Thats Fresh Detailed: 97 Jet Black 328i ZKW

[Thats Fresh]

This 328i came in with medium to heavy swirling with a ton of RIDs. Owner (Robb1887 member on here) agreed for paint correction to remove most of the swirls. I tried my best to get as close to the RIDs as possible with just spot compounding and polishing. After doing test sections, i showed the owner that most of the swirls were gone and just the super deep RIDs remained and the wetsanding was the only way to remove them. He shook his head okay and i proceeded to tackle the rest of the car. Car is garage kept and regularly washed so there weren`t any surprises during the wash/prep. Most of the discrepancies were from the previous owner







ENGINE

P21s TAW

303 Protectant





WHEELS/WELLS

P21s Gel

Megs GC





EXTERIOR

APC Spray down

CWC/Foam Gun, Rinse

Megs GC 2BM, Rinse





CLAY

Megs White, Clay Magic Medium Clay

ONR Lube

Rinse, Dry-WW MF Towel





CORRECTION with PC 6" & 4" pads

PG/Orange (spot treatment)

IP/Orange (2 passes)

106FA/White

PO85rd/Blue





SEALANT

JetSeal109/Blue





LSP

Dodo Juice Purple Haze





FINALS

Stoners IG (sides and rear)

RainX (front windshield)

OPT Wheel Gel







Owner, Robb removing trim as i was washing the wheels and prepping to clean the engine

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spraying some APC where the trim clips to

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Robb decided to debadge at this point which was great since i was going to work on his paint. since we were on a SUPER time constraint, i made him do all the dirty work. check out more action shots of Robb working my hairdryer/floss dedicated to detailing.

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The wheels cleaned up pretty easy. no pics. Now onto the engine

Before

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TAW working

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Rinsing off the TAW

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After. So rewarding.

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After cleaning up the engine, i proceeded like normal and started to presoak the car and prep for correction

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this happened to be the least worst section (passenger door) bad but not bad

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after compounding test section

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finished up with PO85rd

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Trunk lid

Before. yes those are RIDs that easily catch my fingernails.

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After the first pass of PG/orange

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Some spots were treated with a few dots of PG and a few dots of IP. after hitting those sections, it seemed to pretty clean up real well and was ready for the finishing polish. After spot compounding, polishing with IP and following up with 106FA and PO85rd, sealing with JetSeal, the gloss came out! it looked so wet. BUT i wasnt done yet. With the car being black, i had to see if even more wetness could be achieved and let me tell you, it blew me and Robb away after i buffed the Purple Haze off.

[Thats Fresh]

now onto the long awaited afters



Roof

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Hood

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going around with LED trying to find those damnn RIDs i wasnt able to get with PG

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i need to get my nails did.

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Robb decided to send his GF some pics of his new paint job...sorry robb, i had too, haha

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Brought the car in for final touches to the windows, trim and interior

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debadged and clean...removed any ghosting the 12yr old car may have had from the badge. POOF

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reflection of the rear drivers panel just above the rear bumper.

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same area. rear bumper behind rear wheel...*i love Purple Haze

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lower bumper passenger side...GLOSS

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By the time we were done, the rain came and poured. it hurt me so bad that his car had to see rain just minutes after i buffed the wax off. i had to risk my camera and get some actual beading shots from the rain.

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Notice how the rain just doesnt stick to the vertical panel of the drivers side door. This was after it was sitting in the rain for several minutes... yummy!

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thank you Dodo Juice Purple Haze (http://www.detailedimage.com/wax.php?id=2468&url=detailedimage.com/Dodo-Juice-M35/Purple-Haze-Soft-Wax-P237/250-ml-S1/)





as always, C&C welcome. thanks for looking!

[ReLoaDeD BuLLiT]

looks great. love bimmers

[Barry Theal]

looks good bro That damn rain. that guy sure seemed happy

[alowe]

Great job fellas! Paint looks slick and really deep now!

[jopa489]

Beautiful! That`s how JB is supposed to look. :bigups



Purple Haze works awesome with JB. It`s my go-to wax currently, haven`t used anything better on JB paint.

[Freaky Fresh]

great looking detail.... i know many of you BMW lovers dont like the body style of the e36 sedan but i think it looks great!

[vtec92civic]

another fine detail. Deep looking black. I have yet to try dodo juice but after this thread i might have to order some.



Nice job.