Liquid Blue E92 BMW 320i - Detailed by Lawrence

[LawrenceSA]

Friday night
 
Carpets: Vacuum / Glossworx Carpet and Upholstery Cleaner / Mothers Carpet Brush / MF Towel / Vacuum
Mats: Vacuum / Cyclo APC / Mothers Fenderwell brush / HP Rinse
Leather: Vacuum Glossworx Leather Cleaner / Valet Pro brush / MF Towel / Glossworx Leather Conditioner
Glass: Glossworx Glass Cleaner
Door Rubbers : Shield Heavy Duty Vinyl and Rubber Cleaner / Glossworx Silky Dressing
 

 

 

 

 
Saturday
 
The customer originally wanted a 'wheels off' detail, but with my trolley jack on the blink and no jack in the BMW, my only option was the OEM VW Scissor jack.... which I was not prepared to chance. So I had to try and clean them up as best I could, on the car.
 
They were in terrible condition with a full years worth of BMW Brake dust ingrained into them, especially in the barrels.
 
Arches: Cyclo APC / Mothers Fender Well Brush / HP Rinse / Glossworx - Extreme Tyre Shine
Tires: Glossworx Wheel and Tire Cleaner  / Mothers Tire Brush / Glossworx - Extreme Tyre Shine
Wheels: Sonax FE Wheel Cleaner / Daytona Jnr / Valet Pro brushes / Valetpro Tar and Glue Remover / APC rinse / AF Iron Out (x3 hits) / Daytona Jnr / HP Rinse / Flooding Rinse / Menzerna Powerlock
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Engine Bay
Before

 

 

 

 
After
 

 

 
Condition of the car before 

 
That bird bomb resulted in this

 
Close up

 
After some polishing

 
The rest of the car

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Door shuts, window rubbers, fuel flap, badges: Cyclo APC / Various Brushes / HP Rinse / Meguiars A26 / Collinite 845
Wash: Chemical Guys Maxisuds II via foam cannon / Glossworx Shampoo / 2BM with Lambswool wash mitt / Rinse
Dry: ONR at QD strength / WW Drying towel / Compressed Air
Decontamination : Valetpro Tar and Glue Remover / Autofinesse Iron out / Autoglym Fine Grade Clay / ONR at clay lube strength
Glass : Autofinesse Iron out / Autoglym Fine Grade Clay / ONR at clay lube strength / Autoglym Glass Polish + LC green Pad via DA / Autoglym Fast Glass / StreakFree Microfiber Glass Cleaning Cloth / Wynns C-Thru
 
 

 

[LawrenceSA]

Sunday/b]
 
Paint correction: Meguiars A26 / LC Orange
Protection : Collinite 845 
Door rubbers, plastic trim : Shield Heavy Duty Vinyl and Rubber Cleaner / Collinite 845
Exhaust tips: Cyclo CM30 APC / Various brushes / [/color]Mothers Mag and Aluminium Polish / Mothers Powerball Mini / MF towels
Before

 
After

 
And some 'after' shots
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Total time spent  = 19 hours
 
Thanks for looking and as always any comments or questions are welcome
 :hi:

 

[blucpe]

great turnaround on this car. why do the owners of these cars neglect them for so long before they get them detailed? i don't get it.

 

[imported_madwax]

+1 blucpe, i see Mercs and BMWs in this condition all of the time; haven't figured it out yet.  Anyways....great job on that BMW.  Those rims are always a cussout!!!!

 

[LawrenceSA]

Thanks guys


 


Also, 2 corrections....


 


Firstly, it is an F30 not an E92m, and secondly I used Meguiars A12 not A26 (don't even think there is such)..... don;t know where my head was at the time I typed that. Sorry.


 


And yes, I cannot understand why people do not simply maintain their vehicles properly. In all likelihood a bottle of QD or ONR and some decent MF towels in the trunk for when the birds decide to drop their bombs, would have prevented the bulk of that etching. Call it 'permanent damage' if you don't want to be wet-sanding an OEM clear on a daily driver and you are stuck with 'forever', what would have taken a minute or possibly 2 to remove, when it happened?


 

 

[House of Wax]

For so many people a car is nothing more than another appliance.  Just so happens some people's appliances are more expensive than others lol.  Great turn around, especially on those wheels

 

[Scottwax]

Nice job cleaning that mess up! I know those wheels with the stupid groove behind the spokes (just like the A6 I did today) make cleaning the barrels a huge pain. 

 

[zmcgovern45]

Great turnaround!  That thing was a disaster!

 

[WaxManRonnie]

Outstanding!

 

[LawrenceSA]

Thanks very much guys - really appreciate your kind words

 

[fdresq4]

Great work!

 

[LawrenceSA]

Great work!

Thanks

 

[StreetShotz]

I don't think I have seen one of these with such a dirty exhaust tip hahah. 


Great work, looks fantastic now!

 

[blucpe]

None of you guys who post these detailing turnarounds should ever take what you do lightly, it is an art what you do, imho anyway i truly admire your passion for the work you do, i think i speak for alot of people when i say that, keep up the good work.

 

[LawrenceSA]

I don't think I have seen one of these with such a dirty exhaust tip hahah. 


Great work, looks fantastic now!

Thanks


 

None of you guys who post these detailing turnarounds should ever take what you do lightly, it is an art what you do, imho anyway i truly admire your passion for the work you do, i think i speak for alot of people when i say that, keep up the good work.

Thank you very much for your kind words