Bimmer kicked my butt

[jamores23]

you did a great job brother. its a pita while your doing it but the end result is what makes it all feel worth it! again, good job

[bigaizsosexy]

Fantastic Job!! I've been in your same position before, where the owner thought the paint was so bade they wanted to respray it. I told them no worries I can correct it.....boy was I in for the long haul.

Posted some pictures below of the car I am speaking about. Early 2000 Lexus RX. Pictures could have been better but I was working with a POS camera and did what I could with it.
PC XP
CCS Yellow, White and Black Pads
Stage 4, 2 and 1 XMT
Ex P Sealant

[sensi09]

I had a red '92 e34 back in the day that oxidized a bit and became pinkish. I remember searching the old autopia forums and ended up with some 1z einszett products as they were suppose to work well with hand application. Without a RO, didn't turn out as well as I hoped lol.

[sal329]

Looks good, nice of your wife to come and offer her help. Any full pics of the car?

[Rsurfer]

Nice job, your co-worker should be very pleased.

Midnight1700
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2010
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Man do I know what you went through. I just completed a jet black 2008 BMW 335i Convertible and had the same issues. I spent about 5 hours on the trunk alone. I even used M105 with a wool pad and it didn't seem to do much to correct the scratches. I ended up sanding in various grits, down to 3000. Even after that, the progress was very slow. Hopefully someone can chime in and provide some suggestions when dealing with such hard clear coats.

You used 105 with a wool pad on a rotary?

[oldmodman]

I plan on sending a link of this thread to the owner because he hasn't seen the pictures yet. I don't want to say too many negative things about his car.

Let's just say it didn't have the new car smell anymore. For some reason I like the smell of the Ultima Interior Shampoo and hoped the interior would take on that smell, but no luck. My wife gave it a few healthy sprays of Fabreeze that didn't help either.

To bad your not local to me (Los Angeles).
I just bought an ozone generator and I am in the middle of testing it right now.
I bet a half hour of ozone would eliminate that odor.