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    Oldie But Goodie: 1988 BMW M5 resto

    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:



    Then, the true paint condition was shown





    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:











    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

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    Re: Oldie But Goodie: 1988 BMW M5 resto

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

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    Re: Oldie But Goodie: 1988 BMW M5 resto

    still looks great

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