2003 BMW 525i Sport Paint Correction

**cartman57** · 01-14-2013, 11:21 PM

Amazing difference, nice work!

**bmwohio** · 01-14-2013, 11:49 PM

Originally Posted by Francisco

Great turn around. Good job. Job well done a nice pictures. Before/after pictures is a must and you did that. Did you do your engine as well?

No, I did not knock out the engine yet.....My wife was with our 20 month old son all weekend, and she was ready for me to come back in the house

Originally Posted by zexel

Being that I'm very new to this, I've never been able to notice a difference in those that put on a sealant only, versus sealant+wax until this post. That black is deep after your coat of Natty. Beforehand, it still looked good, but what a difference!

Yea, it's quite a difference, thanks!

Originally Posted by Wors

Wow, the paint was in pretty bad shape. Great work on capturing the paint condition.

The results are amazing. Very good work.

Originally Posted by zmcgovern45

Nice job!

Originally Posted by smack

Amazing work. I love what you did to bring it back to a proper black BMW.

Originally Posted by Fishincricket

Totally agree!!

Originally Posted by Pureshine

Great job car looks great!

Originally Posted by JSou

I love these well documented threads. Great job.

Originally Posted by cartman57

Amazing difference, nice work!

Thanks all.....I felt a lot more comfortable this time around with the orbital and the products.

**thebamboo23** · 01-14-2013, 11:57 PM

awesome job!

**M0nk3y** · 01-15-2013, 12:06 AM

Well done Kale, you're just a like a sponge and soak everything up!

**bmwohio** · 01-15-2013, 09:29 AM

Originally Posted by thebamboo23

awesome job!

Thanks

Originally Posted by M0nk3y

Well done Kale, you're just a like a sponge and soak everything up!

Kyle, thanks for all the help along the way, and being my 'phone-a-friend' when I needed it

**TheCougarGuy** · 01-15-2013, 11:48 AM

Great work

**bobble** · 01-15-2013, 01:49 PM

JB is actually easier to correct than some BMW colors, I've owned 2 JB cars. If you'd like to try a simpler regime next time pick up some Menz 106 aka SF4000 for a quick one step works really well on darker BMW colors.
As far as the wax test prety hard to tell which is which. If you'd like to try another PB product try the natty blue(get a sample size liquid) it's stupid easy to use, can do a whole car via machine in 30 minutes. I use the paste version a lot. I do like liquid Souveran's appearance but honestly it does not last very long and I only use it on the wifes white MBZ C350 now beacause of it and it sits garaged all week.

**mhphoto** · 01-15-2013, 05:58 PM

Great turnaround on one of my favorite Bimmers!

**MattyL** · 01-15-2013, 06:00 PM

That looks phenomenal man.

I picked up a 540i a couple months ago but the weather lately hasn't cooperated enough for my first correction, so I was curious:

(i.) How many passes were you making with the 105 & 205, respectively?
(ii.) What hydrotech pads did you use & how many did you go through during the correction?
(iii.) Did you install the rear lip or is that from the factory? I ask bc i'm thinking of pulling the trigger on one of the $50 pre-painted lips from Taiwan they have on Ebay. There is one seller who is supposed to be on point w/the paint match from what i'm reading on some of the forums, but still very skeptical.

Thanks