Street Dreams Detail - Black 2013 Mercedes C63 AMG Black Series + Black 2013 Audi RS5

Last month I detailed two of Germany's newest super coupes, the new C63 AMG Black Series Mercedes and a 2013 Audi RS5.

Nice to finally have the RS5 in the states! Both cars were poorly prepped by the dealer and had some factory finishing issues which needed to be corrected. The goal for both vehicles was a proper new car preparation and 100% level paint correction to remove all the defects and restore maximum gloss and clarity.

First, C63 Black Series:

Prep consisted of 2 bucket wash, Iron Cut, Sonax wheel cleaner and the Nanoskin autoscrub clay disc.

The overall finish of the Mercedes, as with most Mercedes was farily good. There are two main reasons for this: one is Mercedes very hard ceramic clear coats (more resistant to wash marring) and the other is high quality finishing from the factory. The Black Series may be considered and exotic auto but it is still very much a Mercedes Benz and you'll notice very few if any Mercedes driving around with factory installed holograms or sanding marks, on the Ferrari's, Astons and Lambo's however these defects come standard on every new model :shakehead:

Not too much factory defect and luckily just some marring from the dealer prep

Lower carbon fiber spoiler corrected first with the Flex rotary and an orange cutting pad with Menzerna Super intensive polish @ 1200-1500rpm



Front fender some light holograms and light RIDS shown under the LED light, reasons to avoid a dealer prep at all costs







After correction



Carbon fiber splitters corrected with rotary as well..



Before



During



After





After final polishing all the other areas were handled as needed. Cleaning the matte finish wheels here using Swissvax Opaque pre cleaner..



Engine detailed and all plastics dressed with 303 protectant



All finished, only took 18hours to get it perfect!







Some sun shots..











LSP of choice was Wolf's Bodywrap (Hard Body had not come in yet) but the BW still looked the business (you Chris Harris fans will appreciate such a remark)

After the sun went down the finish still looked incredible, the metallic flake may not be popping here like it was in sunlight but the depth and clarity remains fantastic..












Last shot of the evening..




Next... 2013 Audi RS5 in brilliant black metallic

This is one of those cars I was hoping to get my hands as soon as it came out, it's absolutely beautiful (more so after some polishing work)



The RS5 had been buffed at some point, RIDS and wool pad holograms all over the paint

This is what I refer to as "holo-grimey"



Decklid section wool holograms



50/50 after compounding, gloss improved already and this was simply after Meguiars M105 compound no finishing work done yet. At this point I had a feeling I could take the brilliant black to another level, the amount of gloss that came out after only 1 step was very impressive. Some fine finishing work was sure to kick it up one more notch.



Under the LED



After finishing with PO85rd on the rotary, flake looking as it should now still no LSP



Rear bumper had a good amount of issues as well..







After correction the car was wiped down with Eraser to remove all polishing oils and prep the finish for LSP which was Wolf's Hard Body sealant. I applied this with a DA machine using a black pad on speed 2 left to sit for 15 minutes and then went on to detail the rest of the car. A second coat was applied a few hours later.

Interior was still in new condition so the leather was gently cleaned and hard plastics protected with 303. Doorjambs sealed using Aquartz Reload.



Final shots, I took a bunch of photos of the metallic flake up close it just popped off the paint I could not resist, 3.5hrs of fine polishing has its benefits!











Wheels sealed with Aquartz reload and tires dressed for a dark matte gloss



The metallic flake truly was some of the best looking I have seen out in the sun, it just popped from every angle















Thats all for now will work on getting some more writeups soon. Thanks for reading as always!

Regards,

Dave Saunders
Street Dreams Detail

 

great job I digging the RS5..hmmm.

 

Ya RS5 is sick first one I've seen looks great!

 

Get the RS5 and give back the S4...hehe

Great job on the vehicles Dave!

 

That C63 is the mutts nuts David! I have one booked in as well. Can't wait to do it after seeing yours. Looks awesome!

 

Speechless....:worship2:

 

Wow Dave. The cars look fantastic. Why do you finish some cars with a rotary vs a da?

Amazing results.

 

Great work Dave!

 

not an audi fan, but they both came out great

 

Dave ... taking it to another level once again.

 

That's the biz right there Dave! Certified Tightness! :applause:

 

Beautiful! And to think, just a few years ago, I HATED MBZ. They all looked "old" to me. I sure am glad they stepped up to produce an intimidating beast like that beauty!

And the RS5 is quite nice as well, but shame it is an auto... :-/

 

awesome work as usual Dave!

 

Nice work Dave, I just did the same C63 but in Silver, such a great car.

-Kody-

 

Nice work! I especially like the reflection shot of the C63 with the orange car in the background.

 

Just a crazy detail from the quality of the actual correction work, the write up, to the photography and of course the cars! Thanks for posting your work, I always enjoy it.

 

Fantastic work Dave!

 

Great work as always Dave!
- Dan

 

Beautiful work! Great write up.

 

I apologize for your condition in advance, Jness once again on the vehicles Mr Saunders.