First Wash Since 2008: RARE Subaru SVX! | Satisfying Car Detailing Restoration

First Wash Since 2008: RARE Subaru SVX! | Satisfying Car Detailing Restoration. Today, we tackle the interior & exterior of a RARE Laguna Blue Subaru SVX, that is covered in dirt and debris that hasn't been detailed in years that will require us to pressure wash the entire exterior, followed by a wash, clay bar and then polishing the paint to bring back its shine and a full interior detail. If you find our videos satisfying or motivating make sure you hit subscribe! #barnfind #carcleaning #detailing #cleaning #restoration
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[@WDDetailing]

What do you guys think of the split windows on the SVX? MAKE SURE YOU SUBSCRIBE, WE HAVE OUR CRAZIEST VIDEO EVER COMING NEXT WEEK!

[@arikbyington6204]

The whole super half the car is glass lol. I'd hate to see the price of those bad boys. How much do you charge for a detail of this extent

[@brucelindahl9814]

Those windows remind me of the delorean from the 1980's.

[@ForgottenMotoring]

The split windows are one of my favorite features on these cars. They have reduced wind noise but still allow ample air in on a nice day. The main drawback is going thru drivethrus, the car is so low stock that it’s difficult to get your drinks/food some times.

[@nathantillis7785]

@@ForgottenMotoring so does the bottom half roll down and the top half stays?

[@loxdude]

@@nathantillis7785 yes. Like the delorian does it.

[@sehismith]

Thanks for bringing this SVX back to life. Laguna blue is a great color. I owned two SVX's that I purchased new back in the 90's and I currently own one '92 in liquid silver. SVX's are an addiction for me. I regretted selling my last one in the 90's and just had to purchase one again. Keep up the good work with your detailing business. I purchased my current SVX for $7,500 with no rust or major issues.

[@jeremylamovsky3669]

The only one I've ever seen was in liquid silver. I've been interested in the car ever since. They're so unique man I love them

[@shrimpu]

Are the pre 1995 SVX problematic? All I can find are 1992/3

[@SanchezArep]

@@shrimpu Trannys burn up by restricted orifices'. Other than that, they were pretty reliable as Subaru always is.

[@sehismith]

@@shrimpu Maintenance is very important. The biggest problem with the early models is transmission heat. If the transmission has been serviced regularly, the car should be fine. Parts are becoming rare to nonexistent, however. You should be able to find a good used SVX anywhere in the US, but you may need to have it shipped. My SVX was owned by a Subaru master mechanic for 28 years - I got very lucky.

[@jakezubrod7906]

The Subaru SVX was designed by the legendary Giorgetto Giugiaro. Who also designed the DeLorean DMC-12. If you compare the cars side by side, they both have similar window designs.

[@nexamax]

I test drove an SVX in the summer of 1993, in Switzerland. This was so futuristic with rally-like windows, an alcantara-like door panels, and drove unlike anything I had owned... but I was only 24 then. I've seen rarely SVX on today's roads and the nostalgia and wishing I'd purchased one comes to mind. Great job guys! 👏🏼

[@waynebrimhall538]

I've had three of these. Two new and one used just a few years ago. The body was designed by Gigiaro and the window in a window was unusual but in the rain it could be fully opened and no water came in. I loved how they rode and drove. The engine is a flat six! It was very smooth.

[@Stance1988]

@wd_detailing... No, you don't. Fuck off fraud. The only prize for you is a prize to the ban zone.

[@bradleybruening1569]

That’s actually one of my favorite jdm cars I’d love to own one one day, but damn RJ and Brent I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again y’all are the best detailers out there and you guys do an amazing job.

[@darrenmetal3338]

I'm in Japan and see this Subaru burning rubber on quite a regular basis. Great job there guys...👏

[@Hotpack7279]

They were sold at unbelievable Discounts at they're Time. The Problem of that Car is his in that times unique 3.3L H6 Boxer Engine. That car stuck in a viscious Circe because nobody bought it because no Parts-Maker want to produce a Headgasket or something else for it. That Car was very often Engine swapped for common Boxer Engines. But then the fear of failing Window regulators, Trunklid.. what ever,, ..and all other unique Parts does his Job to make selling impossible. Rumours said they took 50ml of every Cylinder, changed the compression screwed a Turbo on it and stuffed him in the Tribeca as a 3.0R to get back at least of the engineering costs.

[@ForgottenMotoring]

I’ve never seen a svx with another boxer swapped in, and I’ve been in the SVX community for over 15 years. I’ve seen a couple LS swaps. The unique parts are admittedly quite limited but there was a good bit of crossover parts with later models.

