This particular car is unique in that it is a L6, the luxury version that BMW made of the 6 series in 1987. This car had 125k miles on the odometer and was in great shape.
The owner wanted an exterior detail and engine cleaning. The car had tyical 20 year old, 125k mile wear and tear: paint blemishes, rock chips, few minor dings, etc.
The car had a nice shine when it arrived. Wash and a clay revealed what the wax was hiding though.
Here are some befores:
Looks like it is in great shape. The body was in great shape. It had a few good coats of wax on it still from what I could feel, but the surface did need a polish to have it shine even more. Once washed and clayed, here is what I found:
All of the car was in this shape, some areas worse than others, some areas not so bad. So I began to polish. I used Menzerna PO106ff with orange pad and of course, it came out great. In most areas, I went over the surface with the polish twice to ensure that I removed the swirls.
Here is left side untouched, right side polished:
Here is the door completed after both sides are done:
I therefore continued with the polishing. I cleaned up the engine a bit as well:
Here it is completed and ready for pick up after 2 coats of Pinnacle Souveran:
Hood reflection:
Overall, great car to work on.
It will be at the EuroTeknik.com Klassische Technik 2007 show on Saturday, May 26th. You won't see many L6's out there, so please do check this awesome coupe out!!!
The owner wanted an exterior detail and engine cleaning. The car had tyical 20 year old, 125k mile wear and tear: paint blemishes, rock chips, few minor dings, etc.
The car had a nice shine when it arrived. Wash and a clay revealed what the wax was hiding though.
Here are some befores:
Looks like it is in great shape. The body was in great shape. It had a few good coats of wax on it still from what I could feel, but the surface did need a polish to have it shine even more. Once washed and clayed, here is what I found:
All of the car was in this shape, some areas worse than others, some areas not so bad. So I began to polish. I used Menzerna PO106ff with orange pad and of course, it came out great. In most areas, I went over the surface with the polish twice to ensure that I removed the swirls.
Here is left side untouched, right side polished:
Here is the door completed after both sides are done:
I therefore continued with the polishing. I cleaned up the engine a bit as well:
Here it is completed and ready for pick up after 2 coats of Pinnacle Souveran:
Hood reflection:
Overall, great car to work on.
It will be at the EuroTeknik.com Klassische Technik 2007 show on Saturday, May 26th. You won't see many L6's out there, so please do check this awesome coupe out!!!
But those closeup's really show what it really looks like close up