Today's Effort

[Alex_225]

Well I decided that since I had an entire day to myself I would tackle the three Mercs sitting on the drive all in need of a clean up.

The plan wash to wash the exteriors first, spray down with Valet Pro Citrus Pre-Wash followed by a wash with microfibre mitts, Dodo Juice Basics of Bling shampoo, rinsed and dried. Glass cleaned with Rain-X Glass Cleaner and tyres treated with Meguiars tyre gel. :thumb:

Interiors were vacuumed and all plastics wiped with Meguiars Interior Detailer. I found a bottle at the back of the cupboard which I forgot about, leaves a nice matt finish.

Engines were then cleaned up and plastics dressed with Chemical Guys New Look Trim Gel.

First up was the CLS63























Then onto the SL350

















And lastly the E320 CDI, still looking surprisingly fresh as it approaches 106k!











This car is fairly ordinary from the outside, ideal for parking up in most places and not worrying as well as standard dad duties. But this engine is far from average (in my opinion haha). Only makes about 210bhp but 370lbs-ft of torque and still gets 50mpg+







Started just before 8am and had everything done and gear tidied away by 4pm. A well earned beer or three this evening. :thumb:

Thanks for reading.

[Penelope Stopit]

That parking area looks a proper mess, as for the big sticker in the house window...it looks real bad
Tidy your place up

[Alex_225]

Penelope Stopit said:

That parking area looks a proper mess, as for the big sticker in the house window...it looks real bad
Tidy your place up

Let's get this straight, you have gone through the detailing section of a CAR forum to then be ill mannered and obnoxious regarding the look of my property??? It's posts like this which give PH the reputation it has amongst petrol heads, 99% of people on here are sound and then there's ones like this which sour it.

For your information the CCTV sticker is meant or be in plain sight. Secondly the parking area is perfectly neat I suspect you're referencing where the E Class is parked which is a shared driveway between the properties to garages at the rear.

Perhaps if you're more interested in judging people's houses you'd be better off on a forum that's not related to cars as that was the point of this post.

[deadslow]

I hope you enjoyed your beer last night - you certainly earned it. Cars look spot on

[Alex_225]

deadslow said:

I hope you enjoyed your beer last night - you certainly earned it. Cars look spot on

Thank you chap, I certainly did!

I've certainly got that feeling where you know you've been in the sun haha

[helix402]

Good job.

[J4CKO]

Penelope Stopit said:

That parking area looks a proper mess, as for the big sticker in the house window...it looks real bad
Tidy your place up

I only noticed the acres of lovely silver Mercs ?

Alex, if you ever think of selling the CLS, drop me a PM ?

[Löyly]

Great cars, love the CLS and the SL. Top marks for giving them a good clean, even the E Class looks very fresh. What's going on with those Halfords metal floor mats though?

[Alex_225]

J4CKO said:

I only noticed the acres of lovely silver Mercs ?

Alex, if you ever think of selling the CLS, drop me a PM ?

Haha that's what I see when I come out of my front door anyway!

I certainly will chap, are you on the prowl for a CLS in general?


[quote=Löyly]What's going on with those Halfords metal floor mats though?

I know aesthetically they're not up there but they are function over form. I actually have the OEM AMG mats in the boot of the CLS but the previous owner had bought these mats from CarMats4U. They're actually extremely good quality, they fit as well as OEM and protect the floors brilliantly. The SL didn't have any mats so we opted for these as it's used as a daily car as well.

Don't worry though the CLS has it's OEM mats in mint condition.

[Winky151]

Alex_225 said:

Penelope Stopit said:

That parking area looks a proper mess, as for the big sticker in the house window...it looks real bad
Tidy your place up

Let's get this straight, you have gone through the detailing section of a CAR forum to then be ill mannered and obnoxious regarding the look of my property??? It's posts like this which give PH the reputation it has amongst petrol heads, 99% of people on here are sound and then there's ones like this which sour it.

For your information the CCTV sticker is meant or be in plain sight. Secondly the parking area is perfectly neat I suspect you're referencing where the E Class is parked which is a shared driveway between the properties to garages at the rear.

Perhaps if you're more interested in judging people's houses you'd be better off on a forum that's not related to cars as that was the point of this post.

I must admit to having read Penelopes post as a tongue in cheek compliment (must share the same sense of humour if I'm right). Think of it as an over the top 'you've missed a bit' comment you'd make to your mates. Needed a smiley to help set the tone though (assuming I'm correct. If I'm wrong then yeah Alex you're right & its a st comment for a decent job done).