BMW 740Li New Car Prep and CQuartz Finest application

[RaskyR1]

This car was a referral from the recent pair of new BMW's I did for another owner. I had asked the owner to instruct the dealer not to touch the car outside of the required PDI work and it was brought to me the day after delivery. As you will see by the pictures, no dealer prep doesn't always guarantee a defect free new car. For the most part the car was in great shape with only some adhesive residue from the protective wrap and light swirls. There where however a few isolated scratched areas and a long scuff about 1 inch high the extended from the rear wheel well to the front wheel well.

Process:

Wash - ONR
Wheels - Sonax Full Effect
Tires - OPC, dressed with Megs Hyper Dressing at 3:1
Decon - IronX, TarX, and mild clay
Paint correction - D300/MF on isolated areas, whole car with OPT Hyper Polish on the DA with OPT MF Finishing pads
Coating Prep - IPA wipe down follow by Eraser wipe down
Coating - 2 coats CQuartz Finest on paint, trim, lights. Accelerated curing with IR lamp. (Wheels coated with Opti-Guard)
Glass - Megs D120


Before pics
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Adhesive from protective wrap
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i288/Raskyr1/740LI/20121101-DSC_2199.jpg

The was a nice sized "Love Tap" on the rear bumper cover
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i288/Raskyr1/740LI/20121102-DSC_2209.jpg

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Beginning on the scuff that ran down the passenger side of the car...only small portions of it show up as the narrow beam of the light hits it. (rear quarter/bumper cover)
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i288/Raskyr1/740LI/20121102-DSC_2211.jpg

Quarter panel/rear door
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i288/Raskyr1/740LI/20121102-DSC_2212.jpg

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i288/Raskyr1/740LI/20121102-DSC_2213.jpg

Rear door
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i288/Raskyr1/740LI/20121102-DSC_2214.jpg

Front door
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i288/Raskyr1/740LI/20121102-DSC_2215.jpg

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i288/Raskyr1/740LI/20121102-DSC_2219.jpg

Fender
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i288/Raskyr1/740LI/20121102-DSC_2220.jpg

Scratches on the hood
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i288/Raskyr1/740LI/20121102-DSC_2221.jpg

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i288/Raskyr1/740LI/20121102-DSC_2222.jpg


Sonax doing work
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i288/Raskyr1/740LI/20121101-DSC_2206.jpg

The small holes on some BMW wheels are hard to clean with lugs brushes and such. LOL...a clip from the movie "Dude Where's My Car" actually gave me this idea one day. :)

I take a small wooden or plastic dowel (old paint brush here) and wrap a MF cloth around it.
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i288/Raskyr1/740LI/20121101-DSC_2207.jpg

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Temp/Humidity in the shop prior to coating
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[RaskyR1]

After pics. Sorry, no outdoor or sun shots were possible.
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I did shoot an application video but haven't had a chance to edit and load it up yet. Hopefully this week though. :)



Thanks for looking,
Rasky

[KJW Detailing]

AMAZING as always!

[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

Speechless. Wow.

[The_2nd_G]

Fantastic work. That's a lot of car to detail!

[Chris's FX4]

Looks great. Can't wait to see the video.:xyxthumbs:

[ShineTimeDetail]

Do you have a floor drain in there? Also what are the lights on the stands you have?

[Johny B]

awesome!

[Waxmax]

Great work! How does CQ Finest compare with 22ple as far as ease of application....no smears,etc.

[Avi@CarPro]

Great work Rasky.. remind me sometime to give you our wall banner CQ or CarPro, your walls look pale :xyxthumbs:

[RaskyR1]

Thanks guys! :)


Do you have a floor drain in there? Also what are the lights on the stands you have?


No floor drain, I just squeegee any water from the ONR wash out the door. That's actually an Infrared Curing Lamp on the stand....greatly accelerates cure time. ;)



Great work! How does CQ Finest compare with 22ple as far as ease of application....no smears,etc.

Very similar actually, but not as oily as 22ple which requires 2 towels to wipe off. CQF may be a tad more time sensitive though and harder to wipe off it you let it set up too long. Get the timing down and it simple.



Great work Rasky.. remind me sometime to give you our wall banner CQ or CarPro, your walls look pale :xyxthumbs:


Thanks Avi! I'm all about hanging free banners! :props:

[ShineTimeDetail]

Thanks guys! :)




No floor drain, I just squeegee any water from the ONR wash out the door. That's actually an Infrared Curing Lamp on the stand....greatly accelerates cure time. ;)



Thanks Avi! I'm all about hanging free banners! :props:

Haha who isn't!

No floor drains suck lol I don't have one either ;(

[RaskyR1]

Haha who isn't!

No floor drains suck lol I don't have one either ;(


Definitely! When I build the addition on my wife's house I plan to but one in! :props: