Orinda Auto Detail - Jet Black 650ci

[Jsmooth]

This jet black 650ci had seen better days.... The whole car for sure had been repainted but the owner knew nothing about it and bought it brand new. I didn't know about the repaint until I washed it then I saw some of the obvious signs here and there. When I first saw the car thinking it would have super soft paint, I scheduled it for 1 day. Soon as I started working on this car I called up the customer and told them no way no how this was getting done in one day. There were some really nasty scratches on this car and the paint was hard as nails(maybe resprayed at the factory and over baked) I got most of them out probably 80-85% correction.

Wheels were washed with megs wheel bright followed by 3 different iron-x treatments. After they were polished with my rotary, 3inch cutting pad and BF metal fine metal polish.

Paint- The entire car was corrected using a rotary mostly my dewalt, but the makita saw some action as well. As far my polishing method went, I call it the "Big A" style. As using his water ways works wonders :rockon. The whole of the paint was corrected with SRC Compound, and SRC Finishing. Mostly with 5.5 CCS Constant pressure Orange, white, and red pads. Couple 3inch pads for some tight areas.

Interior was fully detailed, Leather got leatherque treatment, carpets got extracted. I was unable to do anything with the rag top because I was out of cleaner/protectant for it so I ordered some and told the customer to bring it back in cpl weeks and I'll take care of it.
http://i1047.photobucket.com/albums/b479/gavsauto/37CDA5C8-1470-4ADF-AAD8-15EB6261FCD7-1197-0000007C22E1DDDA.jpg
as it sat when it came in....
http://i1047.photobucket.com/albums/b479/gavsauto/4D7919E6-8E7A-4C95-A290-EF89244580DC-1197-0000007C27C3BF50.jpg
nasty scratched easily caught fingernail.
http://i1047.photobucket.com/albums/b479/gavsauto/4E7E35C5-4717-43C8-B1DF-2F0C82E6B596-1197-0000007C2B2E6183.jpg
Wheels were trashed....
http://i1047.photobucket.com/albums/b479/gavsauto/BFF23CA4-5BF5-4568-A0D3-A539B55856F0-1197-0000007C149FE72C.jpg
after washing and Decon
http://i1047.photobucket.com/albums/b479/gavsauto/88ED1DA4-8146-43B8-9749-6644D6778D7C-1197-0000007C11ADBBA6.jpg
test spot on front fender, SRC Compound/Finishing.
http://i1047.photobucket.com/albums/b479/gavsauto/21E5D42A-B12E-463F-A5CB-33FD0F9B4BA5-1197-0000007C09ED211E.jpg
http://i1047.photobucket.com/albums/b479/gavsauto/D7A2204A-5BE2-4F43-8FA6-88527A2138F4-1197-0000007C07291EB5.jpg
http://i1047.photobucket.com/albums/b479/gavsauto/1473E65B-37C0-46A7-A675-B0325E76D7AA-1197-0000007BFE41A6D6.jpg
No Look buffing!
http://i1047.photobucket.com/albums/b479/gavsauto/98130E36-6749-4380-BDF3-EE4CEE28B31A-1197-0000007C042C01F5.jpg
http://i1047.photobucket.com/albums/b479/gavsauto/F8887E40-2C4C-4B1F-A067-F1E42E72D926-1197-0000007C019EB21B.jpg
progress :P
http://i1047.photobucket.com/albums/b479/gavsauto/D811BDCC-3217-4385-8B7C-95F67CCFEA5D-1197-0000007BF3C20DA4.jpg
Trunk was hammered big time
http://i1047.photobucket.com/albums/b479/gavsauto/4212A4A2-B4D0-41D8-B782-18F13C970AEA-1197-0000007BF16DF984.jpg
http://i1047.photobucket.com/albums/b479/gavsauto/795AFFFD-7281-435A-B47B-EE752014909C-1197-0000007BEEB1EF7A.jpg
Cpl rounds of SRC Finishing polished cleared up the rest of this. I was pretty much done polishing shortly after so I took it out side to look at the paint after IPA, Before BFWD.
http://i1047.photobucket.com/albums/b479/gavsauto/55EA6447-F554-4B57-B6C7-E37CE7F15901-1197-0000007BE21E5867.jpg
http://i1047.photobucket.com/albums/b479/gavsauto/135E973E-0815-4F24-A420-3C6BE7BD6773-1197-0000007BE656E97D.jpg
http://i1047.photobucket.com/albums/b479/gavsauto/6EAE47EA-D0CA-40C6-948E-39525D0F51F1-1197-0000007BDE8BBF81.jpg
still a few light scratches here but they weren't safe to fully remove. Huge improvement non the less.
http://i1047.photobucket.com/albums/b479/gavsauto/8422986B-65AD-4018-931A-934FCB4FE714-1197-0000007BD97B2696.jpg
http://i1047.photobucket.com/albums/b479/gavsauto/05630E04-C511-4DF0-91F1-7F5C17C50EE1-1197-0000007BE9F86A57.jpg
I pulled it back in the bay nit picked a few area's on the paint. Finished the windows wheels, sealed it with BFWD, ect.... It was really late at this point my 3rd day working over 12 hours a day on this car so no more sun shots but check it out.
http://i1047.photobucket.com/albums/b479/gavsauto/37CDA5C8-1470-4ADF-AAD8-15EB6261FCD7-1197-0000007C22E1DDDA.jpg
From this too...
http://i1047.photobucket.com/albums/b479/gavsauto/25768F90-5029-4FE6-84EE-9F17CA7609B9-1197-0000007BC082E56F.jpg
http://i1047.photobucket.com/albums/b479/gavsauto/01517B95-B3BD-4CD7-95A9-E72258D0A0C0-1197-0000007BC3FBB730.jpg
http://i1047.photobucket.com/albums/b479/gavsauto/432901B2-2D8A-42B6-88CD-EE840F67F899-1197-0000007BB9EDD32E.jpg


