The G Beast gets Finest Love

[richy]

This female customer of this beast of a vehicle (how cool is that?!) was a referral from another job I did a few years back. They have kindly sent me quite a few people. This was to be a wheels off, Finest detail. It's a 2016 and it only needed a one step, save and except for a few light scratches. Here it is as it arrived:


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As you can see, it was a good thing the wheels were getting pulled..they needed the extra attention. Depending on the wheels, this step is a must IMO.



Hearing this engine run was a joy!




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The exhaust tips were sexy as Hell!


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First up was the wheels. The barrels were cleaned first with Tarminator followed by Zep Citrus and 3D Pink soap. The faces also were shot with some ZC and cleaned with the 3D soap. Good cleaning ability for this soap. I like it. The tires were cleaned (twice) with Zep 505 and the wells with LATA.

Now it was time to wash the car. I hate washing in the rain!!


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Oh well. It was washed also with the 3D Pink soap.


It was then brought inside and clayed with a clay towel. The paint was in good shape except for a few light scratches.


First up was the wheels. Each was removed one at a time and the barrels cleaned with ONR followed by DG Squeaky clean. The barrels, faces and calipers were double coated with CQF. The wells were coated with a DG beta trim coating. Here are a few "in progress" shots:



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Once the wheel was re-installed, it was torqued to factory spec. The tires were shot with Opti Bond while it was still in the air.


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The paint was polished with M205 and a yellow B/S pad either with a 5" pad on my 3401 or with a 4" pad on my rotary. A LOT of areas (especially the front end) needed to be done by hand. Boy does that slow you down! Afterward the paint, side and rear glass and head and tail lights were all double coated with CQF. The windshield was coated with Forte. The trim was done with DLux. Here she is all done:



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Having some fun with the focus:



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The metallic in this paint was just stunning! M205 made it jump.



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Speaking of AMG...guess how many times it's displayed on the outside of this vehicle? The highest guess I had from people over for Father's Day was 6. It was actually 14 times!! Nobody's missing that I suppose.


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I love this shot. It is a reflection of the front star taken in the side of the chrome bar:


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The side pipes were hand polished with M205 and coated too:



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Hmmmm, a clean barrel now!


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Thanks for looking. Comments always appreciated.

[Marc08EX]

Great job as always Richy!

Looks like Finest added gloss to the matte wheels, right?

[richy]

Great job as always Richy!

Looks like Finest added gloss to the matte wheels, right?

Thanks Marc! Not really, they were covered with grime and brake dust so they looked dull in the before shots. It might add 10% as a subjective guess.

[AZ Mike]

Richy, I love seeing your work and reading your posts. Give that man a cigar!

[coles_paint_correction]

Look at that metallic!

[Aaryn NZ]

Nailed it Richy! :props:

Beautiful workmanship as per usual mate. Incredible paint once its been shown some love. I cringed when I thought of the front of that beast & props for the hard yards doing alot of that by hand, there's a lot of ground to cover. Looks really nice Richy, just one complaint - where's my ceiling shot??? Lol! :buffing:

Awesome post mate, thank you for sharing.

Aaryn NZ. :dblthumb2:

[oldmodman]

What a beautiful result.

That sure is a lot of real estate to clean and polish.

[Justin at Final Inspection]

Nice!!!

[TTQ B4U]

Nice work! Not a fan of the vehicle myself but deep appreciation for what it is. My neighbor has one with a tune an exhaust and it's intoxicating to hear them pull out from our complex.

Great jobs on making it better than factory new.

[richy]

Richy, I love seeing your work and reading your posts. Give that man a cigar!
Thanks Mike...now you're talking!!


Look at that metallic!
Thank you! I loved seeing it in the sun.


Nailed it Richy! :props:

Beautiful workmanship as per usual mate. Incredible paint once its been shown some love. I cringed when I thought of the front of that beast & props for the hard yards doing alot of that by hand, there's a lot of ground to cover. Looks really nice Richy, just one complaint - where's my ceiling shot??? Lol! :buffing:

Awesome post mate, thank you for sharing.

Aaryn NZ. :dblthumb2:
Thanks so much Aaryn! I promise a ceiling shot on the next one! I've got a helper, so I'll ask him to remind me.


What a beautiful result.

That sure is a lot of real estate to clean and polish.
Thanks kindly. Yes it was. I'm glad I don't have to wash it once a week.


Nice!!!
Thanks man!


Nice work! Not a fan of the vehicle myself but deep appreciation for what it is. My neighbor has one with a tune an exhaust and it's intoxicating to hear them pull out from our complex.

Great jobs on making it better than factory new.
Thank you very much.

[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

Beautiful work on that Brute Richy!

[Sizzle Chest]

Most excellent! Looks fantastic. Great work!

[lane5515]

The real question is "how long did it take you?" :laughing:

[richy]

Beautiful work on that Brute Richy!
Thanks very much Mike!


Most excellent! Looks fantastic. Great work!
Thanks kindly!


The real question is "how long did it take you?" :laughing:
LMAO!! Rattle that cage, baby!! 45,876,354,356 Canadian hours, LOL. 20 real hours

[Marc08EX]

The real question is "how long did it take you?" :laughing:

:laughing::laughing::laughing: