After OPC the panels, water started beading?

Amount of dirt on the door panels alone..... DOOR PANELS ALONE WEI.

Time for some fun..... me and the owner once joked that this car is meant for war.... cause the door panels can be used as SHIELD.

And as a weapon.......

Passenger side door panel which was the worst hit...... no traces of the filth earlier

Driver side panels... sweetness...

Both panels are sunning to dry.

That's all for today. Heading for a few days break as Hari Raya is here and I want to spend some time with my love ones.

Time taken: about 5 hours.

Products used: PATIENCE, PATIENCE, PATIENCE, OPC 1:5, OPC 1:3, Brushes, Toothbrushes, Screwdriver, PATIENCE and common sense.

Note: The top part of the door panel have faded due to the sun's UV.... this is PVC and not leather so anyone can tell me where to get PVC dye? Hopefully with lots of different color choices. I am sure the owner won't complain unless I dye it pink.......

Look forward to more updates.