My first Benz '02 CLK 430

**crash93ssei** · 06-27-2009, 10:53 PM

Someone that I work with just picked this up a few days ago and brought it to me right away. He wasn't really concerned with the exterior, but wanted the interior and under the hood done, and mentioned he wanted the tires to be really shiny a few times.

Here is what I did

INTERIOR
Vacuum seats, carpets, etc
Leather cleaned with Lexol Leather Cleaner
Leather conditioned with Lexol Leather Conditioner
Carpet cleaned with Folex, agitated with scrub brush, vacuumed again
Dash, door panels, and windows cleaned with DP 4 in 1 rinseless Wash & Shine

UNDER HOOD
Spray down with Meguiar's Super Degreaser dilluted 4:1, agitated with 1" brush, rinsed
Spray all underhood plastic with Meguiar's hot shine tire spray

TIRES / RIMS
Rims cleaned with Meguiar's Wheel Brightener dilluted 4:1
Tires cleaned with Meguiar's Super Degreaser dilluted 4:1
Tires dressed with Meguiar's Gold Class Endurance tire shine gel

EXTERIOR
Wash with DP 4 in 1 Rinseless Wash & Shine
Clay bar with Mothers
Wash down again with DP
Light polish with my Ultimate Detailing Machine, White Lake Country 5.5" pad and Menzerna Micro Polish
Washed again
Sealed with Meguiar's #21 2.0 synthetic sealant

HEADLIGHTS
Polished with UDM
Orange 5.5" LC pad with Menzerna PowerGloss compound
Orange 5.5" LC pad with Menzerna Super Intensive Polish
White 5.5" LC pad with Menzerna Micro Polish

ON TO THE SHOW

Before

After

Before

After

Before

During ( other side )

After

I won't bother posting pics of the seats before and after, they weren't that dirty.

Money shots

**macman3130** · 06-27-2009, 10:59 PM

forgot the pedals dude

**supercharged** · 06-28-2009, 04:18 PM

beautiful work on a beautiful car!!!

**SweetJazz** · 06-28-2009, 10:34 PM

Great job. How was the convertible top?

**sal329** · 06-28-2009, 11:49 PM

lookin good

**OGauge4Me** · 06-29-2009, 03:41 AM

Looks great Ryan. I am sure the owner was pleased.

**crash93ssei** · 06-29-2009, 05:43 AM

Originally Posted by SweetJazz

Great job. How was the convertible top?

The top was actually not that bad. It probably could have used a cleaning, but I have never touched a convertible top before, so I didn't really know how to properly clean it.