Presidential Detailed: 2006 Mercedes SL65 AMG

[PresdntialDtail]

This car is one of the nicest Mercedes that I have ever laid my eyes on, I was contacted for a full correction on both the owners SL65 AMG AND E55 AMG. I will post the E55 later tomorrow evening. When I first saw this car it was evening and even I was like, how can I make this look nicer?? haha! Well, as the owner insisted under certain lighting conditions there was a faint haze over the surface of the entire car. I took his word for it and he was definitely right, it seems as though a hack may have gotten a hold of this thing at some point in its short life(maybe even the dealer). The owner of the car already had it washed and it only need a very mild spot claying before I began to polish.



Here, you see some RIDS as well as the very faint haze over the surface.

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Some special lighting, and it becomes quite evident there was some major improvement to be had! I was excited at this point! :D

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The hood was my test area, so it was completed first. Some final shots after M105/PFW via rotary followed by M205/Orange via G110.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/2006%20Mercedes%20SL65%20AMG/IMG_0792.jpg



http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/2006%20Mercedes%20SL65%20AMG/IMG_0795.jpg

[PresdntialDtail]

Next, I had a look at the fender..not so perfect.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/2006%20Mercedes%20SL65%20AMG/IMG_0796.jpg



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After a couple passes of polishing, our end result!

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/2006%20Mercedes%20SL65%20AMG/IMG_0798.jpg



Did I say love black cars? :D

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/2006%20Mercedes%20SL65%20AMG/IMG_0799.jpg



The smaller bits of the intricate bumper were carefully taped off and polished to perfection using a special 3" PFW pad.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/2006%20Mercedes%20SL65%20AMG/IMG_0803.jpg



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The bumper finished.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/2006%20Mercedes%20SL65%20AMG/IMG_0815.jpg



I also polished the custom grill by hand with Zaino AIO.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/2006%20Mercedes%20SL65%20AMG/IMG_0813.jpg



Driver Side Finished.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/2006%20Mercedes%20SL65%20AMG/IMG_0817.jpg



Passenger Side Finished.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/2006%20Mercedes%20SL65%20AMG/IMG_0818.jpg

[PresdntialDtail]

Since the sun shines into the garage towards the end of the day, I decided to skip to the rear of the car to get it done while there was still some shade, oh yeah its been well into the 98-105 degree range here in FL the last week and the humidity is through the roof!



This is what we were dealing with on the trunk lid of the SL65.

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After M105/PFW, no finishing polish.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/2006%20Mercedes%20SL65%20AMG/IMG_0831.jpg



Just to remind you what the trunk used to look like..

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/2006%20Mercedes%20SL65%20AMG/IMG_0832.jpg



It doesnt get any better than this! :D

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/2006%20Mercedes%20SL65%20AMG/IMG_0837.jpg



The flash came out funny in this one due to the trunk curvature, its not a hologram I promise! :)

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/2006%20Mercedes%20SL65%20AMG/IMG_0839.jpg



Most of the roof was glass, so I taped off the pillars so they could be corrected as well..

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/2006%20Mercedes%20SL65%20AMG/IMG_0856.jpg



Next up was the rear deck spoiler, which also needed some correction work. I carefully taped off anything I did not want the buffer to touch to prevent a burn.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/2006%20Mercedes%20SL65%20AMG/IMG_0840.jpg



I did the same for the lower regions of the trunk..

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/2006%20Mercedes%20SL65%20AMG/IMG_0841.jpg



Lower Trunk Finished.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/2006%20Mercedes%20SL65%20AMG/IMG_0844.jpg



http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/2006%20Mercedes%20SL65%20AMG/IMG_0845.jpg

[PresdntialDtail]

Next up were the doors and rear 1/4 panels. I was running out of time, so I forgot to take some before shots, but its the afters we all want to see anyways right??



http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/2006%20Mercedes%20SL65%20AMG/IMG_0852.jpg



Driver Rear 1/4 Panel.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/2006%20Mercedes%20SL65%20AMG/IMG_0853.jpg



Passenger Rear 1/4 Panel.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/2006%20Mercedes%20SL65%20AMG/IMG_0854.jpg



Now I get to grace you guys with some beautiful reflections and some full sun shots to close! Thanks for looking! :D



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[PresdntialDtail]

This car just looks sick when you see the overall picture!

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/2006%20Mercedes%20SL65%20AMG/IMG_0867.jpg



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Should we pull it outside for the real results? :)

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/2006%20Mercedes%20SL65%20AMG/IMG_0877.jpg

[PresdntialDtail]

Not too many cars look this good inside and out! http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/2006%20Mercedes%20SL65%20AMG/IMG_0879.jpg



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[snowskate]

dude that`s breath taking! the car looks BEASTLY, like it wants to hunt down and devour a Thompson`s Gazelle on the plains.

You got that black to look mirror like or even chrome like. A pleasure to check out your detail.

[PresdntialDtail]

dude that`s breath taking! the car looks BEASTLY, like it wants to hunt down and devour a Thompson`s Gazelle on the plains.

You got that black to look mirror like or even chrome like. A pleasure to check out your detail.



If 650whp/740wtq isnt beastly I dont know what is! Thanks! :2thumbs:

[MrCLRider]

I need to get with it and buy a rotary and some PFW pads..it is truely a pleasure to have read your thread on this car..

[jordanrossbell]

Outstanding, that thing is perfect...such a mean lookin car, i love it!

[TSC17]

Nice work Billy on a nasty vehicle!

[PresdntialDtail]

Nice work Billy on a nasty vehicle!



Thanks Todd! Wait till you see the write-up on his E55 AMG! ;)

[Pats300zx]

Very nice...The car looks sick...:2thumbs:

[superior_detail]

Droooooooooooooooooollllllllllllllllllllll

[Chops]

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/2006%20Mercedes%20SL65%20AMG/IMG_0795.jpg

My god is that beautiful! I was trying to figure out if that was new kind of PTG or something on the hood until I realized it was the garage door opener above it. Beautiful correction!