Thanks for looking
Joe Torbati
Orinda Auto Detail

[cartman57]

That's not the same car...................
Wow, incredible turnaround!
(thought the rims were a new type of gunmetal gray)

[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

Who knew there was chrome under that funk on the wheels?

Great work!

[Crazy Diamond]

Very nice job!

[Charleston]

Looks great!

Do you notice an extreme static charge with BFWD?

[JSou]

Amazing! Thanks for sharing.

[Pureshine]

Great work car looks great!

[WRAPT C5Z06]

Nice job. What were the signs of a re-paint? It's rare a brand new car has been re-painted, especially the whole car.

[Johny B]

Great job.

[Jsmooth]

Thanks everyone!

Looks great!

Do you notice an extreme static charge with BFWD?
Not really, I've heard a lot of people havnig this problem but I've personally never noticed. I always finish cars with SRC finishing polish and Todd Helm said you can put BFWD right on top of it with no IPA wipe. I always IPA wipe intial finishing polish usually white pad, just because I'm paranoid lol. After that I check it and do a round with red pad and SRC finishing partly to jewel and mostly to clean up the little bit of marring from IPA.


Nice job. What were the signs of a re-paint? It's rare a brand new car has been re-painted, especially the whole car.
First I saw some fish eyes on the hood, Then I noticed tape lines in every jam, and finally
the paint gauge showed paint as thick as 11 mils and I couldn't find a single places thinner 8 mils. Kinda unusual for bimmers

[WRAPT C5Z06]

Wow, that's insane. Most people are clueless when it comes to buying cars. I bought a new '12 mustang GT, and you better believe I checked to see if the bolts had been turned, felt the edges, etc...

[zmcgovern45]

Chrome wheels?!?! Never would have guessed it.

Great work!

[02accordSE]

Nice job. What were the signs of a re-paint? It's rare a brand new car has been re-painted, especially the whole car.
That's not a brand new 650. It's probably a 2006 or so.

[Ray@Autogeek]

Wow nice job!

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[vet]

Great work!