Street Dreams Detail - BMW 3 series coupe

[metroplex]

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I just repeated the test on my dad's 89 E-150.

Same results. (e-150 has 50k miles)

 

[Street Dreams]

Booked for a 2 day detail with light paint correction. Car belongs to the owner of this Audi S5 I detailed a few months prior.

http://truthindetailing.com/Forum/showthread.php?t=3572&highlight=Black+Audi

The BMW is a daily driven car with over 160k miles on it, mild paint correction to clean up the paint was carried out along with layering it with protection.

Wheels before

Sonax sitting

After cleaning

Car foamed and washed with CG citrus followed by claying. Heavy contaminants on the finish

Onto correction work, again this was a mild paint correction, by no means was perfection the goal. Menzerna SIP and 106FA used on the Metabo

50/50 on passenger door

Close up using Fenix TK40 LED + Camera Flash

Before (Hood)

After Correction (Hood)

Mirror trim was faded and 100% gray. First cleaned using IPA, than dressed using a foam painters stick.

Before

1st of 3 applications...

Heated up again with a heat gun and than buffed off to check for smearing before moving onto the next 2 applications

Finished product

More correction work on rear bumper which was lightly oxidized

Before

After

50/50

One last IPA done on the entire car before applying LSP. In this case I layed down a quick coat of Werkstat Acrylic Prime using the DA on speed 4 followed by 3 coats of Werkstat Acrylic Jett Trigger spread out over 2 days

Finished

Thanks for looking

 

[bmw5541]

Very nice Dave.

I absolutely LOVE your work.:thumbup:

 

[Old Pirate]

Bad to the bone, It needed it and great recovery on the BMW! :thumbup:

 

[imported_detailchick]

SO pretty!Looks like new again.
thats my fave color to detail

 

[imported_Pats300zx]

Great job Dave...:thumbup:

 

[imported_broker99]

Awesome turn around. Very nice gloss. The trim around the mirror looks brand new.

 

[theisab]

Beautiful!!! What product did you use for the amazing turnaround on the mirrors?

 

[imported_Luster]

Nice work David! The BMW looks fantastic...:notworthy::wink:

 

[Street Dreams]

Beautiful!!! What product did you use for the amazing turnaround on the mirrors?

Black wow :wizard:

 

[yalerd]

Awesome job as always!
I love how the black trim turned out

 

[Todd@RUPES]

Wow really great work on the Bimmer Dave! I used to be gun-ho about paint correction but have way more fun doing the little things. Stunning work, the paint looks wet and the details are perfect.

:hurray:

 

[Jeff U]

As usual :notworthy::notworthy::notworthy:

 

[grease]

Great work!

 

[Street Dreams]

Wow really great work on the Bimmer Dave! I used to be gun-ho about paint correction but have way more fun doing the little things. Stunning work, the paint looks wet and the details are perfect.

:hurray:

Sometimes getting a root canal can be more "fun" than paint correction :doh: Todd but I agree too that the finer details are enjoyable and easier for the quick satisfaction of a before and after (tailpipes, engines, trim)

 

[imported_Erik Mejia]

Dave, you lied. You said it was light correction work, not perfection. Looks pretty perfect to me, good job as always.

 

[Street Dreams]

Dave, you lied. You said it was light correction work, not perfection. Looks pretty perfect to me, good job as always.

I dont lie. Anything highlighted in blue shows left over defects, pretty much all of which could have been removed but I kept the job simple with a 2 step light cutting and finishing as per the requirements and of course the $$$ involved.

 

[mtechnik]

Gotta love a clean, shiny Bimmer! Great job. :thumbup:

I may have missed it, but did you use anything on the silver window trim?

 

[Street Dreams]

Gotta love a clean, shiny Bimmer! Great job. :thumbup:

I may have missed it, but did you use anything on the silver window trim?

Its being replaced along with some interior molding along the doorline so I left it alone as you can see its completely oxidized.

Just for kicks I attempt to see if it could brighten up a bit... nothing worked. Metal polish, steel wool, M105 on a hand pad, didnt even make a dent.

 

[imported_Flash Gordon]

Wow really great work on the Bimmer Dave! I used to be gun-ho about paint correction but have way more fun doing the little things. Stunning work, the paint looks wet and the details are perfect.

:hurray:

What is this paint correction you speak of /

Regards,

Carlos

David, I like that yellow tape. Looks great on red. What kind is that?

Director Excellent save David