2001 BMW 540i wagon

connorb850 · 08-03-08, 01:21

My dad just purchased this Anthracite Metallic 2001 BMW 540iT, we picked it up in NY last weekend. The car was in pretty good shape for its age, but definitely needed a detail. The exterior took about 8 hours with both of us working. The interior was worked on during this past week, probably about 4 hours total. The paint came out 90-95% perfect, only some random deep scratches left...

Exterior:
Wash
Clay
Menzerna SIP via PC
Menzerna 106FF via PC
Collinite 845
PPG Aquapel on windshield

Wheels:
Wash/Scrub
Clay
Klasse AIO and SG

Interior:
Vacuum
Compressed Air
Vacuum Again
Leatherique on seats
Vinylex on trim/door panels

After

MBenz · 08-03-08, 07:02

Very Cool. You did a great job and the car looks great. I always loved the look of the bimmer 5 series wagons.

Bimmer25 · 08-03-08, 07:45

Great job on the wheels. I have to do a 330xi soon with the same crazy layer of brake dust. Do you have any tips that will save me some time or will the task require a lot of elbow grease? TIA

gtpaul · 08-03-08, 07:52

Meguiars Wheel Brightener ^

MBenz · 08-03-08, 08:01

On the inside of wheels, i tried a Mr. Clean magic eraser made just for wheels and tires and I though i worked very well combined with a good wheel cleaner.

Jek Hawkins · 08-04-08, 04:10

great improvement and cool car!

connorb850 · 08-04-08, 04:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by MBenz

Very Cool. You did a great job and the car looks great. I always loved the look of the bimmer 5 series wagons.

Thanks!

Quote:

Originally Posted by gtpaul

Meguiars Wheel Brightener ^

Wish I had some of that for this detail, probably would have cleaned them much faster. My dad used some generic spray cleaner that wasn't strong enough.

VroomVroom · 08-04-08, 04:41

Nice work, and I just love the car. This is a fine example of one of the last BMW's I really liked. A wagon with the V8...my kinda' machine!

Joel_MD · 08-06-08, 04:08

Yeah, those wheels turned out great. Which reminds me that I need to clean up my wife's BMW wheels. I just got a bottle of Meguiar's Wheel Brightener that should make it go a little easier.