Cosmetic restoration of a 10-year old Toyota Fortuner 4x4 AT, after buying it from Delhi

Hi Team. Wanted to stock my acquisition of buying a 10-year-old Fortuner from Delhi and cosmetically restoring it since the erstwhile proprietor had not taken excessive attraction of the bodywork and interiors.

I had bought an MM540 disconnected OLX during Covid and changed virtually everything but the bodyshell successful a task that took 2 years lone to find that the comfortableness and velocity required for my usage would ne'er beryllium achieved. Used the Jeep during 2 vacations and sold it to a TBHPian from Telangana astatine a overmuch little terms than magnitude spent.

Despite unit from woman and kids to bargain a caller SUV, decided that spending astir 30 Lakhs was unwarranted since my vacations successful India are astir 15-20 days max successful a year. SUV needed to beryllium AT and 4WD arsenic the program was to support the conveyance arsenic agelong arsenic Gadkariji allows. We had test-driven a Grand Vitara, sat arsenic rider successful an XUV700, besides considered Scorpio, Scorpio N, Thar 4 doorway but each were dropped owed to debased space, higher price, nary 4wd disposable etc.

Around past we started seeing YouTube videos of utilized car dealers successful Kerala selling Fortuners from Delhi and Haryana astatine astir 15 Lakhs terms scope and thought astir it arsenic an option. Most were driven 150,000 kms mean and one was looking for thing astir 70,000 kms maximum, perchance with work past and lone 1 owner.

I contacted a broker who supplied cars to dealers successful Kerala. He would root cars from Trade-In deals, inspect them for damages and past and thrust it down aft applying for NOC. The feline seemed to beryllium genuine, and I had recovered his code successful Kerala arsenic a information backup. We discussed galore cars and recovered 1 institution owned illustration driven 79,000 kms and had work history. This was reconfirmed by a person moving successful different Toyota dealership. The amounts were transferred, documentation completed, and car was connected its mode to Kerala successful astir 15 days. Overall a creaseless acquisition but immoderate contented with slope owe documents of the archetypal owner.

Fortuner was delivered to my ma soon and my friends went to cheque the condition. There were scratches, tyres were astatine the extremity of beingness and spot leather was worn. The mechanicals seemed intact and a technician who worked with Toyota trader confirmed this later.

I saw the car aft a mates of weeks and utilized it during the summertime abrogation (July - August 2024) and decided that it needs immoderate TLC. Mahesh, my person owns HOT WHEELS tyre store successful our hometown (Ottapalam, Palakkad). All tyres were changed to Yokohama Geolandar G015. Bilstein shocks + King outpouring were installed adjacent time astatine MOXIO CAR TECH, Palakkad. They besides performed an lipid alteration utilizing Wurth synthetic 5W30. Their proprietor Manoj passed by the store astir tea-time and I recognized helium was my elder astatine pre assemblage 30 years back. Had a bully chat astir bully aged times erstwhile helium had a Roadking and I utilized to bargain my dad's Bullet to amusement disconnected astatine assemblage arts day/sports time etc.

When I met Mahesh aboriginal for the Tyre payment, helium mentioned that helium had opened a overgarment booth successful Chennai (TOUCH UP PEOPLE) and offered to bash immoderate overgarment jobs that was required. I did not deliberation astir it past due to the fact that of clip constraints, RTO inspection, Re-registration etc.

Vacation over, backmost to Dubai and watched immoderate Insta reels of Touch Up People and contacted them to instrumentality the car to Chennai to inspect assemblage panels for immoderate rust etc and connection a punctuation for a afloat repaint. The archetypal program was to support the White exterior shade. Later we decided to alteration it to Ice Grey and rims painted to Satin Platinum (both Porsche options). Their squad was connected WhatsApp to sermon and execute the nonstop job. The assemblage colour connected the beforehand grille shroud was my thought and I instrumentality afloat recognition if anyone likes it.

I was discussing the acquisition and jobs wrong TBHP Dubai WhatsApp radical and Senior TBHPian Nitrous (Mahendra) offered to bash up the interiors of the car and upgrade the audio system. These jobs were successful the program but I did not recognize Nitrous had a store successful Chennai named AUTO EXPERTS (He has a store successful Alain, UAE which I was alert of) We went with the Porsche taxable and got spot inlays successful cloth and contrasting stitching successful airy grey. The audio was Nitrous' thought and I person nary hint what helium has acceptable up but that it sounds bully according to my friends.

I person not seen the car aft the jobs but friends who person seen is truly impressed with the results. I americium personally blessed that my car has been worked upon by radical whom I cognize though it was not planned astatine each and happened similar a miracle.

Please person a look astatine the images and fto maine cognize what BHPians consciousness astir the outcome.