pics of my brilliant silver / ash E320

Dec 17, 2002 | 12:00 PM

Rock72

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pics of my brilliant silver / ash E320

here are some pics that i took last week of my brilliant silver / ash W211.

i can post them in here directly but figured i would save some space on the servers here. if it's better to just post them in here, let me know.

otherwise, the pictures are up at:

http://www.hanguk.com/~danpaik/car/car_pics/index.html

enjoy.

Rock.

Dec 17, 2002 | 12:31 PM

rayscar

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Great looking car. Congrats and enjoy it Rock72

Dec 17, 2002 | 12:48 PM

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thanks

thanks for the compliment.

like you, i'm a bit worried about keeping the interior clean (especially the cloth on the bottom near the doors).

zaino has arrived. clay magic blue bar has been purchased. i'll probably do that next weekend. i figured i'll practice the claying and zaino on my wife's car this weekend in case i mess up and scratch the paint a little...and i'll do my car next week when i'm an expert

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Rock

Dec 17, 2002 | 02:19 PM

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Nice pics! I'm sure you'll enjoy the car.

Don't worry too much about the claying and zaino process...it isn't difficult. Just make sure you use plenty of lubricant (water w/ Z-7) when you clay and you shouldn't scratch your car.

I followed all of the good advice on the detailing forum and was very pleased with the results.

Dec 17, 2002 | 02:44 PM

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Re: thanks

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Originally posted by Rock72
thanks for the compliment.

like you, i'm a bit worried about keeping the interior clean (especially the cloth on the bottom near the doors).

zaino has arrived. clay magic blue bar has been purchased. i'll probably do that next weekend. i figured i'll practice the claying and zaino on my wife's car this weekend in case i mess up and scratch the paint a little...and i'll do my car next week when i'm an expert .

Rock

nice pics, but remember, if your going to practice claying on your wifres car, DO NOT use the same bar on the benz, you will get a lot of scratches, and it will be a lot harder on your wifes car, it will be a breeze on the benz

Dec 17, 2002 | 02:56 PM

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sure thing. i did my homework (read a few hundred posts in the detaling forum - especially the one with bmms8 and jame55 going back and forth about claying, etc....lol). thanks for your comments in there.

i got 2 boxes of blue clay magic and will cut each bar into 4 pieces. i will definitely not be using the same clay that i used on her car. i just wanted to use her car to practice and i'll toss out the used clay.

i got zaino from Ira over at lazaino.com and i got some towels and applicators from him also. he's a good guy (spent like 20 min on the phone explaining stuff). i also bought some MF towels (2 wash mitts and 1 car drying towel) from microfibertech.com. i spent like $200 on all this stuff!

and i'll make sure i work in small areas, fold clay often, and spray lots of lube (z7 + 16 oz water) when i do my car.

i'm pretty sure i would be fine just going directly on my car this weekend but i just wanted to be extra safe.

i actually wasn't planning on posting the pics in here since the car basically looks like all of the other pictures (and it's no longer a novelty like it was 2 months ago) in here but i guess another look at the color combo is good.

Rock

Dec 17, 2002 | 03:06 PM

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Quote:

Originally posted by Rock72
sure thing. i did my homework (read a few hundred posts in the detaling forum - especially the one with bmms8 and jame55 going back and forth about claying, etc....lol). thanks for your comments in there.

i got 2 boxes of blue clay magic and will cut each bar into 4 pieces. i will definitely not be using the same clay that i used on her car. i just wanted to use her car to practice and i'll toss out the used clay.

i got zaino from Ira over at lazaino.com and i got some towels and applicators from him also. he's a good guy (spent like 20 min on the phone explaining stuff). i also bought some MF towels (2 wash mitts and 1 car drying towel) from microfibertech.com. i spent like $200 on all this stuff!

and i'll make sure i work in small areas, fold clay often, and spray lots of lube (z7 + 16 oz water) when i do my car.

i'm pretty sure i would be fine just going directly on my car this weekend but i just wanted to be extra safe.

i actually wasn't planning on posting the pics in here since the car basically looks like all of the other pictures (and it's no longer a novelty like it was 2 months ago) in here but i guess another look at the color combo is good.

Rock

wow, it sure does seem you did do your hw

you basically know everything, but when you put zaino on, the directions say to go in circles, then in up and down motions, you dont need to go in circles though, on the hood, roof, and trunk, go back in forth, like hood to trunk, in that direction, and all the dorrs and stuff, go up and down, that will work best. just remember you clean your car very very well b4 zainoing, that is how you will get your best look....i zainoed my 98 camry, i dawned, and clayed a month b4 i zainoed!!!

i basically wasted so much time, because it made no difference at all, then on the e500, i spent 7.5 hours doing everything, and it looks a lot better. gl with your car rock, and btw, where do you live?