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Old 02-09-06, 09:33   #1 (permalink)
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1995 BMW 740iL... Black.

Gosh, 5th black car in a row I think. My back hates me.

Anyways, this thing was swirl city. Always got bathed once a week at the local hand wash. Needed full exterior/full interior. Didn't take any pictures of the interior because my card was almost full, wanted to get as many good exterior shots as possible.

Anyways, I did the optimum waterless wash. The lady let me use her garage (score) to detail the car in, as the sun was out in full force. Clayed with a slice of the CG clay. It got dirty VERY fast on this car.

Used the PC with Chemical Guy's CGC-2 compound on speed six with a cutting pad. AMAZING stuff. Tested it against SSR2 with all the same varibles. Both of the products removed the swirls (the paint was pretty soft, thank God), but the SSR2 left a lot of hazing while the CGC-2 broke down and was ready for LSP. Amazing stuff, and very very cost effective. Still want to use it with my rotary.

Also applied a layer of machine glaze. Neat thing is that it seemed to be more effective when I used it at higher speeds on the PC. Don't know why.

Topped it off with Natty's Blue. This stuff rocks.

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Old 02-10-06, 02:15   #2 (permalink)
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good job..I love those gen's of 740's...

did you polish the tail lights??

anyone else just use the same polish/pad on the tail lights as the rest of the car....i sometimes do...for convevience sake
 
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Old 02-10-06, 09:16   #3 (permalink)
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Those are some nasty swirls, very typical of a mid to late 90's black 7.

The paint looks really good now though.
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Old 02-10-06, 09:25   #4 (permalink)
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hey what happened to her headlights? did she smoke them or did Cali sun bake the crap outta them?
 
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I love those 7 series in black. At the dealership I used to work at, we had one with the //M package that we nicknamed "Big Black." It was b-e-a-utiful. I think everyone can agree that you did it justice. Great work.
 
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I think the lighting just made the headlights look odd.
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Man, those swirls were horrible. Good job!
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Excellent work with the PC on that PITA BMW clear. What cutting pad did you use? I really did't find the clear that soft on my wifes 99 740il. Maybe I needed a pad with more cut.
 
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What a renovation.

I hate to see cars swirled that bad...
 
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