2001 BMW 740i

[Sevenrd]

Detailed this 2001 740i today. Sorry about the lack of many afters. As is the norm lately, it was completely dark by the time I finished. But I think the progress shots get across how it was improved.

I started off on the hood with the PC, #83 and a cutting pad - it barely made a dent in the swirls. So it was out with the PC and in with the Hitachi.

Process was...

Wash
Clay
OP yellow edge pad @ 1500 - couple passes in certain areas
OP blue edge pad @ 1100
Souveran

Some befores...

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/dwargg/77a888b6.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/dwargg/24731c08.jpg

Doesn't look so bad until it's been washed and some light is put on it...

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/dwargg/522c55bd.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/dwargg/c945ff96.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/dwargg/da726eb9.jpg

Here's after the first pass of OP at 1500rpm with the yellow edge pad. Still a bit of swirlling left, but the finish pass improved it more. Probably got it about 90% swirl free. Just didn't have the time to get it as perfect as I would've liked. BTW, some of those blemishes are nicks in the paint. Nothing I can do about that.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/dwargg/78115a31.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/dwargg/IMG_6511.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/dwargg/IMG_6508.jpg

Polished...

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/dwargg/9a9de1d5.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/dwargg/179d49bb.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/dwargg/IMG_6513.jpg

The amount of OP I used for the trunk on the finish pass...

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/dwargg/41907767.jpg

And the trunk after some Souveran..

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/dwargg/4a97eb23.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/dwargg/63cdb95b.jpg

And that's all! It was completely dark by the time the car was done. I think the progress shots get across just what an improvement the OP did. The Souveran was just icing on the cake. :)

[Nuke33]

Wow Op worked great, the looks amazing great work!

[abrcrombe]

WOO that looks awesome. I need to get me some of that Souveran. j/k I love that stuff. :) If you don't have it, BUY IT.

[Strokin04]

After seeing this I now know that on my next order to AG that I need to include Souveran. Sevenrd you did an awesome job on the 740i. Mike...

[Totoland Mach]

GREAT JOB! Good to see I'm not the only Black Bimmer "corrector" out there!

Very nice looking car for a 2001.

Thanks for posting .... u-da-man!

Toto

[Gary Sword]

Sevenrd, Beautiful Job. The car look great. I'll be glad when the days start getting longer.

[supercharged]

Awesome! Was clear coat so hard that you needed a rotary?

[P1et]

Man-o-man, that is one choice turnaround!

What sealant did you use?

[Surfer]

Love the trunk shots, and I still believe the E38 7 Series is more classy and solid then the new 7.

[Meghan]

That Souveran hood picture is crazy! I love it!

[AL417]

You did an awesome job on that one. Reflection shot is outta this world, Souveran kicks A$$.

[Sevenrd]

Awesome! Was clear coat so hard that you needed a rotary?

It was single-stage paint. It's not that it was particularly hard, it was just heavily swirlled. The PC would've taken too long. I actually did two passes on a portion of the hood with the PC using with Meg's 83. There was definite improvement, but still a lot of swirllng left. That's when I decided the rotary would be the better tool for the job.

Thanks for the kind words, everyone!

[supercharged]

It was single-stage paint. It's not that it was particularly hard, it was just heavily swirlled. The PC would've taken too long. I actually did two passes on a portion of the hood with the PC using with Meg's 83. There was definite improvement, but still a lot of swirllng left. That's when I decided the rotary would be the better tool for the job.

Thanks for the kind words, everyone!
I see.

[sparkie]

Sevenrd, awesome work there.
(OP yellow edge pad @ 1500 - couple passes in certain areas) I haven't used the yellow pad with my rotary yet. Eh, that's scary to me, oh well I need to give that a try.LOL
(OP blue edge pad @ 1100) I always thought that pad was for LSP. I learned something new.
Great work my man.

[Truls]

Great work, love those reflection pictures. Souveran on black is just plain gloss.