Jaretr1
04-07-2014, 09:19 AM
I gave some love to a friend of mine's 2007 BMW Z4. The car is in decent shape considering it has almost 90k miles. She loves her little "smurfette" and I can see why after driving it. What a fun car to drive.
My goal was just to get her shiny again, and bring the pop back to that beautiful blue. My time was limited so I was shooting for a one step with some attention to some of the exterior trim.
What I ended up doing was using XMT Speed clay to start with. Then Pinnacle Advanced Swirl Remover and both blue cyan hydrotech pads, and orange CCS pads (no particular reason or area). I followed it up with Wolfgang Deep Gloss Liquid Seal and topped that with a coat of Fuzion. On the cowl and trim, I used CarPro PERL.
The wheels I hit with Iron X before I cleaned them (IronX got them mostly clean) and then finished them with Hydro2. Notice the water beading on the wheels.
I attained about a 50% correction, but probably 100% improvement in gloss, shine and color.
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/500/medium/IMAG1182.jpg
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/500/medium/IMAG1183.jpg
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/500/medium/IMAG1184.jpg
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/500/medium/IMAG1185.jpg
And the best picture I took...thats Pinnacle Black Onyx tire gel on the tires:
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/500/medium/IMAG1187.jpg
My goal was just to get her shiny again, and bring the pop back to that beautiful blue. My time was limited so I was shooting for a one step with some attention to some of the exterior trim.
What I ended up doing was using XMT Speed clay to start with. Then Pinnacle Advanced Swirl Remover and both blue cyan hydrotech pads, and orange CCS pads (no particular reason or area). I followed it up with Wolfgang Deep Gloss Liquid Seal and topped that with a coat of Fuzion. On the cowl and trim, I used CarPro PERL.
The wheels I hit with Iron X before I cleaned them (IronX got them mostly clean) and then finished them with Hydro2. Notice the water beading on the wheels.
I attained about a 50% correction, but probably 100% improvement in gloss, shine and color.
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/500/medium/IMAG1182.jpg
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/500/medium/IMAG1183.jpg
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/500/medium/IMAG1184.jpg
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/500/medium/IMAG1185.jpg
And the best picture I took...thats Pinnacle Black Onyx tire gel on the tires:
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/500/medium/IMAG1187.jpg