Redcar GUY
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I did the summer of 2000 but did not this past summer, I had to many things going on... Anyone else?
Street Dreams Detail - 40hr. Hack Restoration Correction: BMW 135
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Redcar GUY
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<em class='bbc'>Originally posted by olivher [/i]
<strong class='bbc'>I'm a former car show participant, but ever since my car was stolen in front of my house, I stopped. Who knows, I might get into in in the (long) future when I get a garage and some extra cash. [/b]</blockquote>WOW! What kind of car was it?
<em class='bbc'>Originally posted by olivher [/i]
<strong class='bbc'>I'm a former car show participant, but ever since my car was stolen in front of my house, I stopped. Who knows, I might get into in in the (long) future when I get a garage and some extra cash. [/b]</blockquote>WOW! What kind of car was it?
Brad B
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I show my <strong class='bbc'>'58 XK 150 FHC[/b]. It travels a lot of miles each year to Jaguar Clubs of North America Concours events in St. Louis, Tulsa, Kansas City, Chicago, New Orleans, Louisville, and more. Our competition is almost exclusively trailered cars so we feel especially lucky to win most of our shows. My biggest honor was the 1999 XK Award (celebrating 50 years of the famous XK engine.) in which we competed against XK 150's in an event which drew international competition from Canada, The Netherlands, England, France and Germany. We normally take home cast pewter plate awards. This exclusive XK award was a specially commissioned sculpture of an XK at speed in the countryside. Kinda cool. (head getting bigger)
I don't officially "show" my <strong class='bbc'>'72 BMW 2002 tii[/b] but it has taken home it's share of victories at the annual St. Louis European Car show. I was honored to be recently selected by the BMW club of St. Louis to have my car displayed at the annual Gateway Tech event in March 2002. It seemed especially appropriate that a "2002" be displayed at St. Louis' biggest BMW even in 2002. My car was chosen as the best of it's type in St. Louis. (blushing)
Enough bragging!
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I don't officially "show" my <strong class='bbc'>'72 BMW 2002 tii[/b] but it has taken home it's share of victories at the annual St. Louis European Car show. I was honored to be recently selected by the BMW club of St. Louis to have my car displayed at the annual Gateway Tech event in March 2002. It seemed especially appropriate that a "2002" be displayed at St. Louis' biggest BMW even in 2002. My car was chosen as the best of it's type in St. Louis. (blushing)
Enough bragging!
<img src=http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=781637&a=13475239&p=51601603>
<img src=http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=781637&a=13475238&p=51601564>
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<em class='bbc'>Originally posted by Redcar GUY [/i]
<strong class='bbc'>WOW! What kind of car was it? [/b]</blockquote>
It was an Acura Integra that was pretty heavily modified. I was really into SCCA road racing at the time and I started to show my car to gain sponsors. I had won a few races locally and was focusing on going to Kansas for the Nationals the next season. Well, the next season started without me because I had no car.
To make this story even a sadder story, after my car was stolen, I started to get emails and calls from car show organizers to have my car participate in their shows. I had to tell them that my car was "retired" prematurely.
<em class='bbc'>Originally posted by Redcar GUY [/i]
<strong class='bbc'>WOW! What kind of car was it? [/b]</blockquote>
It was an Acura Integra that was pretty heavily modified. I was really into SCCA road racing at the time and I started to show my car to gain sponsors. I had won a few races locally and was focusing on going to Kansas for the Nationals the next season. Well, the next season started without me because I had no car.
To make this story even a sadder story, after my car was stolen, I started to get emails and calls from car show organizers to have my car participate in their shows. I had to tell them that my car was "retired" prematurely.
I was going to enter my '95 Ford Explorer Limited (woohoo, real show vehicle, I know) in a show at Bristow, Indiana a few months ago along with my two uncles and cousin. First uncle had a '69 RoadRunner (perdy bird) and other had a Challenger, and my cousin (same age as me) has a '00 Dakota Sport (solar yellow). We all were going to enter together, me and my cousin more for fun than anything else, I really doubt any late model vehicles would draw attention, even though they both are limited production packages. Unfortuneately, the two days before the show it started raining and kept raining until late in teh afternoon the day of the show. I spent a whole week detailing to get ready, all for nothing 
After I get my stereo in there the way I want it, and a few more mods, I'll try another show. More for fun than anything 
After I get my stereo in there the way I want it, and a few more mods, I'll try another show. More for fun than anything yes, I do show my car as well. In fact, it is a garage queen to be honest. My shows are relatively local, usually within 1 1/2 hours from home.
