Diamond White Mercedes C63S - Detailed by Lawrence

[lawrenceSA]

I will admit I have never really been a huge fan of Mercs, even more so the rear end of the new ones, but I really fell in love with this car (still not so sure about the back though) over the time it was with me.

It was supposed to arrive on Friday night but only got here Saturday afternoon, so I was under huge time constraints - I didn't pic up my dslr once and only managed a few shots on my cell, and they don't really tell much of a story, so I will have to try and do it with words.

I'll start on the interior. Its nice :grin:

These were before anything was done





These seats are just too lovely



The car is only a few months old so the it wasn't too bad.

Process:
-Remove mats
-Blow out loose dust
-Vacuum
-Wipe down plastics with Autofinesse Spritz
-Clean/protect leather using Collinite 855
-Clean Alcantara using Valet Pro Citrus Prewash at 1:80
-Clean glass use Autoglym Fast Glass
-Brush carpets
-Vacuum
-Door rubbers cleaned with Shield Heavy Duty Vinyl and rubber cleaner
-Door rubbers protected with Aerospace 303

Under the hood is a twin turbo 4l V8 which on the 'S' model makes 375kw (an additional 25kw over the standard C63) and 700nm :crazy: (50nm more than the standard C63) which translates into a 0-100 in 4 seconds dead...

Engine Bay

Process:
-Loose dirt wiped clean off all painted surfaces with Carchem APC
-Painted areas further cleaned/polished/protected using Autofinesse Tripple
-Plastics and rubbers cleaned with Shield Heavy Duty Vinyl and rubber cleaner
-Plastic and rubbers dressed with Aerospace 303

Moving on to the fender wells, tires, wheels and brake calipers, the most important thing to be aware of was the AMG high-performance ceramic composite braking system. This is not something you want to be splashing your typical acidic/alkaline wheel cleaner or iron/tar remover all over. So the everything was cleaned using only Carchem Luxury Shampoo. The tires were cleaned using Shield Heavy Duty Vinyl and Rubber Cleaner and then dressed using Gyeon Q2m Tire. The fender wells were dressed using Autofinesse Dressel and then wheels were then protected using Optimum Optiseal.

The exterior paintwork was clean enough to justify a rinseless wash, which was done using Optimum No Rinse and Chinchila MF Towels. With the paint work now clean it was time to test for contamination which was found on all panels and removed using Shield Heavy Duty Clay with ONR as lube.

I was then able to inspect the paint which had a few minor swirls. The Diamond White is a tri-coat paint system, meaning a base coat in white, a pearl coat on top of that which is somewhat translucent, allowing you to still see the underlying white whilst adding depth to it by changing the way the light reflects, and finally a ceramic based clear coat. Paint readings ranged from 105µ to 140µ and all the was needed to get the paint LSP ready was Flex 3401 | Lake Country White Hybrid pad | Menzerna SF4000. The paint was then prepped using Gyeon prep and Collinite 845 applied for protection. A final wipe down before the owner collected was done using Menzerna Endless Shine.

The exterior glass was cleaned using Gyeon Prep.
The honeycomb was cleaned using Shield Heavy Duty Vinyl and Rubber Cleaner and Protected using Aerospace 303
The chrome accents were cleaned/polished/protected using Autofinesse Tripple

I landed up having to finish off the car over a few evenings during the week.

Here a the few cell shots I managed to take of the exterior.





















Total time spent = 25 hours

As always, thanks for looking and any comments or questions are welcome.

:hi:

[Mp0wer]

I definitely don't like these new W205 style, they just look horrible, I do like the interior though, except for the ipad glued to the dash, I did like the old W204 style a lot better...

Great job as always Lawrence

[Sicoupe]

Another beautiful job my friend!

[lawrenceSA]

Thanks guys

[vdevan]

Nicely Done Lawrence! Insane gloss....

[lawrenceSA]

Nicely Done Lawrence! Insane gloss....

Thank you very much Vasi - much appreciated my friend!

[GSKR]

One word badass car.

[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

Beautiful Lawrence! Nicely done!

[4u2nvinmtl]

Looks great!

[FASTFRED]

Great job on the Merc.