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This is my Dad's 2007 BMW 535D (E60) in Carbon Black
Here are the before pics taken first thing; ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I started at 8am, with a nice thick covering of snow foam ![]() ![]() This was then followed up by going round the whole car with some G101 and a round brush on all the vents, grills, fuel cap and any other hard to reach areas. ![]() ![]() After this i rinsed the whole car off with the Pressure washer, and set about cleaning the wheels with some Very Cherry, and a few different wheel brushes. The Tyres were sprayed with some G101 and scrubbed thoroughly, I then also sprayed all up round the wheel arches and scrubbed these too before rinsing them off. ![]() Rinsed off ![]() Next stage was to wash using the usual 2 bucket method, shampoo this time was Dodo Juice Sour Power ![]() ![]() I then Clayed the car from top to bottom, using some CYC Blue clay, with some Zip wax & water mixed up as lube ![]() The car wasn't too bad, but it was surprising what the Clay was still picking up, particular hot spot as usual was the front wheel arches and lower doors. I gave the car another snow foam to remove all the lube and any remaining dirt ![]() It was then sprayed all over with Meguiars Last Touch which really helps dispersing the water before drying it off with a couple of XL Blue fluffy drying towels. ![]() Last touch working well ![]() Before last touch ![]() And after a few sprays ![]() Drying towel ![]() All dry ready for taping up ![]()
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PART2
After it was all dry, i taped up the window rubbers, washer jets and grills ready for Polishing. I decided to go with the Sonus range of polishes, and started with an SFX-2 Pad, and SFX-2 Polish. This was actually working great straight away so i stuck with it for the whole car and managed to get some good 50/50's ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A couple of areas were scratched badly so i changed to the SFX-1 Pad and SFX-1 Polish and did a few areas with this, before refining with the SFX-2 pad and polish again. After finishing each panel i sprayed it down with Menzerna Top inspection to see the results, then after the whole car was finished i sprayed it with Meg's Last touch all over and wiped the whole car down again. Some close ups after polishing and wiping down ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Pre wax pics ![]() ![]() ![]() The Wax i went for was Dodo Juice Purple Haze, applied all over and left for 30 mins to cure. ![]()
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After wiping down i dressed the Tyres with Meguiars Endurance Tyre Gel and wiped the wheels down with Last touch - here are the final pics, thanks for reading. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Good work, did you not feel the need to seal the alloys with a sealant?
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as always very nice. is that one of those new soft pussy sponges in the background in the kitchen
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Dave www.norfolkbuggyclub.moonfruit.com kyosho optima,Bosscat,Boomerang,,RB5 Vega,RB7,,RC12 5.2, TLR22-4,MP9,HB807T Flask of tea & a rollup Anglia model centre & CT Models http://www.oople.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28117 |
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They're pretty clean already and he washes his car weekly anyway so brake dust and dirt won't get a chance to bake on ![]()
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Awesome work as always, totally geeky but I have much respect for your attention to detail. Keep posting
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Thanks though, i will keep posting each time i do a car ![]()
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