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Old 08-17-2009 | 03:57 PM
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Next up was another AMG car, this time an E55. We only performed a 2-step on this vehicle since most of our focus was going to be on the owners Porsche(wait till you see this thing) and we had a limited time schedule.

The car was already clean, so we did a quick ONR wash the night before and got started the next morning. There were some moderate swirls in the car.




I knew the E55 had a pretty touch clear, so I opted for M105/PFW via rotary follow by M205/Orange via DA. I was actually able to perform a pretty decent correction with this method and pulled out a ton of gloss!
Before.


After.


50/50.


While Brian worked on the other parts of the car ashe has on the previous cars, I worked my way around the car.


50/50 Z-AIO on hood channel.




Wheels and calipers cleaned and sealed with Opti-Seal.


Grill Polished with M105 and sealed with Blackfire Wet Diamond Paint Sealant.
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Finally finished, sealed with Blackfire Wet Diamond Paint Sealant.










Old 08-17-2009 | 04:04 PM
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And last but definitely not least! The Porsche 996 Turbo. Normally I dont like them in this yellow color, but WOW this thing looked absolutely amazing! Everything from the stance, the wheels and the amazing sound of the straight pipes coming out the back of this turbo monster was incredible!

The car when we got it.




Wheels were pretty dirty.

The back of the car was covered in black soot from the open exhaust, and the sides of the car were covered in tire gel which was sort of a pain to get every spec off.


License plate removed for proper cleaning.

There was also heavy wax build up in almost all of the small cracks.


The custom iFordged wheels were polished using M205 and sealed with Swissvax Wheel Wax.




Brian again at work.






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A couple 50/50, the defects were hard to capture.




Front Fender Before.


After.




Final polishing with the DA with M205.


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FINISHED.












Old 08-17-2009 | 04:32 PM
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Thanks for chronicling all of your work - I, for one, appreciate it!
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so do you guys own your own business doing this or do you work for a shop or something?
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I used to buff cars for 2 years when I worked at the family business and I can truly say that is first class work unbelievable. I know first hand how long it takes to make it look even half as good as your guys work. I got one question for u hows your back feel at the end of the day.
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Originally Posted by trever1t
56k DIE
Yes!

Originally Posted by Mr. Sandog
Thanks for chronicling all of your work - I, for one, appreciate it!
Thanks for taking time to go through it!

Originally Posted by 00ChevyScott
so do you guys own your own business doing this or do you work for a shop or something?
This is my own business, I only work from word of mouth and have performed work on over 100 cars in my first year.

Originally Posted by rlv
I used to buff cars for 2 years when I worked at the family business and I can truly say that is first class work unbelievable. I know first hand how long it takes to make it look even half as good as your guys work. I got one question for u hows your back feel at the end of the day.
Ahh, yes...the back...well lets just say after that week I was handicapped..



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