LSC, if you want to spend YOUR MONEY beautifying your vehicles, don't let what others think or say deter you. Singer is taking old Porches and turning them into million dollar cars. Gunther werks is doing the same and no one hates what they do. I've seen so many people take older cars and turn them into things of beauty. I'm doing the same to my 05 G35 coupe. If more people took better care of their cars they'd learn that they don't have to keep spending money on new vehicles that don't give the same driving experience as a well maintained vehicle with a few years and miles on them. Keep up the good work.
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Why does anyone watching your channel, whom is a car enthusiast feel the need to criticize your paint correction cost of a car you love and enjoy. The car could be worth a dollar and if you love it the cost to make it it’s best is irrelevant. So the car isn’t worth the original sticker price any more and the correction was about $3k. You have brought the E55 to such a perfect level for a car with a cult following anyway. If enthusiasts didn’t pour money into car restoration all examples of historical vehicles would have been lost. I really appreciate the videos you provide along with the information for our mid-2000s AMG cars. Great work!
Completely agree with you James. I have a 2013, 68K miles Lincoln MKS Ecoboost that's worth about $18K. To replace it with a similarly equipped 3 year old vehicle would cost at least $30K-ish most of which have interiors in not as good a shape as my car. So this is a no-brainer. You can get a 1 step kit from Chemical Guys with their TORQ orbital machine for about $160. Still inexpensive, and my wife has a car too so the cost of the machine gets leveraged with repeat usage.
@I'm Mikey Some people want paint not plastic. It's a preference. A hobby and an art form and very satisfying to undo years of neglect! And get the awesome MBZ paint back to life. Would I spend $3,000 No! But then I don't buy my used MBZ for $8,000 or whatever bargain price he spent. My car (Black) is 5 years old and people still think it is 1-2 years old. That's a great feeling you dont get from wrapping.
Thank you for making these videos! I’m in the process of “restoring” a ‘06 R500 Amg edition. All of your videos have helped tremendously to bring this back to its former glory as king of the minivans.
I love the black or white Mercedes, but I’ve noticed that the goldish or silver tones shine like nothing else. Mine is the “Desert Silver” color and the shine factor is unreal. P.s, love your cars and you do a great job on these videos. Many of the commenters are negative. Maybe they are jealous or don’t have a life Lol!
Just a tip brother,if you slow down polishing you will find you get a much better result,when it come to a rupes,it’s slow and steady,and I usually tend to stay in a 12x12 instead of 24x24. Just what I learned when I got gtechniq certified and took classes with rupes representatives.
To be honest I was very skeptical of your videos and channel, but I want to be the first one to apologize and be honest that I love your content and your in-depth analysis and honestly that youre a fellow chicago'ian. I hope you continue to grow and "legit" keep doing amazing things and helping us midwesterners find new places to repair and clean up our winter battered cars! Keep on trucking!!!!
Paint correction makes buffing paint sound expensive. Buffing a car and the components have been the same for the past 30 years. Ceramic makes silicone sealant sound more expensive, and it is.
I've always used WD40 for tar, bugs etc. Works like a champ and after using it for almost 30 years hasn't done any damage to the paint. Quite the opposite actually. Best way to purchase is a gallon jug and use your own spray bottle. Crazy economical when purchased like that
Also, there is no such thing as clean rinse bucket water. As soon as you put that dirty mitt in it, it's dirty rinse water, so why would you rinse you mitt with dirty rinse water? The best way to rinse your cleaning mitt is to spray it off with your hose set to shower, this will also help power out the accumulated dirt. It really takes no longer and trust me, if you do this, your wash water will never get dirty and recontaminated with the dirt you just pulled off the car, as I can guarantee you it does if you just use a rinse bucket.
Benjamin Fitzgerald well anyone that’s done pretty much any body work probably does anyway, but give him a break, like I said cheaper options and this guy provides insightful content with almost no BS
For anybody out there having trouble getting tar off of their car, use WD-40! You spray it on the tar and wait a few seconds and then just wipe it off like magic and doesn't hurt the paint. The really cool thing you can use it on your hinges and lock mechs too, just don't over do it.
Just discovered your channel (and subscribed). Great job on the car, it looks amazing. I have a Silver 2005 E200 Kompressor, and I would LOVE it to look like yours. I also watched your video on the headlight restoration and was amazed. I restored mine last year but it didn’t last long. I will be definitely trying your method. Thanks for your videos 😊
Love videos like this that shows that you don't have to spend $100,000 (or £s) to have a car that looks like its worth $100,000 or more 👌. Great videos. Keep em coming. Cheers, Jon.
Tip: To get that tar off the underside paint and wheel wells, and wherever you find it, I use an older piece of clay bar that is due to be thrown out. That combined with a liquid tar remover instead of the normal clay bar lubricant will same you a lot of time and effort.
I know i'm going to catch a lot of hate for this but a rag with a little bit of gasoline with take the tar off immediately. Now before everyone screams about it ruining the paint, how many times have you seen paint damaged near the fuel filler for as often as lazy people spill on the paint surrounding? pretty much never. The gas rubbed on lightly will only remove any wax/protectant that is there. which you are going to redo anyways.
The paving crews use kerosene to remove asphalt, the EPA requires some citrus stuff. A little lamp oil on a rag should also work to remove tar as an alternative solution.
I did it on my 09 Lancer and 2014 Highlander. The c53 looks great. It seems the the left rear quarter was resprayed and has a different silver lighter tone?
