Real Off-Road Vehicle Comes in for Service

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So my friend Adam has a sweet FJ with some tasteful and nice add-ons, especially inside. It's a 2007 with just a tick under 100k on the clock and it's truly an off-road truck he takes into the woods. Now as we approach winter his baby needs some love and when I say love I mean it. That last AMG Benz I just did has nothing in terms of paint defects when compared to an FJ that has battled tree roots with it's door and pushed anything that grows out of the way.

The initial goal here was to stay on-budget but also provide great results. Looking at things more closely it really wasn't much in the way of additional work to go from good to great so Adam pulled the trigger and as of this morning I'm off and running.

We've all heard the phrase I'm likely mis-quoting but "aim for perfection and settle for excellence" and that's what the new goal is....perfection but in hopes that at the worse case, excellence is what is produced.

I think we're on target! The color is an outstanding tri-color black metallic. Although it would barely show through if at all prior to the cleanup.

Work is underway but here are few sneak peak cell shots.

Passenger Door....but the whole damn truck looks like this
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Passenger Rear Door 50/50 shots after just a quick hit with Compound and a Microfiber Pad




Passenger Rear Door and Rear Quarter after a quick hit of HD Polish on an orange pad




Now the Metallic Paint Explodes when hit with light




Short Vid:

https://youtu.be/hPucdvqltfk
 
Looking sweet my brother! Can't wait to see the finished job.
 
That is some damage control!

What is the mystery compound?

The halogens come in handy for light/heater and I am about to use mine.
 
Now that is how it's done!
Great job man, i can imagine the trees hitting it now lol, those trucks go threw some abuse.
Love the microfiber pads as well, which did you go with?
 
A real tree hugger:)

Impressive and I imagine your friend was impressed and blown away. The modern FJ is going to be collectible vehicle. Nice restoration and glad your friend is using it as intended.
 
Brief update since it's too dark to take pics outside.

As noted, it's a 2007 but now she looks brand new. Certainly not 9 years old. Hopefully I'll get some decent pics Sunday. Going to be cloudy and cold but hopefully not raining. Until then, here are a couple from the garage as she's sleeping for the night.

She is looking sharp:






The Eggshell White roof is single stage paint. Now it's few shades lighter





Front fender and all panels are 300% clearer and defect free.

 
Thanks Everyone. It was rought for sure but corrected quite nicely.

spazzz said:
That is some damage control!

What is the mystery compound?
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Meg's Ultimate Compound.


Bigry18 said:
Love the microfiber pads as well, which did you go with?
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I use the Griot's Garage ones. As per Mike's recent posts the will tend to "walk" a bit more than foam backed ones from Lake Country on the Flex 3401, but I have had 6 of them for a while and am not going to replace them just yet as they work fine for me.
 
It looks awesome now! Brand new my friend��
 
Bigry18 said:
Wow that toyota is looking awesome, beast of a car.
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Thanks!


Here's a few more pics since the weather while cloudy hasn't started to produce rain on us yet.













 
Nice work! He'll cringe every time branches scrape down the side!
 
I'd be recommending he get some excel PPF fitted as he won't have too many more shots at that level of correction with factory Toyota clear..

Nice work though, Toyota paint may be thin but it does correct nicely..
 
shadwell said:
I'd be recommending he get some excel PPF fitted as he won't have too many more shots at that level of correction with factory Toyota clear..

Nice work though, Toyota paint may be thin but it does correct nicely..
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Agree. Given it's age though I think he's going to just ride it out. Thankfully the scratches weren't that deep. They look worse than they were. Like you said, it corrected nicely but thickness wise, you're correct in that with so many scratches all over, everyone needs to be more careful.
 
That paint was beat up from the trails! Nice work bringing back the clarity in the paint.

Cool looking FJ.

Thanks for sharing.
 
pdqgp said:
They just had a little one so as he noted, not for a while. Seems to be putting his hobby aside for a bit thus why he wanted to get it turned into a Mall Crawler :)
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Nice job. I did similar with a 3rd gen 4runner. The owner TRIED to stay away from the branches/shrubs/trees/rocks in subsequent outings, but it's impossible. He tried.

It still looks better than it did when he brought it in to me, but it's getting to that point again, much like where this FJ was before your correction. So sad.
 
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