bought back my sl600...

Long ago, my wife and I flew down to California and decided we were gong to drive back instead of fly. So we bought this SL600 and drove back. After a couple years we decided to play a fun game of "pin the tail on the new car every few months" and so we sold it to a friend. Earlier this week he was going to trade it in for some BMW M6 thing so instead I decided to buy it back at a nice "can't say no bargain price". But, alas, not in the same condition I'd originally sold it.

In particular, there are a *lot* of scratches. And some are pretty deep, like the kind you get when you, say, might drive over a median or something. I dunno wtf he did but it looks like it went offroading more than once. Or maybe set a brick on the trunk and tried to hit it off with a bat or something. Even though I didnt take any pictures directly in over the scratches, I assure you they are there and they are pretty noticable in person.

This weekend I'm going to have it brought in for a thorough detailing, but I suspect that some of the abuse isn't going to be able to be undone (let alone the rims which looks like they have seen a fair share of... pirate attacks...) So the question is, for those problem which remain, where's the place to go to get it cleaned up, preferably somewhere on the eastside. The closest one I am familiar with is Queen City which seems to do great work, but I'm not sure if this type of job would really get them excited (I'll probably give them a call anyway) So I thought I'd ask you-all.
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alright, thanks for all the suggestions. tomorrow it is goign for 'round 1' to see where i am really at. mybe it's not as bad as it looks ? /dreaming

mhm. at the time, renntech called it 'stage 1' (of 3). this basically just helps it breath a bit better (about 50hp better -- to over 500 bhp) and helps the suspension a bit. lugging 2.5 tons of car around does result in a bit of sloshing about.