Anbuzero Detailed: 2008 BMW 135i

Had a customer book this car the other day and just finished it up. This is a Graphite Grey 135i. Pretty much the same color as my own car and it was a beautiful car to work on. Only dislike was that the paint was rock hard.

It was booked for a spring cleanup, which meant to get rid of the salt and bringing gloss back to the paint. About 90-95% correction done.

Lots of pictures so 56k users, get a coffee.

Pics:

Car upon arrival

















Wash Stage:
Infamous BMW brake dust putting up a fight





Claying and Polish Prep


Paint Inspected for defects
This scratch on the hood came out completely with a lot of work later on

RIDS which were deep but were leveled out


Taped up



Polishing Stage:
Car had many dealership induced holograms which could been easily seen with the halogens



Along with the holograms, the car had some light swirls




After Menz SIP(Not all rids could be removed without using compounds)

Finishing Polish

50/50 of trunk top
Before:

After:



More holograms



"Snap, Crackle, POP"

You can see the flake pop after being polished

LSP: Blackfire Wet Diamond applied 2 coats with PCXP
All paint, windows, headlights and tail lights were protected with BlackFire Wet Diamond




Second Coat


Interior Clean:
Interior was already clean, just needed to be vacuumed and wiped down. No dressing was used on plastics or leather since it already had a nice color to it.








Convertible Top was lifted in order to clean

Engine Bay received a quick wipedown

Final Pictures:








Blurry but still shows the depth of the paint









Cool feature on the door sill

Business Cards and a pack of tic tacs for the customer

All glass cleaned and sealed

Wheel Face was clayed to remove brake dust that was embedded





Thanks for viewing, any and all comments are welcome.

 

Very Well done...Nice job man!

 

Nice work Ev, gorgeous car.

 

lovely car ... well done

 

i got one of those as a loaner wow there quick little bouncy devils haha great job from all the pics that loaded my dell gave up the wiennie midway through loading the pics

 

thanks :thumb:

thank you chas, i really liked working on it

thanks guys. the owner said its very fast and light so its gaining my interest as a potential next car

 

Nice work, Ev. :headbang:

 

Stealing a little work from phil? Haha just playing man.

Really nice job ev. Did you finish with 85RD? Nice touch with the tictacs and business cards.

 

I just realized, you applied Wet Diamond to the glass? I didn't know you could do that? Does it bond nicely and keep the glass clear?

 

Very nice work sir.

 

thanks emile

lol nope this guy found me on another forum and found my website. i actually finished with 106fa. The customers love the tic tacs lol

yep it bonds normally and works great. i just texted the customer and he said hes loving it. were having a mini hurricane over here

thank you :thumb:

 

Great work

What was that small vacuum you were using? Is it good enough or is a shop vac still the way to go?

 

Great work Ev ... glad to see you back on the grind hermano!

 

thanks. that small vacuum is actually a dirt devil scorpion and its perfect for moving around when doing interiors. i still have a shop vac but this is my favorite still. also note this is the old version which packs a punch, the new version looks cheap

thanks G, how was the move?

 

I'm loving VA and the job is actually pretty decent. Just waiting for true Spring weather to try out a bunch of new stuff I got.

 

phenomenal work Ev

 

Stepping the game up! Nice work, nice flat pad in the rotary shot, what I like to see!

 

good to hear keep in touch hermano

thanks will

haha thanks, im trying just gotta get the shop cleaned up

 

looks great!

 

fresh looking ride. Car turned out well and man is that a killer color combination.