Meguiar's D151 Paint Reconditioning Cream in Action on an M3

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Lefteris.

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As the title states it, I finally used my new purchase. The supposed all in one miracle cream. I must say, this thing is really really cool. I was actually not expecting it to perform this well. It is a very easy formula to work with, has a nice consistency, smell, and does not dust or sling.



The correction for this was a one pass polish over the entire car on a LCC white pad via Makita 9227c working it for quite a few passes to where there was barely any residue left.

I worked it ranging from 600-900-1200-1500-1200-900 each with a few passes.



These are the results I got on a 1999 Cosmos Schwarz E36 M3.



Before Hood:

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After Hood:

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Fender Before:

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Fender After:

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Trunk Before:

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Trunk After:

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Comments Welcome



Louis
 
This is the post I have been looking for. Great job on the Beemer.

I just received my D151 today and I am anxious to give it a whirl.

Looks great on black!

Happy to hear that it's easy to work with.

How much time did you spend on paint correction with this?
 
Black Diamond said:
This is the post I have been looking for. Great job on the Beemer.

I just received my D151 today and I am anxious to give it a whirl.

Looks great on black!

Happy to hear that it's easy to work with.

How much time did you spend on paint correction with this?
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Haha oops! I forgot the most important part of the post. The entire car meaning the results you see are after only 1 pass. So if I had gone with a more aggresive pad, or made more passes with my current pad combo I would have even better results!
 
Great job I might have to look into D151, on a side note I love the look of the E36 M3 thats the car I wanted but I couldn't find one in my price range with the correct mileage.



-Brandon
 
My, my, my--am I eager to get my hands on this stuff.



Seems like a miracle in a bottle.



Great work, BTW.
 
Scottwax said:
Really nice results. Any problems getting a hologram free finish?
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I didnt experience any issues with holograms because I made so many passes varying in speeds to make sure I wouldnt get any. I am sure if you cut via yellow or orange etc, it wont be perfect, unless you follow up at slower speeds with it.
 
Keep in mind that this product fills like crazy. You can finish it with a wool and have "light' to no hologramming. I would be very interested in seeing the condition of the paint after the oils go away and you are left with pad abrasion from white pad. I would imagine that you will have some nice holograms.



This product, as Mike Phillips told me, is designed for volume detail shops. Most autopians tend to stay away from products designed to fill though in some markets it can be a good idea.



Joe (Superior Shine) had a good post showing how much (considerable) defect return after about 3 weeks so please keep up updated.
 
Well fillers or no fillers, the reason I have D151 is to help me save some time, and effort on those jobs where the person does not want to spend a lot of money. This way, I dont waste my time picking and choosing a product, now I have a go to product for that 1 step polish detail. I am working on an 02' A4 silver using D151 again, with again the same results as the M3. I like the product, for what it is.
 
it looks great, i´m thonking about buying it (it has just arrived to my provider) i wonder how would it work with a PC?
 
While it is nice to save time. What happens in a few washes when the swirls show up and the hallograms, where does that leave the quality of the detail?



Cheers,

GREG



Lefteris. said:
Well fillers or no fillers, the reason I have D151 is to help me save some time, and effort on those jobs where the person does not want to spend a lot of money. This way, I dont waste my time picking and choosing a product, now I have a go to product for that 1 step polish detail. I am working on an 02' A4 silver using D151 again, with again the same results as the M3. I like the product, for what it is.
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Greg Nichols said:
While it is nice to save time. What happens in a few washes when the swirls show up and the hallograms, where does that leave the quality of the detail?



Cheers,

GREG
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The car has been sold and it's not the dealerships problem anymore. :doh



Seriously though, D151 via PC sounds like a winner combo.
 
WOW.........^^^^



we complain about dealership hacks and then we find statements like these on the same site. Go for it, its only lowering your bar of quality.



Gn
 
I have to agree with Greg. Regardless of who you are detailing for, or how much they are paying, if you inflict holigrams into the paint, that were not there before...even if you fill them with a filler product, you have caused damage to the car.



If the customer isn't paying me enough to do correction, the rotary stays in the truck. Maybe I am in the minority here, but I will only use AIO products with either the PC or the Flex. There is just too much uncertainty about the results when using an AIO with a rotary.
 
IMO, if you inflict holograms with D151 you are doing something WRONG.



I have done a handful of jobs with D151 using a FLEX and never ever had any holograms because of it. I have also used D151 as a polish and removed the wax portion of the product to inspect the paint and found zero holograms.



The product is intended to finish out hologram free- therefor it is user error if it doesn't if you ask me...
 
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