This is a 2001 BMW M5 with around 93,XXX miles. Half the car has been repainted one point or another and sees nothing but auto washes. Wow this car was rough. I got so frustrated with it. The repainted panels buffed out to near perfection while the original painted panels were a PITA. The was overspray over the car which seemed to have LOCKED in swirls that were existent before its visit to the body shop. Nothing short of complete wet-sanding would have cured that and that would have taken A LOT more hours of work then what I had already spent on the car. I spent a total of 9 hours on the car and it honestly could have used 9 more. So I did what I could. There were plenty of swirls left that the camera for some reason did not pick up on some of the after pics.
Process:
Wash and Clay
EC with Orange Cut pad @1800 rpms X 2
Menz 106FF with green finish pad @1500 rpms
Re-Wash
Collinite IW845
DG Aquawax Wipe down
Tires treated with Z16
Exhausts tips polished with Flitz
Interior – Vacuumed, spot cleaned with folex, leather cleaned with Pristine Clean and treated with Z10. I forgot to take interior pics! Doh!
Passenger Quarter Before:
Passenger Quarter After:
Passenger Top Rear Door Before:
Passenger Top Rear Door After:
Passenger Lower Rear Door Before:
Passenger Lower Rear Door After:
Driver Fender Before:
Driver Fender After:
Another Angle of Driver Fender Before:
Another Angle of Driver Fender After:
Fender Polished vs Door UnPolished:
Driver Rear Door During: As you can see this panel most of those scratches weren’t coming out.
Hood During: Left Side Polished with EC x1 and 106FF x1. I still wasn’t happy with the results.
Hood After: I polished the left side again with EC and 106FF and did the same on the right side. All finished with the hood now.
This is an earlier shot of the driver rear Quarter panel before:
This shot is after everything said and done.
Process:
Wash and Clay
EC with Orange Cut pad @1800 rpms X 2
Menz 106FF with green finish pad @1500 rpms
Re-Wash
Collinite IW845
DG Aquawax Wipe down
Tires treated with Z16
Exhausts tips polished with Flitz
Interior – Vacuumed, spot cleaned with folex, leather cleaned with Pristine Clean and treated with Z10. I forgot to take interior pics! Doh!
Passenger Quarter Before:
Passenger Quarter After:
Passenger Top Rear Door Before:
Passenger Top Rear Door After:
Passenger Lower Rear Door Before:
Passenger Lower Rear Door After:
Driver Fender Before:
Driver Fender After:
Another Angle of Driver Fender Before:
Another Angle of Driver Fender After:
Fender Polished vs Door UnPolished:
Driver Rear Door During: As you can see this panel most of those scratches weren’t coming out.
Hood During: Left Side Polished with EC x1 and 106FF x1. I still wasn’t happy with the results.
Hood After: I polished the left side again with EC and 106FF and did the same on the right side. All finished with the hood now.
This is an earlier shot of the driver rear Quarter panel before:
This shot is after everything said and done.
