I have cleaned and waxed my G before but I was always dissapointed in the results due to the amount of oxidation. Sadly on my two previous occasions I was short on time and sunlight so I was unable to be thorough but I still expected some sort of result but I ended up with the same thing that I started with (It was a very depressing to feel that the years of TOTAL neglect from the previous owner may have completely killed the paint.) On this occasion however I set aside almost an entire day and finally had time to break out the clay bar with the intention to clay, polish and wax the heck out of the truck. It took a lot of effort but I was finally able to get her to shine!

Earlier in the year-



The other day-




It's nice to finally be driving a RED G-Class rather then a slightly PINK one

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1982 300GD Carmine Red (DB3535) Cabriolet Parting Out
1990 300SEL Smoke Silver (Parting out)
1991 350SDL Blackberry Metallic (481)

"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."

Nice. Well done. It's good to see some dreams can actually come true

- Peter.

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2021 Chevrolet Spark
Formerly...
2000 GMC Sonoma
1981 240D 4spd stick. 347000 miles. Deceased Feb 14 2021
2002 Kia Rio. Worst crap on four wheels
1981 240D 4spd stick. 389000 miles.
1984 123 200
1979 116 280S
1972 Cadillac Sedan DeVille
1971 108 280S

Agreed!

X2

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I am not really surprised.

Those older Mercedes Benzes hae a reputation for cleaning up well, if not cosmetically neglected past the point of no return..

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

I've seen that truck prior to this work and can confirm that you've done a spectacular job with it.

I doesn't appear to be the same vehicle.

Wow! Looks great, M.


Really makes those bumpers and flares stick out now...

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

Great job! Red is a tough color to bring back from the dead.

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2001 SLK 320 six speed manual
2014 Porsche Cayenne six speed manual

Annoy a Liberal, Read the Constitution

Yes yes They're on the to-do list like so many other things


Really this is more of an advertisement as to how important using clay is

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1982 300GD Carmine Red (DB3535) Cabriolet Parting Out
1990 300SEL Smoke Silver (Parting out)
1991 350SDL Blackberry Metallic (481)

"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."

This stuff is used after/before/instead of the clay bar and makes an even bigger difference...