If you use AM details clay bar you don’t need a crappy clay lube and just use water. Great vid. Not sure about $100 as a polisher ranges from $75-500. Then pads, etc, etc. But your right in that you’ve only scratched the surface and there is a deep hole when it comes to correction and perfection. 👍
Has the rear panel been repainted? I've heard matching paint on the old 744 brilliant silver metallic paints are NEAR IMPOSSIBLE. You can never get the shade right
Jordy Westerhof I thought the same thing, maybe it was just the angle or a reflection in the garage, but then I saw 16:48 and yeah, it’s definitely been repainted before
I do. I hated how my local detail shop left haze in my paint. So I got on TH-cam and found Scott from Dallas Paint correction. His videos are extremely informative. I went out and bought the Griot's Boss system and couldn't be happier. Now I'm doing other people's cars and making side cash 👍🏼
I do this at home, and have been doing so for quite a few years. Keeping my cars nice is something I'm fairly OCD about, and detailing is part of that... I take it further than I need to though, as my product/machine collection will attest to. Plus, having worked in a body shop years ago, I've seen just how horrible 'buffing' results in a production setting can be!
Just some advice. I own a 2009 SL550 tuxedo black w/light tan interior. It currently has 12.6k miles and is NOT a daily driver. I don't park the car under trees (bird poop, tree sap, leaves), power lines (bird poop), or under tall signs or downwind from them (again bird poop). When I park it in the public, it gets parked in the "middle of nowhere" because people can ding your car and really don't care. The car gets waxed 2x every 6 months as well as care for the leather interior and rubber seals throughout the car. It never gets driven in the rain or closely behind cement trucks, 18 wheelers haulin dirt/sand, or 4x4's that just went mud doggin. My daily driver is a 2009 Sonata with 123k miles on it. Get yourself a cheap daily driver while the Merc sits in the garage. Ever watch the movie Roadhouse with Patrick Swayze?? ....just my 2 cents. One more thing, both cars a garage kept in an air conditioned garage...except for the winter months.
If one has an enjoyment vehicle, enjoy it. Mercedes that sit develop under usage problems. Not exactly common but the AGM battery and Airmatic system need exercise to stay healthy and pliable. I had plenty of beaters but after my limited edition C230 Kompressor, there was no going back to a DULL ride. Opinion of course.
@@ReverendWilliamHenry - true, I have battery tenders (2x), one for the hood and one for the trunk of which both batteries are still factory OEM. I start the car every 3 days to let it warm up and use the "raise-up" switch (2 modes) and then lower it so the hydraulic fluid cycles through the ABC system; I do this numerous times.
One more thing; whenever you clay bar, surface prep, or polish your car by hand, you should move in one back and forth direction, parallel to the length of the car (front to back) or in smaller areas where that's not practical or easy - like the back of the trunk - a side to side direction , but in one direction only. Moving front to back, and side to side on the same surface with anything that has polishing or abrasive properties can easily lead to swirls. Even clay bar that has no abrasive properties by itself can swirl the paint to a smaller degree if the clay isn't refolded enough and has particles trapped that are in contact with the paint surface. The only time it doesn't matter in the direction, is if you are waxing with a wax only (no cleaner wax), or a random orbital polisher. I don't even wash my car in a circular/multi-directional motion.
@Steve J- You bring up a point. I have seen more than one video say to do a grid pattern. Side to side one direction, then the perpendicular direction. This seems almost as bad as doing circular motion. I think I will take your advice and stick to one direction.
The w203 benz c class along with the Lexus is250 / is350 2nd generation years 06-12 are one of the best car aesthetic body styles ever manufactured. I give a slight edge to the lexus though.
I see a BIG difference in the overall shade of silver on that back quarter panel used in the example. Was the entire car completed for this video or just that panel? Or was that specific panel replaced at some point during the car's history which might explain the apparent paint shade difference? Quite an obvious improvement though! Great video, will have to give this a try.
The mit is mad by Griots (gree oh) the Griot family makes fantastic car care products and the BMW store I work at (about 2 miles away) uses all of their products on our vehicles, prep for delivery, for customer detail, and for recon for our used cars.
You've left polish residue in your tip 😜. I used gtechniq on a silver car and your right silver is very good at hiding marks and it was quite difficult to see all the marks. I used half a bottle (30ml) on a large estate and three years later it was like I applied it yesterday. I also find if you use a light clay bar every six months also will help remove any small contamination build up and will revive your beading properties :). Keep up the good work and thanks for showing this as every day is a school day :)
anyone that says 3k for a 15k car is too much tell them to GTFO. I just had my Accord done by one of the best shops around DC and I am glad i did. the car looks fantastic!
Spray water inside an old bucket , clean the polishing pads inside the bucket with the pressured air and it will catch the residue instead of blowing it into the air and potentially landing back on the car
I think we have the same cheap lav mic from Amazon! Just tried it out for the first time on my most recently uploaded video. It was literally $30 compared to $800 for the Sennheiser mic.
Even a phone with a decent mic capsule plugged into it would do a better job. He always cranks his audio far too damn high and can't seem to be arsed to fix it even though it would literally take seconds and many people have commented on it already. JUST DROP THE OVERALL AUDIO LEVELS IN YOUR DAMN EDITING PROGRAM.
Great video man.... didn’t read through all the comments so someone may have already said this. I’m work road construction “Chicago” and get tar on my car all the time and it’s white. I use WD-40 and it comes off like water.
