Team Adam's Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 This car belongs to the girlfriend of a good friend of mine, recently purchased used and got typical bad dealer prep. Plus, my friend and his girl aren't necessarily too good at keeping their rides clean - good thing they know me BEFORE: As you can see the interior was fairly nasty, the exterior showed the usual symptoms of improper care - brake dust caked wheels, hazy, dull paint. INTERIOR: Interior vacuumed with Shop Vac Pro and Vac n' Blow 500 Crevices cleaned with Trim & Lug Brush Carpets all cleaned with CUC and Bissell LGM Seats, dash, & doors cleaned with LIC Conditioned with Leather & Interior Conditioner In & Out Spray used to dress around buttons, knobs, and vents Wood trim cleaned with WW then hand polished with FMP on microfiber app Trim sealed with Quick Sealant Nav display treated with Quick Sealant (liked the result, will report back on long term benefits) Glass Cleaned with GC and Glass Towel ENGINE BAY: Engine bay rinsed with Ultimate Fire Hose Nozzle on fan spray Soaked with APC using foaming sprayer Scrubbed with Boars Hair Brush Dried with Blaster Sidekick / WW wipe down Dressed with SVRT and In & Out Spray WHEELS/TIRES: Tires coated with full strength APC via foaming sprayer and allowed to dwell Wheels sprayed with GWC and foaming sprayer Turbo Stick on Bosch cordless for inner barrels and fender liner Boars hair brush + trim & lug brush for wheel faces Tires resprayed with APC and scrubbed with fender brush Rinsed and dried with Blaster Sidekick & WW towels Wheel lips hand polished with MP1 and MP2 Sealed with Quick Sealant TRIM/MISC: Hand polished exhaust tips with 0000 steel wool MP1 & MP2 Sealed with Quick Sealant Door seals and rear diffuser dressed with SVRT Lower grill insert dressed with IOS Dual panoramic sunroof sealed with Glass Sealant All exterior glass sealed with Glass Sealant PAINT & BODY: Foamed with APC / Car Wash Mixture 2 bucket wash with 11x11 and 9x9 wash pad Clayed with DS as lubricant Re-washed with less aggressive APC / Car Wash Mixture 2 bucket wash with fresh 11x11 and Merino Wash Mit Pool/Sheet Rinse Blaster Sidekick + WW + GWDT to dry Door jambs wiped with WW + Utility Towels (1) Pass FMP + White Pad Flex PE14-2 rotary (1) Coat Brilliant Glaze by hand (2) Coats Americana by hand AFTER: I got jipped on this one, the original plan was to perform a 100% correction as the paint definitely needed it, but I had to settle for just 1 pass of FMP as the weather didn't cooperate. Fast moving clouds and 2-5 minute showers followed by sun, then rain again really started during claying and I never could make much headway. Thats why I opted to 1 step the polish with a rotary instead of 2 stepping with with flex for more correction. On a side note, my neighbors are probably thinking I lost it as I'm washing and polishing a car in between rain showers. End result was good, but this one will be coming back for another round. Interior came out awesome, exterior now has protection and nice gloss, but needs another pass or 2 to correct the swirls. Of the entire detail I think I'm most happy with the wheels and how they came out. Thanks for reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Tegeler Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 looks much better Dylan. them wheels really cleaned up nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE Mook Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 I was waiting for this all day man! Great work VonKliest! Shoot! Wheels look factory bright man! AWESOME! You really think this can give a C6 a run huh? Mook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneslowGTO Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Looks great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueGenCoupe Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Wow, what a beautiful ride! Good job Dylan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegeaney Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Looks great. I'd de-badge that bad Larry so as to catch a few folks off guard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chase@InsanePaint Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Looks great. I'd de-badge that bad Larry so as to catch a few folks off guard. ^^ "bad Larry" ??? Let me in on the lingo!!! And daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang Dylan!!! I've always been a fan of that particular model of E55. NICE work man. Thing looks like it SHOULD now. Always kills me how people let pieces of art turn to trash. Your friends are lucky to have you around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD_SS Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 I love how you do the carpet. Great job on this and looking forward to the correction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE Mook Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 ^^ "bad Larry" ??? Let me in on the lingo!!! And daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang Dylan!!! I've always been a fan of that particular model of E55. NICE work man. Thing looks like it SHOULD now. Always kills me how people let pieces of art turn to trash. Your friends are lucky to have you around. AHAHAHAHAHAHA Someone else uses that too?!?!?!?!?! LOVE IT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6spdg37s Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 was that all dog hair in the car?? they bought it like that or they have a dog?? also I almost got one of these back in 09. it had an aftermarket pulley kit ...car was insanely fast... spinnin 2nd 3rd gear merging onto the highway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChargerMatt Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 class, class, class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris@Adams Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Nice job Dylan, man was that dirty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark L Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 That looks great Dylan, I was wondering how you get those nice stripes in the carpet? I know the carpet brush can do it, but your lines are really defined and straight. Just wondering if you use a special technique? Also, I believe you said in the past you use a Bissel Little Green Machine (as do I), but I'm not really pleased with its suction ability. I'm thinking about investing in a Mytee Lite Hot Water Extractor like this: Mytee Lite 11 8070 Heated Extractor Auto Detailing Equipment Your thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganSRT8 Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 nice work, cleaned her up nice! fun car to drive too for sure, friends dad had once for a while and we used to take it out in high school, my AMG merc would be a C63 though, so purdyyy haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug123 Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Did the leather drink up much leather conditioner? Looks great now, the proper way for it to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaytonaJae Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Love that car On mine I used brilliant glaze on the wood trim it really glossed it up. A quick swipe with the tip.of an Americana app and wipe. I was super impressed. I also used the BG on the navigation screen with good results. Ill try quick sealant next time. That nav screen is not a touch screen so there's no need to get fingerprints on it just fyi. Interesting how you used IOS on the dash? Never thought of that. GREAT job Dylan! Especially on the wheels they look out of the package new! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diggerdan11 Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Great job Dylan Hey I know whos car that is, I have seen it on another forum before. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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