Myvi interior and engine bay detailed.

Been awhile since my hiatus. My next detailing adventure brings me to Melaka, the historical state and heaven for food.

This car belongs to my gf and recently came out of the workshop due to an accident. Interior was detailed bout a year ago and engine bay was never touched since she got the car bout 4 years plus ago.

So we start off with the interior:

Some mud mark left by the people whom repaired her car.

Some after picture of the mud mark

Picture looks brighter as the doors are open now. Remedy, Optimum Power Clean + Brush + Water

Left area at driver side BEFORE

This is after.... only took a minute to get this part done

Door panel was not spared from mud marks.

The all very familiar brush now.... OPC the panel and wipe away with water and cloth

Legend has it that with a clean horn button, your honking will sound louder.... dun think it is true.

Door panel 50/50. Left is the cleaned panels, right side is the cleaned panel after being protected by a coat of Meguiars Leather Protector


The speaker cover is not spared, must clean kau kau.Made easy by OPC.

Dashboard was also given the same treatment of OPC and Meguiars LP.

Secret to a nice dashboard is.... Less is More (copied from KC2). Apply just enough of the LP instead of too much and you get a protected dashboard and not oily dashboard.

Amount of dirt from the interior alone.... and this was detailed about a year ago....


Moving on to the engine bay.
Brake fluid cover.

With a simple wipe of OPC


I forgot which part is this.... but yeah, dust everywhere.

Cleaned with a modified brush and OPC 1:5

Clean boh?

Aiseh...... still so dusty wan

Again with OPC 1:5 and modified brush

Air filter cover arr...... this part hard to wipe, just use brush only,

Results....

No before shot for this, but this is the after shots of dirty places after being cleaned.... kinda missed out a lot of before shots because of hard to see places at first. When you start cleaning, u will see more n more spots to clean.

This is the part where engine oil goes in. And true to dumb careless mechanics, they spill oil all over and never bother wiping it off cause of hard to reach place, so dirt accumulated there.

Again, OPC 1:5 kau tim the job. See how shiny the metal is


Water tank filler cap.

Radiator fan cover also cleaned.

Guess which part is this.

The lining in between the windscreen and the engine bay. Go look at some myvi and see how dirty it is.Engine bay overview... clean boh?

Moving on to exterior

Lotsa shit around.


Some mucus like thingy on the glass

After ONR


The rubber lining at the feet area always stuck with mud

All the gaps cleaned


WHO WANTS TO SEE HOW SHINY THE CAR IS NOW AFTER ONR ONLY. Even spider also raise both hands up.




Exterior will need more work as the workshop has left hell a lot of over spray. Will be moving on to the exterior in a few weeks time when she comes back to my area where all my tools are. Another epic in the making.

Tools used: OPC, ONR, Modified Brush, Soft Bristle Brush, Meguiars Leather Protector and patience
Time spend: about 4 hours

Cleaning up the City!! a tale of unseen dirt and goo

so its the 16th day of CNY..... fine, a day after Chap Goh Meh.
After all the girls already throw mandarin oranges and durians with their names down the river and the guys finish picking them up, i was again tasked to another detailing.

This time it is a light blue 3 or 4 year old City. Owner sends her car to those shopping centre car polishers yearly for polishing and waxing. And to road side car wash regularly.

The condition of the car at arrival seem to be immaculate with almost no dirt (owner sent the car to wash just the day before) However, upon closer inspection

WHAT IS THIS?

Ah well, nothing that cannot be taken care of with Optimum Power Clean 1:3 ratio

Car has plenty of RIDS.....i dunno if i should call it RIDS since its not really isolate.... more like a colony.


Optimum No Rinse the entire car with 2 bucket system
This is the pail that was used to rinse the cloth before dipping it into ONR again. OK mar, not so dirty..... but wait.... wasn't this car washed just yesterday by those road side bangla? hmmm....


After ONR, proceed with the normally not washed by anyone parts. The re-fueling area

Re-fueling your car is like us human eating.... so you surely want your bowl to be clean... LIKE THIS.


The boot area



Nicely clean and glossy (Used a modified painting brush + OPC 1:3 dilution)


A closer look at the fuel area

Also clean with the same modified brush and OPC 1:3 dilution


Most commonly not seen areas that if neglected for more years would become almost impossible to clean.... the side of the front and rear windscreen



OPC 1:3 and WOOHOOO, see the amount of dirt flowing out


Another shot of the other side of the rear boot area which was cleaned with OPC 1:3 dilution. later was cleaned again with 1:1 dilution as the stains were tough

Results: I let the picture speak for itselfs



Another neglected area: under the side mirror


Side window sills with its dirt flowing like juice....


Unknown substance!!! what did she run over?


Splatter high up. Was later discovered that it is similiar to Dunlop glue, could not OPC or clay it away so i resolve to using my fingernail.... heck its rubber area so its cool.


The rims has seen better days....(one that should have been without meeting Mr. Road Curbs)


Nut lug area, another area that is never look at by those road side car wash and PROBABLY those shopping center car park wash

After OPC 1:1, easy easy water gone

After finishing all the small small parts, entire exterior was OPC 1:8 dilution and results.....

HANG ONNNN, wasn't this car washed by road side car wash yesterday and ONR today? why still so dirty????
There are the unseen dirt/acid rain marks that is not very visible on grey based cars. But if you have a white car, you will understand what i mean.

After all these cleaning, its time to CLAY. Clayed with ONR as lube. Not much was picked up except for the lower part of the car. Sorry no pic as it was gonna rain and i needed to finish up fast.

After claying, car was Opti-Sealed and...... rain started.... last for bout an hour so I camp inside the house and read manga.
Once rain stop, ONR the car again and surprise surprise..... not much dirt stick to the car. Dried the car and applied a coat of Optimum Spray On Wax. Spray, wipe and walk away.
ALL glass were Opti-Sealed as well to give clarify during rain = safety. Owner was satisfied with the sleekness and smoothness of the car now.

Total time spend: bout 6 hours
Products used: Soft bristle brush, modified paint brush, Optimum No Rinse, Optimum Power Clean, Optimum Opti-Seal and Optimum Car Wax
Note: No correction was done on the paint as the owner is OK with swirls and the RIDS aren't much of a problem to her since all she needs is a layer of protection for the car. So being sane, I decided against correction since the ClearCoat has already been polished so many times and might risk having an overly thin clearcoat.
Satisfaction level: Moderately high



I wish the owner will allow me to do his DelSol next time....it was left there for like 3 years without moving and the amount of detailing it needs will be EPIC..... but that is a story for another time... if allowed. Pic of the DelSol in the reflection and mine White Knight at the background.