Awesomely detailed videos (voltage regulator replacement, faulty part replacement...). I have been restoring my 2012 S550 (loose leather, Airmatic struts, brakes and rotors, AGM battery, extended sound enhancements). I ordered my voltage regulator and am waiting for that delivery. That is the last thing I will do then the paint correction! Would love to get see my Beast on your channel!
Disagree abotu being "worth it." I had a $1200 decontamination, paint correction, and 9+-year 10H Ceramic coating done on my 2015 Kia Sorento SX Limited, in IM Titanium Silver Metallic. The difference is amazing, and the protection is well worth the cost.
I'm not sure but did you use compound as your polish? You mentioned Compound but continued to say you polished the car. Compound and polish do 2 different jobs, compound having course abrasives, while polish has little to none depending on what you buy. You should most definitely say this when showing anyone what you're doing, and the steps involved.
I’m about to do this on my car in the next few days and have two questions. Did you dry the car off after the initial wash and before applying the iron x? Also, did you have any concerns about dust getting on the car after leaving it in the garage overnight after you washed and decontaminated it before polishing the next day? I have a relatively clean garage but I can notice a small layer of dust on my car in the mornings when I leave for work after washing the previous day. Thanks again for the great videos and keep up the good work!
Yes I dried it after I rinsed off the iron remover. I also wiped it down with 25% alchohol solution after the clay Mitt. I did that again the next day before ceramic after the polishing. If you let the car sit over night after polishing I'd wip it down again before ceramic coating. You want it to be perfectly clean with no dust
I'm wondering how many hologram and marring it got from single step of paint correction using only wool pad. Silver paint will hide it, but sometime the sun will reveal it depend on the degree of severity. Be careful with paint correction on darker colour. For non-professional detailer or common people its probably good enough tho.
I was hoping to detail my car when summer ended. Wasn’t counting on the weather going straight to winter. I think I’ll work on the chips and scratches. That silver looks fantastic, hope to get my silver to pop like that.
Nice work! Out of curiosity; is the left rear wing been repainted? The shading between the rear wing and rear door seems different and also looking along the side of the car the gap seems uneven.....
I'm not sure but I wouldn't doubt some paint work has been done at some point. It's a clean title, no accident carfax car but you never know. The lighting in the room can make panels on this car look different but I see what you mean. If it was painted they did a pretty good job as far as not leaving sanding marks and things like that
If I had a car that looked like that and was of that value? I’d probably do the paint correction to make it look, not just good, but great. Both cars looked fantastic. You did an awesome job on them. It makes me want to go tackle my F250!!!
I have always washed after using the clay bar, but great video, thanks. Also I was tought to move the polishing pad about 1 inch per second to minimise swirls and marks, as well as evening out the polishing over all the panels
For the wheels,use some body Wax to coat the wheels,apply it smoothly,and let it dry for about 5 to 9 minutes per wheel,and BAM! It gonna last about 5 to 9 months if you take care of the wax nicely
Say what?? Think about this. If someone said they built their house for 300,000 would you expect it to include all the machinery and tools to build the house? So the $200,000 concrete truck and machine, the Bobcats, excavators, forklifts, multiple pickups, dump trucks, every hammer, nail gun, ladder, etc. You get the point. My title is exactly what I said in the video, $100 in materials. I also needed a heated garage for the job so should I have include the cost of the building and heat?
LegitStreetCars if someone built their house on their own, then ya... you would include all of the things they needed to buy in order to make it happen... And the title doesn’t say “in materials” by the way.
Bro it's worth it when it's a car like that. I don't care if I have a $260,000 S65 AMG that's only worth $20k now. It's still an S65 so a $3000 detail is definitely worth it....I think it's definitely worth in any car like that...
Great video- I have a c230 sport manual 6 speed and it will not always stay in reverse. Have you seen this before no one seems to know They just say replace it. It goes in all other gears just fin thanks
you're the best alex. i washed and clay bar my car and remove tar and detail all inside the wheels and the next day it rained. I'm so angry. there was no rain on the radar at all. it just came out of nowhere.
You shouldn’t use that Karcher high power attachment. It can strip the paint if you get it too close. I warned a neighbour in the past. He didn’t listen and needed a respray.
Really nice work, and informative video. I'm in your neighborhood, and I daily drive my best cars all year, so keeping them nice in this ridiculous environment is a challenge (they put Car Dissolver on the roads here ... ). I do not drive the vintage cars in the winter; they are garage queens from Thanksgiving through April Fools. Thanks -- keep up the great work.
Looks great, I was noticing the quarters on the c55 look a lighter shade, the rear may have been repainted at some point, btw, I say this because I worked in a body shop for many years, so I’m that type of guy. But it looks great!
Looks great, Alex! I don't have a heated garage. Plus, our white '13 W204 has some tiny dings in the front bumper. I tried to fix it all myself using SEM products, including a chip protector finish on the part at the very bottom of the bumper, but I really don't like the results. So, in the Spring, the bumper comes off and it goes to a shop for a rework and respray. Sigh. Until then, I'll continue to work on the stubborn tar on the aero body work (it's a Sport model) and hand wax it and polish before Winter. So, all paint correction work and ceramic work will have to wait. That is, unless a local detailer can do it without breaking the bank.
