Anbuzero Detailed: BMW 135i

[anbuzero]

Had a customer book this car the other day and just finished it up. This is a Graphite Grey 135i. Pretty much the same color as my own car and it was a beautiful car to work on. Only dislike was that the paint was rock hard.



It was booked for a spring cleanup, which meant to get rid of the salt and bringing gloss back to the paint. About 90-95% correction done.



Lots of pictures so 56k users, get a coffee.



Pics:



Car upon arrival

Wash Stage:

Infamous BMW brake dust putting up a fight

Claying and Polish Prep

Paint Inspected for defects

This scratch on the hood came out completely with a lot of work later on

RIDS which were deep but were leveled out

Taped up

 

[anbuzero]

Polishing Stage:

Car had many dealership induced holograms which could been easily seen with the halogens

Along with the holograms, the car had some light swirls

After Menz SIP(Not all rids could be removed without using compounds)

Finishing Polish

50/50 of trunk top

Before:

After:

More holograms

"Snap, Crackle, POP"

You can see the flake pop after being polished

LSP: Blackfire Wet Diamond applied 2 coats with PCXP

All paint, windows, headlights and tail lights were protected with BlackFire Wet Diamond

Second Coat

 

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Interior Clean:

Interior was already clean, just needed to be vacuumed and wiped down. No dressing was used on plastics or leather since it already had a nice color to it.

Convertible Top was lifted in order to clean

Engine Bay received a quick wipedown

Final Pictures:

Blurry but still shows the depth of the paint

Cool feature on the door sill

Business Cards and a pack of tic tacs for the customer

All glass cleaned and sealed

Wheel Face was clayed to remove brake dust that was embedded

Thanks for viewing, any and all comments are welcome.

 

[white gecko]

Great writeup. Cool little car. Great pics too.



The pic of the Blackfire Wet Diamond after applying it with the PC looks really cool!

 

[trhland]

great job!!! thanks for posting ...

 

[dsms]

Thats ma boy!!!!!! Car looks really wet Ev, owner must have been so excited!

 

[anbuzero]

Great writeup. Cool little car. Great pics too.



The pic of the Blackfire Wet Diamond after applying it with the PC looks really cool!

Thanks man its really a lot easier to apply with the PC and you use a lot less product

great job!!! thanks for posting ...

Thanks, always a pleasure Tom

Thats ma boy!!!!!! Car looks really wet Ev, owner must have been so excited!

Hahah, making it look wet was my goal!

 

[white gecko]

Thanks man its really a lot easier to apply with the PC and you use a lot less product

I've been thinking of picking some up and seeing how it stacks up against Zaino. How's the durability of BFWD?

 

[anbuzero]

I've been thinking of picking some up and seeing how it stacks up against Zaino. How's the durability of BFWD?

i put one coat of it on my car at the end of november and its still beading water pretty well so thats almost 4months