austinkli

It is not my TSX, but I have driven it and I love it. I used to be a honda guy, so I was at my honda buddy's house doing all that. That one right there is an 05 Manual transmission TSX. You can't see but right next to that one, he has a red 12 TSX as well cause he loved his silver one so much.

tradosaurus

Good job with the detailed cleaning.

I'm sure after you are completely done the car will smell much better. I think if I had the seats and carpet out I would look at installing sound dampener.

I bet you could make $5,000 over your costs if you wanted to sell it.

audioAl

Wow, new meaning for "Junk in the Trunk"!

Choppertwo

Un ****ing believable, how some people can be so filthy, however, nice job on all your cleaning and the buy. you should find out her PH# and text her this thread LOL

bl817

wow, hate to say it but this looks like a strippers car, ya know living out of it cuz shes paying for college and all that haha....heck of a deal though I think? v6 premium with shaker 1000. good job on working on getting it clean...er

austinkli

It already does smell good actually.

Lol. She had *****, but the only junk in her trunk was literal.

I do have her phone number since she's my customer and all. Would be funny to do that. If I ever quit this job, I might do that.

Thank you sir!

austinkli

Well I didn't accomplish everything I wanted to yesterday, but I did make some progress.

Stopped to get some cleaning supplies on the way.


Got there, checked out the seats I cleaned last week to see how they turned out after they dried. Not too bad.


Time to mix up some chemicals. I did some research, and it turns out the white vinegar is really good for neutralizing and killing mold.
So I poured some vinegar in a spray bottle and pulled the carpet out.




First thing to do is Purple Power that carpet and let it sit.




While the Purple power is soaking into the carpet, I thought I'd go check under the hood. Not concerned with the dirty yet, just want to make sure it isn't leaking oil.





So I got some Deep Purple from my old boss and went to town on it. It still needs to be scrubbed with a small brush, but for now it isn't caked in dirt and I'll be able to see if it's leaking anything anywhere.




Now that the carpet has sat for a while, it's time to cover it in vinegar. Both front and back.




Now that's gotta sit for 30 - 60 minutes while it kills the mold spores, so in the mean time I decided to do some other stuff.

Mix up the Dawn & Peroxide to make a good carpet cleaner. FYI, this makes a great carpet cleaner for your home too.


So in the mean time I decided to get back to work on the inside. You may remember how there was something on under the stereo/climate control I couldn't get out. Looks like whatever it was, was superglued almost.
(previous pic for reference)


So I decided to take that whole piece out.


Since I needed to let the vinegar sit for a little longer I took a look at the shifter. Remember how it was super gross inside with ketchup packets and stuff? Well it was because the cover for the top of the shifter was broken.
(previous pic for reference)


Well it turns out that the cover piece was just stuck back up in the shifter. So with some needle nose pliers I was able to pull it out. Unfortunately you can see I nicked the silver plaster trim a little bit, but I think I can take some fine sand paper and sand it down softly so that it's not even noticeable.


The good news about that is that the top cover also controls the little red piece that tells you what gear you are in, so it won't be permanently stuck next to the P now. I think 2 tiny dabs of Krazy Glue and I can attach it back to where it goes.

Now that I'm done with that, I threw the carpet in the trunk of the Saturn and drove it up to my work.

Pulled out the pressure washer and a scrub brush. Soaked the carpet front and back in the "home made carpet cleaner" (dawn+peroxide) and used the scrub brush to go to town.


For some of the parts I had to break out the poly bristle brush and really scrub it good.


Pressure washed it all down.


Then laid it out to dry.


Pretty much done for the day.

Got home and pulled out the pieces I gotta sand down. That's the trim that goes around the stereo/climate control as well as the trim that goes around the shifter. Unfortunately I broke two tabs on the trim pieces, here's to hoping I can make do without them.

Gonna sand these down and paint them later this week. And what car project is complete without a good beer.


Will find out how the carpet turned out shortly when I got flip it over.

austinkli

Just flipped the carpet! Came out great!



And incase you've forgotten how gross it was.

waykooljr

Wow! I've seen some nasty cars but this takes the cake! You had your work cut out for you and you've definitely shined! Great work on the cleanup!

GTOGreg

WOW, great job... I can remember having that much energy back in the day, I'm afraid to think what I would have done had I gotten the same deal.

Fortunately, with age comes wisdom (and money) and I would have most likely ended up paying someone another $5K to clean it up for me.

I will check back, cant wait to see how it finally turns out!! Good luck!!