[@eat_a_dick_trudeau]

Well that was quite a pile. The killer of the SVX was the transmission, and the fact that it could only be had in automatic. Not appealing for a luxury sports coupe from a relative newcomer, priced on par with the big boys. The EG33 engine in these are routinely swapped in to other cars and even AIRCRAFT. Many SVXs are bought just to harvest the engine from them. Parts for these are getting incredibly hard to find which is the only reason I sold mine.

[@alfredritcher]

I remember the. All to well most car dealers would not take them in as a trade and if they did the dealers would not give much for them

[@slimeprivilege]

christ man dont post comments while on nyquil

[@brandonevans4142]

As an svx owner I can tell you have never owned one with all that bullsh*t you just spewed. Hell doesn't even sound like you've owned a Subaru. DONT read Wikipedia while smoking crack folks.

[@houseofno]

I hate to contradict your "expert" but he got it backwards. The Subaru XT was produced from 1985 to 1991. The Subaru SVX was the upmarket successor.model produced from 1992 to 1997. Subaru was trying to take the XT upmarket and thus the SVX was born. You can fact check this via Google, Wikipedia or what have you.

[@mlg1783]

I graduated high school in 2001. I saw these everywhere, many moons ago. I always thought the window situation on those were weird. Choices were made there. I had a 92 Grand Am. Back in those day. Good times.

[@LittleTut]

I had a 1996 Grand Am GT Coupe pearl black. I got so many compliments on that car up until I got a SUV 2001. Only thing I did was get some basic, to me, chrome rims; the star spoke ones. Had the soft beige fabric seats sports bucket, leather steering wheel and hand brake handle and gear shift. I kept that black clean. I have a pearl white 2001 suzuki vitara xl-7 V6 and I keep it clean too, just hitting 100k and still look good and runs good as new (with cover on it). But don't think I would do black again. I wiped it every day. :)

[@BlessedVeteranAdventures]

Yeah the window were weird. My area we had hondas, acuras, nissan hard body and s10s. West Phoenix in the 90s and early 2000s

[@canchume]

I have one I put over 30k miles on the last year only, best cars that Subaru ever made

[@swiftlymobiledetailing]

🤯Insane transformation! I enjoyed how you use the original sound. Keep up the good work👍

[@russgerussell9864]

The windows remind me of the DeLorean in the movie “Back To The Future”

[@ddc163264]

Used to sell them and drove one for a demo. Loved it. I NEVER lost a sale to ANY other 4wd car of it's kind or type. I've driven it through 18 inches of snow in colorado! BTW you video was wrong it wasn't the predecessor to the XT it came AFTER all the XT's. The 3000GT was it's main competitor, but the 3000's 4wd was great on a track along with the 4 wheel steering but otherwise wasn't that good and broke down a lot. Because it's a Subaru, it won't go up much, but as there weren't many in the first place it should do decently. I loved the windows, you could open them and get very little wind noise but were still big enough to do drive up windows easily. My fav color though was the pearl white. doing a blacked out tint with the top made for a very nice look, but the blue was my 2nd fav. the engine is simple its the 1st H6 2 L boxer 6 with 230HP. very low center of gravity, smooth and quiet. You didn't have a top of the line model as it had cloth instead of leather seats. Also it didn't have the Alcantara on the doors.

[@andreaurbach4239]

those are the most beatiful windows ever

[@justrich1741]

I hope you could make a video featuring all the equipment and products for car detailing. You guys inspire me to make this as my source of living one day.

[@saulenriquemendozabarrenec4721]

Subaru Boxer of course... most famous engine!!! I like the way you guys describes this cleaning process... regards from Lima, Perú

[@WDDetailing]

Thank you!

[@Blackness68]

I used to own one about 16 years ago they are amazing cars.

[@CrazyBoredDude]

I’m gonna and say it’s probably worth $23,000 in good shape it’s a super cool car and I enjoyed Really the video

[@loxdude]

I think it might be worth 15k and appreciating. The windows always remind me of the delorian.

[@bmaldonado41]

Also the windows resemble those on a DeLorean.

[@TheLaurbee]

My SIL has one. She bought it new. It is pristine.

[@stevenwilhite4026]

The split window seems like it would be a little claustrophobic. Then again, I’ve never been in one. I did like the car. It was a great effort by Subaru.

[@khalidalothman2397]

It was one of the most beautiful car designs in the nineties, and I dreamed of owning one like it. As for the design of the glass, it was a qualitative leap in design.

[@bryce2591]

The windows remind me of a DeLorean

[@IwillBwaiting]

Love the lines of the car, and back then loved the engine for its ''performance''. I think it is a 3.3/6, not sure though. Apart from a real enthousiast keeping this a dream car to love and cherish these cars will only cost money and not gain money, from the moment of buying. They were not a succes when they came out in the early 90's and the way we are going with electricity and such, these cars will soon no longer be allowed on the road (or in a garage).

[@jeannie1099]

Omg I had the Xt and traded it in for the svx back in the 90’s. This car was great in the snow!!! It was heavy and awd. Got me to work on many snowy days! Traded her in for Volvo wagon (pregnant). 🙄 man I miss this car!

[@Eaglevisiontsi]

3.3L H6 I remember as a teen, one regular customer would pull up to the store in this car in purple...I was always in awe of this car

[@marygeanga7080]

Hello 👋👋 I really like vintage style I hope someday I have a car God bless always guys

[@benscott1872]

So thankful we don’t have to deal with mice nests and crazy amounts of rust in the southern states! … my sympathies to y’all.

[@catsmith1518]

I had one that was Maroon. I loved it. I wish I still had it. The windows remind me of the DeLorean.

[@willywonka7183]

I remember when these first came out. The window design keeps your aerodynamics when you open your windows on the highway

[@anthonymichellekitchens6148]

I remember when this car came out. I wanted one because it was so different from anything out at the time.

[@brendanlong8872]

I used to have one of these. Loved it. Transmission was a pain in the but though.

[@ninopuglia]

This car is beautiful. It is a type of vehicle that was considered luxurious here in Brazil in the 1990s. I believe that your work will be highly valued when it comes to reselling it.

[@ivorwm2291]

Great job

[@youngsenior2175]

Good job ! Awsome luxury coupe. It has a great engine and very reliable ,back in the day the transmission had some oilcooling issues. Rare car ,looks more happy now. If it had a tail ,it would wiggle !

[@thomasbradley4868]

You should cover the electrical wiring in bags

[@paulpateman6723]

Fantastic job as always 🇬🇧👍🇬🇧👍

[@RicardoPCGamer]

my co worker has an SVX that he daily drives. His is the only one i've ever seen on the road too. He also has a Sambar Kei truck.

[@angelzambrano9773]

I love Japanese 90's cars. 😍🚘

[@mattbannan637]

WELL DONE GENTS!!!

[@alexdani3519]

Коврики оказались чище чем сиденья))

[@zacharyf.568]

I remember seeing these as a kid and thinking they were so cool.

[@BrettJ2010]

Holy shit! You guys are almost at 500k! I think I joined at 35k subs, awesome work fellas!!

[@dylancrosby6575]

the windows of the subaru svx remiand me of the dmc 12 delaroean

[@nesmarley2222]

7k-12k depends on condition and Mileage. Yet still awesome to see one. Remember only seeing 10 growing up. Jdm gang

[@joshuabrown5123]

I saw one on the road a couple of years back. It looked like it had been fully restored, or at least pretty close to it.

[@tmajcan94]

I love these cars! So cool seeing it fire up. She's a beauty and I think the value is up there I'd think. Great work boys!

[@JP-ou8yb]

These cars unfortunately were not very popular it came with a 3.3l flat 6 cylinder and had many issues with aging not to many parts are available for it.

[@charlesedwards119]

EG33 MODEL 3.3 LITER BOXER horizontally opposed flat-six.

[@shannonireland9057]

The glass reminds me of the Jetsons.

[@liquidwombat]

They’re worth around $5000-$10,000 depending upon the condition and the buyer you find they’re pretty neat cars but there’s absolutely no parts support because they didn’t sell well. However they do tend to be pretty reliable. I don’t think the price is going to change much at all as they get older, they may have a bit more enthusiast interest but they’re already really rare and they’re weird enough that they’re offputting to a lot of people so I suspect the prices are going to stay pretty stable. Honestly the price to get one of these hasn’t really changed in decades

[@andreydrekinakh]

Believe it’s a 3.3 liter flat six, I have a 3.6 liter flat six in my Outback, people keep saying they are trash, but I have over 70k miles on mine and I beat the crap out of the car since it had just under 50k miles on it and zero issues so far 😆

[@ericengberg8162]

Had a 94 LSI AWD with the same blue color.. Great video..

[@vyckamldc2]

the qoarter glass windows remind me a lot of z32 300zx

[@TristanYZY]

Underrated

[@chrisancrum8088]

I remember my high school friend had one of these back in 2000! I've only seen two in person

[@yuckyx]

in good shape these cars are only worth about 5-7k as of March 2024. Looking to get my hands on one myself soon

[@sneaks01]

No idea what it’s worth today but back in the day, it got it’s good share of “ribbing” A friend had one and it was a “hoot” to drive! The side windows are super strange but cool as well. Nice work guys!

[@kliller854]

Beautiful!

[@thereflectionartist]

The notorious H6

[@markb3756]

Does it have a flat 6 or a flat 6 with a turbo? I haven't seen one of these on the road in probably 20 years! Even then I don't remember seeing them too often. They're a strange and unique car but I would love to have the Subaru XT that it's "replacing"

[@markoe500]

These are so sick 3.3l boxer too

[@SanchezArep]

In fine shape, $8000. I owned one a few years long ago and it was in very good condition, a 1992 L, I paid $5500. The prices have remained the same for decades now. The car is an homage to the original Fuji Heavy Industries airplane history. The Nakajima Aircraft Co. Ltd. The windows resemble a cockpit as does the interior. The engine is a 3.3 flat 6 with about 230 HP. The auto trans sucked and died. They got starved of fluid and burned up due to a small orifice in a few parts. The radio and windshield wipers are connected to the speedometer. As the speed increases, the volume and speed of the windshield washers goes up. Really ahead of it's time. I had mine for a few years and loved it. If I could get another with solid tranny, I loved to own one again.

[@danmattila8491]

That blue looks like the blue Subaru WRX that Brett bought.

[@johnsomers8269]

It has an H6 engine and the windows remind me of the Citroen 2CV!

[@boubkershaimi7698]

Verry good job 👍

[@markcollins457]

The engine in the Subaru is an H6 or flat

[@EllenTheArtist]

The brown water looks like coffee! ☕

[@187DAFFY]

The windows remind me of the DMC Delorian

[@antonius7851]

The windows remind me of the Vector W8

[@b-cattv3832]

good job👍️ perfect✨

[@jeadie2273]

Reminds me of Delorean windows

[@johnchladni4916]

It reminds me of back to the future, the DeLorean

[@johnchladni4916]

Ok, what do u have for me

[@corinnezug8300]

My dad had one of these. Was such a great car. However he had an incident that a limb fell and broke the Upper windows and was nothing but a PIA to get them installed. Also it handled great!! 😁

[@EVERYDAYGames00]

Worth big money

[@adamshugan4515]

I saw one on the road in Florida. I think it's a cult classic car like the Fiero or MR2

[@eze8024]

I've always really likeg the svx with eg h6

[@Termal448]

this car is so cool😎

[@alibaba4063]

The windows remind me of a DeLorean.

[@ontariobill1]

Engine should be a 3.3 flat six engine designation EG33

[@wooyyi02]

The color of the water 😂😂

[@Shamerrificshinepro]

Thanks for the video!!!

[@kristijan2904]

Amazing Car,amazing Work

[@ThuTran-mp3gk]

The windows remind me of....no privacy😂

[@Brock_Landers]

These cars came with an EG33 which is a 3.3L H-6 (horizontally opposed six cylinder), just like the majority of Subaru engines have always been.

[@donjuan150]

Great job guys...but I would recommend wearing a respirator while clean mice fecal matter. Toxic stuff....

[@sharpshooter7686]

The last time I saw one of these was when I was in elementary school in the late 90s and early 2000s and it was red. One of my 6th-grade teachers had one and I thought it was a cool car.

[@thehughfarffchannel5499]

Never heard or seen one of these before and the day after I watch this I see one driving down the road which is weird

[@tomsloger4073]

Not a big fan of the windows myself . Great video as usual. The car itself reminds me of a Ford Probe ofthat era . I think Ford owned a stake in Mazda/Subaru at one time.

[@JAMES_PIKE]

The car went remind me to the movie back to the Future movie

[@jewellwilson4516]

This car remind me of the Delorean

[@dirkbrown524]

Windows and body style remind me of 1989 probe gt

[@kevinmalcolm3358]

I was just looking into those. Alledgadly an SVX LSI is the one to get.

[@AverageNeighbor]

Man I saw one of these at a pick a part and almost cried

[@jonathanbuffy3522]

My aunt and uncle had a purple svx just like that I remember it well they were differently different

[@willrodriguez4427]

🤯 wooowwwwww!!!!👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@Tekow1]

Awesome final results! I am curious though with the wet sanding, what happens once the polish kinda fades off after a while? Does it just become all matted again so you would need to re-polish or does this polish not fade off over time?

[@sh60guy25]

I wanted one of these when they came out but it was out of reach for a new E5 pricewise.