Happy Birthday Hilux - single stage red!

Aaryn NZ

Aaryn NZ

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Happy 20th Birthday to this 1997 Toyota Hilux.

There has been a bit of discussion about single stage paint, antique paint, Meguiars #7 on the forum of late, & today I had the pleasure of making this Hilux shine again.

These articles by Mike Phillips have ALL the information regarding Meguiars #7 - https://www.autogeekonline.net/foru...lips-7-show-car-glaze-articles-one-place.html

While this Toyota Hilux isn't all that old, & not exactly "antique" it does have single stage paint that required some love & attention. All but the two front guards (fenders) were original paint but at least these were painted in single stage too, & for a twenty year old "bush basher" it was fairly straight & true. After a thorough wash/decontamination routine a test spot revealed my process. Meguiars M205 on Lake Country Orange Hybrids on Flex 3401s, followed with a loving hand massage with Meguiars #7 & LSP - CarPro Reload. Now I know this strays a bit from the heavy soaking of #7 first method, & Mike can probably explain why I went this way better than me but the oxidation wasn't as bad as it looked, time was a factor & I have had better success doing it this way on more modern single stage paints.

Right - pictures!

As the Toyota Hilux arrived -


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Poor thing! Right lets give it some shine. Sorry, no pictures of the work in progress as this was a limited time project . . . under eight hours from start to finish but here are the pictures of the results -


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So there we have it. Happy Birthday shine for this twenty year old Toyota Hilux! Thank you all for looking.

Aaryn NZ. :dblthumb2:
 
What a stunning turn around Aaryn - thanks for sharing.

Its incredible what a good detail can do and I am sure the owner was thrilled that you breathed some new life into the old girl!!!!
 
Nice turnaround! That's a nice little rig. I had a 97 Nissan hardbody, I loved the size of those trucks to be able to go off road in.
 
A very good result there well done


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Looks great! You must have been hustling to get it done in 8 hours.
 
Incredible transformation!

As always, GREAT WORK Aaryn!


Just to comment there's been about a half dozen new threads started on this forum with new members join so they can get help with restoring antique original single stage paint.

And in context - 99.9% of the population owns cars with clearcoats paint systems. Incredible. I wanted to take my original article on this topic and turn it into a how-to book and I've been told no one would buy it.


Look at these stats... my original article is closing in on a half million views.

Who are all these people looking at this article on how to restore single stage paint when everyone and their brother owns a car with a clearcoat finish?

Even the other articles on how to use #7 have a lot of views.

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Anyway, great job as always Aaryn, thanks for taking the time get the before pictures, stop working, put down your buffer and take the during pictures and then the after pictures and then creating a write-up and sharing it on our forum to inspire others

It's greatly appreciated.


:)
 
lawrenceSA said:
What a stunning turn around Aaryn - thanks for sharing.

Its incredible what a good detail can do and I am sure the owner was thrilled that you breathed some new life into the old girl!!!!
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Hey Lawrence,

Thank you my friend. :xyxthumbs: For sure, I love it when they come to collect their vehicles & you can tell you have far exceeded their expectations. Very happy client indeed.

yellosuzku said:
Nice turnaround! That's a nice little rig. I had a 97 Nissan hardbody, I loved the size of those trucks to be able to go off road in.
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Thank you yellosuzku,

Us Kiwis love utes (trucks) & from what I saw when we were in Florida, its the same there. Only ours aren't quite a MASSIVE. :xyxthumbs:

GSKR said:
Beautiful work.


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Thank you GSKR,

Appreciate the kind works mate. :xyxthumbs:
 
davet said:
A very good result there well done


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Thanks davet,

Everyone is pretty happy with the results. Thanks mate. :xyxthumbs:

Sicoupe said:
Nice turnaround my friend!
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Cheers buddy,

Thanks for looking, truely appreciate it. :dblthumb2:

AZ Mike said:
Looks great! You must have been hustling to get it done in 8 hours.
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Hey Mike,

Thank you my friend. Yeah, Apart from taking on water, & the nesessary evils of answering the phone, I like to just crack on & get things done. I had fun with this one too though. Hope you're well. :dblthumb2:
 
Mike Phillips said:
Incredible transformation!

As always, GREAT WORK Aaryn!


Just to comment there's been about a half dozen new threads started on this forum with new members join so they can get help with restoring antique original single stage paint.

And in context - 99.9% of the population owns cars with clearcoats paint systems. Incredible. I wanted to take my original article on this topic and turn it into a how-to book and I've been told no one would buy it.


Look at these stats... my original article is closing in on a half million views.

Who are all these people looking at this article on how to restore single stage paint when everyone and their brother owns a car with a clearcoat finish?

Even the other articles on how to use #7 have a lot of views.

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Anyway, great job as always Aaryn, thanks for taking the time get the before pictures, stop working, put down your buffer and take the during pictures and then the after pictures and then creating a write-up and sharing it on our forum to inspire others

It's greatly appreciated.


:)
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Thank you Mike,

I have noticed this also. It's fantastic that people are seeking the best information to gain the knowledge to tackle these situations. Wow! Thats a whole lot of interest in your articles my friend. As for a book - gee, I would've thought it has a place for sure. As I have said before - the topic at least has to have its own section in an updated version of one of your existing books, or be included in a new book. :xyxthumbs:

Thanks for the "props" on the Hilux too Mike.

This was my second single stage paint project this week. I had a three owner, NZ new 57 Chevy Belair sedan, in Colonial Cream, with the Onyx Black roof in earlier in the week. Mostly OEM paint (thin thin thin!) but some ugly refinished panels too. I recall you mentioning in a thread about "matching orange peel" & whomever done the paint work on the 57 actually applied the paint intentionally with enough orange peel that it matched the look of how oxidised the rest of the car was.

As strange as doing it this way is/was, I am greatful they didn't go the other way because the paint was so thin, chances are they would've buffed through. I managed to polish the refinished panels to a finish that matched the OEM paint & although, not a show car finish, it did turn out pretty nice.

Thanks for the time Mike. :dblthumb2:
 
Love it! Great results!! That toyota super red always seems to do that! I bet your pads were super red as well haha!
 
Great job buddy! It's so glossy now that it looks like it has clear on it.
 
FGFennec said:
Love it! Great results!! That toyota super red always seems to do that! I bet your pads were super red as well haha!
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Thank you FGFennec,

Actually, I agree. Toyota single stage red does seem to come back really nice the majority of the time. Definitely red pads but in the name of shine - it's all good. :xyxthumbs:

fly07sti said:
Great job buddy! It's so glossy now that it looks like it has clear on it.
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Thank you Don,

It came out looking pretty good. When I first saw this Hilux, I noticed the two front fenders had been refinished & I was gutted because most of the time, any refinished panels nowadays are usually base/clear, & they never seem to look the same. Surprisingly, they were single stage too & looked pretty sweet when finished.

Aaryn NZ. :dblthumb2:
 
That truck was in really good shape for its age. Even better now that you restored its shine. Nice work!
 
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