This is the "weekend car" for a co-worker of mine. Funny thing is, he is actually a referral but I work with him at my day job.
Car is a 1981 Mercedes 380SL. Has 114k miles. Owner bought the car 14 years ago, and since then, has had just about the whole car replaced when he purchased it, but spent a ton of money to maintain it.
The car was in great shape for being 26 years old. Paint had scratches of course and the interior is worn, but doesn't show 26 years of wear.
Befores:
I realized I forgot to take before pics about halfway through the wash :wall
The car was terribly dusty, as it had been sitting for a while.
On to the interior. Seemed as if the carpet was never cleaned.
Before:
After:
On to paint.
Paint on this car was difficult, due to panel repaints. The clearcoat used on the repaint was as hard as a rock.
I used Menzerna IP with orange pad on the majority of the car.
The trunk and the hood received Menzerna IP with orange and then 106ff with orange.
The whole car was waxed with Natty's Blue.
The car is very difficult because of the paint color to obtain pics.
Trunk Befores:
Trunk Afters:
Door Befores:
Door Afters:
Here are the finished results:
I used Mother's chrome polish a lot as well, since there was chrome everywhere.
Very cool car to work on. He also has 2 other Mercedes, of which I will be seeing in the next two months as well.
Car is a 1981 Mercedes 380SL. Has 114k miles. Owner bought the car 14 years ago, and since then, has had just about the whole car replaced when he purchased it, but spent a ton of money to maintain it.
The car was in great shape for being 26 years old. Paint had scratches of course and the interior is worn, but doesn't show 26 years of wear.
Befores:
I realized I forgot to take before pics about halfway through the wash :wall
The car was terribly dusty, as it had been sitting for a while.
On to the interior. Seemed as if the carpet was never cleaned.
Before:
After:
On to paint.
Paint on this car was difficult, due to panel repaints. The clearcoat used on the repaint was as hard as a rock.
I used Menzerna IP with orange pad on the majority of the car.
The trunk and the hood received Menzerna IP with orange and then 106ff with orange.
The whole car was waxed with Natty's Blue.
The car is very difficult because of the paint color to obtain pics.
Trunk Befores:
Trunk Afters:
Door Befores:
Door Afters:
Here are the finished results:
I used Mother's chrome polish a lot as well, since there was chrome everywhere.
Very cool car to work on. He also has 2 other Mercedes, of which I will be seeing in the next two months as well.
In one of the pictures, the rear left wheel looks shiny, almost like plastic. Is it really like that in person, or is it just the camera? What tire products did you use (cleaner/dressing?) That paint looks beautiful! But what's up with the rocker panel?