You may remember the detail article on this Benz that I recently completed.
http://www.tamparacing.com/forums/pr...-sl65-amg.html


Well, I was lucky enough to also detail its awesome twin! This car has every modification you can think of while staying tasteful! I was lucky enough to drive this one home from a local car show where I had it on display and all I can say is WOW WHAT A MACHINE! :nerd:

This is how the car looked when I arrived. It was falry dirty due to the non-stop rain we have been getting here in FL lately.








I turned my attention to the wheels first, as they were pretty dirty.






I then turned my attention to prepping the rest of the car for polishing. I used a sample of TropiCare's Citrus Wash to help break down any oils or contaminants that may have been bonded to the surface. I must say, this stuff works quite well!






I then pulled it into the garage out of the sun to be dried and began taping the car off.

 

Even with my powerful halogens this E55 was showing very little swirls/scratches. Under full sun there was a different story however, I knew then that I would need to pull the car out into the sun to check my work for the most true results.

Some suns shots after being washed.








I began by taping off half of the trunk for my test panel.


After SIP/PFW via rotary followed by M205/Orange via DA.


Before.


After.


The true results now present themselves.

 

The entire front hood/fenders had been clear bra'd so I turned my attention to the passeneger side doors.
After SIP/PFW..


Followed by M205/Orange via DA.


I then moved onto the rear door..


A closer look to see the deeper swirls in the paint..this was how the entire car was, sometimes being hard to capture on camera.


After SIP/PFW..


Followed by M205/Orange via DA..


I then moved onto the rear 1/4 panel..


After, with a glimpse of the sun..

 

I was running out of time, so I forgot to get the before/during pictures of the driver side, but here are some afters..




With Flash..




I then turned my attention to the lower half of the doors, which seemed to be worse than the rest of the vehicle..

Before.


I stepped up to a Megs Yellow Wool with M105 for these sections.


After M205/Orange..

 

The next day, before starting on the rear bumper/lower trunk/roof I decided to check my work in the full sun before it went behind the clouds.

Just how I like em, a mirror.




I taped off each section to ensure no edges were burnt(I was lucky, this car has the full glass roof feature! )


I had to lift open the trunk to properly polish, but there is some serious audio work back there. I decided it was better to tape/cover the entire trunk before creating more work for myself.




I used the full size pad for the larger areas, then bumped down to a spot buff 3" PFW for the smaller areas.


All of the CF trim was then polished by hand with Zaino AIO.




As well as the wheels, since they were also painted.


The glass roof had some hard water spots that were difficult to remove, so I opted to polish all of the glass with 106ff via the DA on a white pad. Worked quite well actually!

Before..hard to tell but it was not something to tackle with simple glass cleaner.


After.


ALL of the glass was polished, as well as the B-pillars.

 

Some more final pics! Unfortunately I wasnt able to get complete day shots, Ill try to get some soon.

The entire car(even the clearbra) was coated with TWO coats of Blackfire Paint Sealant. This left the car with an incredibly slick surface and water literally will not stick to the car!

 

Your work is amazing! Like 99% of the people on h-t, I wish I was local to have you detail my IS300 ... it needs some lovin =P

 

No need to even look at these pictures I know you do a good job detailing lol. But I was wondering what kind of product do you use to clean windsheilds? Like any products you recommend at my local Kragens, Pep Boys, etc etc.. TIA

 

I just wish I new what the abbreviations meant I'm saving up to buy some products so I can detail the wife's and my car.

"After SIP/PFW via rotary followed by M205/Orange via DA."

 

Wow...... So much skill!

 

nice

 

Im not sure what you could pick up, Meguairs is usually always a first pick for me anywhere I go. Stoners is a good brand name window cleaner if you can find that.

 

"After Menzerna Super Intensive Polish(SIP)/Lake Country Purple Foamed Wool Pad via rotary polisher followed by Meguairs M205/Lake Country Orange Foam Pad via Dual Action Polisher."

Hows that?

 

I think you need more practice. Why don't you come practice on some of my cars?

Your work is divine! Great job!

 

Ohh I use Meguairs to shine my interior and it works great. I will probably just get that then, thanks.

 

deleted because IB wouldn't post the original message....boooooo!

 

That's perfect. Thank you sir. I was actually looking at those products so it just confirms I was looking in the right direction. I have a DA air tool for sanding so I wonder if I could use it with a polishing pad.

 

I see people use those to actually wet sand a car, but I dont know if I would use it to polish. Can you adjust the speed or is it just on/off?

 

Great job man
Black seems to swirl the most. I let some guy at a Honda dealer buff my Civic and it ended up coming back with a bunch of swirls and holograms.
Have you gotten my message Presidential?
Sorry its long, just wanted some feedback.

 

how much does something like this run? I would imagine it being expensive as that looks like a shitload of work. Probably one of the best detail jobs I have ever seen.

 

awesome work again!!!!!

 

I have it to do a cheap paint job to my S10 truck someday. I'm not sure if it is adjustable or not in speed. I'll check it out of course. I also wonder if the pressure from the tank can adjust the speed too. I'll get back to you on that.

 

nice car and nice job. I wish i had detail skilllllz or an AMG

 

YOU ALWAYS DO GOOD WORK!!

 

Thanks!