2001 BMW 540i wagon

[connorb850]

My dad just purchased this Anthracite Metallic 2001 BMW 540iT, we picked it up in NY last weekend. The car was in pretty good shape for its age, but definitely needed a detail. The exterior took about 8 hours with both of us working. The interior was worked on during this past week, probably about 4 hours total. The paint came out 90-95% perfect, only some random deep scratches left...



Exterior:

Wash

Clay

Menzerna SIP via PC

Menzerna 106FF via PC

Collinite 845

PPG Aquapel on windshield



Wheels:

Wash/Scrub

Clay

Klasse AIO and SG



Interior:

Vacuum

Compressed Air

Vacuum Again

Leatherique on seats

Vinylex on trim/door panels







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[imported_MBenz]

Very Cool. You did a great job and the car looks great. I always loved the look of the bimmer 5 series wagons.

[Bimmer25]

Great job on the wheels. I have to do a 330xi soon with the same crazy layer of brake dust. Do you have any tips that will save me some time or will the task require a lot of elbow grease? TIA

[gtpaul]

Meguiars Wheel Brightener ^

[imported_MBenz]

On the inside of wheels, i tried a Mr. Clean magic eraser made just for wheels and tires and I though i worked very well combined with a good wheel cleaner.

[Jek Hawkins]

great improvement and cool car!

[connorb850]

Very Cool. You did a great job and the car looks great. I always loved the look of the bimmer 5 series wagons.



Thanks!




Meguiars Wheel Brightener ^



Wish I had some of that for this detail, probably would have cleaned them much faster. My dad used some generic spray cleaner that wasn`t strong enough.

[VroomVroom]

Nice work, and I just love the car. This is a fine example of one of the last BMW`s I really liked. A wagon with the V8...my kinda` machine!

[Joel_MD]

Yeah, those wheels turned out great. Which reminds me that I need to clean up my wife`s BMW wheels. I just got a bottle of Meguiar`s Wheel Brightener that should make it go a little easier.