12 years parked by the Ocean...Wet Sanding Required...2004 BMW Z4

[AGOatemywallet]

2004 BMW Z4

Parked outside 500' from the Pacific Ocean

Hammered Paint



The condition of wheels are usually a good indicator of what level of care a vehicle has seen




Severe damage on the hood. Cause unknown.




Test Spot on half the trunk with M100, 6 1/2" Lake Country Orange Hybrid, FLEX 3401








Hood before with etched water spots, swirls and deep RIDS




After three steps:

- Unigrit 1500 Sanding & Trizact 3000 Finishing Discs with 3M Interface pad on PC 7424

- M100, TufBuff Black Wool, FLEX 3401

- CarPro Essence on a 6 1/2" Lake Country White Polishing Pad.






The finished product

[jamesboyy]

Wowsa you really brought a lot of life back into this ocean side gem

[Ballistic]

Awesome Job!!

How are you liking Essence?

[fly07sti]

You brought that paint back from the dead. That red is Wet!

[BrutalNoodle]

Beautiful turnaround!

Some of the shots looks almost like staring at a fiberglass boat... I bet the owner is blown away.

[haris300]

Jeez that paint was trashed. Nice save, well done.

[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

Man that paint was trashed! Nice work bringing back the shine.

Thanks for sharing.

[Setec Astronomy]

After three steps:

- Unigrit 1500 Sanding & Trizact 3000 Finishing Discs with 3M Interface pad on PC 7424

- M100, TufBuff Black Wool, FLEX 3401

- CarPro Essence on a 6 1/2" Lake Country White Polishing Pad.

Wow, how much paint do you think you took off? Looks great though.

What did you have to do to get the wheels clean? Great job on them, too.

[JRP]

Just beautiful!! Excellent results and the evidence indisputable

[RPM_BR]

Excellent, top notch detailing!