'95 supercharged BMW 740i detail

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Detailing Rottweiler
Hey all!!



Complete sleeper is the only way I could describe this 580rwhp 7 series. :secret It belongs to the owner of a local BMW and Mercedes tuner shop here in Georgia called Performing Imports ( www.performingimports.com ). He purchased the car new in late November of '94 and it has pretty much been his daily driver and business promo vehicle since then. It shows 156K on the odo and had been reasonably well kept for a near 12 year old car. The interior was original save for the drivers seat and the entire car had been repainted about a year ago. He told me that he had been through at least a dozen different mobile detail outfits since opening his shop and was at his wits end. I told him today when I was done with the car and handed him his keys that he had hired his last one...he agreed. ;)



The exterior of the car was in pretty rough shape for a one year old paint job. It was hologramed from stem to stern, had sling and wax caked in every crevice/emblem and showed heavy marring. The paint proved to be relatively soft and corrected easier than I had expected. Below is a description of products and process used.



Enjoy,

Mike :cool:



Wash with Meg's Gold Class shampoo



Polish with Poorboy's SSR 2.5 using an LC orange pad and my PC set at 5-6.



Polish with Poorboy's SSR 1 using an LC white pad and my PC set at 5-6.



Polish/glaze with ClearKote's VM using a Meg's 8006 pad and my PC set at 5.



Seal with Poorboy's Natty's Paste Wax (blue) by hand with a foam pad.



Tires and wells have AA, textured exterior plastic trim has Meg's #40, all exterior glass and plastic/rubber trim have ClearKote's VM and rims have Poorboy's Wheel Sealant.



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Flakeness...



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All leather surfaces have PB's Leather Stuff...



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The money shot.... :bow



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Obviously I did not detail the engine which consists of a bored and stroked 4.0L for a total of 5.2L. It has a completely forged bottom end, ported and polished heads and a Powerdyne blower running about 7psi.
 
Most people consider something like a Grand National a sleeper, that 7 series right there is a true sleeper :2thumbs:



Good work, did you go for a ride?
 
WOW Mike! The flake is just "Lee" quality poppin' :2thumbs:



Man what a beast. I don't want to imagine the cost to get that done to the wife's car. :eek:
 
:thx all for the very kind words!!!!



NickMach1 stained trim was pretreated with Meg's #39. My trusty Honda pressure washer then did the bulk of the removal followed by time, patience, Meg's #34 and a MF for the rest.



evenflow process was vacuum, shampoo with Meg's APC then hot water extracted.



Bryan I believe he said that his Stage 3 package, like the one on this 7, runs about $90K.



01bluecls about 6.5 hours.



gav'spurplez it is not the original color...I believe it is the current BMW color called Carbon Black.
 
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