BMW 535 X Drive

[rzatch]

This is a BMW 335 I did last week the owner lives out in the country and is a rep for a large audio chain so it sees its share of gravel roads and highway miles. The car was covered in tar from tar and chip country roads. I have probably two hours in just tar removal. The rest of the car had your normal 85,000 miles worth of rids, scuffs and scratches. The hood was probably the worst. I ended up using M 105 and a yellow flat LC pad with a 849x rotary. The rest of the car was then polished using a GG 6, D300 and MF cutting pads and M205 with finishing pads. It was then sealed with BLACKFIRE Wet Diamond All Finish Paint Protection. The interior was a mess to say the least. I cleaned it up using OPC and CG leather conditioner on the seats. For the carpets I used APC+ and LGM. The floor mats were scubbed and then power washed to get all of the grit out of them. He had the rubber mats over the carpets mats. All of the interior vinyl was treated with CarPro Perl at 1:5. While I was at it I also did a mini review on Mothers Aluminum wheel cleaner comparing it to Maguires Wheel Brightener which you can read here.
http://www.autopiaforums.com/forums/detailing-product-reviews/39493-mothers-aluminum-wheel-cleaner-review.html
Now on to the pictures.

The car as it arrived. Covered in bugs, dirt and caked on brake dust on the wheels. The tar wouldn’t reveal its ugly head until later. That’s when everything came to a stop and the day started to drag. Man I hate old setup tar!
















Work cut out for me on this one. This really made me want a new PF51 vac.

[rzatch]

As you can see this was not going to be an easy job but let’s see what we can do with a little TLC to ‎bring some new life and pride into this Beemer 

Starting with the wheels you can see how the Mothers likes to cling to the wheel better and suds up ‎nicely when your working it with some brushes. In comparison the Meguiars just runs off. Personally I ‎liked the Mothers better. Cleaning ability is on par between the two, each cleaner needed two ‎applications to clean the wheels and they both have an acidic smell to them but the cost savings goes ‎to the Meguiars.‎
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One rough hood
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Hope you enjoyed the post 

[Old Pirate]

That`s a proud BMW now! Looks super! BTW Tell us about that bike near the wall.....

[Orinda Auto Detail]

Awesomeness!!! Pure Awesomeness

[rzatch]

That`s a proud BMW now! Looks super! BTW Tell us about that bike near the wall.....

Thanks, I assume the one your talking about is a RZ500 V4 twostroke there are two in the garage the other one is under the sheet. I`ve had it for about 10 years now and started doing and upgrade to it but messing with cars has slowed it down.

Awesomeness!!! Pure Awesomeness

Thanks Joe, seeing your work makes me feel good that you compliment mine.

[mrclean81]

That`s some fantastic work. I love those cars

[mjlinane]

Great save!! That looked like a handful.

[rzatch]

Thanks guys one correction though I got the numbers mixed up. Its a 335 not a 535 not that that matters much but..... Its in the details lol

[Pats300zx]

Great job !!!! Nice turnaround !!!