05 Cl55 AMG revisited...56k take a seat!!!

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sftempest66

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Hey guys, well the owner contacted me the other day and said his car had some swirls on it, I guess he takes it to Miami once in a while and has it washed or whatever...well I got it today, was really dirty and on top of that had some pretty decent marring on the whole car...I was in for a big treat due to the fact that the clear on this beast was EXTREMELY hard and it took me a LONG time to correct it....process was as follows



Exterior:

-Wash with nxt wash

-Clay with Pinnacle Poly Ultra clay/Pinnacle clay lube

-Optimum Polish via Orange pad, pc set at 6 (2 passes made on each panel)

-Optimum Polish via White pad, pc at 6, light one time over

-Poorboys EX-P (switched from EX with caranuba to try and get a lil longer durability and I think the car looked better with the EX-P!!! it was very wet and glossy!! :secret )

-NXT Glass cleaner on all glass

-Rain X to all windows

-Wheels cleaned with wash mit with nxt and then some NXT quick detail

-Tires dressed with Meguiars Hot shine...(after I spray the tires I'll take a foam applicator to even the coverage, it works great!)



Interior:

-Vacuum

-Poorboys Trim Restorer to dash/vinyl

-Poorboys Leather stuff conditioned into leather

-Woolite Carpet Cleaner, matts scrubbed and carpets scrubbed

-Door jambs cleaned wth quick detail

-Chrome Sills cleaned with metal polish



Pics:



Before's on Paint...Marring was evenly distributed throughout the whole car, very deep marring on the passenger side rear quarter, I quickly switched to some compound on that one section, but other than that, I had a very long working time with the OP and the longer I seemed to work it in the better it cut :chuckle:

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:wow: Very, very wet looking!



I have to agree about how hard the clear is on the new Mercedes but at least the one you did wasn't torn up with a rotary and wool pad like the one I did was. ;)



Still, even light marring/swirls mean a long afternoon of polishing via PC or Cyclo.
 
Scottwax said:
:wow: Very, very wet looking!



I have to agree about how hard the clear is on the new Mercedes but at least the one you did wasn't torn up with a rotary and wool pad like the one I did was. ;)



Still, even light marring/swirls mean a long afternoon of polishing via PC or Cyclo.
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Thanks, yea I did happen to see the black one you detailed, that thing was destroyed!!! :mad:



lemans23 said:
:Is that a bottle of Meg's Endurance in that net on the passengerside?
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nope, it was a mercedes leather conditioner or something, I used my Poorboys leather stuff instead...
 
looks good BUT-







one of the best looking things about these cars are the massive 8 piston brembo calipers- and they look a bit dirty!
 
tdekany said:
nice going for your first post!:furious: :furious: :furious:



Let us see your work now.
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There was kind of a reason i was picking on him, same reason i know exactly what type of brakes they are:
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Erik Schultz said:
looks good BUT-







one of the best looking things about these cars are the massive 8 piston brembo calipers- and they look a bit dirty!
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:sadpace: I'll make sure to pay extra special attention to them next time :heelclick
 
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