BMW (F30) 335i M-Sport, Paint Correction and Opti-Coat Pro

Hello all,

Long time lurker and admirer of everybody's work here. Wow, there are some top notch detailers here!

I am a full time detailer, working out of a two bay, separate shop at a home based location. I do only high end work on everything from Porsches to station wagons.

Here goes my first post. . .

BMW (F30) 335i M-Sport receives a "Stage III" detail at Status Auto Detailing in Springfield, Mo.

Included in the Stage III detail:

-Thorough foam cannon soak and 3 bucket wash method (1 for wheels)--Dawn and Meg's Hyper Wash
-Clay via nanoskin fine grade sponge.
-Thorough Jamb and engine detail--OPC
-Deep wheel clean--Wolf's Deironizer (Normally I use Sonax, but was testing wolf's)
-Paint deironizer--Wolf's (Normally I use IronX but again was testing Wolf's) Considering the Auto finesse product. Should I order some?
-Multi Stage paint Correction--3-5" meg's mf pads and m105 mixed with D300
3-5" flat foam pads with m205. Mostly Griots Polisher (switching to Rupes soon) Some Rotary and Porter Cable
-Opti-Coat Pro (ALL photos are prior to coating) paint and wheels
-Windshield coated with Pinnacle Black Label Diamond Glass coating
-Tires dressed with Meg's Hyper dressing undiluted
-Engine dressed with hyper dressing at 4:1









These pillars are buttery soft. You have to be delicate to finish them out properly











Wolf's in action









I was able to correct around the curves of the recessed license plate area, better by rotary.



Corrected the front grill partially by machine and partially by hand.

























Thanks for looking! Hope you enjoyed this beautiful car.

 

Awesome work, thing looks mint!

 

looking very sexy. well done!

 

Great work! I'm loving that color!

 

That's my favorite color for sure! Sorry, left the tow hook cap off. He had a conversion kit to mount his plate.

 

looking good.

 

Excellent work, and thanks for the warning on the pillars. Those are one of the little things that can really make a difference, and something I enjoy doing for clients.

A friend just purchased one of these in metallic grey. When I was looking at the new window tint yesterday we noticed the finish looked somewhat dull (oh and a ton of orange peel all over the car!), and I wondered if this car was "dull" (the reflection was murky) before the polishing? We were discussing a very light polish and putting on a sealant for now, but he is thinking about going to a coating in the future.

 

The clear coat was a little dull, only because the car had been hacked up by an inexperienced detailer within the last few months. It was really swirled out and slightly hologrammed.

Something I did notice, that bothered me, but most people will never notice, is the metallic in the paint almost seemed a little uneven or splotchy. It's hard to describe and practically impossible to catch in a photo, but the cloudiness was caused from something weird going on in the base coat.

You can't fix everything, and every car has imperfections of some kind. Overall the car looked stunning and was nearly perfect. The owner was ecstatic.