1990 Mercedes 300E
01-09-2012, 01:36 AM
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Burning Brakes
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1990 Mercedes 300E
I've always loved this body (W124) E class, and today I had the chance to work on a "not so regular looking" 300E that belongs to a good friend.
We've decided on an one step enhancement detail because majority of the car (minus hood and trunk) was the original single stage paint, and it was reading fairly low (between 80-100 microns). As you can see in the following pictures, there was an definite improve in gloss, I was able to remove about 50% of the defects, but many scratches remain as the original owner (his uncle) left the car in storage under a car cover (read, car cover = rags).
I present to you, the sexiest 300E I've seen to date!
Before:
Rear fender
Rear quarter panel
Another shot of the rear quarter panel
Trunk
Another shot of the trunk
Front fender
A better shot of the front fender
Driver door
As you can see the car was in pretty bad shape.
I was able to get one 50/50 shot (not the greatest but it'll do, it's actually two separate pictures, lol)
This side of the rear right quarter panel has not been polished
And this side was polished using LC CCS white pad + Scholl Concepts S17+
After:
Driver side fender, looks much better now
Driver side door
The entire car
Quarter panel
Trunk (I over exposed the picture on accident), look closely at the where the trunk ends on the right side, you'll see a spot that looks like water had dried on it, this spot is actually the clear coat starting to fail.
Hood, Improvement on gloss and much sharper reflection on the hood now
We've decided on an one step enhancement detail because majority of the car (minus hood and trunk) was the original single stage paint, and it was reading fairly low (between 80-100 microns). As you can see in the following pictures, there was an definite improve in gloss, I was able to remove about 50% of the defects, but many scratches remain as the original owner (his uncle) left the car in storage under a car cover (read, car cover = rags).
I present to you, the sexiest 300E I've seen to date!
Before:
Rear fender
Rear quarter panel
Another shot of the rear quarter panel
Trunk
Another shot of the trunk
Front fender
A better shot of the front fender
Driver door
As you can see the car was in pretty bad shape.
I was able to get one 50/50 shot (not the greatest but it'll do, it's actually two separate pictures, lol)
This side of the rear right quarter panel has not been polished
And this side was polished using LC CCS white pad + Scholl Concepts S17+
After:
Driver side fender, looks much better now
Driver side door
The entire car
Quarter panel
Trunk (I over exposed the picture on accident), look closely at the where the trunk ends on the right side, you'll see a spot that looks like water had dried on it, this spot is actually the clear coat starting to fail.
Hood, Improvement on gloss and much sharper reflection on the hood now
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65 Fury Convert (01-11-2012)
did u use a tire dressing? I think the windshield wiper can use some dressing also lol
01-09-2012, 06:23 PM
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Burning Brakes
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Thanks guys!
I did, and condition the plastic trim around the car + wiper. I took those pictures when I did because I was losing sunlight pretty quickly
I did, and condition the plastic trim around the car + wiper. I took those pictures when I did because I was losing sunlight pretty quickly
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Amazing turn-around Mike.
01-11-2012, 11:33 PM
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