BMW gets new look for 2014

zckid

New member
Hello folks

Summer greetings from Mauritius and best wishes to you all.:autopia:

The owner of this BMW came to see me several times but I couldn't work on his car due to my job constraints, and given I had to travel to China for a training in education, the school holidays were cut short. This is the last detail I did in 2013 and will be reserving the first week to work on my own car before school starts. actually, i completed this ride at 6 pm on the 31st.

The work on this car totals 23 hours over 2 days and even now I can feel the pain.

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the wheel

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The car was washed using the 2bm method using a mix of local car shampoo and APC to remove all dirt and grime, then clayed
this is the clay before

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It no longer remained white, that's for sure, my camera's battery went down.
The ride had all the defects you could imagine, loads of deep swirls, orance peel, many RIDS and looked blurred.

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Some of the tools used

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Usual players: Optimum HC, Menz 203s & 85rd, Megs M80, Collinite 476s


Starting with the black roof

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water spots

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Other defects

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Under the fluorescent light

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the color is in fact light-black with the so many defect and haziness


Correction underway

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In the sun, no swirls but will refine it further to have more depth and gloss

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No defects

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the boot lid

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Lack of depth, no definition

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Now

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Moving to the vertical area

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emblems taped
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Polish and orange peel caked

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Tail light area, left side

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Tail light area, right side

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Now

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Before

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After

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Bumper

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How to deal with someone staring at you for a whole day, with a blunt face?

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the rear spoiler

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Reflections or Illusions?

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Reflective illusions?

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or Illusive reflections?

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The driver's side
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Looks like stiches on paintwork

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Runs and drips, paint levelled and spot correction

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Staring continues

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Finishing

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it was already late in the evening

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The hood and front section

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Uneven paint, see around the light. it's a blurred hood, only the water giving it some depth.

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water spots too

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Levelling the paint to restore some depth and gloss

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even with the rotary swirls and holograms, it looks better

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Refining

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A few RIDS to be taken care of

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And I'm feeling blessed by Almighty, the sun shining on the hood freely.... "no swirls attached".

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The left side of the hood

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The bumper

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Transformed

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Shine with a smile

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The passenger's side

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Blurred paint

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Now

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More defects

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Now

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More staring... this is a "blurred" one by the uncle (owner)

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looking properly, you can notice the extent of hills and valleys on the paint

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Now

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Hello

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The rear wing

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Another view

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My car will need to get a thorough in and out makeover

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The plastic trims restored with CG NLTG

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The side mirrors

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the owner checking a few things prior to leaving, I spent 20+ hours with him

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some finishing pics

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A rusty car :)

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water pebbles
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:inspector: guess where this is actually? :inspector:
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Wishing you loads of blessings, success love and happiness throughout the year, much more than the beads :bigups

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