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Presidential Detailed: 2006 Mercedes SL65 AMG
It has been a while since I have last posted any detail write-ups, this only means one thing though...Ive been busy and have lots of SWEET cars/details to share with you guys! This car is one of the nicest Mercedes that I have ever laid my eyes on, I was contacted for a full correction on both the owners SL65 AMG AND E55 AMG. I will post the E55 later tomorrow evening. When I first saw this car it was evening and even I was like, how can I make this look nicer?? haha! Well, as the owner insisted under certain lighting conditions there was a faint haze over the surface of the entire car. I took his word for it and he was definitely right, it seems as though a hack may have gotten a hold of this thing at some point in its short life(maybe even the dealer). The owner of the car already had it washed and it only need a very mild spot claying before I began to polish.
Here, you see some RIDS as well as the very faint haze over the surface. http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G/IMG_0785.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G/IMG_0787.jpg Some special lighting, and it becomes quite evident there was some major improvement to be had! I was excited at this point! :D http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G/IMG_0791.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G/IMG_0790.jpg The hood was my test area, so it was completed first. Some final shots after M105/PFW via rotary followed by M205/Orange via G110. http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G/IMG_0792.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G/IMG_0795.jpg |
Next, I had a look at the fender..not so perfect.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G/IMG_0796.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G/IMG_0797.jpg After a couple passes of polishing, our end result! http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G/IMG_0798.jpg Did I say love black cars? :D http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G/IMG_0799.jpg The smaller bits of the intricate bumper were carefully taped off and polished to perfection using a special 3" PFW pad. http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G/IMG_0803.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G/IMG_0804.jpg The bumper finished. http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G/IMG_0815.jpg I also polished the custom grill by hand with Zaino AIO. http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G/IMG_0813.jpg Driver Side Finished. http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G/IMG_0817.jpg Passenger Side Finished. http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G/IMG_0818.jpg |
Since the sun shines into the garage towards the end of the day, I decided to skip to the rear of the car to get it done while there was still some shade, oh yeah its been well into the 98-105 degree range here in FL the last week and the humidity is through the roof!
This is what we were dealing with on the trunk lid of the SL65. http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G/IMG_0824.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G/IMG_0829.jpg After M105/PFW, no finishing polish. http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G/IMG_0831.jpg Just to remind you what the trunk used to look like.. http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G/IMG_0832.jpg It doesnt get any better than this! :D http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G/IMG_0837.jpg The flash came out funny in this one due to the trunk curvature, its not a hologram I promise! :) http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G/IMG_0839.jpg Most of the roof was glass, so I taped off the pillars so they could be corrected as well.. http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G/IMG_0856.jpg Next up was the rear deck spoiler, which also needed some correction work. I carefully taped off anything I did not want the buffer to touch to prevent a burn. http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G/IMG_0840.jpg I did the same for the lower regions of the trunk.. http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G/IMG_0841.jpg Lower Trunk Finished. http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G/IMG_0844.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G/IMG_0845.jpg |
Next up were the doors and rear 1/4 panels. I was running out of time, so I forgot to take some before shots, but its the afters we all want to see anyways right??
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G/IMG_0852.jpg Driver Rear 1/4 Panel. http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G/IMG_0853.jpg Passenger Rear 1/4 Panel. http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G/IMG_0854.jpg Now I get to grace you guys with some beautiful reflections and some full sun shots to close! Thanks for looking! :D http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G/IMG_0842.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G/IMG_0843.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G/IMG_0805.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G/IMG_0808.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G/IMG_0807.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G/IMG_0810.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G/IMG_0847.jpg |
This car just looks sick when you see the overall picture!
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G/IMG_0867.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G/IMG_0868.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G/IMG_0871.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G/IMG_0873.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G/IMG_0874.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G/IMG_0875.jpg Should we pull it outside for the real results? :) http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...G/IMG_0877.jpg |
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