Detailed: 1998 Mercedes E280

[pirex]

Hey, I detailed this car today, its the same owner of the peugeot I detailed yesterday. This car had some swirls, and a great deal of scrates. Its a silver car, so its not so easy to see paint defects etc. But it came out good. Enjoy.

Clear Coat: HARD.


Wash:



Degreaser on whole car
Clayed with pinnacle ultra clay


Washed optimum car shampoo
Wheels washed with poorboys spray and rinse
Dp tire gloss on the tires.



Paint:


Menzerna SIP LC pad with the metabo/
Topped with Maxwax



Interior:

Door jams with pressure washer and 303
Megs APC all over the place
vaccumed
Megs #40 on dash
DG odour eliminator
Pinnacle leather cleaner and conditioner

PICTURE TIME




Before:



http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c384/pirex/Mercedes%20E-class/DSC00388.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c384/pirex/Mercedes%20E-class/DSC00389.jpg


From this:
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c384/pirex/Mercedes%20E-class/DSC00394.jpg
To this:
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c384/pirex/Mercedes%20E-class/DSC00396.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c384/pirex/Mercedes%20E-class/DSC00375.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c384/pirex/Mercedes%20E-class/DSC00374.jpg
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http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c384/pirex/Mercedes%20E-class/DSC00384.jpg

[pirex]

After:


http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c384/pirex/Mercedes%20E-class/DSC00412.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c384/pirex/Mercedes%20E-class/DSC00413.jpg
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http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c384/pirex/Mercedes%20E-class/DSC00416.jpg


http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c384/pirex/Mercedes%20E-class/DSC00397.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c384/pirex/Mercedes%20E-class/DSC00402.jpg
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http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c384/pirex/Mercedes%20E-class/DSC00446.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c384/pirex/Mercedes%20E-class/DSC00447.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c384/pirex/Mercedes%20E-class/DSC00449_1.jpg
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[pirex]

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c384/pirex/Mercedes%20E-class/DSC00453.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c384/pirex/Mercedes%20E-class/DSC00640.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c384/pirex/Mercedes%20E-class/DSC00642.jpg
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http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c384/pirex/Mercedes%20E-class/DSC00644.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c384/pirex/Mercedes%20E-class/DSC00444.jpg

Feed back please

[Nica]

Very nice work there my friend, that vehicle was in rough shape. How was the clear coat? It's a 1998, just curious because I have a friend who has a 1997 Mercedes similar stile as this one and the clear coat is a pain to deal with...I though only the new Mercedez vehicles had the ceramic clear coat.

Boy that vehicle needed lots of work but that powergloss compound works great dosen't it :righton:

The color is silver and it looks incredable, nice depth oh and the pictures look great buddy...I like the last one you took with the flowe and the vehicle in the background....nice touch.

[Truls]

Did you go strait from S34A p.g.c to wax?

Did the S34A finish that well? well im impressed....

Car looks great

[alban61]

Great job, Pirex! That BEFORE exterior was nasty. Looks great now. Nice gloss to the finish. You're getting lots of jobs lately, since you returned from your detailing classes. Don't you let that Metabo cool down first before you start another job? :D

[pirex]

Nica: Gracias por el compañero de comentarios ;) Not a great shape on this poor thing, but it is lifted up now. To bad I can`t do anything with the rust. The car has rust everywere. To bad, because its a great car...but not a Audi :p The clear coat was hard, but SIP made it good! ;) The ceramic clear came in 2003 on mercedes, so this car doesent has it.

Thanks again, nice pictures is always good :awesome:

Truls:

I only used power gloss on places that the SIP was to weak. So i went from SIP to wax, not power gloss to wax ;) But I really think you could go from power gloss to wax, menzerna is great :D Thanks Truls :)

Alban61: Yeah, the car was nasty. I was happy that the interior was in a ok shape :D It has been some lately, but I will have some free days now, so the metabo gets to chill out with his friend PORTER CABEL :p

[Nica]

pirex, nice Spanish bro...no joke it's good I understood what you were saying. Man talk about talented huh :D hey I just got a package deliverd to my house...mmm..what could it be? I got a few things that I'm waiting fo that I lost track now hahahahaha I'll be posting it up shortly..oh yea I'm at home took the afternoon off to get certain things done ;) ;)

[pirex]

pirex, nice Spanish bro...no joke it's good I understood what you were saying. Man talk about talented huh :D hey I just got a package deliverd to my house...mmm..what could it be? I got a few things that I'm waiting fo that I lost track now hahahahaha I'll be posting it up shortly..oh yea I'm at home took the afternoon off to get certain things done ;) ;)

Nice spanish? I don`t know about that :p great that you understood it. :D Mission complete :p You did? I wanna see PICS PICS PICS :awesome: I love packages :D I am waiting for that, AND for the volvo detail :cheers: You did? Bad boy!! Go to work :p Or maybe its good for me...hmm. Good boy :p

[Nica]

lol :D :D it's good all around...Volvo is coming I just need to up load the pictures to my photobucket and I'm set.....hopefully today if not really soon.

[Gary Sword]

Looks good pirex! The shot with your metabo sitting on the paint makes me a little nervus. I really like detailing outside on a cloudy day.

[pirex]

Thanks Gary ;) Nothing to be nervus about, the metabo don`t make scrates, just make them go away :p You and me both ;)

[klumzypinoy]

Man nice work Pirex. That Mercedes was hideous. I can't believe anybody could let their expensive vehicle live in that condition :eek:. You made that Mercedes feel better now :D

[sparkie]

What a turn around. You really kick butt on that paint... Awesome job....Inside pics looks great...Did you break down your APC? 10:1, 5:1?

[Sevenrd]

Great job on that car!

I sympathize with you on detailing silver cars. For the owner they're great, as they conceal imperfections very well. But for that very same reason they make it difficult for a detailer to perfect.

Nice job.