Well, I stopped by the body shop and they will do the front bumper and make it as new for around $400. He advised me to use a clay bar after using a degreaser on the entire car, to get the bad stuff, then use a quality wax followed by polish. He recommends Meguiar's, which I already use. I picked up a Meguiar's Clay Kit. So, before Winter, I'll get the car protected and never again use a car wash and be very careful how far to pull up in a parking spot with a curb. I may not do the ceramic detailing this year, but may try it next year.
quick question, you showed a SUV that was not done then "Restored" very nicely by the shop. However you are showing the same SUV in the video with the same rust marks 12:31 or was it just a similar painted vehicle?
Fantastic job... Comparing the $100 do it yourself job vs. the $3000 professional job, I don't even think there's that big of a difference to be honest... Would you say that the ceramic coating is easy to apply? Heard some people say it's hard to do, but looks easy here
There is a big difference but it's hard to tell with a silver car. I talk about this at the end but basically there are many levels to this kind of work. But you can definitely make a car look really good for not a lot of money if you do your research and put in the work.
Big difference! #1 is knowledge! Silver is 100x easier to paint correct than black, and with coating it depends on the brand you use. Professional ones are usually more durable and have a warranty. Coating a black car is also harder to do since you see every little high spot. With silver you cant really tell
The guys are right. There's definitely a difference, but for the average person, this $100 DIY Kit will do an amazing job, while I spend the other $2,900 on a vacation to the Bahamas. =)
So, let’s say a few weeks after you have applied the coating and driven around for a while. You wash the car. Do you apply a standard wax after washing or is the coating enough?
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LSC, if you want to spend YOUR MONEY beautifying your vehicles, don't let what others think or say deter you. Singer is taking old Porches and turning them into million dollar cars. Gunther werks is doing the same and no one hates what they do. I've seen so many people take older cars and turn them into things of beauty. I'm doing the same to my 05 G35 coupe. If more people took better care of their cars they'd learn that they don't have to keep spending money on new vehicles that don't give the same driving experience as a well maintained vehicle with a few years and miles on them. Keep up the good work.
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As for your tar problems before washing, try straight rubbing alcohol, then, if that doesnt really work, use lacquer thinner.
You can do this at home for $100!
...pulls out a rupes polisher
$100 in materials like I said.
Rykki Atruin lmao that was funny af like fr fr love you bro lsc
What, Rupees?
Exactly what I thought.
@@LegitStreetCars How stupid, though...we supposed to buff using said "materials" with our damn hands?
I used iron remover on my engine and it removed the whole engine block
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Heee hee hee he
Certainly made your car lighter...
AZMike
No Engine = Lighter Car
Lighter Car= Faster Car 😉
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PLEASE SCREAM LOUDER AT THE BEGINNING!!!!
Why does anyone watching your channel, whom is a car enthusiast feel the need to criticize your paint correction cost of a car you love and enjoy. The car could be worth a dollar and if you love it the cost to make it it’s best is irrelevant. So the car isn’t worth the original sticker price any more and the correction was about $3k. You have brought the E55 to such a perfect level for a car with a cult following anyway. If enthusiasts didn’t pour money into car restoration all examples of historical vehicles would have been lost. I really appreciate the videos you provide along with the information for our mid-2000s AMG cars. Great work!
Thanks so much. Appreciate that
Friggin shame seems like no matter what the content is someone always has to be negative and hateful
This.
Completely agree with you James. I have a 2013, 68K miles Lincoln MKS Ecoboost that's worth about $18K. To replace it with a similarly equipped 3 year old vehicle would cost at least $30K-ish most of which have interiors in not as good a shape as my car. So this is a no-brainer. You can get a 1 step kit from Chemical Guys with their TORQ orbital machine for about $160. Still inexpensive, and my wife has a car too so the cost of the machine gets leveraged with repeat usage.
@I'm Mikey Some people want paint not plastic. It's a preference.
A hobby and an art form and very satisfying to undo years of neglect! And get the awesome MBZ paint back to life.
Would I spend $3,000 No!
But then I don't buy my used MBZ for $8,000 or whatever bargain price he spent. My car (Black) is 5 years old and people still think it is 1-2 years old.
That's a great feeling you dont get from wrapping.
WHY ARE WE YELLING?!?!?
Sorry, gain on the mic was top high in the beginning
Thank you for making these videos! I’m in the process of “restoring” a ‘06 R500 Amg edition. All of your videos have helped tremendously to bring this back to its former glory as king of the minivans.
People can always turn down the volume. Sometimes laptops do not have good sound so loud is good.
The audience for this vyd is 75+ and we want to make sure everyone can hear 😯👷
because you don't listen!!
I love the black or white Mercedes, but I’ve noticed that the goldish or silver tones shine like nothing else. Mine is the “Desert Silver” color and the shine factor is unreal. P.s, love your cars and you do a great job on these videos. Many of the commenters are negative. Maybe they are jealous or don’t have a life Lol!
Good lord, the paint match on the 1/4's is terrible! One tip, you moved the polisher way too fast.
Horrible paint job and I would not even do a one step for 100 bucks.
Just a tip brother,if you slow down polishing you will find you get a much better result,when it come to a rupes,it’s slow and steady,and I usually tend to stay in a 12x12 instead of 24x24. Just what I learned when I got gtechniq certified and took classes with rupes representatives.
To be honest I was very skeptical of your videos and channel, but I want to be the first one to apologize and be honest that I love your content and your in-depth analysis and honestly that youre a fellow chicago'ian. I hope you continue to grow and "legit" keep doing amazing things and helping us midwesterners find new places to repair and clean up our winter battered cars! Keep on trucking!!!!
