Defining Details: Black 2008 Mercedes Benz C350

DefiningDetails · 06-07-09, 06:10

Auto car wash special: 2008 Benz C350. Beautiful car, abused like clockwork every Friday at the local Autospa drive-through car wash. For a car less than a year old, it was in pretty rough shape:

Test spot using Optimum Polish II / white. No go. OPII/orange. No go. Stepped up to M105 on white and after 2 passes we were good to go. After the first coupe panels, I went to M105 / orange and managed to cut my working time in half and finished the compounding with that combo.

Once compounding was complete, I finished out with M205 / white. Left almost a flawless finish. I had a VERY tight schedule to get this car done, so I ended up doing a lot of the finishing out over night with no sun to inspect for light hologramming. Everything looked great in LED and Halogens and I was praying to the detailing gods that the sun would treat me well in the AM!

This was one of those details that just 'goes right'. No curveballs, no issues, just a great car to work on. All finished up with a layer of EZ Creme glaze and CG Butter wax.

Thanks for reading!

BostonBull · 06-07-09, 06:45

What a great turnaround! Was this an exterior only?

Got Wax · 06-07-09, 08:51

Man, that car was beat to cr@p!!! Nice work on bringing it back to life!!!

Andy

PresdntialDtail · 06-07-09, 09:15

Great job, I just completed the same detail but on a white one. Had the same car wash damaged, but the owner admitted he only ran it through twice and it still did that much damage!

mrclrider · 06-07-09, 10:09

Holy Crap!! What a shame that benz even got to that point, excellent results!!

DefiningDetails · 06-07-09, 10:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by PresdntialDtail

Great job, I just completed the same detail but on a white one. Had the same car wash damaged, but the owner admitted he only ran it through twice and it still did that much damage!

Thanks man! I remember reading about yours, and asking about your storage unit.

While the owner of this car cherishes the thing, he had zero clue about proper maintenance. I've informed him of the new wonders of 'Touchless' car washes LOL. I actually closed the client on a monthly maintenance package, so I will be able to see how long it takes him to hack it back up again...

SpoiledMan · 06-07-09, 06:40

Nice work! What kind of machine did you use?

DefiningDetails · 06-08-09, 07:50

PC with 4" pads for compounding, 6.5" for finishing (with 4" in tight spaces).

SpoiledMan · 06-08-09, 04:18

Thank you sir!

LVIIR · 06-08-09, 07:13

Nice work!

DefiningDetails · 06-08-09, 08:06

Thanks guys

Tru_Shine · 06-10-09, 06:07

I love seeing threads like this. good job