a friend`s E30 318...

**imported_Ivan Rajic** · 10-20-2006, 12:34 AM

i did this car today in about 6 hours, but i took my time since i had it all day and tomorrow morning i`ll put the 2nd coat of SG

i tried out almost all my polishes (5-6 meg`s and 2 3M) just to see what i should use over the whole car...

paint is 15 years old, so perfect was out of the question

it was oxidized with many swirls and, to my surprise, only a few scratches

anyway...

washed with meg`s GC

clayed with meg`s and meg`s QD (only some places needed claying since the owner cleaned it up good himself when he bought it recently

meg`s #83 on a few areas (scratches)

meg`s #80 over most of the car

meg`s #82 (switched from meg`s #9) over whole car

klasse aio and SG

went over trim with mother`s back to black

nxt on tires

went over interior quickly with sonus eclipse

stoner`s on glass

i`m sure i missed something since it`s kinda late but i`ll add if i remember

sun wasn`t out and i finished late so no whole car photos or outside shots... i`ll take some after the 2nd coat of SG tomorrow morning and post here

hopefully the sun will come out

before:

**imported_Ivan Rajic** · 10-20-2006, 12:35 AM

after:

**imported_Ivan Rajic** · 10-20-2006, 01:44 PM

some daylight photos...

sun was really a ***** today... honestly, every time i went for my camera, it would hide behind the clouds... when i put the camera down it comes out nicely

anyway, pics don`t really do it justice since it was pretty cloudy...but here it is

**imported_Ivan Rajic** · 10-20-2006, 01:45 PM

**lemans23** · 10-21-2006, 01:26 AM

Nice turnaround!

And I see that E36 begging for a drive in the reflection

**imported_Ivan Rajic** · 10-21-2006, 01:33 AM

Originally Posted by lemans23

Nice turnaround!

And I see that E36 begging for a drive in the reflection

haha, yea that`s my baby sittin pretty... still waiting on the mouldings to be cleaned up and put back

**Scottwax** · 10-21-2006, 06:44 PM

Absolutely outstanding work!

**imported_Ivan Rajic** · 10-22-2006, 05:47 AM

Originally Posted by Scottwax

Absolutely outstanding work!

you say that to everyone to make them feel better because we can`t detail as good as you

haha i liked how it turned out for mistreated 15yr old paint though but i wish i had some before shots to compare to the after shots outside.... some reflections of before would`ve been horrible though... i think my favorite photos are the ones of the lights a a reflection, paint looks so clean in those

anyway, thanks for the comment :2thumbs: