BMW gets new look for 2014

[zckid]

Hello folks

Summer greetings from Mauritius and best wishes to you all.

The owner of this BMW came to see me several times but I couldn't work on his car due to my job constraints, and given I had to travel to China for a training in education, the school holidays were cut short. This is the last detail I did in 2013 and will be reserving the first week to work on my own car before school starts. actually, i completed this ride at 6 pm on the 31st.

The work on this car totals 23 hours over 2 days and even now I can feel the pain.





the wheel



The car was washed using the 2bm method using a mix of local car shampoo and APC to remove all dirt and grime, then clayed
this is the clay before



It no longer remained white, that's for sure, my camera's battery went down.
The ride had all the defects you could imagine, loads of deep swirls, orance peel, many RIDS and looked blurred.






Some of the tools used





Usual players: Optimum HC, Menz 203s & 85rd, Megs M80, Collinite 476s


Starting with the black roof







water spots



Other defects





Under the fluorescent light





the color is in fact light-black with the so many defect and haziness


Correction underway









In the sun, no swirls but will refine it further to have more depth and gloss





No defects

[zckid]

the boot lid



Lack of depth, no definition



Now







Moving to the vertical area



emblems taped


Polish and orange peel caked



Tail light area, left side



Tail light area, right side



Now



Before



After





Bumper



How to deal with someone staring at you for a whole day, with a blunt face?



the rear spoiler



Reflections or Illusions?



Reflective illusions?



or Illusive reflections?




The driver's side






Looks like stiches on paintwork



Runs and drips, paint levelled and spot correction



Staring continues



Finishing






it was already late in the evening

[zckid]

The hood and front section



Uneven paint, see around the light. it's a blurred hood, only the water giving it some depth.



water spots too



Levelling the paint to restore some depth and gloss





even with the rotary swirls and holograms, it looks better



Refining



A few RIDS to be taken care of



And I'm feeling blessed by Almighty, the sun shining on the hood freely.... "no swirls attached".







The left side of the hood



The bumper





Transformed







Shine with a smile





The passenger's side



Blurred paint



Now



More defects





Now



More staring... this is a "blurred" one by the uncle (owner)



looking properly, you can notice the extent of hills and valleys on the paint



Now



Hello






The rear wing



Another view



My car will need to get a thorough in and out makeover

[zckid]

The plastic trims restored with CG NLTG






The side mirrors













the owner checking a few things prior to leaving, I spent 20+ hours with him



some finishing pics




















A rusty car














water pebbles




guess where this is actually?









Wishing you loads of blessings, success love and happiness throughout the year, much more than the beads

[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

Very nice work. That e39 looks much better now.

[HateSwirls]

Great work man.
Was the rotary the only tool used?

[zckid]

Very nice work. That e39 looks much better now.

Great work man.
Was the rotary the only tool used?

Thanks for your kind words buddies, most appreciated

No, I used Megs M80 with the Flex V3401 as a finishing step on the vertical panels.

But this paint was really hard, so on the horizontal panels you can finish nicely with the rotary. Before, I used Optimum HC on CarPro Velvet pad to knock down the orange peel and level the paint so that I could remove the plenty of small deep scratches all over the surface.
then I used Menz 203s on LC white pads with the rotary, working on very small areas, less than 2 x 2.

cheers

Zaid