ScheerSpeed: Jet Black BMW 745LI revived!

[ScheerSpeed]

This car had been repainted about 6 months ago, and the bodyshop did a horrible job finishing the paint. in addition the car had sat outside without being moved for two months so it got a fair share of abuse and contamination.



The owner told me to give it all i had and make it as perfect as possible so thats just exactly what i did!



the car took almost two weeks for me to finish. (i was working on it during finals so i couldnt work every day)



Cleaning



Exterior

-Wash

-1Z Anti Insekt

-CG CWC

-Meg's mitt

-P21s TAW



-Wheels

-CG CWC

-P21s Wheel Cleaner GEL

-P21s TAW

-EZ detail brush

-Swissvax wheel brush

-OXO tire scrubber

-ARO





-Wheel Wells

-P21s TAW

-Meg's APC+

-Meg's Super Degreaser

-DD wheel well brush





Clay

-Special yellow poly clay

-ONR lube





Polishing

-Exterior paint

-Meg's 105 (3-4 passes in some areas)

-Menzerna SIP

-Menzerna PO85RD

-Makita 9227C

-3M Yellow Foam Backing Plate

-1000w halogen lights

-ISA 50/50 wipedown

-DD über MF towels

-Racatac



LSP



-Paint

-Swissvax Cleaner Fluid

-Swissvax Mystery

-FK #425 Quick Detailer

-CG 530XL MF towels

-DD Fluffy green "no name" towels



-Wheels

-Swissvax Cleaner Fluid

-Swissvax Autobahn

-Optimum QD

-Adam's Undercarriage(wheel wells)

-Swissvax Pneu



Glass

-Adam's Glass Cleaner





Interior

-1Z Cockpit

-Leather Master Trio

-Adam's Glass Cleaner

-Swissvax mystery (wood trim)



onto the before shots

here you can see how whoever polished this car before burned the paint right off this edge!

the clay bar was extremely dirty after this car

you can see how the previous detailer didnt tape up any edges and left polish/wax residue all over the place

all taped up and ready to go

heres a before and after. on the left side is the result of two passes with SIP and an orange pad, in the middle is untouched, and the right is two passes of M105

M105

 

[ScheerSpeed]

SIP

more before shots

before

after

105 is really dusty....

my friend stopped by the house to take a look at what i was doing and he was amazed at the reflection

 

[ScheerSpeed]

after PO85RD final polish

after re-washing the car. look at how the Swissvax Mystery makes water bead up

tackling the dirty floormats

Finished!

Thanks for looking!



Dom

 

[panache2001]

looks good. did you do the job at the Continuum in South Beach?

 

[D Tailor]

My all time favorite crusing deluxe mobile! excellent. although its a 750.

 

[albeee]

nice! and an e38! and a v12! :drool:

 

[vtec92civic]

car looks great man! i have always been a great fan of the older 7 series BMW's.



What did the owner have to say?



What did you charge for that bad boy?

 

[xjonmo]

looks kinda like the Flamingo

 

[Bigpoppa3346]

What a beautiful E38! Probably my favorite car of all time, can't beat it in perfectly polished black.



BTW, it's a 750il, not a 745li.

 

[ScheerSpeed]

yea i put 745li in the title by accident



thanks for the comments!

 

[ScheerSpeed]

and the price tag on that job was $1000

 

[MirrorDetailing]

Nice job, but I am curious what was the tool you used for the floormats. Or at least where do you find an attachable brush head like that. Been looking for one for awhile!

 

[Eliran]

Nice job, but I am curious what was the tool you used for the floormats. Or at least where do you find an attachable brush head like that. Been looking for one for awhile!

At Chemical Guys:

Auto Detailing Carpet And Upholstery Cleaning Power Brush With Drill Attachment Medium Duty

Enjoy!



ScheerSpeed: That is an amazing job you did on that car!!:bigups

Which product did you use on those carpets?

 

[jaynick808]

should change the title to 750iL. 745Li are 02+ and are V8, 750iL was their top of the line V12 flagship. either way nice job. i just did a trashed white 740iL and a black trashed 745Li. kinda hate bimmers now.

 

[imported_PlatinumEdition]

great job!!!!

 

[Underdawg736GTC]

Wow that is one excellent save! The before pics didn't look too bad.....from a distance. Up close was like getting @%!&^ slapped with all those defects!

I'm sure the owner was nothing but ecstatic when you were finished with her.

Gotta love the high rise reflection shots!