New Black 03 330ci First Cleanup Help

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aaron77

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Hi,



I just took delivery of an 03 330ci, Black, and am going to do a 1st cleanup this weekend.

Any suggestions or tips on how to get paint protected from the start?

I also had the clearbra installed, can I wax over it?

After reading posts, my plan is thorough cleaning with P21s bodywork shampoo, dry with mf towel, Meguiars #5 New Car Glaze, Meguiars #20 Poly Sealant X2, then either P21s or Souveran. Any tips or suggestions? Also should I wax wheels and windows?

Thanks

Jack
 
Completely agree with joed1228; you may save yourself a step and while you are washing you can also be claying the car at the same time. Did the dealer 'prep' your car? If they did, check the paint very carefully for swirls, etc. - if you have them you will want to take care of those before you use a sealant. I have never used a glaze only a sealant and a wax topper. Treat the 'clear bra' just as you would any other painted surface on the car, just watch out for getting wax in the edges. Use a sealant on your wheels as well, it will make for cleaning in the future much easier. I just got rid of my 330i - the wheels and the brake dust were a pain until I sealed them up and then I could just use a separate wash mitt and shampoo to clean them. Good luck!
 
I would go ahead and clay the car anyway. Dealers and transporters dont exactly treat the car well, most of them sit out on top of a truck through all parts of the country, so you never know what the fresh, un protected paint is exposed to.



I would use #7 over #5 mainly becasue #7 (Show Car Glaze) makes black look so deep, I have used many other more expensive products and #7 is still my fav. glaze.



#20 is decent, but if it were me I would probably use only Souveran or P21S/S100. Just because I dont like using toppers.



Waxing the wheels wont hurt, if you go this route, dont use a carnauba, but use the #20 instead. I wouldnt wax the windows, you never know how thats going to turn out. I have found a few products that work well on windows, but just use a good non-amonia based glass cleaner. BMW puts a film on their glass that makes the water sheet off, so waxing wouldnt do you much good anyway.



Hope this helps. Nice choice in cars too!! :bigups
 
I've had better luck using plastic cleaners and polishes ( Novus, 3M ) on the clear bra rather than paint products. For some reason, Griot's machine polish 3 fogged the clear bra, but it came out with Novus.
 
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