Sterling Gray BMW X5 with System One

[Totoland Mach]

First things first: the dealer and I finally, finally moved the shop lift further away from the wall another 1.5 feet...BIG difference and now I can work that side without moving the vehicle. In addition, we installed an 8' high-output fluorescent light for good lighting....what a treat.

Here's a pic before I racked the X5



Now...power washed and froze my fingers off....low 20's outside. After power washing, I used ONR to clean up the X.





Next up was taping, then cleaning the exhaust tips....gotta start somewhere!





Down the passenger side I go....the paint was in pretty good shape: light scratches mostly. Started with System One Polish X3 and a wool pad, then a foam pad for finish. I gotta say, you could almost finish down a vehicle with wool using this stuff.





After the foam polishing, the paint is better than new IMO...flawless!



Should be done with all exterior recon tomorrow. Driver's side plus trim. I'm going to use the System One Licorice dressing on all the plastic trim for this to see how it works. Previously, I used AutoMagic's Magic dressing which is good, but greasy.

Toto

[supercharged]

Toto, you have dones some nice work, as you always do.
So, how do you like System One? How well does it works with PC/UDM, or perhaps Flex???

[KG21]

Great work as usual, Toto!! You just about have me sold on System One. Which Edge wool/foam pads do you find yourself using more often than not? I was thinking the 6" light cutting wool and white foam pads would take care of most imperfections I encounter.

[killrflake]

It's a pleasure to see your work. There is no second place with your jobs, every one is top drawer.

[Bernard]

Great work. You're the man Toto....

[rwisejr]

All I can say is The combo of System One and Toto is a killer one !!!! Awesome.

[Totoland Mach]

Originally Posted by KG21

Great work as usual, Toto!! You just about have me sold on System One. Which Edge wool/foam pads do you find yourself using more often than not? I was thinking the 6" light cutting wool and white foam pads would take care of most imperfections I encounter.

I used the Edge Green wool (I can't remember if that's medium or light cut)...I wanted to try the pad out more than anything and the finish on this SUV was in pretty good shape to start with. I did bet some of their other wool pads: Black for heavy cut and Yellow for ? cut. For the foam side, I switch to another rotary with conventional foam pads and will use a Meguiar's 8006 or 9006.

In all fairness, I do use the wool/foam pad combo that came with the kit. It works fine for hoods, trunk lids, and door sides on sedans...it's just my personal preference that I like the smaller diameter pads.

Toto

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Originally Posted by Totoland Mach

I used the Edge Green wool (I can't remember if that's medium or light cut)...I wanted to try the pad out more than anything and the finish on this SUV was in pretty good shape to start with. I did bet some of their other wool pads: Black for heavy cut and Yellow for ? cut. For the foam side, I switch to another rotary with conventional foam pads and will use a Meguiar's 8006 or 9006.

In all fairness, I do use the wool/foam pad combo that came with the kit. It works fine for hoods, trunk lids, and door sides on sedans...it's just my personal preference that I like the smaller diameter pads.

Toto

great job and I am right with you on the smaller pads, Smaller and more detailed intricate sections of the vehicle are hard to hit with an 8inch pad

[Pats300zx]

Great work as always Toto...

[Brian_Brice]

looks nice toto.