2008 X3 Correction

[Thomas Dekany]

Looked very good from 20 feet away. Interior nearly perfect, as was the engine.
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% +. 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.

before

after

before

after

Side of the bumper is done

right rear door before

after

right front door before

after

left front door before

after

 

[mrclean81]

Awsome job

 

[GT-R]

Looks great! In general, how does BMW paint compare to other manufactuer's? Better...worse?...Harder or easier to deal with swirls/scratches?

 

[Dtrick.22]

Nice job. Was the car in an accident or was that just a crappy paint job from the factory on a few of those panels with the orange peel. Looks like you got it out though, nice work.

 

[RyansAutoDetail]

not a red fan but that is amazing work !!! cant wait to break out my polisher this summer !

 

[C. Charles Hahn]

That looks great! Guess I ought to give HD Uno a try at some point...