E55 gets its Spring clean.

[AMGeed]

Now the weather seems to have turned better I thought it was time to give the car its spring spruce up after the winter months.

It took me from 10 30am until just gone 5pm to complete and I still have the inside to do tomorrow.

Here's the nerdy bit.

1 Washed with Meguiars Gold Class shampoo and mitt
2 Rinsed with low pressure jet washer.
3 Clayed with Meguiars Clay Mitt and Meguiars detailer
4 Washed again as step 1
5 Rinsed again as step 2
6 Polished with AutoGlym SRP
7 Glass polished with Simonize Glass cleaner
8 Whole car waxed with Farclea Liquid Wax
7 Car sealed with Auto Glym Gloss paint sealant
8 All wheels removed, washed dried and sealed with step 7 sealant.
9 Hubs and calipers deep cleaned with soapy water and rinsed.
10 Wheels replaced and torqed correctly.
11 Tyres blacked with Meguiars purple tyre gel.

Photo 1 not very level:fail

 

[supaer]

very nice... good job...... Kerbs aren't your best friend are they!>?

 

[AMGeed]

^ To my eternal shame, I have kerbed 3/4 wheels. I can't even blame the missus as she won't drive it. On the list for a refurb later this year.

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

A very handsome car, and a good job well done

 

[Mrhanky]

^ To my eternal shame, I have kerbed 3/4 wheels. I can't even blame the missus as she won't drive it. On the list for a refurb later this year.

Don't worry I'm exactly the same. I just seem to be a kerb magnet!

Car looking good, need to spring clean mine. Looking at getting the calipers done this year as well, just can't decide if I should go silver or black.

 

[E55jay]

Looks spot on mate

 

[Grovsie31]

Looks very shiny mate.

Have you added that rear diffuser? Looks alright, id like one for my C55, but stuff off ebay and from china, always worries me.

 

[AMGeed]

Yeah its a E63 W211 diffuser I bought from a member on here. Fits fine and I reckon its the same as the Taiwan/Chinese ones on eBay.

 

[MB-Graham]

Great result, well done.


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[Calcifer]

Very nice, looks great.

 

[StuartK]

She's a beast!

 

[ringway]

It would take me a month to do all that. Your energy levels are far higher than mine.

Looks lovely.

 

[ringway]

^ To my eternal shame, I have kerbed 3/4 wheels. I can't even blame the missus as she won't drive it.

Don't worry I'm exactly the same. I just seem to be a kerb magnet!

I can't really recall kerbing any wheels until my late 40's, and then for some reason I started doing it.
Unlucky with the worst one at night in a pile of leaves in the gutter and the kerb jutting out an inch or so - Ouch!
As I was drawing to a halt, I did consciously ask myself "How close do you want to get to the kerb before something happens?"

I've been extra careful lately now that I've replaced a couple of Michelin PS3's.

 

[Pathewolf]

Car looks awesome!

 

[Dinnie]

Good job although I think you're doubling up the effort with the wax and sealant - I thought it was either but not both.

 

[Mrhanky]

Good job although I think you're doubling up the effort with the wax and sealant - I thought it was either but not both.

No, layering in this way is pretty common place.

 

[BenzedUP]

Very nice!
It does need a carbon lip though

 

[jimiE55]

Good work, cars looking Great!

 

[nickjonesn4]

fancy doing mine!

 

[HB]

Lovely. Is that a 270 Cdi with a kit on it ?