BMW 740Li New Car Prep and CQuartz Finest application

[RaskyR1]

This car was a referral from the recent pair of new BMW`s I did for another owner. I had asked the owner to instruct the dealer not to touch the car outside of the required PDI work and it was brought to me the day after delivery. As you will see by the pictures, no dealer prep doesn`t always guarantee a defect free new car. For the most part the car was in great shape with only some adhesive residue from the protective wrap and light swirls. There where however a few isolated scratched areas and a long scuff about 1 inch high the extended from the rear wheel well to the front wheel well.

Process:

Wash - ONR
Wheels - Sonax Full Effect
Tires - OPC, dressed with Megs Hyper Dressing at 3:1
Decon - IronX, TarX, and mild clay
Paint correction - D300/MF on isolated areas, whole car with OPT Hyper Polish on the DA with OPT MF Finishing pads
Coating Prep - IPA wipe down follow by Eraser wipe down
Coating - 2 coats CQuartz Finest on paint, trim, lights. Accelerated curing with IR lamp. (Wheels coated with Opti-Guard)
Glass - Megs D120


Before pics








Adhesive from protective wrap


The was a nice sized "Love Tap" on the rear bumper cover




Beginning on the scuff that ran down the passenger side of the car...only small portions of it show up as the narrow beam of the light hits it. (rear quarter/bumper cover)


Quarter panel/rear door




Rear door


Front door




Fender


Scratches on the hood





Sonax doing work


The small holes on some BMW wheels are hard to clean with lugs brushes and such. LOL...a clip from the movie "Dude Where`s My Car" actually gave me this idea one day.

I take a small wooden or plastic dowel (old paint brush here) and wrap a MF cloth around it.




Temp/Humidity in the shop prior to coating

[RaskyR1]

After pics. Sorry, no outdoor or sun shots were possible.


































I did shoot an application video but haven`t had a chance to edit and load it up yet. Hopefully this week though.



Thanks for looking,
Rasky

[cmichael258]

Nice work! I bet those colors realyy pop outside in the sunlight.

[dd1101]

Wow that looks awesome Rasky!!! Didnt realize they changed the front end of the 7 series for 2013.

[tropicsteve]

beautiful finish rasky. that vehicle just exudes class.

[RaskyR1]

Nice work! I bet those colors realyy pop outside in the sunlight.

Thanks! Unfortunately it was a gloomy, grey, misty morning when the owner picked it up, so didn`t get to see it in the sun. I never knew Carbon Black had so much blue in it though....

Wow that looks awesome Rasky!!! Didnt realize they changed the front end of the 7 series for 2013.

Thanks! It was different then the 2012 I did but this one also had the M package too, so that could be the difference???

beautiful finish rasky. that vehicle just exudes class.

Thanks buddy!

[dd1101]

Thanks! It was different then the 2012 I did but this one also had the M package too, so that could be the difference???

The 2012 had round corona rings on the headlights, these are more flat (like the new 3series) and look like LED projectors vs traditional Xenon HIDs.

[Woob]

Awesome work, like the light stand.

[Ronkh]

Nice

[Shockwav86]

Stunning job

[Rocket]

Nice job. I really like that color on BMWs.

[Todd@RUPES]

Great work Chad, that looks amazing (as excepted)

[Orinda Auto Detail]

Great work!

[GearHead_1]

Great job Rasky, very nice write up.

[TroyScherer]

As always Stunning work Chad. she turned out great !!!