55fanatic

First off not sure where to begin with this one... From the moment I stepped into the dealer ship in Jersey I realized this car needed some work. My eyes went directly to one fender that looked like it was almost flat black in the show room light... After I had a minute to think about it... I realized that there were swirl marks litterally ALL OVER the car. It wasn't till I picked the car up and washed it the very first time that I realized how much work this car needed.

I didnt take any pics pre wash cause there was a fare amount of dirt on the car from the monsoon we experienced a couple weeks ago... it would only make the car look worse than its already horrible condition.

My first realization that this was a nightmare car was that as I began clay barring the trunk... the clay bar started turning black similar to running a clay bar over an exhaust tip. Below is a piece of brand new clay next to the one I used(that was new) on the car



After the clay bar was done I moved the car into the shop to begin inspecting it... I am pretty sure all the contamination on the car was hiding most of the deep scratches in the paint. I was amazed at the condition of this car. It looked like some one washed the car with 80 grit sand paper.

Roof



Trunk


Then the swirls/scratches... EVERYWHERE...

Panel that was poorly repainted

rear driver's side door

Driver's side rear quarter

Trunk


I have never seen a car of this level... in as bad of shape. I unfortunately was unable to capture the SEVERE etching on the trunk, hood and roof either. As I had guessed it, the previous owner was the CEO for a company in manhattan... the car was daily driven into the city and was more or less run through a car wash once a week

The rest of the write up...

Fraser

Wow....

Could do with giving my black W220 similar TLC.

BTW, do you really have 23 million posts on that forum?!?!

55fanatic

23million? you mean 16.7million I think?

DRTYLNDY

WOW is all I can say. So did you do this as a favor or for cash?

55fanatic

little bit of both... it was a favor on the price

DRTYLNDY

I really wish I had the skill and know how to do this type of excellent work. I am still amazed as to the outcome you got. Do you have a shop down in Boston? Or is this more for fun.

55fanatic

I do this for side work... I usually detail out of my family's repair shop though

sweet jones

i seriously need this done. i really wouldn't know where to start looking for someone in my city who could do the exact same to my car. also wondering what i'll be looking at for a paint correction.. $300-$500?

DRTYLNDY

I would also like to know how much this costs. I only live 3 hours from Boston also. I will say my paint does not look as bad as that 65's did prior but could use a good work over. I actually grew up in Massachusetts, where are you located?
Johan

55fanatic

This particular car was about $600

Most cars(in average condition) would need like 10 hours of work which would be roughly $300

DRTYLNDY

I am certainly interested in this. Now I need to figure out the logistics since I live in Maine. Is this a one day thing or multiple?
Johan

vraa

Damn that's one good looking Mercedes

Fantastic job Pete

55fanatic

Thanks Ricky

vraa

Are you and Mister B still working on the secret project aka finding hosting?

Gondon

Great Job, I need this on my car as well.

55fanatic

I have hosting for YR... told him he could host on my existing server... I'm in the process of buying my partner out on my other site so space is running out. Especially with the traffic YR is bringing in these days

Fantasm

Do you wanna move up to your own dedicated server? I can get you a nice setup