C63 Spring Clean Up - Picz

[Andr3wilson]

Hey Guys!

So to start off, I decide to go full ham on this detail! I was changing from my shredded winters to my summer and I wanted to really car for my girl!

Weather was forecasting 20 degrees and sun! I decided our long awaited spring was finally here (after 6 full months of snow)

So I started off with the summer rims!

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Rims have around 600km on them, so not too much was called for.

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IronX, TarX, W99 1:2, and Diablo 1:4

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CG Citrus Wash&Gloss, stripping dilution

Popped over to HD and bought a mat to put the tires on to avoid scratching!

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Bit of Grime

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W99 on the tires is the best! Hands down!

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Not too much from the IronX

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Little lug brush is awesome!

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Blow dry

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Next up, polishing!

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SI1500 on an Orange Pad via PE14

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SV Autobahn to the rims (sorry about the shaky pic, shutter speed setting issue)

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Little trick to getting a new looking tire, without getting a new tire.

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Magic in a bottle.

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Apply with old sponge and scrub with the sponge

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Clean and amazing! No dressing yet!

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Left side is cleaned, polished and dressed, right side was cleaned. Dressed with Migilore Bella lustra

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Car up on jack stands

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I sprayed 1Z W99 straight dilution all through the wheel wells and suspension, let it sit for 30 seconds, got my pressure washer and got dirty!

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[Andr3wilson]

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CG Citrus Wash & Gloss

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IronX TarX treatment

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Wheels back on

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Chip repair

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Storm showed up!

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The trunk lid was giving me a hard time. I new from direct sun light there were light swirls (improper drying). But my brinkman would show them up, 2500 lumen LED workshop light wouldn't show them, or even the 3M sun gun... So I gambled and went for SI1500 on an orange pad via Rupes 15. Seemed to work....

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Process was 4500/85RD for the panels on a green, then Vic Wax Lite Cleanser on a red pad. For stone chips I wet sanded the blogs down with 2000 and 3000 grit, then compound with FG400 on a wool pad via PE14 rotary.

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Before wax
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I use this little foam detail sticks to clean compound dust out of crevices and dirt between lights and body panels

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For this detail I chose SV Mystery and applied it by hand massaging it into the paint (remember Im going full ham son)

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Buffed off with the SV Micro Fluffy towel. Things are stupidly expensive, but amazing

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All done :)

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Thanks for reading! :xyxthumbs:

[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

Beautiful work Andrew. C63 looks proper now.

[zmcgovern45]

Purrty

[Dr_Pain]

That car is ugly. You need to send it to me for proper disposal!

Great work!

[hernandez.art13]

The car obviously looks great, but really took notes on your photography.

[Bigbull2984]

I bet my wifes 4cyl CRV can take on that c-class.....:joking:


Amazing.......Amazing job man. This is one of my favorite cars too. Been looking at CPO C63 for some time now.

Have you taken that beast to the tracks?

[Marc08EX]

Very nice detail, Andrew! I really enjoy the step by step pictures you took. I love when someone does a wheels off detail.

[JSou]

wow...so elegant.

[Andr3wilson]

Beautiful work Andrew. C63 looks proper now.

Thanks a lot Mike! I was itching for over a month to do this but with our weather it was a bit of a gamble. The day after we got hit with a blizzard and 70mph winds. Almost proper though, if you see the front grill is busted on the bottom. Its very brittle plastic and when I got the car I accidentally put it into snow bank. The replacement part was only $45 but you have to take the bumper off to replace it. Still deciding what I will do.


Purrty

Thanks a lot!


That car is ugly. You need to send it to me for proper disposal!

Great work!

I agree! Where should I send it??? Thanks :xyxthumbs:


The car obviously looks great, but really took notes on your photography.

Thanks a lot! I really try! :xyxthumbs:


I bet my wifes 4cyl CRV can take on that c-class.....:joking:


Amazing.......Amazing job man. This is one of my favorite cars too. Been looking at CPO C63 for some time now.

Have you taken that beast to the tracks?

One of my favs too! Loud and pops everywhere, but it really likes to slide around. When Top Gear was saying its an axe murder with headlights, they were joking. Damn tale loves to step out in corners. I have tracked it, and now the tracks are open a lot more will happen too! I may have a set of Hoosier A6s coming. Also she may be hitting the tune shop some more!


Very nice detail, Andrew! I really enjoy the step by step pictures you took. I love when someone does a wheels off detail.

Thanks a lot man! Appreciated!


wow...so elegant.

Thanks a lot :dblthumb2:

[GenesisCoupe]

Those are some dirty wheel wells!!! Car turned out great though!

[Pinpoint_Precision]

Great job bud. Really like the pictures as well. Thanks for sharing

[Andr3wilson]

Those are some dirty wheel wells!!! Car turned out great though!

Thanks a lot! To be honest they were not as bad as I was expecting! More dirt than break dust.


Great job bud. Really like the pictures as well. Thanks for sharing

Thank you very much sir!

[sproketser]

Great job in there , congrats , inspiring .

[BobbyG]

A true tutorial in properly preparing a C63 for a new season.....:props:

I have to admit I don;t know a lot about these cars but a close friend of mine has the 2 door version and it's done in a dull silver....... His new G-Wagon is done in a dull looking black.

I've offered to buff them out but he just shakes his head and laughs...:laughing: