A 1992 500E returned to "as new" condition again. My customer is a enthusiast level detailer and likes to do his car himself, however the finish had became a little to much for him to correct.

On this job he only wanted me to correct the paint and do nothing else..... no wheel cleaning.trim, glass or interior work so I booked the car in and went to work. There was one problem that he wanted special attention payed to a bird dropping etch which required wet sanding and leveling to repair, but upon closer inspection there were three more spots on the car with the same issue just not as severe.

First pic here shows etching



Here is another angle showing the etching



After wool pad and foam compounding the problem is leveled away, not all bird poop marks can be corrected if the etching is to deep as to much paint would have to be removed making the finish to thin or in some cases damaged



Taped off the trunk lid to show 50/50 pics of correction



After the wool pad compounding stage



After foam compounding stage



After intermediate polishing, but not jewellled down yet



This pic shows the opposite side of the trunk lid, and there is a cluster of deep scratches in the middle



Entire trunk lid corrected



More examples of the marring on the c-pillar



All polishing steps completed except LSP not applied yet







Sun pics..........

 

As always, excellent work.

 

Wow, the paint looks like new! How long did the exterior detail take you?

 

One of the best Mercedes built, I wish mb would go back to its prime days and build superior cars.

 

Just under 11 hours, there was quite a bit of marring and RIDS.

 

Excellent job!

And I LOVE this car! This was from an era when Mercedes was 10 years ahead of everyone else in terms of build quality and performance. Not to mention looks - Bruno Sacco drew this car, what, 25 years ago? And it still looks better than most cars today.

 

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Now its future model, new e-class looks like a Hyundai

 

That looks fantastic! Great job!

 

11 hrs! Your nuts!

 

I have been saying this since I first laid eyes on it! Those tail lights FTL!