Hey everyone been a few weeks since my last write up. Heres my aunt's daily driver. This car had a good amount of contamination on the paint and it was heavily swirled from being taken to the car wash regularly. The interior was in good shape. Probably the best I've seen in a while lol As i posted in a previous thread for the correction on the car i used Menzerna SIP and Orange Pads and was surprised to find it finished down LSP ready with one pass of my PC at 5. A yellow pad and Menz SIP was used on some areas. Theres about 130 pictures so if you have slow internet take a coffee/beer break. Whole job took 28 hours over the course of 3 days.


Wash:
Gilmour Foam Gun
CG Maxi Suds
Megs #62
Sheepskin Wash Mitt
Two Bucket Method
WW MF Drying Towel
Larger MF Drying Towel


Clayed:
Clay Magic Fine Grade Clay Bar
CG Synthetic Quick Detailer

Paint Correction:
PC 7424 XP
LC Orange Pad
LC Yellow Pad
IPA

Trim:
P21S Finish Restorer
Black Wow

Glass:
CG Window Clean
Rain X

Wheels:
EO A2Z All Wheel and Tire Cleaner
Wheel Brush
EZ Detail Brush
CG Silk and Shine

Engine:
CG Grime Reaper
Brush
Black Wow

Interior:
Shark Steamer
Vac
MF Towels
CG Silk and Shine
CG's Fabric Clean (carpet)
Adam's Fabric Clean (headliner)
PB's Natural Look (for the leather)
Dodo Juice Rainforest Rub (on wood panels)

Exterior:
PB's S&G

LSP:
CG's M-Seal

Tools:
Costco MF towels
DD Uber MF Towels (Buffing)
Sony Cyber Shot 7.2mp
Rolling Knee Thing
Goggles/Protective Eyewear
Nitrile Gloves
A toothpick (such a golden tool)

Pictures:

















The flash made it look really dirty

No flash







Not sure if everyone can see this, but if you have a laptop and you tilt your screen you'll see the grime on the trunk in this pic
















Like i said before the interior was not bad at all.


Before Clay:

After Clay:

Before:

After:

Car completely clayed





Also picked this up at Harbor Freight while i was there, I think I paid around $50. All steel with rubber wheels and it has 3 shelves. I put some protective foam on the edges to avoid any scratches on the car. This was also a huge lifesaver and time saver. I would load it up with the necessary products for the job at the time, (Wash, Claying, Polishing, Wax). This was a bargain compared to the Rubbermaid one which is like $100+ :crasy:

Polishing the trunk:

A lot of swirls from the car wash :shakehead:

Healthy reading on the paint of the car all over the place. Readings were between 4.5 and 5.5


After one pass of SIP via orange pad


Great clarity after the one pass, Left side uncorrected, right corrected:

Close up of before polishing one spot

After:


More swirls all over the place and a few RIDS


Taped up and prepped for surgery


Hood correction:


After:




B Pillar
Before:



After:

Interior shots




Dont know if this is considered meticulous or crazy :shrug:








Leather Cleaner and Conditioner


Dodo Juice Rainforest Rub used on all wood panels

The difference between untreated leather and treated:

Carpets:
Before:



After:

 

Even more intense swirls and water spot etching compliments of your local "scratch and shine"



Delirious while polishing at 5am




Emblem before:

Emblem after P21S Finish Restorer

Trunk Jamb



Afters:









A little bit of dust got on here before the picture :sorry:


Some parts were faded and could not be fixed without dying the plastic

Steering wheel doesn't hide the cars age or use. :/


Had the hood up and saw an opportunity for a nice reflection shot


Hope you enjoyed it. As always any and all comments/suggestions are welcome.

 

Wow great result!!!

This reminds of my c240.....I miss her alot lol...

 

Amazing!

 

Good work buddy!

BTW that tilting the screen thing is sick haha

 

thanks, i actually had to drive back to my aunts house, such a comfortable ride and sporty when you get on the gas

thanks

Hey man thanks, by tilting do you mean the angle I took the pictures at?

 

He means the laptop tilt that showed all that gunge, that blew my mind!

Good work.

 

I test drove one of these and thought it was a pretty bad car for the 'sporting type' but ok overall.

Looks pretty nice.

 

ah i see i forgot about that pic. thanks

thanks. when i meant sporty i had it in sport mode so i was shifting the gears and compared to my crap 4 cylinder it was fast lol i know its not meant to be a sporty car