Hyundai Aftermarket - Detailer's Domain: Brings this one back to life

Subject: 2005 Mercedes SL55 (was a NYC car)

Requirements - get it back to NEW like condition

Exterior

- Wheels were prepped with Sonax Wheel Cleaner and cleaned up with various brushes

- Tires were spritzed down with Adam’s All Purpose Cleaner and washed down

- Wheel wells were cleaned up

- Washed with 1Z einszett W99

- Wolf's Decon Gel

- Wash down and rinsed

- Door jambs were cleaned up

- Nano Scrub AutoScrub

- Dried

- Tires dressed

- Masking

- Paint Measurement

- Meg's M105 with Surbuf and Griots Orbital

- Sonax 5/5 Fine Abrasive Paste - Microfiber DA Cut Pad - Griots Orbital

- Sonax 3/6 Nano Polish - Uber Green Pad - Griots Orbital

- Aquartz

- Inspection with Fenix, 3m Sun Gun, Infratech, and natural sunlight

- Wheel wells were cleaned and dressed

- Rubber and Plastics Treated

- Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed

- Exhaust tips cleaned

- Windows were autoscrubed, cleaned, and sealed

Products used

Links to products used -

1Z einszett W99

Wolf's Decon Gel

Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner

NanoSkin AutoScrub System

Meg's M105

Sonax Compound 5/5 - Coming Soon

Sonax Nano Polish 3/6 - Coming Soon

Aquartz

Adam's Super VRT

Optimum Metal Polish

Interior

1Z Cockpit

1Z Plastic Deep Cleaner

1Z Leathercare

Sonax Upholstery and Carpet Cleaner

Griot's 3 inch Random Orbital Polisher

Tools used

Uber Wool Wash Mitt

Uber No Name MF Towels

Griot's 6 inch Random Orbital Polisher

Griot's 3 inch Random Orbital Polisher

Uber Buffing Pads

Defelsko Paint Meter

Fenix TK35

Brinkmann

Kranzle Pressure Washer

Cam Spray Foam Canon

2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies

Uber Firehose Nozzle

Metro Air Force Blaster

Interior

Before

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Cleaning up the mats with the Griots 3 inch and brush attachment

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Vac

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50/50 shot of the leather - we cleaned them up with 1Z einszett Plastic Deep Cleaner - take a look at all the dirt and oils removed.. returning the leather to a "like NEW' look and feel

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Afters

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Exterior

Wash/Decon/Autoscrub/Wheels/Tires/Engine

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Engine

Before

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After

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Nanoskin Autoscrub

Lubricant prior to the Autoscrub

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Here is what we had in front of us

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Paint Correction

The 50/50 shots will show it all

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After compounding and polishing we ended up with this

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Pulled the wheels off to do a thorough cleaning - wheel wells cleaned and dressed, brake calipers cleaned and protected, wheel cleaned up and protected

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Calipers before

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After caliper and wheel wells were taken care of

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BBS LM's were pretty dirty on the inside

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Sonax Full Effect going to work

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Wheel Woolies for easy cleaning

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Cleaned up and dried - ready for the final touches and sealant

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Testing Sonax Polymer Netshield on the BBS LM's

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Ready to mount them back on

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Exhaust tips (Optimum Metal Polish and Steel Wool #0000)

Before

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After

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Exterior

Afters

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