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2003 Mercedes Benz E320.
The finish on this car was destroyed from their kids washing it with bath towels on Sundays for the past eight years.
Dozens of scratches, rock chips, major cobwebbing and the clear bra was failing all lend to a poor looking vehicle in terms of appearance.
I had done this car over a year and a half ago and it looked okay for what they were willing to pay.
This time their budget allowed 6-7 hrs of work which was completed over the course of 3 days as I am fairly busy.
Check out how the finish looks after the wash/clay with no light of any kind.
The paint was weird as the D300 left a horrible haze but was cutting the defects, some areas of the car were harder than others. D301 refined everything so the one step turned into a two step.
The whole car came out okay but nowhere near perfect or even great.
Here is just after D300 on the rear of the car.
From the start the car was dirty to begin with.
I soaked the wheels/tires with Wheel Brightener & FS Purple Power.
Then pressure washed them.
The whole car was foamed & washed with Super Soap
Interior.
Before:
Vac/dry brush/vac.
Leather/vinyl cleaned with All Purpose Cleaner & hot water.
carpets shampooed with 3D carpet shampoo.
Leather/vinyl dressed with Quik Interior Detailer.
Painted trim waxed with HD Poxy.
Glass cleaned with Glass Cleaner Concentrate 10:1.
Jambs cleaned with ONR.
During:
After:
The engine was just coated in brown dirt.
I did a pressure wash rinse and a soapy water agitation, then dressed with Hyper-Dressing at 2:1.
Back to the paint/exterior.
Like I said, the car looked and felt terrible and I had only about 3-4 hrs left at this point of the detail.
I clayed the paint with Meguiars mild blue clay and ONR.
Compounded with D300 Correction Compound via PCXP & 5.5" disc.
Polished/sealed with D301 Finishing Wax via PCXP & 5.5" finishing disc
Tires/wells dressed with Hyper-Dressing 2:1.
All metal trim polished with All Metal Polish.
Wheels sealed with Synthetic X-Press Spray Wax.
There was minor dusting after the D300 step and I did not want to take any chances so I pressure washed the car off.
After:
I did not get a chance to do the final touch ups and last details until around 10 at night so pics are not the greatest.
Car is not perfect but looks better than 70-80% of black cars on the road that are this old today.
After:
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2005 Acura TL.
Just a basic wash/seal.
Washed with Super Soap.
Clay while washing.
Sealed with HD Poxy.
Tires/wells dressed with Hyper-Dressing 1:1.
Interior vac/wipedown.
Before:
After:
The finish on this car was destroyed from their kids washing it with bath towels on Sundays for the past eight years.
Dozens of scratches, rock chips, major cobwebbing and the clear bra was failing all lend to a poor looking vehicle in terms of appearance.
I had done this car over a year and a half ago and it looked okay for what they were willing to pay.
This time their budget allowed 6-7 hrs of work which was completed over the course of 3 days as I am fairly busy.
Check out how the finish looks after the wash/clay with no light of any kind.
The paint was weird as the D300 left a horrible haze but was cutting the defects, some areas of the car were harder than others. D301 refined everything so the one step turned into a two step.
The whole car came out okay but nowhere near perfect or even great.
Here is just after D300 on the rear of the car.
From the start the car was dirty to begin with.
I soaked the wheels/tires with Wheel Brightener & FS Purple Power.
Then pressure washed them.
The whole car was foamed & washed with Super Soap
Interior.
Before:
Vac/dry brush/vac.
Leather/vinyl cleaned with All Purpose Cleaner & hot water.
carpets shampooed with 3D carpet shampoo.
Leather/vinyl dressed with Quik Interior Detailer.
Painted trim waxed with HD Poxy.
Glass cleaned with Glass Cleaner Concentrate 10:1.
Jambs cleaned with ONR.
During:
After:
The engine was just coated in brown dirt.
I did a pressure wash rinse and a soapy water agitation, then dressed with Hyper-Dressing at 2:1.
Back to the paint/exterior.
Like I said, the car looked and felt terrible and I had only about 3-4 hrs left at this point of the detail.
I clayed the paint with Meguiars mild blue clay and ONR.
Compounded with D300 Correction Compound via PCXP & 5.5" disc.
Polished/sealed with D301 Finishing Wax via PCXP & 5.5" finishing disc
Tires/wells dressed with Hyper-Dressing 2:1.
All metal trim polished with All Metal Polish.
Wheels sealed with Synthetic X-Press Spray Wax.
There was minor dusting after the D300 step and I did not want to take any chances so I pressure washed the car off.
After:
I did not get a chance to do the final touch ups and last details until around 10 at night so pics are not the greatest.
Car is not perfect but looks better than 70-80% of black cars on the road that are this old today.
After:
=============================================
2005 Acura TL.
Just a basic wash/seal.
Washed with Super Soap.
Clay while washing.
Sealed with HD Poxy.
Tires/wells dressed with Hyper-Dressing 1:1.
Interior vac/wipedown.
Before:
After:
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