Paint correction makes buffing paint sound expensive. Buffing a car and the components have been the same for the past 30 years. Ceramic makes silicone sealant sound more expensive, and it is.
Yo my volume was on it's lowest and my ears still hurt xd
also cringe at the way temperature is said
@@H4rshi3
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I've always used WD40 for tar, bugs etc. Works like a champ and after using it for almost 30 years hasn't done any damage to the paint. Quite the opposite actually. Best way to purchase is a gallon jug and use your own spray bottle. Crazy economical when purchased like that
Ha never knew they made gallon jugs of WD40
Just got my first AMG. GL63 for family, your videos tempt me to get my personal vehicle as an E55 or C55... Absolutely beautiful vehicle... And mean
Also, there is no such thing as clean rinse bucket water. As soon as you put that dirty mitt in it, it's dirty rinse water, so why would you rinse you mitt with dirty rinse water? The best way to rinse your cleaning mitt is to spray it off with your hose set to shower, this will also help power out the accumulated dirt. It really takes no longer and trust me, if you do this, your wash water will never get dirty and recontaminated with the dirt you just pulled off the car, as I can guarantee you it does if you just use a rinse bucket.
It might cost $100 for the materials, but not for the tools!
100% true
Benjamin Fitzgerald there are much cheaper options and most people that work on cars have something like that already
Benjamin Fitzgerald well anyone that’s done pretty much any body work probably does anyway, but give him a break, like I said cheaper options and this guy provides insightful content with almost no BS
@@benjaminfitzgerald2037 keep in mind this is a 13 year old car. Plenty of cars are not going to necessitate buffing.
Detail shop takes easily 300-500$
In 2005 Mercedes started using a ceramic based clear coat...
That’s why your starting product was so good
Car looks great
On their website Griot's has a pronunciation quiz. It is pronounced "Gree-oh".
Groits 😂
This is what I wanted to learn at 1 am
This title spits in the face of every quality detailer
For anybody out there having trouble getting tar off of their car, use WD-40! You spray it on the tar and wait a few seconds and then just wipe it off like magic and doesn't hurt the paint. The really cool thing you can use it on your hinges and lock mechs too, just don't over do it.
Just discovered your channel (and subscribed). Great job on the car, it looks amazing. I have a Silver 2005 E200 Kompressor, and I would LOVE it to look like yours. I also watched your video on the headlight restoration and was amazed. I restored mine last year but it didn’t last long. I will be definitely trying your method. Thanks for your videos 😊
looks like the rear quarter panel was a replacement/repaint
Love videos like this that shows that you don't have to spend $100,000 (or £s) to have a car that looks like its worth $100,000 or more 👌. Great videos. Keep em coming. Cheers, Jon.
Tip: To get that tar off the underside paint and wheel wells, and wherever you find it, I use an older piece of clay bar that is due to be thrown out. That combined with a liquid tar remover instead of the normal clay bar lubricant will same you a lot of time and effort.
Great tip, thanks!
Alex
Try some charcoal lighter fluid. Wont hurt the paint and its easy to wash off.
Thanks for the awesome instructions. This is something defenantly I can perform myself on my car on a nice warm weekend.
Don't forget to buff the headlights and taillights. It does make a difference
I did in a previous video
Yeah we do it every few years and it looks so much better
I know i'm going to catch a lot of hate for this but a rag with a little bit of gasoline with take the tar off immediately. Now before everyone screams about it ruining the paint, how many times have you seen paint damaged near the fuel filler for as often as lazy people spill on the paint surrounding? pretty much never. The gas rubbed on lightly will only remove any wax/protectant that is there. which you are going to redo anyways.
Nathan Jackson very true
The paving crews use kerosene to remove asphalt, the EPA requires some citrus stuff. A little lamp oil on a rag should also work to remove tar as an alternative solution.
I did it on my 09 Lancer and 2014 Highlander. The c53 looks great. It seems the the left rear quarter was resprayed and has a different silver lighter tone?
Noticed the quarter panel too it was bugging me lol
Just a quick tip don’t run your pad over your badges. It will rip your pads and cram polish into the badges. Car looks great!
If you use AM details clay bar you don’t need a crappy clay lube and just use water. Great vid. Not sure about $100 as a polisher ranges from $75-500. Then pads, etc, etc. But your right in that you’ve only scratched the surface and there is a deep hole when it comes to correction and perfection. 👍
rear left panel doesn't match
yeah, I've got the same impression but then he moved a bit on the side and I think it was just his reflection.
Has the rear panel been repainted? I've heard matching paint on the old 744 brilliant silver metallic paints are NEAR IMPOSSIBLE. You can never get the shade right
It seems there's a very obvious mismatch between the rear fender and the rear door. Noticed it straight away.
Chthonian121 No its the camera
Jordy Westerhof I thought the same thing, maybe it was just the angle or a reflection in the garage, but then I saw 16:48 and yeah, it’s definitely been repainted before
Who else does this at home?
Me on my 2003 ML350. Silver as could be ;D
I do. I hated how my local detail shop left haze in my paint. So I got on TH-cam and found Scott from Dallas Paint correction. His videos are extremely informative. I went out and bought the Griot's Boss system and couldn't be happier. Now I'm doing other people's cars and making side cash 👍🏼
I do this at home, and have been doing so for quite a few years. Keeping my cars nice is something I'm fairly OCD about, and detailing is part of that... I take it further than I need to though, as my product/machine collection will attest to. Plus, having worked in a body shop years ago, I've seen just how horrible 'buffing' results in a production setting can be!
i do on my 05 w211 e500 estate.
