Well used BMW 335i Sedan brought back to showroom form

[Nikku]

Hello everyone !



So I met this customer about a month ago to do an extensive interior clean on his 335i. After the detail we arranged for a one step polish however upon arriving that morning I realized the swirls and RDS were beyond one step and proceeded to a 2-3 step polish on the entire vehicle.



The client was very nice and was always prompt to offer water and food. I think he provided me with one of the best compliments "you're a machine and you have a great work ethic". That made me push even harder to make this car look even better than I first aimed for.



The car had just taken a trip to the country over the weekend and you'll notice a lot of dirt and it's safe to assume a few RDS from the country as well. A few trouble ares to mention were the driver side and passenger side door as well as the trunk and bumper of the vehicle.



I apologize for the pictures of the defects. I had a little trouble getting all the details to show up on the camera.



Anyways I hope everyone enjoys the detail as much as I enjoyed performing the detail.



Process



Wash

Meguiars Gold Class

Sheepskin Mitts

Full Size Detail Brush for Wheels

Medium Sized Detail Brush

EZ Detail Brush

Chenille Mitts for Wheels

P21S TAW

P21S Wheel Cleaner



Clay

Riccardo Yellow Clay

Clay Lubricant



Correction

PTG

Metabo x 2

3M Backing Plate

RB Backing Plate

Halogen

Fenix TK10

3M Sungun

Sonus White Pad

Sonus Blue Pad

LC 4 inch White

LC 4 inch blue

Menzerna Power Finish

Menzerna Micro Polish

3M Ultrafina



LSP

Wheels: Wheel Sealant

Paint: Opti-seal, Opt Car Wax



Befores

DURING

So this is after 2 passes with Sonus White and Power Finish. Although it provided some decent results a third pass on the hood was necessary to get it to where I liked it.

3rd Pass.

50/50 of the driver side door.

Driver side Cleared up.

50/50 of rear driver side door.

Rear fender Unpolished

Rear fender Unpolished

Rear fender Cleared

Trunk 50/50

Hood after being polished before LSP

Trunk after being polished before LSP

Driver Side All Polished before LSP



Bumper

License Plate Area Cleared up !

Clearing up the Rear Lights. It's a thing of beauty when lights are cleared. You don't need diamonds in your life when you have these

Bumper reflection shot! Hopefully I'll be doing the neighbours Carrera you see in the reflection.





A few more polished shots.

 

[Nikku]

This was about 10pm. I started the day at 9am. It's been a long day and as much as I wanted to finish the odds and ends and top the paint off with sealant and wax. I just could not see clearly anymore so I came back the next morning to do it properly and make sure nothing was forgotten.

AFTERS



Here we go. Finally we have arrived at the afters. I spent about another 2 hours cleaning up the odds and end and doing a quick vacuum of the interior. Thanks for looking and I hope you've enjoyed.

 

[imported_Jakerooni]

Beautiful work there man....

 

[Thats Fresh]

nice job. im sure the word of mouth will carry onto his neighbor.

 

[soccer6planet]

Whats that color called? looks good

 

[MarcHarris]

big thumbs up to more high quality correction. really making the flakes pop, and the tail lights / exhaust tips look wonderful

 

[ohiostate]

Very nice :2thumbs:

 

[OCDinPDX]

:wow: That looks amazing...very nice recovery! :2thumbs:

 

[jrock817]

beautiful job

 

[Barry Theal]

perfect!.......

 

[imported_Conan777]

Nice Work!



I'm surprised that the Menz Power finish was able to clean up all those RIDS. What speeds were you using with the Metabo. I'm also curious to know why you followed Micro polish which is a very fine finishing polish in itself with a cut of only 1 with Ultrafina?? I would think you would be hard pressed to notice a difference from one to the other. Is this something you do on a regular basis?

 

[dmw2692004]

looks really great!

 

[MBurnickas]

Great Great job dude! What did you use on tail Lights?

 

[ManiZ]

11 hours in a single day? You ARE a machine!



That is a tremendous effort and the results really show. Thumbs up!

 

[Nikku]

Nice Work!



I'm surprised that the Menz Power finish was able to clean up all those RIDS. What speeds were you using with the Metabo. I'm also curious to know why you followed Micro polish which is a very fine finishing polish in itself with a cut of only 1 with Ultrafina?? I would think you would be hard pressed to notice a difference from one to the other. Is this something you do on a regular basis?

Thanks for all the comments guys. I really do appreciate it when you take the time to view the thread.



For the tail lights I used PF with a white pad on a 4 inch with the metabo.



In terms of the Ultrafina and Micropolish I didn't use them one after the other. I was trying to see if there was a difference between the two and would try it on one panel and the other and eventually just settled on ultrafina I should have made that a little more clear in the post. For the deep RIDS I had to make 2 sometimes 3 passes with PF and a White Pad.

 

[MBurnickas]

FYI I read it twice but still don't see where you said what you used on the taillights before asking. Anyways, it is a great great job, thanks for posting it.