"kickin it old skool" 1989 BMW 325i E30 paint correction

[Tru_Shine]

So I drove up to Sevierville Tn to wet sand, buff and polish a old BMW 325i that a client of mine had stashed in a barn for awhile. He had previously washed and claybared it but noticed that it was going to take a little bit more to bring this bad boy to a Tru Shine

Tools & Products

Highline meter 2 Paint thickness gauge
harbor freight Rotary
Meguiars W66 BP
3" Rotary backing plate
Meguiars M105/M205
Lake country PFW,Orange,cyan,tangerine,white pads
3m Hookit II p1500 wetsanding paper
Eagle p3000 wetsanding paper
Flex 3401 VRG
Brinkman`s Duel Xenon light
Blackfire Wet diamond
Griot`s Garage 3" orbital with various backing plates
3m blue painters tape


So I got there and he had it washed, taped up and ready to go for me to get right to work.

Here is what I pulled up to

















So we pushed it into the Garage and I took measurements of the paint thickness to see what I was working with.









So over all the paint on the horizontal panals were pretty healthy and some of the side panels were a little low.

Well this being an 89 i was not sure if it was 1 Stage paint or 2 Stage so I gave it a little whirl and guess what?



Single Stage!!!! YAY!!!! Now I am going to leave here PINK!!

So after examining the 21 year old surface I noticed lots of acid rain spots and deep little pits, and TONS of Scratches. So I wet sanded a little spot to see if the owner wanted to step up the job a little. I wet sanded with p1500 grit and then followed by 3000 grit.

This was the before surface




To this!



Looks great but we decided to not do the hood because it was REALLY eaten up by rock chip. But we wetsanded the whole roof and trunk in the end

All of the paint was really dull and oxidized and the M105/Purple foamed wool pad really brought out the Shine.



after that step I Polished with the M205/tangerine LC Hydrotech pad



and it came out to this



The Front bumper was Completely pink when I started but came out real nice



you cant forget the lower panels either





Here is a shot of the door are just M105/PFW



The rear bumper was just the same as the front



This is a 50/50 using the Brinkman`s Duel Xenon swirl finder light





Continued below!

[Tru_Shine]

Check out the difference what a little M105/orange pad can do to the mirrors







These are the little pits and scratches that I described earlier. This is after the M105/PFW via Rotary



So we wetsanded the roof and trunk and finished buffing the car and here are the Final Shot (sorry there not any sun shots, It was 11:30pm when I finished)













The single stage paint is fun but messy, Everything I had was Pink or red



I finished off with a Coat of Black Fire Wet Diamond







And Yes those are Future Detail write ups in the back ground. along with a couple more Suprises

[Tru_Shine]

Thanks and have a blessed day!

[bmw5541]

The bimmer came out great:hurray: Very nice attention to detail.

You are becomming the Posting King!!

[Tru_Shine]

The bimmer came out great:hurray: Very nice attention to detail.

You are becomming the Posting King!!

Yeah, I hope I can get $250 for being the big kahuna! Normally I wouldn`t want to swarm the forums like this, but at least its somthing interesting to look at?

[imported_glfahlc]

that guy is gonna get asked where he get the fresh paint job.. nice turn around. couldn`t help but think about the lift when i saw you laying on the floor doing the lower panel...

[Tru_Shine]

that guy is gonna get asked where he get the fresh paint job.. nice turn around. couldn`t help but think about the lift when i saw you laying on the floor doing the lower panel...

Yeah, one day I would like to have a shop so I could get that lift.