His & hers, new car prep and Opti-Guard coating on a BMW 7 Series and a 650i Conv.

[RaskyR1]

These car were done for the same owner so I figured I'd just group them together in one article. First up is the husbands 2012 ActiveHybrid 7. The owner actually had this car for a couple months before I could fit it into my schedule. He said he had only used touch-less washes but that it had been prepped by the dealer, and apparently it saw a few swirl-o-matic washes prior to delivery as well. It was originally scheduled for a 1-step correction, but upon dropping it of it was clear that it would need much more correction work than that.





Before pics:

Swirls

50/50

Correction was done using multiple passes with M105/Surbuf followed by M205/foam



After pics

 

[RaskyR1]

Next up is the wife's 650i Convertible. They opted for the European delivery on this one so it was some time after I did the 7 Series before that it came in. This one was in a little better shape as the owner asked for it not to be detailed and I got it the very next day after it arrived. However, there were still a few areas where someone had done some aggressive polishing which left behind some moderate/heavy marring. Otherwise a light 1-step polish cleared most everything up.



Before pics



It was hard to capture in the pics but IronX was doing work and there was a fair amount of contamination on the paint.

Few areas with adhesive left behind from the protective wrap

Swirls/Marring were hard to capture...

Spot correction was done with M105/foam/rotary followed by Optimum Hyper Polish/foam/DA





After pics:

I hit the leather with Leather Masters cleaner and protection cream too.

Thanks for looking,

Rasky

 

[Scottwax]

Nice job on both!

 

[maxepr1]

That's allot of BMW's, Chad. Turned out nice! Love the lens! You using a filter outside? Blue looks deep!

 

[RaskyR1]

Nice job on both!

Thanks Scott!

That's allot of BMW's, Chad. Turned out nice! Love the lens! You using a filter outside? Blue looks deep!

Thanks! I did have a CPF on a few of the pics, not all though. Still playing around with it seeing if I like it or not. The 650i has a couple pics with the CPF too, but only on the kit lens as it doesn't fit the new lens.

 

[vp920b]

Very nice result Rasky.



If I may ask, how do you conserve surbuf pads? I mean, I used 3-4 cars and all the glue tearing up and velcro is tearing it up and shrinking when it gets hot and it will be permanent after I wash it, so 3-4 cars I need to dump it.



Any methods on how to conserve these surbuf pads?



Thanks and appreciate your knowledge.

 

[IHA Mark]

Awesome. Looks like I need to get my wife and I a set like that soon. :car:

 

[gmblack3]

Very nice Chad. I like the cinnamon brown interior in the 6.

 

[RaskyR1]

Very nice result Rasky.



If I may ask, how do you conserve surbuf pads? I mean, I used 3-4 cars and all the glue tearing up and velcro is tearing it up and shrinking when it gets hot and it will be permanent after I wash it, so 3-4 cars I need to dump it.



Any methods on how to conserve these surbuf pads?



Thanks and appreciate your knowledge.

Thanks! Unfortunately I also only get a few cars out of my Surbuf pads before they are tossed. I don't use them that often though and it doesn't bother me too much.

Awesome. Looks like I need to get my wife and I a set like that soon. :car:

Thanks Mark! I told my wife's she deserves a 650i like that and that she will have one some day! She really does work very hard and she does deserve one.....she'll just have to pay for it herself!

Very nice Chad. I like the cinnamon brown interior in the 6.

Thanks Bryan! I concur on the leather too! Looks great with the white!