Have you ever wondered why people spend thousands of dollars on a professional detail, paint correction, and ceramic coating? I have, so when the guys at Chicago Auto Pros reached out and offered to make my 2003 Mercedes-Benz E55 look brand new again, I had to document the process. In this video, you are going to get a behind the scenes look at a 36-hour paint correction, detail, paintless dent removal and ceramic coating. You will learn some tips and tricks of the detail trade and even watch me attempt some of this work myself. Spoiler, I messed up a little with the ceramic coating. Grab yourself a cold pop and enjoy the show!
Big Thanks to the awesome team at Chicago Auto Pros. You guys are simply top-notch and a pleasure to work with. Check them out online using the links below or give them a call for an appointment.
https://www.chicagoautopros.com/
https://www.instagram.com/chicagoautopros/?hl=en
https://www.youtube.com/user/ChicagoAutoPros
207 A Eisenhower Ln S,
Lombard, IL 60148
(630) 410-9241
If you have a dent or 5 contact Dennis, he freaking hates dents.
DennisDoesDents@gmail.com
773-544-8271
@dennisdoesdents on Instagram
https://bit.ly/3i86iuU
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Here are all the detailing products and tools used in this video.
Rupes LHR15II Random Orbital Polisher – https://amzn.to/2B8LMsG
CarPro Iron X Iron Remover – https://amzn.to/2KItG04
Cutting Compound CarPro ClearCUT – https://amzn.to/2OufIkB
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Modesta Primer Polish was used on the E55
http://www.modestaeurope.eu/p-01a-primer-finishing-polish.html
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Pad for polishing. CarPro Gloss Pad 5″ – https://amzn.to/2OseYwo
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Ceramic coating video links from Chicago Auto Pros
What is a ceramic coating – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kss8cggQVfo
Is a ceramic coating right for me? – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTp6a1xeLpg&t=5s
How to choose a ceramic coating – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jtaRzE6_xY&t=13s
Ceramic coating myths – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGXMeY-jsUw&t=1s
How to care for a ceramic coating – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FMN5-Y8gXM&t=1s
Find an authorized Modesta installer in your area – http://modesta.co/installers.html
Chicago auto pros website – www.chicagoautopros.com
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Lmao lmao 36 hours is wild. Real pros use rotary’s and cut that time into a 3rd.
I had a similar detailing, paint correction and ceramic coating, done to my all-black 370Z. It was totally worth it to me.
Bro at $3,000 isn't it time to start looking at a whole new paint job? Also it would have been really cool if we could have seen this in the best possible resolution. Instead of that dump "pay for better bitrate" crap. Kinda messes up a whole video, when it's all about the visuals of a car.
It's funny how people spend so much time and money on the shine of the car they forget it'll eventually rust and die. The last thing that will not function on a car is its paint. Go to a scrapyard. Plenty of paint left everywhere. Change the fluids in your car or something. Or feed a hungry family I dunno. Rethink it all. sad
Gosh, I have black S211 Avantgarde and it is my dream to give such a treat to my car. But it's too expensive lol
3000$ lol
Should have gone to ace mobile
No coating protects from UV except for your clear coat.
A lot of channels have tested the claim.
Get your ass off that fender! Lol
Alex is so great
You said “pop” such a tell you are sooooo from Chicago!❤For whatever reason albeit also from Chicago, I always called it soda. I love your vids and although these are old, I’d love to meet or talk to you about cars. I’m currently looking for a car (nationwide) incase you wanna help me. I “baby” my cars. Any used car I’ve ever bought I straight away exterior. I de-iron spray, wash, clay bar and then hand hybrid wax, (I like Colinite 945 a lot- you gotta warm it up a bit but it takes so little, goes on and off so easy, 2x a year and your good!)
What great advice this guy in CHI-town provided in the vid as well👍I once ran a detail shop outta my dad’s garage back when I was in HS (without his permission or knowledge of course, while he was at work😂) I’ve never ceramic’d before but cross hatch pattern obviously is best but I don’t recommend anyone DYI’ing this! If you don’t get it level it’s a whole other job and your under time constraints. I always say…. There’s an art to everything…. An art to component level soldering or even welding for example… (I kinda suck at both lol) but when it comes to detailing….. that’s why it’s called detailing… it all in the detail.
If people are willing to (with no training) buy some shit on Amazon and DYI I’m all about it, but certain things you need is to be really willing to use your own car as a Guinea pig! And another one of my mottos is “you can’t un-ring a bell” …..
So, do what you can on your dime, order parts through FCP Euro, do what you know and are comfortable doing but clear coats and other exterior stuff needs to be don in a sterile controlled environment – one you’d paint in – not in some fools driveway!
Amazing!!! Job Made with a lot of care
what was the brand of the ceramic coating?
Amazing work! Only thing that would have set it over the top would be to apply permashine or a similar product to the tires so they would shine too they look dry. Again awesome work and beautiful car!
I hope they did the tires after the ceramic coating
I’d run this thing through a $10 car wash , and enjoy watching $3000 sitting in my bank account 😂
how can you dissolve iron? it's an element.
soooo beautiful💎💎💎💎💎
if you wash and clay, use nu finish, and wash and clay, then buff 1 mequiars, you keep the finish perfect. hit what needs every summer..
Dude, how old is that blue Trans Am t shirt? I had that shirt when I was a kid 40 yrs ago! Like to get another!
The young man who sounds Ukrainian seems like a very nice young man. Good job guys, and as usual, love the channel Alex!!
Beautiful car but I'm always so afraid of somebody coming by being jealous and taking a key to it, shopping carts people opening up their doors where do you park the thing?
I'd rather my baby detailed by proS
Fake video. Tell the truth, he never called you and you 100% paid for his services or you made a video deal to receive his services for free. Don't be a shit YouTuber that doesnt state the actual facts.
it's not a chair
Great job big difference 👏💯
I would love to see what Alex would do with my car
Technically it’s not worth that much money, they set it and sold it.
Ceramic Coating is complete bollocks. Invented by car dealers to increase flagging net profit,
I use bathroom iron remover on my car! Glad to see a professional doing what I've done for years to battle the rust belt/general paint contamination.
micrometers? isn't it microns?
3000 dollar ?? Let me smile 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣good joke , sorry . Even if you would sand the clear coat down to flat with a 2000grit and then 3000 grit paper and do a polish, it will never be a 3000 dollar job…. 😊NEVER
Polisher guy sounds like Arnold Schwarzenegger
30 hours, oh I'm firing you, 45 minutes flat and I can make it look better.
Only and idiot would pay for a ceramic coating. Its bull shit, its liquid for crist sales. I can do this for a hundo out the door, in way less time it took them
$3,000? You’re smoking crack
3k for a wax job!!! This is craZzzzzy! Congrats on ripping some poor bastard off, I would never in my life pay more than $300 for a proper wax