Car Detailing for Toyota 4Runner

Detailing your Toyota 4Runner

Few 4Runners stay on pavement, and even the city ones carry cottage-road dust in every seam. Mud and dried salt pack into the wheel wells, the running boards and the frame, so an exterior on this truck starts with a long underbody and arch rinse. Inside, the rubber all-weather mats and the optional sliding cargo deck hide a lot of grit in their tracks. The paint is tough, but the hood and roof often have years of baked-on sap and bugs to remove.

What we watch for on a 4Runner

• Mud and dried salt pack into the wheel wells, running boards and frame; an exterior starts with a long underbody and arch rinse
• The optional sliding cargo deck runs on tracks that fill with grit and dog hair and need a crevice tool
• The power rear window drops into the tailgate and its seal collects dust; we clean the channel so the glass runs clean
• TRD Pro matte-black wheels should never be polished, only cleaned with a pH-neutral product
• Hood and roof often carry years of baked-on sap and bug residue that need a clay bar before any polish

Midsize SUVs: three rows of places to hide crumbs

With a third row, a big cargo area and plenty of child-seat anchors, midsize SUVs hide a lot of mess. We work through each row and each seat track so nothing is left behind.