2003? BMW 530 (56K no)

[audicoupej]

Well, I had this car from Monday night until wednesday night. I worked on it 3 nights after work. The exterior wasn't too bad, but the marring was deep. The owner still uses a leather chamois to dry it. I'm going to try to get him to get some nice WWMF's.



Process:

Exterior:

Nxt wash

Claymagic clay/lube

EC/OP via orange LC pad 1500 - not enough

EC/OP via LC yellow pad 1500-1900 - much better

FMJ x 2 by hand



Wheels - Megs WB with Megs spoke brush then washed with a MF and soap and water

Tires/fenders - EO A2Z and srcubbed. Dressed with Megs Nxt tech protectant



Interior:

Vacuum

Clean everything with water/woolite mixture

Shampoo mats with LGCM

Protect with 3030 Aerospace

Glass got Stoners IG



Engine:

Wipe down with damp MF

Dress with Megs tech protectant

Very quick job(~10-15mins) on the engine bay, so it's not perfect. Client only wanted it wiped quick. No befores of engine.



Before

After Sorry the lighting is different. I moved the lights around since my garage is not very big.

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After

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More coming.

 

[audicoupej]

Before

After

There is still some marring left from the deeper scratches. I didn't feel safe trying to remove everything since the owner plans on keep this car until "the wheels fall off." I figured if a yellow padwith EC/OP at 1900 didn't touch it then it was going to stay.

Before

More coming.

 

[audicoupej]

After It was night when I finished so yes the lighting is different. I only had my halogens.



Thomas I actually scrubbed the pedals with a toothbrush and water/woolite. They didn't come out perrfect but much better than before. ;-)

Questions/comments/advice?

 

[Scottwax]

Looks really nice in the afters! Real good before and after light shots too.



How did you go straight from a cutting pad to FMJ? No holograms or hazing?

 

[Thomas Dekany]

Fantastic job John!!!!!



Pedals look great!

 

[imported_Lightman]

Scottwax I was wondering the same thing.

 

[01bluecls]

EC/OP with cutting pad and rotary straight to LSP!? Like the others have said How the !@# LOL You must be a rotary god! I get Halograms with that combo easily but clear them up with FPII.

 

[audicoupej]

Looks really nice in the afters! Real good before and after light shots too.



How did you go straight from a cutting pad to FMJ? No holograms or hazing?

Scott, Lightman, and Chris: what you see is what I had left from the EC/OP. I didn't feel the need to finish out with anything else. It looked great. The paint was very hard for a Beemer. That's all I could think of to explain it.



Thomas next time the pedals will be even better!



Thanks for the compliments everyone.