Disturbing Interior Detail - Dodge Nitro by Visual Pro Detailing

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Ok folks, I'm not much of a photographer but this one was too good to miss. Every once in a while you get one of those calls that makes the hair on your neck stand up, and this was one of them.

My client called and wanted her daughter's Dodge Nitro detailed, especially the interior. Her daughter works at a vet, hauls lots of dogs around with her everywhere, and had never cleaned the vehicle. Ever.

My client described the vehicle as "really bad" even though she had not seen it in some time.

Never one to shy away from unique jobs, I quoted her a general price range, what I thought probably would need to be done, and we set the appointment.

Due to schedule conflicts I did not actually see the vehicle until the day I was scheduled to pick it up. I arranged to call the client after I inspected the vehicle to give a final price.

I picked up the vehicle that morning, drove it to my home based shop, and picked my jaw off the ground. Every hard surface of the vehicle was covered in a thick grime that made the black interior look grayish. The carpets were completely covered with trash, dirt, and mold. The seats were stained beyond any reconditioning process.

My goal for this point was to get the vehicle clean. Forget about shiny, pretty, all that stuff. That was secondary. This Dodge was a driving bio hazard and needed to be treated as such.

My Process (yes I actually did all of this):

Rough vacuum
Air agitated with Tornador Black
Vacuum
Air agitated with Tornador Black
Vacuum
Used Tornador on all carpets. 1 oz CG Fabric Clean 3 oz. APC+
Mytee Lite 2 Extractor on seats, pre treated with Folex and APC+ 1:4
McCullough Steamer on hard surfaces. Every single bit of hard surfaces had such grim it had to be hit with direct steam
Cleaned all surfaces again with Megs Quik Interior Detailer
Steamed carpets, seats, and all nooks and crannies
Vacuumed again
Dressed interior with Megs Hyper Dressing 1:1. The interior surfaces were so faded that it HAD to be dressed this glossy. It was beat up, and showed. I wanted it to at least look decent.
DrivePur strong odor and bacteria treatment, using Smok, Shok, and Prevent

Total Time: 7 hours on interior.

Before:


Driver's side floor board

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Dash and driver's area. That is not dust, it is a thick grime.

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Rear floor board. That is mold.

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Don't know how to explain this.

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Rear seats.

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Near the seats

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Rear storage compartment

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Was going to need a lot of this

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And this

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And this

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And would need to finish with this

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AFTER

Rear storage compartment

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Drivers area

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Rear seats. Not perfect but looked a LOT better

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The unspeakable filth is gone

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Back seat carpets. Looks a lot better!

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Other interior pics

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Note: I had not yet cleaned the pedals before this pic was taken.
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Bio-Hazard!!
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For the exterior I didn't do much. It needed 12 hours+ to even look decent, but the client just wanted it washed and waxed. I foamed it, 2BW, then waxed with Optimum Car Wax

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After I took all the photos I vacuumed the entire vehicle one last time with a brush attachment to get all of the tiny bits of dust and stuff that had got in the interior overnight while I had fans on it to try the carpets and seats.

Thanks for looking!
 
I am speechless. How do people show such disrespect to their vehicles? I hope she keeps it in decent condition going forward. You performed a miracle with that interior detail, awesome work!
 
All I can say is WOW! With what you had to work with, you did an AMAZING job!
 
great job I just can not understand how people can sit in and touch all the nasty dirt all the time I wounder how her house looks like I would guess the same filth. Kudos to you for taking the job she needed the help.
 
Spatula and shovel to start.....

Leaf blower the blow out....

Power washer.....

And maybe just some gas and a match....

Just Kidding.... :D

Looks great, that was really bad...
 
Mother of God! That was horrendous! Did it smell as bad as it looked?
 
MrCleanit said:
Mother of God! That was horrendous! Did it smell as bad as it looked?
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It smelled like dog, cigarettes, and had a bad musky smell. I'm guessing that was from all the mold. I wore gloves, glasses, and a mask during most of the detail.

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That car must me mechanically toast given the interior. Freaking awesome job! I thought some of the cars I did have been bad. Incredible work! You love what you do and it shows!
 
Wow….That was grose. Absolutely amazing job! She is lucky she didn't get sick from that.
 
I don't understand how people spend $20-30k (I have no idea the price of a nitro) and keep it in that kind of condition. I like to take care of my things, especially the things I own that are expensive. Interiors get dirty but that is just nasty.

You did a good job, I wonder if she will take care of it better or if it will end up a biohazard again!
 
Thanks for the kind words. My client said that her daughter was having a baby this week and that's why they wanted it cleaned so bad. I'm not in the business of judging peoples cleanliness, I was just that she had me to the job instead of the local shops. Without the DrivePur treatment it would have continued to be a real health hazard.

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Can you expand on what drivepur is? I'm mobile at the moment and will google more when I'm home. Not a business so don't need it I just like hearing about thing and what they do! :-)
 
Awesome turn around on this one. I actually like doing these kind of interior jobs, as the results are almost always night and day even if it isn't fully perfect.
 
Wow! Great save Mark :) You did that owner a favor by detailing that car lol. People who treat their cars like that should have to help lol.
 
That was just terrible. I'm wondering if the daughter had even planned on cleaning it or if mom/grandma said, "you are not taking my newborn grandchild home in that car".

Amazing work. It's nice to see your process, I just hope I never need to reference this thread again in the future.
 
Wow... speechless.

I don't think I would have even attempted it.

Nice work.
 
That was G-R-O-S-S ! I'm glad to hear you were wearing the protective gear while cleaning the interior, otherwise I was going to suggest making sure you were up to date with your vaccinations. :laughing:
 
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