1992 Benz 300 and 1995 Trooper Details

[zaxjax]

Both of them had over 200K miles on them. The Trooper was filthy and is a beach vehicle for my customer.

Wash with Gold Class

Meguiar's Medium Cut on a yellow pad (this removed 95% of the dirt embedded in the paint)

Menzerna Intensive Polish on orange pad

Meguiar's Swirl Free Polish on a white pad

Pinnacle Paste Wax by hand

Before!

Bugs!

No shine at all

Caked on bugs

Rocker panel

After's

This is with the Flourescent Lights

Without the lights

The Benz was in terrible shape! The owner just wanted me to clean it up and wax it. It's scheduled to be painted in December.

 

[Reddwarf]

Great turn around on that Trooper! The finish came out great

 

[ehuth1]

Awesome job on both, but you threw down on the trooper!! Nice Detail.

 

[alban61]

Great work on the white Trooper! Love the last shot of that MB wheel!
Where in MD are you? I used to live in Laurel.

 

[P1et]

That Benz looks to be in awesome shape afterwards, great work!

 

[zaxjax]

I grew up in Laurel, but I live in downtown Annapolis.

 

[zaxjax]

Thanks for the compliments! I see all of the other detail threads, and all of the cars are new. Those cars are no fun at all. Both of these cars were in terrible condition and brought back to like new condition.
Menzerna polish is fantastic, I won't use anything else!

 

[supercharged]

Very nice job, both vehicles look great. By the way, what tire dressing are you using on Benz? I like the way those tires look...

 

[Dust2Glory]

You kicked it on the trooper!!! that's an amazing turnround.... you held your own!!

 

[zaxjax]

Nine total hours of cleaning and detailing, inside and outside! My customer still has not picked it up, I've offered to drop it off. I've wiped it down twice no with quick detailer spray.

Thanks everyone for the compliments!

 

[DantheMan]

Both turned out very nice.. I enjoy working on 'beaters' as well, because of the looks you see on peoples faces when they pick them up.. Sometimes in total disbelief.

On the other hand, working on cars in decent shape is so much easier

 

[Z06-Goose]

That looks real good. I'm still waiting to do a white car. I've done just about any color but white. Good job there!

 

[DantheMan]

That looks real good. I'm still waiting to do a white car. I've done just about any color but white. Good job there!

You aren't missing anything. I personally hate working on white.. Especially machine polishing.

 

[zaxjax]

I'm going to charge more for white. It was a royal pain in the butt. I will say Menzerna polishes are awesome.

 

[klumzypinoy]

Wow that Trooper has some nice reflections! The wheels on the Benz look really good.

 

[zaxjax]

The Trooper has given me nightmares!

 

[pirex]

What tire dressing did you use on the benz?

 

[Meghan]

Trooper looks awesome, you really brought that SUV back from the dead.

 

[zaxjax]

What tire dressing did you use on the benz?

Trooper looks awesome, you really brought that SUV back from the dead.

Meguiar's Hot Shine Tire Gel

Thanks Meghan! My customer's husband was so impressed he wants his Ford Ranger done as well. He says it worse than the Trooper!