Official C-Class Picture Thread
05-23-2010, 02:21 AM
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05-29-2010, 05:13 PM
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My Car
K...so I have been starting to hang around here a little bit so I thought I would put up some pics today.
I have had my car just over 2 years and up until today hadn't done a thing to it but i went and got my baby
some new shoes today....I think tint is in order next....
I have had my car just over 2 years and up until today hadn't done a thing to it but i went and got my baby
some new shoes today....I think tint is in order next....
05-29-2010, 10:32 PM
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05-30-2010, 02:43 AM
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06-01-2010, 02:32 AM
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06-01-2010, 02:35 AM
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it's a loooong process, lol.
here's the short:
washed with Adam's Carwash, clay bar using Meguiar's clay, polish using a d/a polisher and Meguiar's Speed Glaze and then 2 coats of Meguiar's NXT 2.0 Wax.
then, wait a week (in which it got rained on), wash again using Meguiar's Ultimate Wash and Wax and then finish off using Optimum Spray Wax.
here's another pic that shows the shine:
06-01-2010, 03:32 AM
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whats a d/a polisher? I think im going to pick up everything you said and get started on the same finishing job you did before my summer classes start. Ive never seen black paint shine so well haha
06-01-2010, 03:34 AM
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d/a = dual action polisher. commonly referred to as a Porter Cable. I have a Meguiar's version of the Porter Cable dual action polisher.
make sure you read up on how to use it while polishing, there are some pretty good detailing forums and shops out there. one good resource is detailersdomain.com and meguiars.com
06-01-2010, 03:48 AM
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awesome! ill definitely do some research on how to use the polisher before attempting this. Hope mine turns out as well as yours did. Its a good thing my car is white so my flaws wont show up as strong if it doesnt haha
06-01-2010, 07:10 AM
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The Meg's 105/205 combo is teh new hotness and it works incredible (even with a PC!). My car was bad when I got it and since it sat on the lot for 2 months there were some real nice rain spots I couldn't get off. Got 85% of it corrected, I was amazed. Just used 105 on a orange pad using the KB method (I think that's what its called, basically high speed with extra pressure). Then followed that with 205 on a polishing pad and Clearkote Vanilla Moose. Here's what it looked like right after I was done (this is the only handy picture right now):
06-01-2010, 04:26 PM
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WOW phil that looks nice wish i had that much free time. I really need to clean my car it looks really bad and has some swirl marks that drive me crazy.
06-01-2010, 04:39 PM
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The Meg's 105/205 combo is teh new hotness and it works incredible (even with a PC!). My car was bad when I got it and since it sat on the lot for 2 months there were some real nice rain spots I couldn't get off. Got 85% of it corrected, I was amazed. Just used 105 on a orange pad using the KB method (I think that's what its called, basically high speed with extra pressure). Then followed that with 205 on a polishing pad and Clearkote Vanilla Moose. Here's what it looked like right after I was done (this is the only handy picture right now):
believe it or not, the w203 is waaaaaay harder to detail than the M5, even though the M5 is way bigger.
