mb SL500 RESURRECTED

Jay1

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Vehicle certainly seen better days
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LEATHER
As you can see very grubby
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All leather cleaned and conditioned with Gliptone. In total I had given them 4 coats of conditioner to get them nice and soft.
 
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Some scuffs on front seats taken care off
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After
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20 years worth of grime and grease cleaned using cotton swabs and degreaser and alot of patience
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The 50/50 below shows the rightside of plastic window restored
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Wheels before
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20 years it took to getting it to look the way it did,,how long to clean it all up like that;):D
 
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20 years it took to getting it to look the way it did,,how long to clean it all up like that;):D

it had just over 50 hours of work put into... didnt post up all the pics but alot more work was put into such as re-colouring soft top and completely gutting the interior
 

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well done

hi Jay1,

that's one amazing transformation. all your hard work is rewarding to look at.

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Very nice. It's a 300SL (clue is in the boot badge ;)) not an SL500 though.
 

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Wow...

Incredible transformation - is that your full time employment per chance?
 

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Thanks to everyone for the comments, much appreciated:)

I take it that members can drop their cars off for this service then:D:D
 

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