Miracle Detail present the £6000 Ultimate Wet Sand Detail on a BMW M5 E39 - 49 hours

[miracledetail]

Hi Guys,



BMW M5 E39, an amazing car, but this one was very tired considering the low 42k mileage for a 11 year old car. Looks like its been living on the streets of London and getting bashed about a fair bit. Front end had been resprayed very badly, there was no clear reflections from the bonnet as your see from the pictures below. We had a dent in the door above the door handle, all four wheels curbed, front tyres knackered, leather looked tired and shiny and a mark in the rear seats, horrible smell in the interior, engine bay filthy, and lots of scratches and swirls all over the paintwork.



Its been a while since I`ve seen anything this bad, when I spoke to the client on the phone a month ago we talked about everything that needed doing and talked about a figure of £2500+ roughly for the work, but as always this is just a rough idea till I see the car for myself under my lighting system (which now consists of over 25 lights and still growing).



In the end, the front end, roof, rear quarters and lower doors were wet sanded with 2000,3000, and 4000, via hand and orbital sanders, some of the pictures are taken when I`ve been testing out various procedures, the bonnet was sanded about 4 times in the end, along with the wings, but its safety first as always. The leather was reconnolised, interior steam cleaned, and carpets wet vac`d and steamed. Engine bay cleaned, rubber sills cleaned and protected, windows polished and water repellant treatment applied, wheels refurbed, dents removed, new tyres on the front. 3 layers of Swissvax Crystal rock applied to the paintwork, this was one crazy detail...



I was lucky on this detail that the client wanted it looking like it was my own car, but without respraying. No problem, so myself and my new detailer had a week and a half to make it look perfect again. 49 hours it took in the end. All done in 5 days.



Sorry about the order of some of the photos, wheels refurbed was first, then I did some testing on the bonnet and wings while the wheels where being done, then the leather was cleaned and reconnolised and after that I started the detail .

























































































































Kind Regards

Paul Dalton



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[miracledetail]

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[Woody Wax]

Wow that thing was hacked, very nice turn around

[togwt]

Connollising is a word I haven`t seen used in a long time



Connolly Leather hides, the company also sold leather-care products; restoring leather is sometimes known as "Connollising", thanks to the reputation of the company. Connolly Hide Care is a traditional lanoline based bees` wax leather care product. This type of top-grain premium leather was mostly used in prestige European automobiles; Aston Martin, Bentley, Ferrari, Jaguar, Lotus, Lexus and Rolls Royce, US Cadillac and high-end German automobiles such as; Audi, BMW, Daimler AG, Mercedes-Benz, and Porsche,. This is the market sector both Leatherequi and Connolly were originally formulated



Avoid using these types of conditioners for urethane finished leathers, as it contains lanolin, waxy cream and white spirit that can react with the coating used on today’s leather. It`s a great product for the renovation or restoration of old English leathers or other uncoated natural leather.



Kudos on the turnaround of this vehicle...

[DaGonz]

From hammered to wow! Nice!



One quick question... one of the pictures you posted had what appered to be smoke coming out from the car`s ventilation system. Is that a deodorizing step to remove odors from the vehicle`s ventilation system?

[Thomas Dekany]

Paul, just for a change, it was good to see you work on a vehicle that needed some "extra" work.



What a transformation!

[imported_Erik Mejia]

Great job Paul, you really breathed some life back into that car. Were the tires replaced? Noticed they were pretty badly worn.

[miracledetail]

Great job Paul, you really breathed some life back into that car. Were the tires replaced? Noticed they were pretty badly worn.

yes front tyres were changed.

[DeanSweet]

That is amazing!

It has to be one of those moments where you wonder..`do I really want to hand the keys back to the owner?!`

[RenuAuto]

Hero status.

[white gecko]

Very good work Paul

[C. Charles Hahn]

Wow, Paul, that thing was hammered! Nice transformation.



Just curious, were the wheels sent out for refurbishing, or did you do it in-house?

[imported_sal329]

Still my fav BMW, awesome save

[loodi]

love the color, the flakes in it are amazing... just an awesome effect...

great job on it, it was a shame to leave it as it was. thank god the owner took it to you...