2006 Mercedes-Benz SLK 350 Show Car Makeover Pictures

[Shortspark]

Great car, great job!

[damaged442]

Nice work gentlemen!

[Mike Phillips]

Nice work gentlemen!

It was a total team effort...


There's a few pictures missing but more to come...

[Saab-Daniel]

Mike,
do you have any before/after shots you could line up next to each other?
Looks excellent, good job TEAM! :-)
/Daniel

[Mike Phillips]

Mike,
do you have any before/after shots you could line up next to each other?
Looks excellent, good job TEAM! :-)
/Daniel

Kind of...

Here's before, this picture was taken after decontaminating the paint with Auto Finesse Iron Out and then washing with Detailer's Xtreme Foam Formula Soap and drying with a Guzzler Waffle Weave towel.

So this is before claying and before polishing and the LSP. This picture can be found at the bottom of post #3. Note that I did write in post #7 that my co-worker Jeff noted the paint looked very shiny in the shot below but when he felt it with the baggie test the paint felt very rough. There were very few swirls or other paint defects in this car which is a GOOD thing as I don't think in the last 50,000 miles it's seen much action in the way of paint detailing. The last owner was in their 70's.






Here's after wipe off of the LSP...

Now the paint is completely cleaned, polished, smooth and clear. It's just not a HUGE visual difference from where it started but if you could feel how glassy and slick the paint feels now you would be amazed.

[Mike Phillips]

While going through the pictures taken for this project I found one more "before" picture.

This would be after washing but before claying and polishing. While the paint is shiny the car looks lifeless... there's no bling so to speak...






And when I get back from SEMA I'll be doing an extreme makeover on the wheels and brake calipers, so stay tuned....

[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

Looks like the German brake dust got the better of those wheels. Can't wait to see them redone.

[Mike Phillips]

Looks like the German brake dust got the better of those wheels. Can't wait to see them redone.

That's why for this project at this time we didn't apply anything to the wheels. Going to be very busy after SEMA showing all the new cool tools and products but I am going to squeeze in a re-paint on these wheels, new chrome lug nuts and re-paint the calipers.

Will probably detail the wheel well compartments too...


Then stick a fork in this car and call it done.

[The Guz]

Looks like the team got the job done. Looking forward to the refinished wheels. What color are you considering for the calipers?

[custmsprty]

Awesome work and great write up, thanks for sharing these detail happy hours with such in depth feedback Mike.