2004 Black Mercedes S430 De Swirled

[jgh1987]

All I can say is I was not prepared for this car! My parents S-Class that has never seen anything other than nylon brush washes and the occasional Swirl-O-Matic run. Other than that the car is in excellent shape, only around 20,000 miles and has always lived in a garage. Since I only had a PC and Menzerna Intensive Polish as my most aggressive combo, each section took around 5 passes (sometimes more) to perfect. It also did not help that I only had two pads, I kept finding myself having to clean each halfway through each panel

Process:

-Wheels, tires & wheel wells washed with Meguiars Deep Crystal soap and Meg's APC 4:1
-EZ Detail Brush for wheel barrells
-Paint foamed with Meg's Deep Crystal
-Washed with Meg's Gold Class via two bucket method
-Clayed with blue Clay Magic
-Polished with Menzerna IP & Orange LC 5.5" pad
-Polished with Menzerna Final Polish & White LC 5.5" pad
-Meg's Quick Interior Detailer
-Poorboys EX-P as LSP





Dried off after wash, preparing to clay




50/50 shot of rear passenger door


Close up


Before, driver side hood


50/50


After


Driver mirror, before


After


Before


After






In the middle of the detail, one of my dads friends came by with one of his new cars so I took a break to check it out.



its a 1970 Challenger with the original body & paint, but with a brand new 470 cubic inch (I believe) Hemi crate motor








Back to the detail...

50/50 of trunk


After

[jgh1987]

Driver side front quarter, before

After


Another 50/50, driver door


After second wash to remove all dust & polish oils, preparing to dry for LSP application


EX-P applied, I let it cure for about 20 hours



Afters:











I would also suggest that if anyone is in need of microfiber towels right now, to consider what George at Detailed Image has to offer. Just before this detail I had received 10 of his "Ultra Plush Two Sided" towels and 10 of his "reTHICKulous" towels. These MF's are fantastic! Extremely soft and thick, and they don't come with tags! I took a picture of each towel:

Ultra Plush Two Sided (what I used for this detail)



and the reTHICKulous towel

[killrwheels@autogeek]

no links to outside products and competitors, thanks !

[karburn]

Wunderbar! Nothing more regal than a black MB sedan. That Cuda is a collector's item. Detail it for him, then send him to Barrett/Jackson to reap his fortune!

[supercharged]

Great job you have done out there!

[David Fermani]

Josh - Awsome work my man. Great documentation too. I'm not sure if I'd rather have the Mopar or the Benz??

[ehuth1]

Nice detail and pics! Showroom new.

[Gary Sword]

Big improvement on the MB. Nice Work!

[jgh1987]

Originally Posted by killrwheels@autogeek

no links to outside products and competitors, thanks !

Whoops! wasnt aware, no problem.

Originally Posted by karburn

Wunderbar! Nothing more regal than a black MB sedan. That Cuda is a collector's item. Detail it for him, then send him to Barrett/Jackson to reap his fortune!

Well thanks! the cuda was pretty sweet. loud as hell too

Originally Posted by supercharged

Great job you have done out there!

Thanks super!

Originally Posted by David Fermani

Josh - Awsome work my man. Great documentation too. I'm not sure if I'd rather have the Mopar or the Benz??

Thanks David, I dont know which I would rather have! how about both?

Originally Posted by ehuth1

Nice detail and pics! Showroom new.

Thanks! I sure did try to make it show room material

Originally Posted by Gary Sword

Big improvement on the MB. Nice Work!

Thanks Gary

[m4gician]

I applaud you my friend. Using only a PC for a car that size, or for any full swirl removal like that is really doing it the hard way. Very hard work for very good results.

Like you, I was baffled that it takes so long to polish a vehicle from that condition to newer and I can truly empathized with you how you had to clean pads, repolish, etc. Keep maintaining that job so you don't have to do it again!

Very, very nice work.