ScheerSpeed Detailed: Black BMW 650LI... Reflectio

[ScheerSpeed]

this car was recently bought used. it had some MAJOR repainting done, that the current owner was unaware of... really unaware of...



Exterior:



-Wash

-CG CWG

-CG waterspot Remover

-white/yellow shMITT



-Wheels

-CG Citrus wheel cleaner

-ARO

-CG CWG

-Black shMITT

-EZ detail brush

-Meguiar's Hyper dressing

-Wheel Wells

-Simple Green

-Meguiar's super degreaser

-Meguiar's Hyper Dressing



-Clay

-CG SQD

-CG Blue clay



-Engine

-Meguiar's Super Degreaser

-Meguiar's Hyper Dressing



-Correction

-Menzerna PowerGloss via LC PFW pad 1500rpm

-Meguiar's M105 (didn't work!)

-Menzerna SIP via LC white pad 1500rpm

-Menzerna 85RD via LC black pad 1500rpm

-Makita 9227

-3M yellow foam backing plate



-Protection

-Collinite 915

-FK1# 425



-soft top

-ARO

-Raggtopp



-Interior

-CG Lightning fast

-CG leather cleaner

-Aerospace 303 proectant

-Zaino Z10

-Stoner's Invisible Glass

-1Z Gummi Pflege

-FK1# 425



enjoy!!!



Before: this car was in pretty bad condition... but i had no clue what i was in store for until after the wash...........

scrubbing ARO on the top

after washing and clay

so at this point, i am in complete astonishment of how bad of a paint job this car had!!! it looke like it barely got wetsanded and buffed after leaving the body shop!!! and i had yet to even put the light to it! honestly i was afraid of what i would see!



so i took a break and did the interior... my camera died after this pic... so i charged it while i did the rest, but forgot to take pictures after...

now... onto the halogens.....

 

[ScheerSpeed]

before/ after of the trunklid. after 1 pass with menzerna Power Gloss. look at the difference in the reflection! like the title says!!!

trunklid after 2 passes of PG

now for a 50/50 of the hood.

after 1 pass

2 passes

reflection before/after of the hood

front fender

driver's door

not even sanded!!!!!!!!!!!

trunk lid

 

[ScheerSpeed]

Finished!

i finished that day at 1:15AM



i went back the next day to finish up the interior, do a FK# 425 wipe and black WOW. but i forgot my camera.



i hope you guys enjoyed seeing what a little elbow grease and some polish can do when it comes to restoring REFLECTIONS

 

[kozluv]

WOW, awesome job. Did you go through a whole bar of clay doing this car?

 

[imported_shine]

Wow, the body shop really skimped on this one. Nice work fixing it! What was your total time?

 

[gamby]

Those befores are ghoulish.



Amazing resurrection on a car far too new to be that far gone.

 

[kaval]

Holy hackjob Batman!

Great job recovering the 6 series!

 

[TSC17]

It's amazing somebody so badly hacked such a beautiful car. Great job on the turnaround. Yeah...how many total hours did you put in it?

 

[murf'n'surf]

Great work!! I have run across a similar paint job before, the car looks ok in the sunlight but once inside a garage ---- BOOM -- it all comes out!!





PS -- dont let the Miami taxpayers get a hold of these pics!!! LOL

 

[The Twanksta]

wow! did you wetsand this car at all?? Looks phenominal! I wish I could detail my cars in a fire dept....haha! Did they watch you go through the process?

 

[imported_Totoland Mach]

WOW times 2! That's the worst re-paint I've even seen on a Bimmer. You did one heckuva job recovering that mess!



The dealer here wouldn't even bring a car like that in the shop....he'd be embarrassed to say that was in his inventory.



Congrats and I hope the effort paid handsomely for you.



Toto

 

[rwisejr]

Man that thing was hammered .I would never take anything to that body shop again.Great save !!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Old Pirate]

Awesome recovery ScherrSpeed! Amazing work you have done!:drool:

 

[ScheerSpeed]

thanks for all the compliments guys! Total time was 22 hours!!

 

[steck]

PS -- dont let the Miami taxpayers get a hold of these pics!!! LOL

i was thinkin the same thing !! :grinno:

 

[blk45]

Great recovery! Geez, I think Maaco does better paint work than that. It pains me to see other black BMWs in that condition.

 

[KHAMunist]

damn that looks really good, great job

 

[ScheerSpeed]

thanks for all the compliments everyone!!

 

[David Fermani]

What shop did the body work? Looks like you raised the gloss quite a bit, but there's some RIDS are still remaining? Try going with a twisted wool next time. PFW is kinda lite for those heavy corrections. Or somthing heavier like 3M Extra Cut.

 

[somebody]

Wow what a hack job by the body shop. Good job on bring back that 6 series!



-Brandon