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04LemansZ
05-21-2008, 10:12 PM
My buddy is in graduate school in Pittsburgh and needed his car cleaned up after it experienced a Pittsburgh winter. Thankfully, BMWs have a relatively soft clearcoat and it wasn`t too bad to work on.



Process:

Wash with dish washing soap

Clay with Clay Magic

Optimum Polish via an LC orange pad

Meguiar`s #21 via an LC red pad

Tires dressed with Number One Dressing



Clay, just the passenger side:

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z152/04lemansz/2004%20BMW%20330CI/Clay.jpg



Hood shot before:

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z152/04lemansz/2004%20BMW%20330CI/HoodShotBefore.jpg



Hood shot after:

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z152/04lemansz/2004%20BMW%20330CI/HoodShotAfter.jpg



Hood reflection shot:

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z152/04lemansz/2004%20BMW%20330CI/ReflectionShot2.jpg



Paint:

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z152/04lemansz/2004%20BMW%20330CI/Paint.jpg



http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z152/04lemansz/2004%20BMW%20330CI/PassengerSide.jpg



http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z152/04lemansz/2004%20BMW%20330CI/Pillar.jpg

Exterior shots:

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z152/04lemansz/Photoshoot%20with%20Byron/BMWLogo.jpg



http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z152/04lemansz/Photoshoot%20with%20Byron/BMWBack.jpg



http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z152/04lemansz/Photoshoot%20with%20Byron/BMW1.jpg



http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z152/04lemansz/Photoshoot%20with%20Byron/TrainCrossing3.jpg



Some HDR shots:

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z152/04lemansz/Photoshoot%20with%20Byron/GolfCourseNormalStrengthTouchedUp.jpg



http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z152/04lemansz/Photoshoot%20with%20Byron/GolfCourseFrontShotTouchedUp.jpg



http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z152/04lemansz/Photoshoot%20with%20Byron/FountainTouchedUp.jpg



http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z152/04lemansz/Photoshoot%20with%20Byron/FrontShotTouchedUp.jpg
BigAl3
05-21-2008, 10:19 PM
nice job, looks great...
SVTContour
05-21-2008, 10:25 PM
Nice job and really cool shots!
TSC17
05-22-2008, 04:58 AM
Love the HDR shots...very "moody". Good job.
accordmaniac
05-22-2008, 07:30 AM
I like the train and house shots
red_dragan
05-22-2008, 09:04 AM
Nice work! Nice shots as well - if you don`t mind, what type of camera were they taken with?
04LemansZ
05-22-2008, 09:14 AM
Thanks for all the compliments.


Nice work! Nice shots as well - if you don`t mind, what type of camera were they taken with?

The first couple of pictures were taken with my Nikon Coolpix :) The train shot and the HDR were taken with a Canon Rebel XT.
imported_Sludge
05-22-2008, 10:54 AM
Looks really sharp. Good work.:up
imported_DJ Mayo
05-22-2008, 11:30 AM
pictures are awesome. great detail!
04LemansZ
05-24-2008, 09:44 PM
Looks really sharp. Good work.:up


pictures are awesome. great detail!

Thanks for the compliments.
Chris330Ci
05-24-2008, 10:08 PM
Love it! anyone know if that facelifted bumper cover will work on a 1st gen E46 coupe? These pics are really impressing me.
04LemansZ
05-24-2008, 10:23 PM
Love it! anyone know if that facelifted bumper cover will work on a 1st gen E46 coupe? These pics are really impressing me.

Thanks, not sure about the bumper cover though. Maybe someone else can chime in.
Svartorn
05-24-2008, 11:45 PM
Beautiful. The hood reflection shot gave me a stiffy. You can read the labels on the wall!