Black BMW X3 Shines again!

[imported_Jakerooni]

OK first off let me say this detail humbled me a bit. Certian things happened during it that really took me back and said "Holy... H*ll call me impressed!" And I will go more into detail about in another thread. That being said though I had this X3 show up in the morning desperatly begging to be shiney and glossy yet again. The poor little thing knew it had the potential but it's a daily driven machine that has seen entirely way to many swirl - o- matics.



Processes used were



Pre-rinse with the foam cannon

Wash with hawaiian shine Auto wash

Clay with Meguires white clay (I do beleive.. I have so many clays I never know anymore)

Lube was Meguires UQD

Wheels were a combo of Danase's wheel assasin, APD, Lots of elbow grease and brushing.



Polishing was a variety of things

Danase's Swirl Abolisher system

Pinnicle XMT line up



Then the UPS guy dropped off some goodies......



Topped off with Classic wax.



Onto the befores:

Wheels were covered:

The interior was well used as well. (Really odd color combination if you ask me though)

Gotta love the panoramic sunroofs

Next up the foam pre-soak to get all the stuff loosened up..

 

[imported_Jakerooni]

After the wash and dry I started my inspections... Like I said.. Pleanty o swirly swirls and defects...

A couple of defects in there. Nothing I haven't seen before though..

So after the initial inspection to the severity of the defects it was time to start crack a lackin!!!.



First up so good ol claying

And then the wheels needed to stand up nice and bright again..

Actaully I'm pretty sure I did the wheels first and then clayed. But whatever LOL

 

[imported_Jakerooni]

OK so after the claying and the wheels I tackled the engine bay... A lil dusty!

After the engine is all set Mr. UPS guy decided I needed a gift....

After all the hype I just had to break down and try this stuff out.... A very humbling experience to say the least......

 

[imported_Jakerooni]

So after getting in the new shipment of supplies I decided to test out the KBM for myself and see if it held up to what I called "Detailing 101" First off let me just get this out of the way. The Meguires D/A blew me away. Now I have the Dewalt 4443 D/A and I thought that was decent. That thing dosen't hold a friggin candle to the Megs D/A I can actually see that replacing alot of rotaries out there. It's very powerful for what it is and very safe to use..... To say it exceeded my expectations is the understatment of the year. I've play with D/A's before this thing is a D/A on steroids.

So after compounding and polishing it out via the KBM (as I take it anyways) I pulled it out to see the results...

Not to dang shaby if you ask me.....



Pulled it back in and finished up the paint work then went on to the interior.... What's that.. Yet another new toy in the Bright Dynamics line up?? Yep the steamer came in and I put it to the test with the door jambs.

Wipe them down nice and good.

 

[imported_Jakerooni]

Now to the results... They say the reflections speak for themselves right??? I think this beauty will turn a few heads now.



Roof:

reflections outside

And other finished shots..

Another fun transformation. Thanks for looking guys!

 

[Setec Astronomy]

Roof reflections? I only see shots of your garage door :think:



Great job, but turn that sprayer on the UQD back around the other way!

 

[imported_Jakerooni]

LOL I think the nozzel is actually broke on that bottle. I've had it kickin around for a little while now.

 

[Scottwax]

Looks really good, deep and rich.



I've done several 335s with that black/brown interior. It has really grown on me.

 

[imported_wagonproject]

Nice work! I actually like the interior color combo.



What kind of steamer?

 

[imported_Jakerooni]

I think it's the blonde wood inlays that throws it off for me... Just seems out of place to the rest of the dark color choices.



Just picked a wagoner steamer off of amzon.com. Might not be as heavy duty as some of the other ones on here but it was very affordable and goes constantly for up to 45 minutes. So far I'm happy with the purchase.

 

[Barry Theal]

hey that looks good DRAGNUTS lmao jake nice work man i like the write up!

 

[Thats Fresh]

nice writeup and detail work.

 

[Ganesa]

I thought that the UQD was not recommended for lube claying... any differences with using the UQD and a regular QD as a lube??



btw, nice work there

 

[imported_Jakerooni]

99% of the time I only use plain water for lube (and lots of it). Not sure why I grabbed the UQD on this one. Just figured what the heck

 

[autoconcierge]

Great save Jake, do you think the G220 has more power than the Flex DA, or have you not used the Flex and my question to you is pointless (lol)? . I have also used the KBM with 105 and acheived lot's of correction, but not the level that a high speed rotary with wool pad can do, but conversly no holograms either.

 

[dmw2692004]

looks great! good work!

 

[imported_Jakerooni]

Sorry Bob I've never tried the Flex yet. However the G110 is by far superior to my Dewalt 4443 D/A. And Yea I agree I can definatly still get better correction off the rotary but like you said I have to go back behind the correction and play hologram removal with it. On lighter colored vehicles it's probably not a big deal but I think for soft clears and Black cars in general the 105/205 on a D/A is probably the way to go. This was only my first go at it with a D/A so I was impressed for initial thoughts on it. I will hold off full reviews on it until I get a chance to test it out a bit more. I have a pearl white escelade coming up here next week. I'll see what I can pull off on that big beast.

 

[DetailnByDustn]

Great Job! Thanks for the steps