Detailed black BMW X3

[Truls]

The car was fairly messy on the outside, but ok on the innside.

Innside:

-wacum carpets
-Meguiars NXT gen tech protect and MF (cleans well, easy to use)
-Meguiars GC rich leather (easy to use, and not "shiny")

Wash:

-Grit Guard (wow)
-NXT gen wash (great wash, takes the slicknes away, but the car is getting
a detail, so i dont care. Cleans GREAT)
-ShMitt W/Y (wow)

Wheels

-P21s wheel cleaner (needed a stronger cleaner, the job was to "hard"
for the P21s WC, used it 3 times, and still dirty, salt, asphalt etc is not
easy to remove, and i didnt have anny acid cleaner)
-EZ wheel brush (wow)
-ShMitt black (wow)

Clayed with Pinnacle clay (wow)

Drying with the Guzzler (wow) so that was done in a sec.

Placed the car in the pre heated garage 7 hours (dentis, kids school etc)

Detailing:

Step 1

First i had to take on those swirls, got the EDGE kit the same day as i was going to detail, so i used the orange pad and XMT 1 to start. tryed the combo on the door, and it semed to take the swirls out so i caryed on.
I was not sooooo bad, you dont get swirls if you dont wash.............

-XMT 1 (wow)
-Edge Orange pad (wow)
Got a "oily! finish after the XMT 1, but it was gone after DG105 and LS, someone knows why this happens? work it to short/to long? Shouldnt be bonding as the XMT 1 is cleaner (right?) please give reply if u know.

removed with MF towel

Step 2

Wanted to try the DG 105, its winter here, and the owner dont wash the car that often, so i needed something that had longtime protection.

-DG #105 on by hand, Megs pad (easy on, easy of. good gloss, not that slick)
-Remove with MF towel

Removed the DG 105 after 1 hour, and let it cure for 12 h.

Step 3

After curing time was over, i wanted to use the Liquid Souveran to top it,
maaaaaan is this a slick, deep, gloss, shiny looking wax.

-Liquid Souveran (wow)
-Remove MF towel

Next was: Wheel Wax, Meguiars GC trim detailer, Meguiars NXT gen glass cleaner, Meguiars NXT Insane Shine Tire coating.

Enough talk, lets go to the pics.

Before:











After:


Before XMT 1

During XMT 1

After XMT 1



Finish (DG 105 + Liquid Souveran)










More pics coming

Ill say i made 90% out of it, could have used XMT 2, but all in all im pleased with the result, so was the owner.

[Meghan]

That looks like it was driven through a swamp!

[FloridaNative]

Your definition of "not bad" and mine are way different! That thing is naaaaaaaaaaaasty!! Can't wait for the afters.

[SinNameOn]

Originally Posted by FloridaNative

Can't wait for the afters.

So do I. I haven't seen that dirty car before!

[bambo2888]

OMG, was it last washed wth sandpaper? oh wait, it was NEVER washed, my bad. good luck, lol.

[abrcrombe]

HAHA yikes! Post the afters we are all waiting for them!

[supercharged]

Originally Posted by Meghan

That looks like it was driven through a swamp!

[Gary Sword]

Truls, I'm looking foreward to seeing the after pictures. The car definitely needs a make over.

[6LS2]

Hey there, awesome job!

I would've loved to see the look on your face when you saw what you had to detail! LOL

6LS2

[Strokin04]

It went from looking ragged out to new off the show room floor. Good work with the 7424, can't wait for mine to arrive with my first order. Mike....