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Old 03-25-08, 11:36   #1 (permalink)
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another clean up on my friend's BMW 745Li

Free detail

This car IS NOT swirl free.

It was time to clean it up. Looked as bad as ever but the before pictures don't really show the true condition of the interior.

Interior

TOL's Deep down to clean/pretreat plastic
Steam clean whole interior.
Floor mats replaced with rubber mats (yeah!!!!)

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Exterior

Wasn't too bad even though the car is outside 24/7

Meg's WB on wheels (they will be refinished soon as they are gone too far)
AA wash
Meg's clay
CG's Ez Creme Glaze green ccs pad pc 6
CG's Extreme Top Coat
NL on tires

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Old 03-25-08, 11:56   #2 (permalink)
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Re: another clean up on my friend's BMW 745Li

great job on the car. It's hard to make the tan look good. How long did it take you do the wheels? 1 hour?
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Old 03-26-08, 05:23   #3 (permalink)
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Re: another clean up on my friend's BMW 745Li

Great job on the much needed cleanup Thomas!
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Old 03-26-08, 06:20   #4 (permalink)
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Re: another clean up on my friend's BMW 745Li

Looks great Thomas

What a nice friend you are
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Old 03-26-08, 06:55   #5 (permalink)
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Re: another clean up on my friend's BMW 745Li

refinish the rims? they seems pretty ok.
Rubber mats are awful

nice shine though
 
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Old 03-26-08, 02:43   #6 (permalink)
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Re: another clean up on my friend's BMW 745Li

I think it looks much better with the rubber mats and they actually protect the carpet also. the carpeted ones didn't even fit. Nice transformation.
 
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Re: another clean up on my friend's BMW 745Li

looks good was the rear bumper nicked up or is it that nice reflection off the ground. I forgot what you said you did with your carpets you pre soak then steam them too? Then wet vac the excess water up
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Old 03-26-08, 06:26   #8 (permalink)
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That were some nasty befores, great afters!!!
 
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Old 03-26-08, 08:00   #9 (permalink)
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Nice job on those wheels Thomas. The pictures really show the shine. Wish that I could have been there.
 
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Re: another clean up on my friend's BMW 745Li

Thank you everyone!

The rear bumper is damaged from when the owner lived in the city.

I spent a lot of time on the wheels but I couldn't get them clean. They really need to be refinished. You just can'r see it in the pictures.

The car is (AB)used and the floor mats get trashed every time. It was time to get these in there. Much more functional with 3 kids.

I am posting his wife's car right now.
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