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Old 10-09-06, 10:59   #1 (permalink)
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2006 330ci (E46, unbangled!)-customer's camera

2006 BMW 330ci. I've been taking care of this one since the owner bought it last December. She wisely refused Moritz BMW's sorry prep and called me. I've been using Werkstatt's Prime and Acrylic Jett on it ever since, with Optimum No Rinse washes every 4-6 weeks. She takes care of it in between washing it conventionally and going over it with Acrylic Glos that she ordered. Nice to see someone treating a car so well.

Anyway, somehow she got some water spotting on the hood and a few random light scratches and swirls, mostly on the hood and trunk lid. Nothing major, although the water spotting was a bit stubborn. I used Optimum Hyper Compound using orange Cyclo cutting pads on the hood and trunk lid. Definitely some hard paint, no hazing that I could see, looked LSP ready! I still followed with Optimum Polish using green Cyclo polishing pads. Once I got the hood and trunk lid in order, I went over the whole car using Optimum's new Poli-Seal using white Cyclo finishing pads and then finished with Acrylic Jett Trigger since she uses Acrylic Glos as her QD.

Just a little info on Poli-Seal, it acts almost like Prime on steroids. Very light swirl removal capability (maybe more with a more aggressive pad) and like Prime, it seems to disappear into the paint. Very, very slick upon removal. Almost looks like Prime does when you top it with Acrylic Jett, so adding AJT made it even deeper than if I had just used the Werkstatt twins. Poli-Seal/AJT seems to be a very deep, wet and slick combo. Hopefully it is as durable as if I had used the AJT over Prime.

I was out of film so I used my customer's 4.1 MP camera. Pics came out a little dark.



Not much sun to work with, a huge tree was in the way but this shot shows lots of flake and swirl free.





Not sure what happened to this picture, the bottom 25% was horribly over-exposed so I cropped the ugly out.









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at first i was like woah thats not your camera scott... great job i definately wouldnt mind having one of thoes
 
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still lookin' good despite the dark pics
 
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the 3rd pic is surreal looking....the front right 1/4-panel peek-a-boo lighting is very nice. Excellent paint wetness and crystal clear windows overall ...bummer about the curb rash on the right rear wheel.
 
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Awesome depth! I just love those cars.
 
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Simply stunning, Scott! The paint is very wet, yet the flake is popping. Great work as usual. Oh, and the un-bangled Bimmers look so much better IMO. That is one sharp 3-Series. The owner must be very proud, and for good reason.
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The rear bumper on the last pic looks like it's primer or a plain grey, is it due to how the metalic is layed down, or was it repainted?

Awesome looking car. Looks like it just came off the assembly line - no, it looks better than that.
 
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The rear bumper on the last pic looks like it's primer or a plain grey, is it due to how the metalic is layed down, or was it repainted?

Awesome looking car. Looks like it just came off the assembly line - no, it looks better than that.
It must be the lighting or the angle, the bumper is just like the rest of the car.
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Great work Scott.
 
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Old 10-10-06, 02:53   #11 (permalink)
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Great pics .
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