The Good - The Bad - The Ugly BMW`s

[imported_Totoland Mach]

The good: I finished up a nice, low mileage Z4 that the dealer pre-sold before I got it. Low mileage (13/k) and no stone chips. Used Optimum compound with a gray 3M finish pad on the rotary and a #8006 on the Festool to polish some light scratches. Glazed with XMT, then a coat of #26 for the final touch.



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Hood Reflection shot outdoors



http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o212/Totoland/Feb2007_BMWs/Feb07_BMW_Z4_outsideReflection.jpg



Nice shot inside the shop



http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o212/Totoland/Feb2007_BMWs/Feb07_BMW_Z4_InsideLighting.jpg



The Bad: Getting ready to start on this de-badged white 540i with black interior. It was so cold, the pressure washer froze! Ended up with ONR and was able to clean the wheel wells with pressure water.



http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o212/Totoland/Feb2007_BMWs/Feb07_BMW_White540i_Outside.jpg



Interior is all black, including Zebra wood trim!



http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o212/Totoland/Feb2007_BMWs/Feb07_BMW_White540i_DashBefore.jpg



The UGLY! Nice 745 with horrible paint condition awaiting me. This is gonna consume a tone of recondition time!



http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o212/Totoland/Feb2007_BMWs/Feb07_BMW_DirtyBlack.jpg



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Hopefully, the dealer will get this washed before I start. It will give me a good chance to inspect the paint some more. Probably wet sand horizontal surfaces and compound with the DeWalt "big bertha"



Totoland Mach

[Spilchy]

Diggin` that shop with the lights! Great work on the Z4!



How`s the Festool working for you? What`s your relationship with the BMW dealer?

[imported_Totoland Mach]

Diggin` that shop with the lights! Great work on the Z4!



How`s the Festool working for you? What`s your relationship with the BMW dealer?



The lighting and equipment is first class! The dealer is a small shop that sells pre-owned late model Bimmers exclusively. He has a small shop (which is also the detail area, so I keep it clean too) and sells about 100 BMW`s per year. Very nice setup and all the cars are coming off BMW Leasing, so they have remaining warranty.



The Festool is a joy to use! Much more versatile than a Porter-Cable with the ability to go rotary. I use it for small areas the DeWalt is clumsy in and on the plastic pieces like bumpers, mirrors, lower rocker panels. I`ve gotten a few burns with the DeWalt and none since I switched to the Festool in these areas.



Totoland Mach

[Spilchy]

Sounds like a nice gig. I bet you`re one of lone few with the Festool on the board! Looks like a quality machine.

[danforz]

Nice job on the z4!

That 5 interior looks different then the usual 5 interiors I have seen. The guy must have done some stuff in there... and yea the zebra is just tacky