Detailed: 2006 BMW M5

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skitelluride531

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I have had the pleasure of taking care of this fine vehicle every Sunday morning since Late July '06. Every 2 months or so, I also do a full detail on it. Here are the results from the last full detail from a few days ago. I also did an engine clean up this time as well! Let me know what you think!



Process on the outside:



Wash with Meguiars Super Soap

Wheels Cleaned with Wheel Brightner



Applied 1 Coat of Meguiars #7 Showcar Glaze with PC Speed 4 with Edge 2000 White Finish Pad



Applied 1 Coat of Klasse with PC SPeed 3 with a second Edge 2000 White Finish Pad



Tires Dressed with Hyper Dressing



Engine Cleaned with Meguiars APC+

Dressed with Hyper Dressing



Interior I used Meguiars Interior Quick Detailer and applied some leather dressing where appropriate.



Before:

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After:



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Engine After:



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Interior:



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Very nice!



Although the M5 isn't my cup of tea, you can't help buy respect how much of a power and technological behemoth it is.
 
Great work on that M5, real nice photography too.

How did you remove #7, did you have to keep going back to the same panels over and over repeatedly so that it would come off completely?

Thanks
 
roadmaster_Tx said:
Great work on that M5, real nice photography too.

How did you remove #7, did you have to keep going back to the same panels over and over repeatedly so that it would come off completely?

Thanks
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Yes! #7 is a PITA to remove...I used a Monster Fluffy Towel from Detailers Paradise to make it easier.
 
Great work on a great car! Two thumbs up! I never tire of looking at nice Bimmers.



Oh, there's that dreaded IDrive knob on the console. Guess I'll get an M3 if my finances would reverse ; )



Yeah, as much as I liked the wheels, I wouldn't wanna clean them.
 
The wheels certainly are a pain to clean, that's for sure! The wheel brightener from Meguiars helps though.







No problem with SG over the #7 whatsoever!
 
BigJimZ28 said:
any bonding issues with the SG over #7?



looks great
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Bump.. If #7 is applied and removed right away there should be no problems taking it off.. The work looks nice ,esp the interior and engine bay :up
 
Hey guys! Thanks for the compliments!





As for the photography, well...not too many secrets. I use a Canon Digital RebelXT (not with the stock lens though). I do take all my pictures in RAW form, and use the manual mode on the camera to set the aperture and shutter speed. The RAW form also helps because afterwards you can adjust the white balance and that fun stuff in photoshop afterwards :) .
 
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