Oldie But Goodie: 1988 BMW M5 resto

[Totoland Mach]

This is a 1 owner M5 that the dealer is keeping for his personal collection. Even with 100/k on the odometer, it's in great shape.

The paint is original single stage black and has been compounded prior (unknown amount of times) and the paint was thin in a few areas. I decided to treat this gently because of the paint thickness.

The car looked good until I put it on the lift and the halogens:

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o212/Totoland/1988%20M5%20E28%20Black/e28M5OverallBefore.jpg

Then, the true paint condition was shown

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o212/Totoland/1988%20M5%20E28%20Black/e28M5frontbumperstart.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o212/Totoland/1988%20M5%20E28%20Black/e28M5lowerfenderstart.jpg

I've had great success with Meguiar's Color X on single stage paints, so I used that with the So1o yellow foam pads and backing plate. When I came to a tough scratch area, I used Meguiar's #83 on the yellow pad. Following that, I re-applied Color X with the black So1o pad.

In progress afters:

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o212/Totoland/1988%20M5%20E28%20Black/e28M5frontbumperafter.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o212/Totoland/1988%20M5%20E28%20Black/e28M5lowerSideafter.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o212/Totoland/1988%20M5%20E28%20Black/e28M5passengerSideAfter.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o212/Totoland/1988%20M5%20E28%20Black/e28M5quarterAfter.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o212/Totoland/1988%20M5%20E28%20Black/e28M5TrunkAreaafter.jpg

I'll take some completed pics at the conclusion of the resto. I'll probably apply a coat of #26 before the car goes into the storage area.

Fun car: only 1,235 were imported and the car was advertised in Road & Track as a 150 Mph 4 door family car.

Toto

[JetBlack335i]

Very nice resto. Good job on some 20+ year old paint.

[robb01]

still looks great