First detail of my CLK (big pictures).

[Igurisu]

I got the car in December, not really had the weather or light to do much until the last couple of weeks. So I spent 7 hours last Saturday cleaning and polishing. The stuff and routine I used was as follows,

1. Sprayed the wheels with neat G101 and rinsed off.
2. Sprayed the paintwork with G101 mixed at 10:1 and rinsed.
3. Washed the car.
4. Sprayed the lower body and wheels with IronX then rinsed.
5. Sprayed the lower body and wheels with TarX then rinsed.
6. Clayed all the paintwork.
7. Washed again.
8. Polished the paintwork.
9. Applied Prima Amigo glaze/sealant to fill swirls.
10. Waxed with AG HD wax.

This picture from run round the dales last week.

Then yesterday I washed then painted the soft top with Renovo, it was in good condition but a little faded. I was so impressed with the Prima Amigo that I bought a bottle of Prima Banana gloss. This is like a top up wax that can be layered and very easy to apply, just wipe on then wipe off after washing. I did this yesterday after doing the soft top and washing.

The wheels need a refurb as the lacquer is lifting but not sure how to fit this in yet. It may need to wait until I put the winters on at the end of the year.

 

[Dave Richardson]

Nice work

Dave

 

[RAJ55]

very nice work, bet them wheels are a nightmare to clean

 

[NW_Merc]

Out of curiousity what's the offset if your wheels?

 

[Igurisu]

I'm away at the moment , will look when I get home tonight. From memory its 30 &37 but need to check. The wheels are OE fitted as part of the sports pack, no spacers used.

 

[Ream]

While I rate g101 very highly and use it for all our cleaning sections I would not recommend putting on to the body of that lovely car diluted or not. Your car does not look like the type that would get so dirty and greasy that it needed such chemical.

If you do leave it a long time before cleaning then a diluted TFR would be slightly better but really a good wash shampoo and rinse is a better solution, I have a black car that has never seen G101 and I carry100 litres of the stuff, 8 years old still looks new and it's 4x4.

Remember that stuff can clean ovens engines and remove stuff from concrete.

 

[Igurisu]

Out of curiousity what's the offset if your wheels?

Fronts are 37 and rears are 30.

 

[Igurisu]

very nice work, bet them wheels are a nightmare to clean

Yes they are, I'm going to treat them to Gtechniq C5 after the refurb. Hopefully after that they will just need a blast with hode or pressure washer washer.