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Just ordered my wife’s next car. Her current lease is up in May so we went in and and placed an order on a 2020 Mb GLC43 AMG. It’s smaller than her current GLE AMG43 and the replacement AMG53 won’t be out until Dec of 2020 so we figured the GLC size should be fine for a few years, especially since she usually drives alone. We drove it and it was very quick. Especially for her needs. The new car is scheduled to arrive sometime in May so perfect timing. She loves her GLE and we thought about buying it out but opted for a change. We test drove a 2020 Macan S last week but it did not live up to the hype in my opinion. Checked out the Cayenne but it was not to our liking. Plus, I think Porsche puts way too many buttons in their cars. It’s almost overwhelming.

We ordered the GLC43 in Brilliant Blue Metallic and I can’t wait to detail it. It got every possible option except the sport seat package as I’m big and don’t want to fit snug in those seats. We opted to stick w the 20” all season rims and tires w black inserts as the winters are hard on tires and rims in the north east w pot holes and what not.

For the exterior I will be coating it w CQuartz UK3.0 and topping w Gliss 2.0. The leather will get coated w CQuartz leather. Not sure what I will use on the rims yet. I’m also wondering if I should coat the interior Carbon Fiber trim? if anyone has any suggestions on what they do w interior carbon fiber please post up. Thanks and I look forward to posting in this thread once I have received the car.
 
Coating the carbon fiber trim is mainly going to make it easier to clean, provide UV protection, etc.

If you want protection against scratches and marring, a protective film is going to probably work best. As an example, XPEL makes PPF kits for interior trim protection, custom-cut by car make and model.

Here's the one for your 2020 MB GLC43 - Interior Kit (ULTIMATE PLUS)
 
Congrats.

ntwillie1 said:
For the exterior I will be coating it w CQuartz UK3.0 and topping w Gliss 2.0. The leather will get coated w CQuartz leather. Not sure what I will use on the rims yet. I’m also wondering if I should coat the interior Carbon Fiber trim? if anyone has any suggestions on what they do w interior carbon fiber please post up. Thanks and I look forward to posting in this thread once I have received the car.
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You can get the large bottle of CQUK 3.0 and coat the paint, wheels and interior trim. It will work fine if you don't want to invest in a dedicated wheel coating. If you are going to coat trim then you can use DLUX as it works on both wheels and trim.
 
How does it work when you lease a car: Can you still instruct the dealer to not touch it when it comes in even though it’s not yours? I can see the dealer being especially resistant to not touching the car since you’re not buying it.

Any way, hope you get it in pristine condition.
 
Thanks Everyone.

Rambler, I didn’t know they made interior film kits. Thanks for posting that. I will consider it. I recently ordered one for my front bumper of my 550 but I’m waiting for it to get warmer before I apply.

Guz- I will likely use uk3.0 as I have plenty and trying to get through it so I can try something else. I think I may have enough to coat 1-2 more cars :).

Bill - I can tell them not to do anything to the car and they will hand it over dirty. They don’t like doing things like that but at the same time they know how crazy I am w my paint. The only thing is my wife usually gets the car for her bday and they put a nice bow on it when she picks it up. It would look pretty funny if it was kinda dirty w a bow on it. I don’t mind if they clean it as I always polish and prep before a coating anyway. Hopefully they won’t cause any damage. Their detailers are actually pretty decent.
 
I’m hoping it comes in with nothing you can’t handle. Good luck.
 
Bill D said:
How does it work when you lease a car: Can you still instruct the dealer to not touch it when it comes in even though it’s not yours? I can see the dealer being especially resistant to not touching the car since you’re not buying it.

Any way, hope you get it in pristine condition.
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Who said that the car was not his? It's his until the lease is up.
 
I only mean it being a lease as opposed to a purchase. Nothing wrong with that. My next car is going to be a lease.
 
Bill D said:
I only mean it being a lease as opposed to a purchase. Nothing wrong with that. My next car is going to be a lease.
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When you lease the dealer is still making the sale, it's the bank that will own most of the car and take it back when you're done with the lease but the dealer sold the car and got their money for it. I bet they don't care at all if you lease/finance/buy outright.
 
Bill - I have a PC, a griots, and Rupes and plenty of pads and producst so I should be able to handle the condition it arrives in :). I plan on a full detail w polish anyway before coating so if there is some swirling I should be able to knock it out. My CLS has white paint and it is really hard, that one is a challenge to work on. But her current car is some flavor of red and that one corrects just fine so i'm hoping this blue metallic will be the same.

I don't think the dealer cares what I do w the car once the lease is up - meaning buying outright vs leasing another car. I think they prefer to have customers lease a new car as they can sell the current as CPO or send it to auction. If not, they get there money either way if I buy it out. My wife likes to change our her cars every few years so leasing works for us.
 
So the car arrived today at the dealer and they already did me the “favor” of cleaning it up. W the craziness of the pandemic I forgot to tell them not to clean it. Oh well, since I can’t coach soccer on the weekends right now I guess I will have plenty of time to detail it.

I’m honesty conflicted on taking delivery during the pandemic. Kinda feel like I can do without it but at the same time I know I will need it in a few months and this one was built to my liking as opposed to all other cars I have ever owned. In a few months I think there will be a shortage on available cars. The dealer is also giving me a really good deal. Gonna think about it for a day or two and then decide.


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Agreed. There really isn't any difference to the dealer in terms of buy vs. lease. I usually let my dealer unwrap and inspect the car but do minimal detailing. I've had good luck at the last couple of dealers I've worked with. After speaking with my salesperson, once of the reasons why they do not like turning over a dirty car is the risk of the owner finding a defect and holding the manufacturer or the dealer responsible. They like to peel off the wrapping and clean the car to make sure that it arrived from the shipper without any damage. The last thing they want is you coming back with paint damage and having it be somewhat ambiguous as to who caused it or where it happened.

I will tell you though that on my current Mercedes, I did have a problem with the driver's side front fender. The car looked amazing when I picked it up. That was in December. Since it's Chicago, I had to wait a couple of months to do a full detail. When I went hands on, I noticed that around a square foot of paint with straight edges was dull. It almost looked like the wrapping may have been placed on the car when the clear wasn't fully hard. I initially freaked out, but a few focused passes with the rotary and some M105, and it was perfect. It cost me a half hour, but I was happy to not have the bring it back to the dealer.
 
ntwillie1 said:
So the car arrived today at the dealer and they already did me the “favor” of cleaning it up. W the craziness of the pandemic I forgot to tell them not to clean it. Oh well, since I can’t coach soccer on the weekends right now I guess I will have plenty of time to detail it.

I’m honesty conflicted on taking delivery during the pandemic. Kinda feel like I can do without it but at the same time I know I will need it in a few months and this one was built to my liking as opposed to all other cars I have ever owned. In a few months I think there will be a shortage on available cars. The dealer is also giving me a really good deal. Gonna think about it for a day or two and then decide.


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Good time to negotiate. You hold the Joker.
 
I hope you don’t like this dealer, because if you stick them with the car you asked them to order for you, all the favors you got in future will go bye bye.

Also the next time you ask them to order your one, good luck lol


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Merlin, that's a good point as to why the dealer would not want to hand the car over dirty. Never thought about it from that perspective.

Ousudelt69 - I do like this dealership a lot. This wouldn't be car #6 from them if I didn't like them. I'm not too worried about them being less willing to negotiate with me in the future if I chose not to pick it up because of the current pandemic situation. Even people in sales have hearts, lol. I'm in sales myself.
 
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