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    BMW 740Li New Car Prep and CQuartz Finest application

    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


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    Adhesive from protective wrap


    The was a nice sized "Love Tap" on the rear bumper cover




    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)


    Quarter panel/rear door




    Rear door


    Front door




    Fender


    Scratches on the hood





    Sonax doing work


    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.




    Temp/Humidity in the shop prior to coating
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    Re: BMW 740Li New Car Prep and CQuartz Finest application

    After pics. Sorry, no outdoor or sun shots were possible.


































    I did shoot an application video but haven't had a chance to edit and load it up yet. Hopefully this week though.



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    Re: BMW 740Li New Car Prep and CQuartz Finest application

    AMAZING as always!

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    Re: BMW 740Li New Car Prep and CQuartz Finest application

    Speechless. Wow.

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    Re: BMW 740Li New Car Prep and CQuartz Finest application

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

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    Re: BMW 740Li New Car Prep and CQuartz Finest application

    Looks great. Can't wait to see the video.
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    Re: BMW 740Li New Car Prep and CQuartz Finest application

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

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    Re: BMW 740Li New Car Prep and CQuartz Finest application

    awesome!

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    Re: BMW 740Li New Car Prep and CQuartz Finest application

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

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    Re: BMW 740Li New Car Prep and CQuartz Finest application

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

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