My very first show this past Spring brought home a 1st in my class (1968 to present Corvettes) as well as a 1st Place Best of Show. There were over 100 cars competing that day. Not too shabby for my very first show.
I enjoy it, and it's nice to meet other people that have a sincere interest in the car. Being a female Corvette owner/enthusiast, I have learned to live with the strange looks and comments from men when they ask me where the owner of my car is, and I say "It's mine".
My very first show this past Spring brought home a 1st in my class (1968 to present Corvettes) as well as a 1st Place Best of Show. There were over 100 cars competing that day. Not too shabby for my very first show.
I enjoy it, and it's nice to meet other people that have a sincere interest in the car. Being a female Corvette owner/enthusiast, I have learned to live with the strange looks and comments from men when they ask me where the owner of my car is, and I say "It's mine".
Redcar GUY
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Cool Eveyone!
olivher- sorry to hear Dont let it stop you fron showing again!
Brad- should have known! LOL Nice rides!
(((BUMP)))- just realized that you are in Indiana! COOL! I am up in Logansport, I did the world of wheels last Feb. got a runner up in my class, The guy that got 1st was in my car club (Central Indiana Camaro Club) in a 96 SS!
arcticwhite- it seems that is how I got started also, Then I started doing "biger" shows and the fun wasnt there People get reall mad when they think they should have one...... I like to do it for fun not for the ca$h, I hope to do some local shows next year....
olivher- sorry to hear
Dont let it stop you fron showing again!Brad- should have known! LOL Nice rides!
(((BUMP)))- just realized that you are in Indiana! COOL! I am up in Logansport, I did the world of wheels last Feb. got a runner up in my class, The guy that got 1st was in my car club (Central Indiana Camaro Club) in a 96 SS!
arcticwhite- it seems that is how I got started also, Then I started doing "biger" shows and the fun wasnt there
People get reall mad when they think they should have one...... I like to do it for fun not for the ca$h, I hope to do some local shows next year....
Street Dreams
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Complete 4 day paintwork restoration on a Monaco Blue BMW 135i.
Backstory, in bullets:
-Car was bought with 10k miles on it
-New owner saw car on dealer lot looking clean and very glossy (glaze fillers)
-After a few weeks of washing the gloss was lost and real finish revealed
-Paintwork had very little depth, clarity or wetness and new owner wanted all of the latter brought back to the car
Some before pictures in sunlight. Car had lots of RIDS, swirls and was covered in machine holograms as the dealer attempted to fix the prior damage and ended up making it worse. Along with that caked up wax and polish residue was left in nearly every crack and crevice.
If you dislike lots of correction shots and 50/50's this writeup may not be for you. The main focus was the correcting the finish as NO interior work and NO engine detail was carried out on this detail.
Wheels cleaned using Sonax wheel cleaner applied to the wheel DRY followed by Iron Cut
Car was beading well due to obvious glaze fillers left over from the dealership, all of which needed to be stripped off 100% before correction. The above sun shots were after the wash stage (no IPA yet)
- Pressure washed the finish followed by a 5 minute foaming using CG citrus wash
- Foam rinsed off and the car was sprayed down with Optimum Power Clean at a 5:1 dilution
- Finally a 2 bucket wash was carried out with a strong mixture of straight Dawn
Clayed using a riccardo bar with ONR as lubrication in a Kwazar bottle, which is an absolute must for at least your wheel cleaner and clay lube.
After clay the finished was wiped with straight IPA multiple times until it was squeaky clean.
Here is the car all prepped and masked after taking the necessary paint readings
Onto correction. After a bit of time playing around with combinations I decided on a process which yielded me the best result, safely. I began playing with foam pads but that was yielding me only 80-85% correction while generating a lot of heat. I decided wool was need to correct the car properly.
Process as follows
M105 on black wool pad (2x)
Menzerna SIP on DD Yellow Cutting Pad
Menzerna 106FA on a LC tangerine hydro
Menzerna PO85rd on a DD Black pad
All 50/50 and correction shots taken after the first 2 correction steps (no finishing polishes) and straight IPA wipedowns to ensure zero filling
Hood under the halogens, deep RIDS
After wool and foam compounding, great difference in clarity without using a lightsource.
