Detailer's Domain: Fixes dealer mistake - MB ML350 - Big Correction

[DetailersDomain]

Subject: Mercedes ML350



Believe it or not this was truly a dealer hack job. This was sold as a CPO'd car from an authorized MB dealer. Wow is about all I can say, please take a look at how it was delivered.



What was done -

Exterior



- Wheels were prepped with Sonax Wheel Cleaner and cleaned up with various brushes

- Tires were spritzed down with Adam’s All Purpose Cleaner and washed down

- Wheel wells were cleaned up

- Pre Washed with W99

- Iron Cut

- Wash down and rinsed

- Door jambs were cleaned up

- Clayed

- Dried

- Tires dressed

- Masking

- Paint Measurement

- Meg's M105 with Surbuf Pad and Uber Yellow Pad with the Flex PE14-2-150

- Menzerna SF4000 with Uber Green Pad with the Flex 14-2-150

- Inspection with Fenix, 3m Sun Gun, Infratech, and natural sunlight

- Last Step – Menzerna Power Lock with an Uber Black Pad and the Porter Cable

- Wheel wells were cleaned and dressed

- Rubber and Plastics Treated

- Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed

- Exhaust tips cleaned

- Windows were clayed, cleaned, and sealed



Products used



Links to products used -



1Z einszett W99

Adam's All Purpose Cleaner

Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner

Uber Clay Bar Kit

Meguiar's M105

Menzerna Super Finish

Menzerna Power Lock Sealant

1Z einszett Vinyl Rubber Care

Optimum Metal Polish



Glass

Uber Glass Cleaner Kit



Tools used

Uber Wool Wash Mitt

Uber No Name MF Towels

Flex PE14.2.150

Porter Cable 7424XP

Uber Buffing Pads

Defelsko Paint Meter

Fenix TK35

Brinkmann

Kranzle Pressure Washer

Cam Spray Foam Canon

2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies

Uber Firehose Nozzle

Metro Air Force Blaster



Before shots

Prep - including pre soak, decon, clay, wheels cleaned, tires cleaned, wheel wells cleaned



Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner in action

APC on the tires - dirt being lifted up from the tires

APC on the wheel wells

Pre Soak

Rinse

Sorry no shots of the Decon



Super Drying Towel being used to dry the ML

Inspecting the paint after the prep - brings us to paint defects everything you can imagine its on this SUV

I'll let the next few pictures do the talking (this was on every panel)

Before front fender

After

Before shot of the Door

After

Various 50/50 shots

After all the paint correction was done we did a nice wash prior to applying Menzerna Power Lock as a last step

After shots

 

[someidiot]

Did you do this for the dealership or the new owner? I hope the dealership at least sees this and realizes why they should give you their business.

 

[DetailersDomain]

Did you do this for the dealership or the new owner? I hope the dealership at least sees this and realizes why they should give you their business.

this was done for the customer, he was not happy with the dealer.

 

[SpoiledMan]

This is the car you were telling me about on the phone the other day. Wow, that was a rough one! CPO eh?

 

[DetailersDomain]

yup this was it.

 

[autoconcierge]

this was done for the customer, he was not happy with the dealer.

Cannot fathom why that would be the case Phil...............................what a turnaround. :clap:

 

[Scottwax]

Awesome job bringing it back! :up



I had to fix a Lexus certified IS350 that was similarly butchered by the dealer. Some guy from Lexus actually signed off on the car, saying it met all of Lexus' mechanical and APPEARANCE standards. :rofl: