Monday, April 15, 2013

the Blind & the Beauty

This ride should need no introduction. it embodies beauty, quality, comfort and pride. It's an Ultimate Driving Machine. 

Its eyes have gone from worst to blinded. We set to restore the same with a little patience and a lot of passion. Please enjoy the transformation..


Upon arrival




Headlights washed and clayed







THE LEFT SIDE





Nearer... not appearing a much damaged as the right side... 



Let's see what close inspection reveals


From different angles





Extreme close-up




A medley of defects from swirls to deep scratches and...



.... stone chips ... so many of them 

starting to turn opaque.... and







... OMG..... this hurts

a very deep scratch...





Correction in progress...

Localizing remaining defects... and




TA DA

same same but new.... only restored with Almighty's grace





Transparency is the only acceptable standard







the LED is not forgotten







Hello! 









Remember



Now







THE RIGHT SIDE




Close -up





Blinded beauty




Like a brick wall, it should have a very high score on the  opacity scale 









and surprisingly it was hiding many more defects underneath it.





The Afters


Transparency is the key



Light allowed to travel



Right side done



The ex-brick-wall headlight


Remember 
    

Now




Beauty revealed




Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Mercedes gets eyesight restored

we received the visit of a german beauty, having very hazy, yellowed headlights, with scratches. And this was doing no justice to the look of this ride. We had to restore the same to a new look.


On arrival



The big beauty suffering from poor eyesight







The right side before:






close-up of defects





The foam bath: an essential step





Right after: beading with a No Rinse Wash









Right after: Final pic





To the Left side now:






Close-up of left side:







Close-up again from different angles:


Correction in progress:






Left after: Final pic






Thanks for reading. your comments and thoughts are most welcome.

Cheers

the BeyondShine team