Alpine White 335i - A TON OF PICTURES

[SpecC]

First of all, I'd like to thank my two friends who came over to take kick ass pictures for me as you'll see. drsourmonkey and m38 ftw

This car belongs to our very own jay spec who pretty much has his car maintained by me. Mtech, LMs, Studie Lip, 100% LEGIT!

LMs though... worst wheels to clean.... possibly EVER

White is surprisingly one of the more rewarding colors to detail though.

Entire front end is clear bra'd. That's the entire hood, headlights, front bumper, front lip, and two front fenders. Not as easy to work with as I thought. Pictures will show later.

First time trying the green uber pads this time. They are clearly the best flat pads out there with little things. It's soft. It's got retracted foam. Its velcro grips like super glue. It's inexpensive. What more do you need? I'm ordering more when I up my budget.

Materials

Wash and Dry
Grit guard
2 Zymol sponges
Imitation sea sponge
CG CWG
Swissvax Detail brush
DI waffle weave drying towel

Clay
ONR 2 oz per gallon clay lube
Swissvax blue paint rubber
Isopropyl wipe down afterwards

Engine bay
CG grime reaper 4:1 dilution
Swissvax detail brush
P21S total auto wash - under the hood
CG Fade2black - dressing

Paint correction
Menzera PO203S Power Finish via Green Uber pad
Menzerna PO85RD via 3M black US pad
Menzerna PO203S Power Finish via 80mm 3M UK yellow pad - for the tighter areas like the pillars
Hitachi SP18 rotary
3M yellow backing plate

Protection
Duragloss 105

Wax
Zymol Vintage

Everyone only cares about wax! Well, this one costs $2200 and is worth it.

Wheels
P21S wheel gel
P21S total auto wash - tires
CG Grime reaper 4:1 - initial spray for tires
Swissvax wheel brush
EZ detail brush
Stiff bristle tire brush
Clayed with listed materials above
Menznera PO85RD by foam applicator by hand
DG 105
Vroom drying towel

Exhaust
CG metal polish
0000 steel wool
microfiber towels

Other tools
1000W husky halogen lamps
Bunch of CG all purpose towels

ON WITH THE PICUTRES





That's disgusting.



My hand is getting cramps just from looking at it.



Grime reaper is a werking girl!



P21S wheel gel foaming like crazy. Sometimes, it foams a bit too much. I mean, it foams too much all the time



Scrubbed and brushed all over



Well that really makes a HUGE difference.

To the inside!





Clear bra






Light swirling. Nothing that POWER FINISH can't handle

Okay, how about some before and afters

Before


BAM!


Before


POW!


Swirl busting 101

1. Choose a tool


2. Apply polish


3. Kick ass



4. Finish kicking ass


5. Make sure you are done kicking ass


6. Look really cool


Side mod action for my friend's MR2


Now that's one JDM sticker.

Day 1. Completed.


Day 2. More of this


and even, some of this!


I kid, I kid.

Exhaust polishing


After a lot of polishing, we take out some VINTAGE


Applied with foam applicator


So hazy!


Back to being OCD





In my defense, Zymol Vintage was incredibly hard to wipe off after just 30 minutes.

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[SpecC]

And done! Finished in the day time for you to see!

ENGINE BAY! WITH THE TURBO!



I lied. This is just under the hood





Exhaust done



Wheels. So very expensive






All the pictures kick ass, so I just used them all instead of pick which ones.

GARAGE SHOTS!






How about some in the San Francisco daylight?








Lastly, here's some beading pictures.



Enjoy!

[Page]

Very nice job

[tmacsad]

WOW....

[shopking68]

NICE! Love BMW's!

[SpecC]

thanks for the kind words everyone!

[RaskyR1]

Great work and write up! You have a good eye with the camera too!

[SpecC]

Originally Posted by RaskyR1

Great work and write up! You have a good eye with the camera too!

the bad pictures are actually mine. the good ones were taken by my two friends who came by on both days to help me out

[flash gordon]

Great job. But my vote for hardest wheel to ever clean would be mid 80"s BMW honeycombs. Talkin about a pain.

[gokartmozart]

I LUV the Alpine White! You really showed it off to it potential. Better than new!

[OCDinPDX]

Very sharp!

[Beemerboy]

Nice car and work...drive that bad boy up here to Sonoma County and lets work on it together...I've got a few fun things we could use on it!


Tell me about the BBS rims and the lug nuts those are radical!

[blk45]

Wow! Lots of pics and info, thanks for sharing all of your work.

Great job on a sweet car!

[agentxc_02]

awesome job on the beemer

[Luster]

Nice work on the Beemer.....!