Mercedes SLS AMG Black Series correction, CQuartz Finest, photoshoot & (pic heavy)

GoFast908Z · May 10, 2014

A very good client of mine recently took delivery of this brand new Mercedes SLS AMG Black Series and brought me out to correct it and coat it with CQuartz Finest. I've enjoyed working on a couple of his C63 AMG Black Series, but I was very excited to work on his SLS AMG Black Series. It was fortunate enough to escape a dealer wash, but there were still issues from the factory to be sorted out. A solid 3 days went into this beauty at the beautiful facility of Club Auto Sport in San Jose, CA. After it was completed, I had my friend James Larieau come out and shoot some nice photos of this very special car. Onto the pics......

As I arrived at Club Auto Sport, the SLS Black had all its shipping wrapping and padding still in place. I love getting cars this "factory fresh"

Very cool emergency trunk release button flashing green....just in case you get locked in the trunk.

Even though no dealer washed the car, it was far from defect-free. It had its fair share of light marring, swirls, hard water spot etching, and extensive DA sanding marks.

Compounding residue, thank you factory...

Removing the protection on the carbon fiber interior pieces

Holograms, buffer trails, and the heavy DA sanding marks.

Taking readings on the carbon fiber hood

50/50 shot on the hood

At this point I brought Ryan out to help me get the final compounding and polishing done. The hood required 16hrs by itself to correct the extremely heavy DA sanding marks

Eye of the tiger look....

Taking readings on the CF wing and correcting it

Engine bay was pretty rough. RIDS, hard water etching, and swirls

Looking better after correction and coating

Final polishing all done

Outside sun shots

All interior carbon fiber was coated as well

These are the photos my friend James took. These are edited photos just for fun.

Applying the CQuartz Finest

The look on my face after hearing the SLS fire up

Hope you enjoyed the photos!