Hello all,
Got my CL back from the body shop on Tuesday, bonnet resprayed, roof resprayed, 2 dents removed by PDR and wheels refurbed.
So I took today off work as she is going into the dealer tomorrow morning for an oil change and also the fact it's meant to rain tomorrow which would be an issue with any cleaning plans!
The bodyshop gave the full car a light polish and wax so it was looking pretty good so no befores and the inside was valeted by the dealer so it was also clean excluding dust in the vents, some dirt on the headliner and dusty door jambs.
Plan for today was to clean/protect the interior, give the engine bay a wash (again, it was caked in dust from the body shop :roll eyes
, quick wash outside and polish the exhausts. I managed everything bar the exhausts - started at 8:15am and finished at 7pm (stopped about 50 mins for dinner and various coffee breaks).
Process/Products:
Interior:
Vac'd,
Autoglym Interior Shampoo on mats and headliner,
Plastic parts cleaned with Meguiar's APC,
Leather (practically full interior!) cleaned with LTT Ultra Foam,
Leather protected with LTT Ultra Protect,
Plastic parts dressed with Aerospace 303,
Glass polished with Autoglym Car Glass Polish,
Door jambs cleaned with Meguair's APC
Engine bay:
Rinsed,
Meguair's APC sprayed everywhere and agitated with various brushes and a sponge,
Rinsed,
Dried off,
Aerospace 303 applied and left to dry
Exterior:
Rinsed,
Foamed with Angelwax Fast Foam,
Wheels/Callipers/Tires/Arches/Exhaust cleaned with Meguiar's APC,
Rinsed,
Washed 2BM with AngelWax Superior Shampoo,
Rinsed,
Autoglym Rapid Detailer sprayed and dried off.
So now for pics (suspension was raised to the highest setting to clean the arches, never bothered lowering it back down):
Engine pics taken at last clean (only difference is this is Autoglym Vinyl Rubber Car which looks the same as 303 anyway!)
Hope you like, I'm totally over the moon with the car and can't believe I actually own it - wanted one (albeit the CL600 but the AMG is nice too) for the longest time and its not sunk in yet.
Thanks for looking and comments/criticism welcome. :bannana:
Got my CL back from the body shop on Tuesday, bonnet resprayed, roof resprayed, 2 dents removed by PDR and wheels refurbed.
So I took today off work as she is going into the dealer tomorrow morning for an oil change and also the fact it's meant to rain tomorrow which would be an issue with any cleaning plans!
The bodyshop gave the full car a light polish and wax so it was looking pretty good so no befores and the inside was valeted by the dealer so it was also clean excluding dust in the vents, some dirt on the headliner and dusty door jambs.
Plan for today was to clean/protect the interior, give the engine bay a wash (again, it was caked in dust from the body shop :roll eyes
, quick wash outside and polish the exhausts. I managed everything bar the exhausts - started at 8:15am and finished at 7pm (stopped about 50 mins for dinner and various coffee breaks).Process/Products:
Interior:
Vac'd,
Autoglym Interior Shampoo on mats and headliner,
Plastic parts cleaned with Meguiar's APC,
Leather (practically full interior!) cleaned with LTT Ultra Foam,
Leather protected with LTT Ultra Protect,
Plastic parts dressed with Aerospace 303,
Glass polished with Autoglym Car Glass Polish,
Door jambs cleaned with Meguair's APC
Engine bay:
Rinsed,
Meguair's APC sprayed everywhere and agitated with various brushes and a sponge,
Rinsed,
Dried off,
Aerospace 303 applied and left to dry
Exterior:
Rinsed,
Foamed with Angelwax Fast Foam,
Wheels/Callipers/Tires/Arches/Exhaust cleaned with Meguiar's APC,
Rinsed,
Washed 2BM with AngelWax Superior Shampoo,
Rinsed,
Autoglym Rapid Detailer sprayed and dried off.
So now for pics (suspension was raised to the highest setting to clean the arches, never bothered lowering it back down):
Engine pics taken at last clean (only difference is this is Autoglym Vinyl Rubber Car which looks the same as 303 anyway!)
Hope you like, I'm totally over the moon with the car and can't believe I actually own it - wanted one (albeit the CL600 but the AMG is nice too) for the longest time and its not sunk in yet.
Thanks for looking and comments/criticism welcome. :bannana:
