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    A great customer came to us with his "NEW" to him BMW M5 e39 - it was mechanically in great condition and to the best of his knowledge at pick up was "Detailed". After a couple of washes he was a bit surprised to see how his "NEW" car looked. He called us up and we were brought on to fix all the dealers mistakes.



    Subject: BMW M5

    Requirement: Customer requested to fix his paint on his new to him M5. Glaze when used under the wrong hands is just not good.



    Exterior



    - Wheels were prepped with Sonax Wheel Cleaner and cleaned up with various brushes

    - Tires were spritzed down with Adam’s All Purpose Cleaner and washed down

    - Wheel wells were cleaned up

    - Washed with Adam`s Car Wash

    - Decon with Wolf`s Decon Gel

    - Wash down and rinsed

    - Door jambs were cleaned up

    - Nano Scrub AutoScrub

    - Dried

    - Tires dressed

    - Masking

    - Paint Measurement

    - Compound - Menzerna FG400

    - Final Polish - Sonax Nano Polish

    - Last step - Auto Finesse Desire

    - Inspection with Fenix, Brinkmann, and natural sunlight

    - Wheel wells were cleaned and dressed

    - Rubber and Plastics Treated

    - Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed

    - Exhaust tips cleaned

    - Windows were auto scrubed, cleaned, and sealed



    Products used



    Links to products used -



    Adam`s Car Wash

    Wolf`s Decon Gel - Iron Remover

    Stoner`s Tarminator

    Adam`s All Purpose Cleaner

    Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner

    NanoSkin AutoScrub System

    Menzerna FG400

    Sonax Nano Polish 3/6

    Auto Finesse Desire Premium Carnauba Wax

    Adam`s Super VRT

    Auto Finesse Crystal Glass Cleaner

    Auto Finesse Mercury Metal Polish



    Tools used

    Uber Wool Wash Mitt

    Uber No Name MF Towels

    Griot`s 6 inch Random Orbital Polisher

    Rupes LHR75

    Rupes BigFoot LHR 21ES Random Orbital Polisher

    Rupes BigFoot LHR 15ES Random Orbital Polisher

    Uber Buffing Pads

    Defelsko Paint Meter

    Fenix TK35

    Brinkmann

    Kranzle Pressure Washer

    Uber Foam Canon

    2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies

    Adam`s Firehose Nozzle

    Metro Air Force Blaster



    Before - take a look at the severe paint damage and imperfections.











































    Our go to wheel cleaner - Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner - and some brushes used to clean the wheels. Tires were scrubbed with some APC and a Tire Brush















    Exhaust tips were cleaned up









    We always find more dirt and grime on tires even after hitting them with a brush and apc.... what we do is hit them up with Stoner`s Tarminator and a MF Towel, take a look at what we were able to pull off.







    Take a look at the transformation in our 50/50 shots. - We got our results using the Rupes Bigfoot LHR21, Rupes Bigfoot LHR15, Rupes Bigfoot LHR75, Menzerna FG400 and Sonax Nano Polish, our last step wash Auto Finesse Desire.



    No specific order - random shots of the process.

















    Afters













































    Enjoy!
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    WOW! Talk about a rescue and recovery operation. It came out awesome!



    Phil, any tips or tricks or specfic products for exhaust tips? I`m fairly diligent about weekly tip cleaning on our Audis but the crap coming out of these direct injection engines is nasty and ultimately stains the chromed surfaces. Even aggressive polishing won`t correct the problem. How have you dealt with this?



    Thx.

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    That was a Lazarus project... you brought it back to life!

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    Quote Originally Posted by tom p.
    WOW! Talk about a rescue and recovery operation. It came out awesome!



    Phil, any tips or tricks or specfic products for exhaust tips? I`m fairly diligent about weekly tip cleaning on our Audis but the crap coming out of these direct injection engines is nasty and ultimately stains the chromed surfaces. Even aggressive polishing won`t correct the problem. How have you dealt with this?



    Thx.


    thanks guys!



    use some steel wool #0000 with some metal polish and some elbow grease ; )
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    Phil, what an outstanding result!

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    Quote Originally Posted by DetailersDomain

    use some steel wool #0000 with some metal polish and some elbow grease ; )


    Thanks, I`ll give that a try.



    I wish there was something I could find to keep the stuff from re-bonding. That`s most of the problem right there...

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    thanks guys! @ Tomp have you used a coating on the tips yet?
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    WOW- fantastic job!

    I still lust after these e39 M5s. Sigh :pray2:
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    Great save! That poor M5 had seen better days... Now it looks showroom again!

 

 

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