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Old 04-05-07, 06:44   #1 (permalink)
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Red BMW detail

Exterior only. Client said the car was in pretty bad shape and not to worry about the inside because of his dog.

So what was I in for? Just the opposite of the Bronco from 2 days ago. The car looked pretty good. Normally that age 5 series are trashed in my experience.

I was told that the car didn't need paint correction.... that the car had no swirls.

Anyways, I started very early this morning and while washing the car, the sun let me see the paint for a minute or so. While it wasn't terrible, the car was covered with them.

To be honest, he was overpaying me for what he wanted. He left the check in the car for me.

I decided to level the paint a bit. Today was mostly cloudy, but I ended up removing about 80+% of the imperfections.

I had the best pictures in Manual mode but of course I overexposed them
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EC 1500 rpm white 6' lc pad
OP 1500 rpm white 6' lc pad
OP on PC green pad 6 in a few areas to remove remaining holograms
CG EZ Creme red ccs pad pc 6
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Z16 on tires x2
Grape dressing on trim

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Old 04-05-07, 06:50   #2 (permalink)
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Re: Red BMW detail

I tried but this was the best today I could do for sunny pictures.













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Re: Red BMW detail

Very nice, deep shine on that BMW. Great work, as usual.
 
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Old 04-05-07, 07:15   #5 (permalink)
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Nice lookin' machine!
 
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Awesome! I love that red, great correction, that will definately garner you some great referrals,

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Awesome! I love that red, great correction, that will definately garner you some great referrals,

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Thanks Andrew - One of the neighbors asked me to detail (next monday) his 1986 SL that is also red with like 16000 miles on it.

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Don't you love details like that? It always seems like the ones that are "in really bad shape" are actually not bad and the one that are "almost mint" are hideous.

Nice work.
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awesome job!!
where do you get a red ccs pads?
i only see red ccs applicators at AG
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Nice work on that E39. I'm digging the M Parallels.
 
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Picus - I was very happy once I saw the car.

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Nimble - thank you.
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Old 04-05-07, 08:59   #12 (permalink)
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Pics turned out pretty good imo. Great job on bringing out the red luster!
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