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E60 M5 ?Interlagos Blue
This vehicle was dropped of for full paint correction, Working with Interlagos Blue is always a treat. It is such a vibrant and dynamic palette when corrected.
Before Pictures:
As you can see, the vehicles paintwork looks dull, flat and lifeless. If you are familiar with the potential of BMW Interlagos Blue, you know how magnificent it looks when properly detailed.
As with every job I always begin by cleaning the wheels and rims. Below are the products used and some in process pictures:
Wheels/Rims/Arches Process:
P21S Wheel Gel
Laitner Brush (powered by drill)
Meg?s APC for tires
Meg?s Super Degreaser on Arches
P21S being applied:
P21S Dwelling:
Laitner Wheel Brush in Action:
Rinse:
Q-Tips for Small Areas:
They Had a Good Life:
Before:
After:
On to cleanse the paint
Paint Cleansing Process:
Pressure washed
Surf City Grime Destroyer to lower half of vehicle
P21S Total Auto Wash sprayed on upper half of vehicle
Pressure Washed
Foamed with Chemical Guys Clear Wash via Foam Cannon
Pressure Washed
Two Bucket Wash with Meguiars Hyper Wash
Pressure Washed
Below are some paint cleansing in process pics
Grime Destroyer Dwelling
P21s Total Auto Wash
Foam after about several minutes of dwell time
Rinsing off the foam
Two bucket wash
Cleaning the arches:
Embedded contaminants were removed from paintwork and rims with Riccardo yellow clay using ONR as clay lube. The paintwork had low levels of embedded contaminants.
Claying Paintwork
Clay after one panel:
Embedded contaminants were also removed from the rims:
Clay after one rim:
Exhaust tips were cleaned with blue magic metal polish and #0000 Steel Wool and then further refined with Surf City Maximum Metal (pics are before Max Metal application)
Before:
After
When the hood was popped it was observed that the dual K&N filters were not quite as tight as they should be. That was also taken care of:
Loose (see gap):
Tight:
Well now that that vehicles paint work was all clean, it?s time for some pictures of the defects present. I started this job at 8pm at night so all pictures of defects were done via halogens, which I am not that good at? no worries, the sun was bright and full for post correction inspection!
As you will see, this paintwork had an assortment of defects from swirls, marring & scratches. All of these defects are what cause the dull, lifeless appearance of the vehicle as delivered.
I have yet to master capturing defects when the sun is not available, below is a sample of what I was able to capture which does not fully convey the condition of the clear coat.
E60 M5 ?Interlagos Blue
This vehicle was dropped of for full paint correction, Working with Interlagos Blue is always a treat. It is such a vibrant and dynamic palette when corrected.
Before Pictures:
As you can see, the vehicles paintwork looks dull, flat and lifeless. If you are familiar with the potential of BMW Interlagos Blue, you know how magnificent it looks when properly detailed.
As with every job I always begin by cleaning the wheels and rims. Below are the products used and some in process pictures:
Wheels/Rims/Arches Process:
P21S Wheel Gel
Laitner Brush (powered by drill)
Meg?s APC for tires
Meg?s Super Degreaser on Arches
P21S being applied:
P21S Dwelling:
Laitner Wheel Brush in Action:
Rinse:
Q-Tips for Small Areas:
They Had a Good Life:
Before:
After:
On to cleanse the paint
Paint Cleansing Process:
Pressure washed
Surf City Grime Destroyer to lower half of vehicle
P21S Total Auto Wash sprayed on upper half of vehicle
Pressure Washed
Foamed with Chemical Guys Clear Wash via Foam Cannon
Pressure Washed
Two Bucket Wash with Meguiars Hyper Wash
Pressure Washed
Below are some paint cleansing in process pics
Grime Destroyer Dwelling
P21s Total Auto Wash
Foam after about several minutes of dwell time
Rinsing off the foam
Two bucket wash
Cleaning the arches:
Embedded contaminants were removed from paintwork and rims with Riccardo yellow clay using ONR as clay lube. The paintwork had low levels of embedded contaminants.
Claying Paintwork
Clay after one panel:
Embedded contaminants were also removed from the rims:
Clay after one rim:
Exhaust tips were cleaned with blue magic metal polish and #0000 Steel Wool and then further refined with Surf City Maximum Metal (pics are before Max Metal application)
Before:
After
When the hood was popped it was observed that the dual K&N filters were not quite as tight as they should be. That was also taken care of:
Loose (see gap):
Tight:
Well now that that vehicles paint work was all clean, it?s time for some pictures of the defects present. I started this job at 8pm at night so all pictures of defects were done via halogens, which I am not that good at? no worries, the sun was bright and full for post correction inspection!
As you will see, this paintwork had an assortment of defects from swirls, marring & scratches. All of these defects are what cause the dull, lifeless appearance of the vehicle as delivered.
I have yet to master capturing defects when the sun is not available, below is a sample of what I was able to capture which does not fully convey the condition of the clear coat.