On their website, Griot's has a pronunciation quiz. It is pronounced "Gree-oh".
Just some advice. I own a 2009 SL550 tuxedo black w/light tan interior. It currently has 12.6k miles and is NOT a daily driver. I don't park the car under trees (bird poop, tree sap, leaves), power lines (bird poop), or under tall signs or downwind from them (again bird poop). When I park it in the public, it gets parked in the "middle of nowhere" because people can ding your car and really don't care. The car gets waxed 2x every 6 months as well as care for the leather interior and rubber seals throughout the car. It never gets driven in the rain or closely behind cement trucks, 18 wheelers haulin dirt/sand, or 4x4's that just went mud doggin. My daily driver is a 2009 Sonata with 123k miles on it. Get yourself a cheap daily driver while the Merc sits in the garage. Ever watch the movie Roadhouse with Patrick Swayze?? ....just my 2 cents. One more thing, both cars a garage kept in an air conditioned garage...except for the winter months.
I've had cheap beaters and love them. Im going to daily this for a short time for fun
@@LegitStreetCars I agree with this way of life. Take care of your cars, but also drive and enjoy. Life is short!
Its called FAHRzeug not STEHzeug
If one has an enjoyment vehicle, enjoy it. Mercedes that sit develop under usage problems. Not exactly common but the AGM battery and Airmatic system need exercise to stay healthy and pliable. I had plenty of beaters but after my limited edition C230 Kompressor, there was no going back to a DULL ride. Opinion of course.
@@ReverendWilliamHenry - true, I have battery tenders (2x), one for the hood and one for the trunk of which both batteries are still factory OEM. I start the car every 3 days to let it warm up and use the "raise-up" switch (2 modes) and then lower it so the hydraulic fluid cycles through the ABC system; I do this numerous times.
One more thing; whenever you clay bar, surface prep, or polish your car by hand, you should move in one back and forth direction, parallel to the length of the car (front to back) or in smaller areas where that's not practical or easy - like the back of the trunk - a side to side direction , but in one direction only. Moving front to back, and side to side on the same surface with anything that has polishing or abrasive properties can easily lead to swirls. Even clay bar that has no abrasive properties by itself can swirl the paint to a smaller degree if the clay isn't refolded enough and has particles trapped that are in contact with the paint surface. The only time it doesn't matter in the direction, is if you are waxing with a wax only (no cleaner wax), or a random orbital polisher. I don't even wash my car in a circular/multi-directional motion.
@Steve J- You bring up a point. I have seen more than one video say to do a grid pattern. Side to side one direction, then the perpendicular direction. This seems almost as bad as doing circular motion. I think I will take your advice and stick to one direction.
Tar removal 1 gallon white vinegar 50/50 mix distilled water
Can we find those e55 pictures somewhere. Because i think i found a new background for my laptop
Look up chicago auto pros. They are on their FB and website
I love these W203 C Classes... my favorite Mercedes and favorite body stile. I have a black 2007 C230 sport . Nice car man. Looks beautiful
The w203 benz c class along with the Lexus is250 / is350 2nd generation years 06-12 are one of the best car aesthetic body styles ever manufactured. I give a slight edge to the lexus though.
Um......."style"
I see a BIG difference in the overall shade of silver on that back quarter panel used in the example. Was the entire car completed for this video or just that panel? Or was that specific panel replaced at some point during the car's history which might explain the apparent paint shade difference? Quite an obvious improvement though! Great video, will have to give this a try.
The mit is mad by Griots (gree oh) the Griot family makes fantastic car care products and the BMW store I work at (about 2 miles away) uses all of their products on our vehicles, prep for delivery, for customer detail, and for recon for our used cars.
Good to know! Was just wondering whether to get the Best of Show wax or spray wax. Can't wait to try
You've left polish residue in your tip 😜. I used gtechniq on a silver car and your right silver is very good at hiding marks and it was quite difficult to see all the marks. I used half a bottle (30ml) on a large estate and three years later it was like I applied it yesterday. I also find if you use a light clay bar every six months also will help remove any small contamination build up and will revive your beading properties :). Keep up the good work and thanks for showing this as every day is a school day :)
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It's hard work. I just did a paint correction on my g8 including buffing the glass, and I am beat. It looks amazing though.
I tried to do what you did and it cost me like $500
What kind of buffer did you buy? Is that why it costed so much more?
Bird shit is the bane of my existence
anyone that says 3k for a 15k car is too much tell them to GTFO. I just had my Accord done by one of the best shops around DC and I am glad i did. the car looks fantastic!
Spray water inside an old bucket , clean the polishing pads inside the bucket with the pressured air and it will catch the residue instead of blowing it into the air and potentially landing back on the car
Maybe consider getting a proper microphone.
Otherwise very cool and love the video.
I think we have the same cheap lav mic from Amazon! Just tried it out for the first time on my most recently uploaded video. It was literally $30 compared to $800 for the Sennheiser mic.
Even a phone with a decent mic capsule plugged into it would do a better job. He always cranks his audio far too damn high and can't seem to be arsed to fix it even though it would literally take seconds and many people have commented on it already.
JUST DROP THE OVERALL AUDIO LEVELS IN YOUR DAMN EDITING PROGRAM.
Good material though!
