2008 red bmw X3 correction

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Thomas Dekany

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Looked very good from 20 feet away. Interior nearly perfect, as was the engine. (both detailed before the auction)



However as I walked closer, I noticed problem areas right away. The whole car was trashed.



Spent 18 or so hours on it to bring it back to 95% or so. Some deeper RIDS remained but very few.



Process was:



JOY foam bath

3D clay

HD UNO wool 2400rpm

HD UNO orange pad/hd uno pad 1500rpm

HD UNO white ccs pad flex

HD UNO black ccs pad flex

EZ CREME Glaze green ccs pad flex

HD POXY gray 3M pad pcxp



PS: Hood was worst, but didn't think about taking pictures first, as I stopped documenting for awhile now. However the red looked so good afterwards I changed my mind.



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Man, my back hurts just thinking about all the work you did! The owner was lucky he found a guy willing to go the extra mile to bring that back from the dead.
 
Good point Thomas, it's been a long time since I did a red car - Jetta wagon with TDI. It seems like everything is black, white or gray these days.
 
Thanks John. It was typical BMW clear. Not bad, considering late last year I worked on an 09 JEREZ BLACK M3 that took nearly 70 hours and still couldn't get all the rids out. :(



This was actually easy. :D





JohnKleven said:
Great work Thomas. I'm sure that clear was about as hard as a rock too.
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Yes, not too many "different colors", but yesterday I did a 911 that was brick red from 1977.



JuneBug said:
Good point Thomas, it's been a long time since I did a red car - Jetta wagon with TDI. It seems like everything is black, white or gray these days.
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