Silver 745i and Black 745i Sport

[Totoland Mach]

Here's a couple of quick shots of the Silver 745...had to be delivered quickly and the car was in pretty good shape. Used Meguiar's #83 to knock out some surface scratching and swirls, then #26 to finish it off.

Before shot after the auction delivery:



Couple of after shots taken inside the shop





Nice silver gloss on the car.

Started on the Black 745i Sport packaged car. Lots of scratches and swirls and will take pics tomorrow of progress. The only before shot doesn't show how bad it is, but...it's bad.

Before



I finished the hood and driver's side of the car today. Then, we turn the car around for working room and do the passenger side and trunk. I found the best combo on this car is a Wool Pad on the Metabo with Optimum compound followed by 3M Swirl Remover. There are a few light swirls left, so I'll probably do a quick job with XMT-1 (still waiting on the XMT 360...but I'll use that on another Titanium gray 545i).

Update tomorrow..This black 745i is going to be stunning!

Toto

[sparkie]

That is a nice silver, super gloss. Black 745i tomorrow I will be looking for it. Toto, I needed your help today on a detail I done. The hood and grill needed sanding before polishing. I don't do that, maybe when I get the nerves I will sand.

[Nica]

Very nice Toto...I like the silver and how it seems to glow...oh hey I've been working on my garage and I think your going to find a few things like the shop you work on...well at least one thing in common I suppose.

Looking forward to your pictures Toto, you do great work.

Question for you Mr. Toto. I've been doing some reading on the Metabo and did you know that the Metabo has an automatic shut down when it heats up to much. I've tried very hard to get my Metabo to heat up, enough to cause it to shut down and nothing yet. Have you expereance anything like this?

Just wondering.

[bambo2888]

i like the tires!

[Gary Sword]

Great job as always Toto.

[supercharged]

Looks superb, Toto. Those BMWs you detail then become "THE REAL ULTIMATE DIVING MACHINES."

[turbos17]

That silver is glowing like no other. I can't wait for the black one to be complete. Keep up the outstanding job!

[Nuke33]

these pics just make me want to own a bmw

[Totoland Mach]

Originally Posted by Nica

Very nice Toto...I like the silver and how it seems to glow...oh hey I've been working on my garage and I think your going to find a few things like the shop you work on...well at least one thing in common I suppose.

Looking forward to your pictures Toto, you do great work.

Question for you Mr. Toto. I've been doing some reading on the Metabo and did you know that the Metabo has an automatic shut down when it heats up to much. I've tried very hard to get my Metabo to heat up, enough to cause it to shut down and nothing yet. Have you expereance anything like this?

Just wondering.

Nica: Yep...I've had the Metabo overheat and shut down. I had the dual halogens plugged in to the same extension cord and was working the tool very hard. I guess the Metabo sensed the voltage load and started stopping and I had to re-start. I let the tool cool down and changed to a separate extension for it; that stopped the problem.

Sparkie: I tried wet sanding some scratched areas and switched to using a wool pad and Optimum. This seems to be the best combo for this particular black car. The wool seems to level the entire painted surface and give me a very nice base to start polishing. Wool definitely is a learning process, almost like wet sanding.

Toto

[scottgt]

i love wool...i got use to it and remove all my bad scratches with it