2008 ML350 Interior Detail and Winter Prep

Here's my 200+ picture write-up on a 2008 ML350 full interior detail and exterior 2 step winter prep. Onto the write-up:


What was done:
- Before pictures
- Wheels hit with Sonax full effect and meguiars wheel brightener
- Tires treated with Adams APC and prima nero
- Engine treated with in and out spray
- De-Bugged with 1Z Bug and Tar Remover
- Exterior wash using lusso auto bathe and foam gun w/ CG MSii
- Door, hood and trunk jambs cleaned
- Prima nero on undercarriage
- Aquartz Iron Cut to decontaminate
- Clayed entire exterior including windows
- Taped up
- 2 step - menz sip -> menz super finish -> menz powerlock
- Rubber and vinyl cleaned w/ In and Out, Prima nero
- Exhaust tips cleaned and polished
- Windows clayed again and cleaned with prima clarity
- Wheels waxed with Prima Wheel Armour
- Exterior Wax -> 1Z Glanz Wax


Interior:
- Leather cleaned with Leather Master
- Vacuum
- Trims treated with Prima Nero and 1Z Cockpit Premium
- Interior glass cleaned with clarity


Products used:
Exterior wash:
- Lusso auto bath
- Gilmour Foam gun w/ CG MaxiSuds
- Uber wool wash mitt
- Blue microfiber wash mitt
- Uber super drying microfiber towel
- Prima nero on undercarriage
- Aquartz Iron Cut
- 1Z Bug and Tar Remover


Engine:
- Adam's APC
- Adams In n out spray


Interior:
- Leather Master Super Remover
- Leather Master Vital Leather Conditioner
- Leather Master Protection Cream
- Uber leather cleaning brush
- In n out and Prima Clarity and Nero to clean the trims


Paint correction:
- Porter Cable PC 7424XP
- Flex PE-14
- Uber green and orange 4/5.5 pads
- Surbuf pads 5.5
- Megs 105
- Menz superfinish
- Menz SIP
- Menz Powerlock


Now for the pictures


Before












Sonax



These wheels were bad

 

more before pictures





Love this stuff





Onto the wash






Spray down with Iron cut

 

done for the day

Clay was very contaminated, Iron cut definitely helped out but the car was still very bad







37 degrees! too cold

new garage mate

interior before, heavily stained





50/50




Misc interior places before








after

 

Another happy customer



Thanks for looking

 

Very nice work, I have a black on black 2010 ML 350 and just love how it looks when its clean.

 

Great transformaton!

 

Thanks guys :thumb: The interior was hammered in this car, looks very nice afterwards!

 

great job! Love the car!

 

Thanks man :thumb:

 

Great job the interior was pretty bad

 

Looks great!

-Kody-

 

Thanks guys!

 

Awesome work. Love that G Class in the background.

 

Thanks man, the G500 is awesome :thumb:

 

I love a good 50/50 of a dirty leather seat. Good job.

 

Nice Detail. This is an 09+ ML by the way. Did you remove the scratches on the aluminum kick plates? If so what product did you use?

 

Great clean up of a pretty dirty rig in COLD conditions, on covering the plate in the later pics not sure if you knew the plate is clearly visible in the beginning pics(fyi). "Tightness certified".

 

I did not remove 100 percent of them but did take out majority of them. I used optimum metal polish hand applied.


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Thanks guys. And I didn't know what year it was to be honest haha owner said 08 and I wrote 08 in title. Didn't bother to check the vin it was too cold to even think haha. Im in the Philippines now though, 80 degree weather with no humidity makes for awesome conditions as opposed to the brutal freezing temps over in jersey.

Yeah I figured I'll be alright, owner said it was fine that the plate was posted haha.


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