@@TheCrazySquirell It's the gain on the input device. he needs to drop the gain on the mic and boost the levels in his editing software later.
@@DV7Dave Either way would work for volume levels, I'm not even talking about fixing the clipping any more.
Keep going man. You and your channel are awesome. Sorry for not being active the last few weeks was busy with school
No worries!! Welcome back!!
Alex
Great video man.... didn’t read through all the comments so someone may have already said this. I’m work road construction “Chicago” and get tar on my car all the time and it’s white. I use WD-40 and it comes off like water.
Awesomely detailed videos (voltage regulator replacement, faulty part replacement...). I have been restoring my 2012 S550 (loose leather, Airmatic struts, brakes and rotors, AGM battery, extended sound enhancements). I ordered my voltage regulator and am waiting for that delivery. That is the last thing I will do then the paint correction! Would love to get see my Beast on your channel!
GREE-ohs Garage. Started by Richard Griot in my home town, Tacoma, WA. Beautiful showroom in Tacoma where there are great car shows nearly year round!
"DON'T TOUCH THE TRIM!!!" Early kiler - Squidbillies
Disagree abotu being "worth it." I had a $1200 decontamination, paint correction, and 9+-year 10H Ceramic coating done on my 2015 Kia Sorento SX Limited, in IM Titanium Silver Metallic. The difference is amazing, and the protection is well worth the cost.
I really wish Mercedes would bring back the old body styles on the C class and the S class I love the body's from 2000-2006
Love this, exactly what I was looking for since you posted the more expensive pro paint correction. Great work as usual
I love your E55 and with paint correction made that car even better I wish had that car
It makes a car look new
Great video maybe I should try this for my old Camry
I'm not sure but did you use compound as your polish? You mentioned Compound but continued to say you polished the car. Compound and polish do 2 different jobs, compound having course abrasives, while polish has little to none depending on what you buy. You should most definitely say this when showing anyone what you're doing, and the steps involved.
I’m about to do this on my car in the next few days and have two questions. Did you dry the car off after the initial wash and before applying the iron x? Also, did you have any concerns about dust getting on the car after leaving it in the garage overnight after you washed and decontaminated it before polishing the next day? I have a relatively clean garage but I can notice a small layer of dust on my car in the mornings when I leave for work after washing the previous day. Thanks again for the great videos and keep up the good work!
Yes I dried it after I rinsed off the iron remover. I also wiped it down with 25% alchohol solution after the clay Mitt. I did that again the next day before ceramic after the polishing. If you let the car sit over night after polishing I'd wip it down again before ceramic coating. You want it to be perfectly clean with no dust
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Kinda seems like he's doing it on purpose. Tbh. Got the same vibe
I'm wondering how many hologram and marring it got from single step of paint correction using only wool pad.
Silver paint will hide it, but sometime the sun will reveal it depend on the degree of severity. Be careful with paint correction on darker colour.
For non-professional detailer or common people its probably good enough tho.
I just had to do a 3-step on my black car for this reason. A pain to get the holograms off the surface! This must have a ton of those in the sunlight
@@gszah yup, most likely it will has a lot of holograms, but probably some will not appear to our eyes due to fact its a silver car.
I was hoping to detail my car when summer ended. Wasn’t counting on the weather going straight to winter. I think I’ll work on the chips and scratches. That silver looks fantastic, hope to get my silver to pop like that.
Nice work! Out of curiosity; is the left rear wing been repainted? The shading between the rear wing and rear door seems different and also looking along the side of the car the gap seems uneven.....
I'm not sure but I wouldn't doubt some paint work has been done at some point. It's a clean title, no accident carfax car but you never know. The lighting in the room can make panels on this car look different but I see what you mean. If it was painted they did a pretty good job as far as not leaving sanding marks and things like that
If I had a car that looked like that and was of that value? I’d probably do the paint correction to make it look, not just good, but great. Both cars looked fantastic. You did an awesome job on them. It makes me want to go tackle my F250!!!
Beautiful car. I had an 06 C55 AMG and it was a beast. I love my S4 more though.
I have always washed after using the clay bar, but great video, thanks. Also I was tought to move the polishing pad about 1 inch per second to minimise swirls and marks, as well as evening out the polishing over all the panels
I enjoyed the video. Step by step instructions and materials. Great job. Thank you.
For the wheels,use some body Wax to coat the wheels,apply it smoothly,and let it dry for about 5 to 9 minutes per wheel,and BAM! It gonna last about 5 to 9 months if you take care of the wax nicely
HEY ALEX! STOP YELLING PLEASE, YOUR INTRO WAS LOOOUD 😎
great video my new school teacher, keep them up love the t.a.updates
Some don't get the video it's a $100 on materials not including tools. When you go to a shop they don't charge you for their tools .
Thanks James. I've had to clarify this a few times in the comments.
You can spend 100$ or 9000 bocks for a detail...
LegitStreetCars you should probably change the title then. The title is total click bait
Say what?? Think about this. If someone said they built their house for 300,000 would you expect it to include all the machinery and tools to build the house? So the $200,000 concrete truck and machine, the Bobcats, excavators, forklifts, multiple pickups, dump trucks, every hammer, nail gun, ladder, etc. You get the point. My title is exactly what I said in the video, $100 in materials. I also needed a heated garage for the job so should I have include the cost of the building and heat?
LegitStreetCars if someone built their house on their own, then ya... you would include all of the things they needed to buy in order to make it happen... And the title doesn’t say “in materials” by the way.
Okay, now what about those of us without the heated garage.
Tip on getting tar off easy just use diesel it dissolves quickly and cleans up with soapy water.
5:35 it is pronounced gree-oats. How much would you charge to do a dark grey 2012 Honda Crosstour??
$250..bring it to TX 😎
C55 looks great 👍🏼
Black paint. How well will this hold up through the car wash every week?
Bro it's worth it when it's a car like that. I don't care if I have a $260,000 S65 AMG that's only worth $20k now. It's still an S65 so a $3000 detail is definitely worth it....I think it's definitely worth in any car like that...
Ceramic coating is a jip, I just hand polish with autoglym resin and its hella alot better :)
Great video- I have a c230 sport manual 6 speed and it will not always stay in reverse. Have you seen this before no one seems to know They just say replace it. It goes in all other gears just fin thanks
Great videos lately! I always use griot's car wash as clay lubricant. Do you think the clay lube is better than soap wash?
Not sure but some commented in the last video not to use car soap with it. It worked well with soap on the E55 though
I love most chemical guys stuff, however, decon isn't even close to iron X. Iron X gel is amazingly good stuff.
You probably added $4,000 in value to the car. Pretty good wages for 6 hours.
Incredible, you should buy and flip these Alex.
Nope...
Jackson Whitlow jup^^
Jackson Whitlow nope to +4k value
Joe Wilder 4K more value is not reasonable. More like 1000, maybe 1500 if you’re a smooth talker selling it.
Hey Alex, I’m just about to purchase ceramic coating.. how about a review of this car after 2 years now ?
Job turned out well. I have had good success with 3M adhesive remover on tar
you're the best alex. i washed and clay bar my car and remove tar and detail all inside the wheels and the next day it rained. I'm so angry. there was no rain on the radar at all. it just came out of nowhere.
Why don't you put short mudflaps on?
It'll reduce tar on the body.
It's spring here, I am going to do this next Saturday. You are da best!!
You shouldn’t use that Karcher high power attachment. It can strip the paint if you get it too close.
I warned a neighbour in the past. He didn’t listen and needed a respray.
this is where it's at baby!
I have a DA polisher, what are the practical difference? It cuts less than a random orbital polisher ?
Really nice work, and informative video. I'm in your neighborhood, and I daily drive my best cars all year, so keeping them nice in this ridiculous environment is a challenge (they put Car Dissolver on the roads here ... ). I do not drive the vintage cars in the winter; they are garage queens from Thanksgiving through April Fools. Thanks -- keep up the great work.
Car looks amazing I was watching you put the ceramic coating on and was like put the cap back on the bottle!
Looks great, I was noticing the quarters on the c55 look a lighter shade, the rear may have been repainted at some point, btw, I say this because I worked in a body shop for many years, so I’m that type of guy. But it looks great!
Looks great, Alex! I don't have a heated garage. Plus, our white '13 W204 has some tiny dings in the front bumper. I tried to fix it all myself using SEM products, including a chip protector finish on the part at the very bottom of the bumper, but I really don't like the results. So, in the Spring, the bumper comes off and it goes to a shop for a rework and respray. Sigh. Until then, I'll continue to work on the stubborn tar on the aero body work (it's a Sport model) and hand wax it and polish before Winter. So, all paint correction work and ceramic work will have to wait. That is, unless a local detailer can do it without breaking the bank.
Well, I stopped by the body shop and they will do the front bumper and make it as new for around $400. He advised me to use a clay bar after using a degreaser on the entire car, to get the bad stuff, then use a quality wax followed by polish. He recommends Meguiar's, which I already use. I picked up a Meguiar's Clay Kit. So, before Winter, I'll get the car protected and never again use a car wash and be very careful how far to pull up in a parking spot with a curb. I may not do the ceramic detailing this year, but may try it next year.
Can you do a video on replacing the oil air separator on a 2002 e320? Thanks
Sweet...more C55 videos
this guy learned how to detail from wikipedia in 20 min and shared it in a video lmao
my exact thoughts... stick to twitch gaming🤣🤣🤣
quick question, you showed a SUV that was not done then "Restored" very nicely by the shop. However you are showing the same SUV in the video with the same rust marks 12:31 or was it just a similar painted vehicle?
Fantastic job... Comparing the $100 do it yourself job vs. the $3000 professional job, I don't even think there's that big of a difference to be honest... Would you say that the ceramic coating is easy to apply? Heard some people say it's hard to do, but looks easy here
There is a big difference but it's hard to tell with a silver car. I talk about this at the end but basically there are many levels to this kind of work. But you can definitely make a car look really good for not a lot of money if you do your research and put in the work.
Big difference! #1 is knowledge! Silver is 100x easier to paint correct than black, and with coating it depends on the brand you use. Professional ones are usually more durable and have a warranty. Coating a black car is also harder to do since you see every little high spot. With silver you cant really tell
I can guarantee you that that $100 job doesn’t look anything like a $3000 job done by a professional.
The guys are right. There's definitely a difference, but for the average person, this $100 DIY Kit will do an amazing job, while I spend the other $2,900 on a vacation to the Bahamas. =)
So, let’s say a few weeks after you have applied the coating and driven around for a while. You wash the car. Do you apply a standard wax after washing or is the coating enough?
James Watson nope maintain with a si02 spray
Hello, What about the door, hood and trunk jams? Do they also get treated with ceramic coating? Thanks!