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08-14-08, 06:13
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Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 1,685 | Apollo Detailing: 14hr Correction! Black 2001 BMW 540i
2001 BMW 540i
This car was purchased about two weeks prior to this detail. The owner was considering a repaint, but he saw how much of an improvement I could make based upon my threads I posted on a local BMW forum.
To say that this car was hammered would be an understatement. It seemed as though it had been washed by the previous owner with a brillo pad and dawn. There was zero wax protection and about two-dozen tree sap deposits.
Wash & Clay
Bodypro Shampoo Gel
Home Depot GS
Riccardo Clay
ONR Clay Lubricant
Paint Correction
Dewalt DW849 Menzerna PG on PFW Menzerna IP on White Menzerna FP on White
Protection
Swissvax Saphir applied by bare hand
Before Pictures           
After Pictures      
Started at 9:00 AM, completed at 11:00 PM. Began the drive home at 12:00 AM. | |
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08-14-08, 07:17
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Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 1,685 | Re: Apollo Detailing: 14hr Correction! Black 2001 BMW 540i
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08-14-08, 09:45
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| | Paint Correction Expert
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Join Date: May 2004 Location: Fairfax Virginia Posts: 6,650 | Re: Apollo Detailing: 14hr Correction! Black 2001 BMW 540i
Was that jet black or carbon black? I just spent 29 hours on a carbon black M5
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08-14-08, 09:52
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Holden_C04 is offline
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 1,685 | Re: Apollo Detailing: 14hr Correction! Black 2001 BMW 540i
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Originally Posted by tdekany  Was that jet black or carbon black? I just spent 29 hours on a carbon black M5 | According to a site I read, Carbon Black has a blue hue to it. This E39 did not. So, I guess that would suggest it's jet black. | |
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08-15-08, 02:11
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Lumadar is offline
Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: San Diego Posts: 806 | Re: Apollo Detailing: 14hr Correction! Black 2001 BMW 540i
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Originally Posted by tdekany Was that jet black or carbon black? I just spent 29 hours on a carbon black M5 | Good God, that is not what I want to hear...I have a detail scheduled for a 545 in carbon black... have any pics, details, or tips?  | |
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08-15-08, 02:55
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David Fermani is offline
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: S. Florida Posts: 3,860 | Re: Apollo Detailing: 14hr Correction! Black 2001 BMW 540i
Nice car. Too bad you couldn't take any pics of it outside in sunlight. 1 thing I'd like to suggest to you as constructive criticizm is improving your clay technique. I couldn't 100% tell from your video but you wnet from the top of the left fender to the center of the hood to the right fender? And, I never saw you kneed your clay once (which was very dirty at the end). When I clay, I work it almost the speed you do, but for alot longer. I constantly inspect it and kneed it before it gets too dirty. This will decrease marring and increase the working strength of the clay. After I clay antire panel (usually kneeding multiple times) I take a small sheet of celophane and glide it over the finish to magnify any missed areas and then I'll redo/finish. Try it next time and compare.
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08-15-08, 06:25
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lt1_man is offline
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Richmond, Va Posts: 426 | Re: Apollo Detailing: 14hr Correction! Black 2001 BMW 540i
Nice I was looking forward to sunlight pictures but it still looks great under the lights.
-Brandon
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08-15-08, 07:43
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Holden_C04 is offline
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 1,685 | Re: Apollo Detailing: 14hr Correction! Black 2001 BMW 540i
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Originally Posted by David Fermani Nice car. Too bad you couldn't take any pics of it outside in sunlight. 1 thing I'd like to suggest to you as constructive criticizm is improving your clay technique. I couldn't 100% tell from your video but you wnet from the top of the left fender to the center of the hood to the right fender? And, I never saw you kneed your clay once (which was very dirty at the end). When I clay, I work it almost the speed you do, but for alot longer. I constantly inspect it and kneed it before it gets too dirty. This will decrease marring and increase the working strength of the clay. After I clay antire panel (usually kneeding multiple times) I take a small sheet of celophane and glide it over the finish to magnify any missed areas and then I'll redo/finish. Try it next time and compare. | The video was edited that way to make it easier to see what I was doing. The clay was also not kneaded for demonstration purposes to show how much contamination clay could pick up. | |
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08-15-08, 07:45
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Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 1,685 | Re: Apollo Detailing: 14hr Correction! Black 2001 BMW 540i
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Originally Posted by lt1_man Nice I was looking forward to sunlight pictures but it still looks great under the lights.
-Brandon | Thanks. These 14 hour corrections don't usually finish in the sunlight. To be honest, I was so tired by the end, I was lucky to even get these pictures. | |
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08-15-08, 07:57
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skitelluride531 is offline
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Boston, MA (Babson College) Posts: 179 | Re: Apollo Detailing: 14hr Correction! Black 2001 BMW 540i
Hmm...
The car was in bad shape...but hard to tell how it turned out from the afters.
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08-15-08, 12:06
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JBs is offline
Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: West Los Angeles Posts: 158 | Re: Apollo Detailing: 14hr Correction! Black 2001 BMW 540i
It looks like its a Pre-2001 Sport Package 528....
good job on the correction, looks good!
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08-15-08, 12:08
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Holden_C04 is offline
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 1,685 | Re: Apollo Detailing: 14hr Correction! Black 2001 BMW 540i
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Originally Posted by JBs It looks like its a Pre-2001 Sport Package 528....
good job on the correction, looks good! | Thank you.
About the vehicle...
It's not a 528i, it's a V8 540i. I'm certain of that. However, I'm not certain about the year. May be 2000 or 1999. | |
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