Light compounding with 4" foam around the washers, tape removed after wool so I could clean up the areas tightly around the washers and also remove some of the tape lines left behind after compounding.
Closeup of defects under Fenix TK40
Front fender was done entirely with 4" wool and 4" cutting pads as larger pads made for uneven correction on the contours
Trunk section, some more serious RIDS
Cleaning up the wool holograms with a DD cutting pad
50/50 Trunk under halogen
Closer view
Wooling out the rear quarter
Before
After
Here is a great example of 2 things, first being general neglect from the original owner and second is heavy machine holograms left by the dealer
The door... I took a bunch of different shots from all angles with both my SLR and Point and Shoot camera to show all the defects and difference in color before and after correction
Under LED light
Before
After
Backstory, in bullets:
-Car was bought with 10k miles on it
-New owner saw car on dealer lot looking clean and very glossy (glaze fillers)
-After a few weeks of washing the gloss was lost and real finish revealed
-Paintwork had very little depth, clarity or wetness and new owner wanted all of the latter brought back to the car
Some before pictures in sunlight. Car had lots of RIDS, swirls and was covered in machine holograms as the dealer attempted to fix the prior damage and ended up making it worse. Along with that caked up wax and polish residue was left in nearly every crack and crevice.
If you dislike lots of correction shots and 50/50's this writeup may not be for you. The main focus was the correcting the finish as NO interior work and NO engine detail was carried out on this detail.
Wheels cleaned using Sonax wheel cleaner applied to the wheel DRY followed by Iron Cut
Car was beading well due to obvious glaze fillers left over from the dealership, all of which needed to be stripped off 100% before correction. The above sun shots were after the wash stage (no IPA yet)
- Pressure washed the finish followed by a 5 minute foaming using CG citrus wash
- Foam rinsed off and the car was sprayed down with Optimum Power Clean at a 5:1 dilution
- Finally a 2 bucket wash was carried out with a strong mixture of straight Dawn
Clayed using a riccardo bar with ONR as lubrication in a Kwazar bottle, which is an absolute must for at least your wheel cleaner and clay lube.
After clay the finished was wiped with straight IPA multiple times until it was squeaky clean.
Here is the car all prepped and masked after taking the necessary paint readings
Onto correction. After a bit of time playing around with combinations I decided on a process which yielded me the best result, safely. I began playing with foam pads but that was yielding me only 80-85% correction while generating a lot of heat. I decided wool was need to correct the car properly.
Process as follows
M105 on black wool pad (2x)
Menzerna SIP on DD Yellow Cutting Pad
Menzerna 106FA on a LC tangerine hydro
Menzerna PO85rd on a DD Black pad
All 50/50 and correction shots taken after the first 2 correction steps (no finishing polishes) and straight IPA wipedowns to ensure zero filling
Hood under the halogens, deep RIDS
After wool and foam compounding, great difference in clarity without using a lightsource.
Light compounding with 4" foam around the washers, tape removed after wool so I could clean up the areas tightly around the washers and also remove some of the tape lines left behind after compounding.
Closeup of defects under Fenix TK40
Front fender was done entirely with 4" wool and 4" cutting pads as larger pads made for uneven correction on the contours
Trunk section, some more serious RIDS
Cleaning up the wool holograms with a DD cutting pad
50/50 Trunk under halogen
Closer view
Wooling out the rear quarter
Before
After
Here is a great example of 2 things, first being general neglect from the original owner and second is heavy machine holograms left by the dealer
The door... I took a bunch of different shots from all angles with both my SLR and Point and Shoot camera to show all the defects and difference in color before and after correction
Under LED light
Before
After
Street Dreams
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3" pad work here, lowered speed on the makita and spent more time making passes to work out the defects
Before
After
Here is a video 50/50 of the passenger door
YouTube - Street Dreams Detail - BMW 135i Before and After Paint Correction
The funny thing about hacks is, and luckily for me, they are not extremely thorough when buffing out cars.
Notice how the rear bumper has substatially less defect and holograms compared to all the major panels? This is more realistic of how much defect you would find on a car with about 10k miles on it
Before
After
And back to a bit more hack'age but still not terrible
Tailight before
Finishing down with 85rd after 105
After
50/50 on drivers door into rear quarter, few RIDS I was unable to remove
Before
During
After
Only very light marring in this strip between the kidney grill and headlight, knocked out in 2 steps with only little compounding needed, no wool
50/50 on front bumper
Once all the compounding with wool and foam was finished I gave the car one more IPA wipedown and moved onto the finishing stages, here is the 135 out in sunlight after finishing down to check my work.
