04 Mercedes Sl-55 Correction

Auto Concierge · 03-10-09, 09:51

This car kicked my a** over the last two days, six hours to JUST wash,clay and clean the HRE wheels which had not been cleaned in over THREE years.

Originally I was to have three days to work on the car,but the owner was sending the car to his dad and the transport company screwed everything up for me by arriving a day early, anyway 19.5 hours later.......

WASH:CG CW&G
CLAY: GI purple coarse clay using GI ph nuetral soap as lube(slickness)
WHEELS: GI new wheel gel(saved my but, HRE polished lips so no strong cleaner on these)
TIRES: P&S natural tire dressing

CORRECTION: MEGS 105 w/ GI evp pad prime GI white fast cutting foam pad GI extreme cut w/ GI yellow polishing pad and evp
POLISH: GI evolution polish w/ GI blue polishing pad
FINISH POLISH:MEGS 205 w/ SM arnold 5" finish pad

LSP: GI signature sealant followed by concorso applied w/Flex DA

The start of a very long day

Could the wheels be any worse?

This had been on the paint for who knows how long? needed 2500 grit sanding

No machine swirls, but fallout that ruined a new coarse clay bar!!

Getting to it, long road ahead

The wheels had black mesh centers, major pita to correct

On the home stretch today, final jewelling

Finish is almost there

Finished pics

Wheels brought back to life

chromecarz00 · 03-10-09, 09:55

WOW
I had a friend whose wheels wre like that, how on earth did you polish the lips?
mad props

PresdntialDtail · 03-10-09, 10:04

Very nice detail! I dont know if I missed it, but what did you use to polish the wheel lips?

Auto Concierge · 03-10-09, 10:28

I used CG extreme metal shine, then CG Blue B gone over a looooong period of time.

kei169 · 03-11-09, 12:02

marvellous!!!!!

rwisejr · 03-11-09, 02:00

Simply outstanding job !!!! That turned out awesome .

Apollo_Auto · 03-11-09, 02:42

Ladies and gerbils, this is the kind of detail that separates the Bob's from the boys! Very nice work, Bob

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TSC17 · 03-11-09, 03:32

Nice work there Bob!

Auto Concierge · 03-11-09, 06:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by Apollo_Auto

Ladies and gerbils, this is the kind of detail that separates the Bob's from the boys! Very nice work, Bob

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Thanks, the only separation I was feeling is my arm from my body, BY FAR THE WORST WHEELS I have had to correct in a long time. I did a F-150 truck in the nineties that had Centerline full polish wheels and those were slightly worse than these.

The HRE's were configured that I could not use a power ball, and a dremel tool would have left a hologram, by hand it was (manual labor style)I did not keep exact time of how long each wheel took but it was over 1.5 hours a wheel.

dsms · 03-11-09, 12:28

Epic work Bob, the wheels were a disaster but the paint really caught my eye in the end. The overall deep glow is just awesome, especially considering the prior condition riddled with RIDS. I know this was a tough job but damn this is top work, go relax!

Auto Concierge · 03-11-09, 01:41

Off today at the shop getting last minute things done by contractors, and yes recovering from yesterdays job as I am not a spring chicken anymore (understatement of the year!!).

shine · 03-11-09, 01:58

Great job! Those wheels were beyond awful.