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Originally Posted by Benz50602  I'm having the same experience with the clear coats on mercedes in general. Germans must like hard clear coats. What i found to work is megs #105 with a wool cutting pad and then go to #83 or #82 with and swirl removal pad to get rid of the micro marring left by the wool and the compound. Also, don't even bother using a DA, the only thing that can do good corrective work on these clears are rotaries.
I had a 92' 525i for a little while and i remember that it had a hard clear, but not as hard as the mercedes. |
Thanks, I've already worked in it - last year actually, amoung some other E34s and old Mercs. I used my Menzerna Ceramiclear cutting compounds on it, ha.
This is a pre-facelift model from 89, and the finish was neglected by the owner so it's got some moderate oxidation and such. Pretty bad, and seems to be much harder than the post facelift models with good paint. I believe it's dried out, because once you cut through the oxidation it's not quite so bad.