jarred767
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- Jun 30, 2014
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Hey guys, so after a bunch of research and a ton of searching on Craigslist, I've finally taken the plunge and upgraded from my dying '98 Ford Explorer to a 2007 Chevy HHR Panel. - I have to give credit to Josue (mrclean on the forums) as he was inspiring with his HHR Panel and helpful in answering some questions along the way.
I feel like it is the perfect fit for me and my one-man detailing business and I'm totally stoked to go to work in it tomorrow morning! I got it a few days ago, and have been crazy busy with work lately, so just had time today to get a full interior detail done on it (it was pretty clean overall, just not up to my/AG standards) and a quick wash and spray wax. I've told myself I can't do a full correction on it until I sell the Explorer as motivation to get it gone.
Here's some quick pics I took this evening! Sorry, I was in the garage and not the best lighting for pictures, but enough for showing the setup.
The car:
There are no rear seats in the Panel version of the HHR, so tons of space! View from the back hatch:
So I started loading it up; I don't have a water tank, pressure washer or generator, so it makes fitting everything a little easier, but you'll see there is still plenty of room if I decide to add some smaller versions of these.
In the floor where the rear seats would regularly be there's a couple extra storage compartments, since everything sits on these, I decided to put stuff that I rarely use in here, a couple extra buffers, an extra hose, jumper cables, and extra extension cords.
There's a decent amount of space behind the front seats too, so one side I put my regular extension cords, and vacuum and steam cleaner hoses. Other side is duffel bags that hold all those separated dirty towels.
The rear doors don't have handles (you pop them from the dash like a trunk) so to avoid having to open them often, all of my chemicals, pads, and drawers of tools that I go back and forth for are near the back hatch.
From the other side:
I realized my 5-gallon water container (for when I don't have access to water and need enough to do a rinseless wash) fit perfectly behind the steam cleaner, so I tucked that in there and added my 5-gallon buckets with wash stuff, and a container of microfibers.
Finished it with the shop vac on that side, and my leaf blower, Rupes, DA, and bags with a ton more towels on the other side. Here is where you can see I've still got a decent amount of room if I wanted to add more, and could still go a little more vertical too if I wanted to in places.
And a final shot from the back before closing up shop.
Thanks for looking, I plan to update this thread as I move along and do a full correction on the exterior and then add my business graphics, but with how busy business has been lately, I can't make any promises on how quickly the rest of that will come together. And I'm completely open to suggestions or comments on any of that as I'm in the very beginning stages of figuring that all out.
Hopefully this helps someone else too that is looking for the right mobile detailing vehicle and doesn't want/need something as big as a full sized van. :dblthumb2:
I feel like it is the perfect fit for me and my one-man detailing business and I'm totally stoked to go to work in it tomorrow morning! I got it a few days ago, and have been crazy busy with work lately, so just had time today to get a full interior detail done on it (it was pretty clean overall, just not up to my/AG standards) and a quick wash and spray wax. I've told myself I can't do a full correction on it until I sell the Explorer as motivation to get it gone.
Here's some quick pics I took this evening! Sorry, I was in the garage and not the best lighting for pictures, but enough for showing the setup.
The car:
There are no rear seats in the Panel version of the HHR, so tons of space! View from the back hatch:
So I started loading it up; I don't have a water tank, pressure washer or generator, so it makes fitting everything a little easier, but you'll see there is still plenty of room if I decide to add some smaller versions of these.
In the floor where the rear seats would regularly be there's a couple extra storage compartments, since everything sits on these, I decided to put stuff that I rarely use in here, a couple extra buffers, an extra hose, jumper cables, and extra extension cords.
There's a decent amount of space behind the front seats too, so one side I put my regular extension cords, and vacuum and steam cleaner hoses. Other side is duffel bags that hold all those separated dirty towels.
The rear doors don't have handles (you pop them from the dash like a trunk) so to avoid having to open them often, all of my chemicals, pads, and drawers of tools that I go back and forth for are near the back hatch.
From the other side:
I realized my 5-gallon water container (for when I don't have access to water and need enough to do a rinseless wash) fit perfectly behind the steam cleaner, so I tucked that in there and added my 5-gallon buckets with wash stuff, and a container of microfibers.
Finished it with the shop vac on that side, and my leaf blower, Rupes, DA, and bags with a ton more towels on the other side. Here is where you can see I've still got a decent amount of room if I wanted to add more, and could still go a little more vertical too if I wanted to in places.
And a final shot from the back before closing up shop.
Thanks for looking, I plan to update this thread as I move along and do a full correction on the exterior and then add my business graphics, but with how busy business has been lately, I can't make any promises on how quickly the rest of that will come together. And I'm completely open to suggestions or comments on any of that as I'm in the very beginning stages of figuring that all out.
Hopefully this helps someone else too that is looking for the right mobile detailing vehicle and doesn't want/need something as big as a full sized van. :dblthumb2:
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