miracledetail
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Hi Guys,
BMW M5 E39, an amazing car, but this one was very tired considering the low 42k mileage for a 11 year old car. Looks like its been living on the streets of London and getting bashed about a fair bit. Front end had been resprayed very badly, there was no clear reflections from the bonnet as your see from the pictures below. We had a dent in the door above the door handle, all four wheels curbed, front tyres knackered, leather looked tired and shiny and a mark in the rear seats, horrible smell in the interior, engine bay filthy, and lots of scratches and swirls all over the paintwork.
Its been a while since I've seen anything this bad, when I spoke to the client on the phone a month ago we talked about everything that needed doing and talked about a figure of £2500+ roughly for the work, but as always this is just a rough idea till I see the car for myself under my lighting system (which now consists of over 25 lights and still growing).
In the end, the front end, roof, rear quarters and lower doors were wet sanded with 2000,3000, and 4000, via hand and orbital sanders, some of the pictures are taken when I've been testing out various procedures, the bonnet was sanded about 4 times in the end, along with the wings, but its safety first as always. The leather was reconnolised, interior steam cleaned, and carpets wet vac'd and steamed. Engine bay cleaned, rubber sills cleaned and protected, windows polished and water repellant treatment applied, wheels refurbed, dents removed, new tyres on the front. 3 layers of Swissvax Crystal rock applied to the paintwork, this was one crazy detail...
I was lucky on this detail that the client wanted it looking like it was my own car, but without respraying. No problem, so myself and my new detailer had a week and a half to make it look perfect again. 49 hours it took in the end. All done in 5 days.
Sorry about the order of some of the photos, wheels refurbed was first, then I did some testing on the bonnet and wings while the wheels where being done, then the leather was cleaned and reconnolised and after that I started the detail .
Kind Regards
Paul Dalton
Miracle Detail.
Tel: 07788-441150
Office: 07788-441150
Int'l: +44 (0) 7788-441150
Email: info@miracledetail.co.uk
Web: Miracle Detail - Car detailing - Paintwork Correction
Youtube: MiracleDetail's Channel - YouTube
Twitter: Paul Dalton (@MiracleDetailUK) on Twitter
Facebook: Paul Dalton | Facebook
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BMW M5 E39, an amazing car, but this one was very tired considering the low 42k mileage for a 11 year old car. Looks like its been living on the streets of London and getting bashed about a fair bit. Front end had been resprayed very badly, there was no clear reflections from the bonnet as your see from the pictures below. We had a dent in the door above the door handle, all four wheels curbed, front tyres knackered, leather looked tired and shiny and a mark in the rear seats, horrible smell in the interior, engine bay filthy, and lots of scratches and swirls all over the paintwork.
Its been a while since I've seen anything this bad, when I spoke to the client on the phone a month ago we talked about everything that needed doing and talked about a figure of £2500+ roughly for the work, but as always this is just a rough idea till I see the car for myself under my lighting system (which now consists of over 25 lights and still growing).
In the end, the front end, roof, rear quarters and lower doors were wet sanded with 2000,3000, and 4000, via hand and orbital sanders, some of the pictures are taken when I've been testing out various procedures, the bonnet was sanded about 4 times in the end, along with the wings, but its safety first as always. The leather was reconnolised, interior steam cleaned, and carpets wet vac'd and steamed. Engine bay cleaned, rubber sills cleaned and protected, windows polished and water repellant treatment applied, wheels refurbed, dents removed, new tyres on the front. 3 layers of Swissvax Crystal rock applied to the paintwork, this was one crazy detail...
I was lucky on this detail that the client wanted it looking like it was my own car, but without respraying. No problem, so myself and my new detailer had a week and a half to make it look perfect again. 49 hours it took in the end. All done in 5 days.
Sorry about the order of some of the photos, wheels refurbed was first, then I did some testing on the bonnet and wings while the wheels where being done, then the leather was cleaned and reconnolised and after that I started the detail .
Kind Regards
Paul Dalton
Miracle Detail.
Tel: 07788-441150
Office: 07788-441150
Int'l: +44 (0) 7788-441150
Email: info@miracledetail.co.uk
Web: Miracle Detail - Car detailing - Paintwork Correction
Youtube: MiracleDetail's Channel - YouTube
Twitter: Paul Dalton (@MiracleDetailUK) on Twitter
Facebook: Paul Dalton | Facebook
Swissvax car care Swissvax.ch Official International Swissvax Online Store