Remember this...
This..
To this..
Car was finished with 2 layers of Menzerna Powerlock, wheels treated with Rejex sealant for protection.
Finished car at 7pm. Finished shots
The owner came to pickup and was beyond ecstatic with the result, I had kept him updated with correction shots through the process and when he finally came I went over the whole car with him using the LED light.
Remember that door before?
In total after I added up all my hours spent on each day this detail came out to about 39hrs, a bit over my original estimate of 30-32.
The owner wanted his new BMW to look like a proper Monaco Blue BMW should and after talking with him for a very long time before even starting the job I knew how much he was looking forward to the end result. Its great to have enthustastic people who really care about the work that was put in. He asked for a lot of pictures and as you can see from the above writeup... I kindly obligedicture:
Thanks for looking.
Before
After
Here is a video 50/50 of the passenger door
YouTube - Street Dreams Detail - BMW 135i Before and After Paint Correction
The funny thing about hacks is, and luckily for me, they are not extremely thorough when buffing out cars.
Notice how the rear bumper has substatially less defect and holograms compared to all the major panels? This is more realistic of how much defect you would find on a car with about 10k miles on it
Before
After
And back to a bit more hack'age but still not terrible
Tailight before
Finishing down with 85rd after 105
After
50/50 on drivers door into rear quarter, few RIDS I was unable to remove
Before
During
After
Only very light marring in this strip between the kidney grill and headlight, knocked out in 2 steps with only little compounding needed, no wool
50/50 on front bumper
Once all the compounding with wool and foam was finished I gave the car one more IPA wipedown and moved onto the finishing stages, here is the 135 out in sunlight after finishing down to check my work.
Remember this...
This..
To this..
Car was finished with 2 layers of Menzerna Powerlock, wheels treated with Rejex sealant for protection.
Finished car at 7pm. Finished shots
The owner came to pickup and was beyond ecstatic with the result, I had kept him updated with correction shots through the process and when he finally came I went over the whole car with him using the LED light.
Remember that door before?
In total after I added up all my hours spent on each day this detail came out to about 39hrs, a bit over my original estimate of 30-32.
The owner wanted his new BMW to look like a proper Monaco Blue BMW should and after talking with him for a very long time before even starting the job I knew how much he was looking forward to the end result. Its great to have enthustastic people who really care about the work that was put in. He asked for a lot of pictures and as you can see from the above writeup... I kindly obliged
icture:
Thanks for looking.
Chubby Davis
New member
39 fricking hours ........On a BMW 135!
imported_CH.Detailing
New member
Well done David, the car looks fantastic!!
Great job! :clap:
Great job! :clap:
bmw5541
New member
Dave,
Once again you blow my doors off!!!!
That thing was really hacked (a massive understatement). It looks like the original owner washed it with brillo.:doh::scared:
I can only imagine how happy the owner was when he picked it up.:clap:
You continue to impress. Great job restoring that bimmer.:clap:ancing Dot::rockon::notworthy:
Once again you blow my doors off!!!!
That thing was really hacked (a massive understatement). It looks like the original owner washed it with brillo.:doh::scared:
I can only imagine how happy the owner was when he picked it up.:clap:
You continue to impress. Great job restoring that bimmer.:clap:
ancing Dot::rockon::notworthy:
Old Pirate
AMG Classic Car Detailing
Always great correction work coming from you Dave, really sharp looking BMW. :thumbup:
Todd@RUPES
Just a regular guy
Great work on the 135 David. Very cool car, and stunning work!
What exactly is your point with this post?
What exactly is your point with this post?
RustyBumper
New member
Awesome transformation! As always, you did a fantastic job. Other than color, is there a difference between the black pads and others?
imported_gewb
New member
Great job Dave!
Money shots:
You can read the bottles labels in the reflections!
Quality takes time - it's good the owner appreciates that.
Regards,
GEWB
Money shots:
You can read the bottles labels in the reflections!
Quality takes time - it's good the owner appreciates that.
Regards,
GEWB
michakaveli
New member
Nice job Dave! :cornut: