Swissvax'ed: New Car Preparation on a "not so new" 2012 Mercedez GL550

Discussion in 'Show and Shine' started by scheerspeed, Mar 23, 2012.

  1. scheerspeed

    scheerspeed DB Forum Supporter

    This 2012 Mercedez GL550 was booked for an Initial New Car Preparation on both the Exterior and Interior. However upon picking up the car it was without a doubt going to need a lot more attention than I had expected.

    Here's how I received this 2012 GL550 with only a bit over 2,000 Miles on the clock...

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    But wait, There's More!

    The Interior:

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    BOOGERS!

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    Here's how the seats looked after the leather was cleaned and conditioned using Swissvax Leather Cleaner Forte and Swissvax Leather Milk. The rest of the interior was not 100% complete in the next two pics...

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    And the Finished result! The exterior received an Initial Swissvax treatment finished with Swissvax Shield PTFE wax. A total of about 30-35 hours went into this one! and this was supposed to be a new car prep!

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    The finished Interior:

    The customer had me install seat covers on the rear seats

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    That's all for that one! Thanks for looking!!

    Dom @ SSD

    Here's a list of the products used during this detail:

    -P21s TAW
    -1Z Blitz
    -1Z W99
    -1Z Windscreen
    -Sonax Full Effect
    -#0000 Steel Wool


    Swissvax:
    -Car Bath
    -Engine
    -Protecton
    -Seal Feed
    -Engine Shine
    -Paint Rubber (Yellow)
    -Quick Finish
    -Cleaner Fluid Medium via PC w/SV Black Gloss pad @6
    -Swissvax Shield PTFE wax
    -Nano Express
    -Cleaner Fluid Regular
    -Autobahn PTFE Wax (Wheels)
    -Pneu Glossy
    -Waschpudel
    -Black Puck Applicator
    -Black wax applicator
    -Micro-Absorb (Red)
    -Micro-Polish (Blue)
    -Micro-Fluffy
    -Pneu Brush
    -Detail Brush
    -Wheel Brush
    -Metal Polish


    Interior:

    -Swissvax Leather Cleaner Forte
    -Swissvax Leather Milk
    -Swissvax Plastic Wash
    -Swissvax Protecton Matt
    -Swissvax Quick Interior Finish
    -Swissvax Cleaner Fluid Regular
    -Swissvax Wood Polish
    -Swissvax Crystal
    -Swissvax Nano Express
     
  2. maxepr1

    maxepr1 Jedi Nuba

    Nice save! Amazing the people who own nice trash them so quickly.
     
  3. mrgolfrider

    mrgolfrider DB Forum Supporter

    Beautiful. Will it not just look like the before in 2k miles?

    Sent from my HTC Sensation using Tapatalk
     
  4. Grey Ghost

    Grey Ghost Jedi Nuba

    After 2k miles??!?!

    I dont think they're going to care about that little SV sticker
     
  5. rwisejr

    rwisejr DB Forum Supporter

    Wow that looked more like a trashed car prep . Nice save.
     
  6. Gale Force

    Gale Force Obsessive Detailer

    Disgusting!

    Nice turn around!
     
  7. Upper Class Detailing

    Upper Class Detailing DB Pro Supporter

  8. drew935

    drew935 Auto Salon Works

    Only 2000 miles. Holy heck. Nicely cleaned up Dom!
     
  9. 911Fanatic

    911Fanatic DB Pro Supporter

    Great looking job Dom. Too bad it was so trashed.
     
  10. SkylineRacer13

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  11. Atherton213

    Atherton213 Two Bucket System Washer

    This is why we can't have nice things lol
     
  12. Daydream Believer

    Daydream Believer Birth of a Detailer

    cant believe how new it was and how bad it was haha. Amazing. nice work
     
  13. TheRustySuper

    TheRustySuper Obsessive Detailer

    I'm still somewhat confused as to why someone would spend the money for a car like that and then completely trash it. And all that after 2K...wow. Fantastic turn-around for sure :)
     
  14. drew935

    drew935 Auto Salon Works

    Well, however they use the car doesn't matter because someone will clean it up ;)
     

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