1999 BMW 740il Calypso Red SIP, Ultrafina and Z5pr

No details booked this week, so I took the time to give the 740 a polishing and apply some zaino. It had some sap on the hood.

Sorry no in process pics.

Process:
Washed with valugard ABC system.
Wheels cleaned with valugard soap and a few brushes.
Tires cleaned with AM 777 APC 1:6.
Removed sap spots with 3M adhesive remover.
Clayed with zaino clay and Z6 as a lube.
Wipe paint down with prepsolv to ensure a smooth surface for polishing.
SIP on a Green 5.5" CCS pad at 1500.
UF on a 6" 3M blue pad and bigger panels blue CCS at 1700.
Prepsolv wipedown to remove polish oils.
Z6 wipedown
2x of ZFX'd Z5pro.
Z-16 on tires.

Notes:
The ABC system did not have an effect on any of the sap. :shead:
The smoothest paint I have ever polished. I think due to the ABC system and prepsolv wipedown.
The 5.5" green pad got worn and just made it thru the detail. :shead:
I did try some meznerna PO85RD on about half of the trunk and UF on the other half, both with a clean blue CCS pad. I looked at the finish in the sun and shade and could not tell a difference.

 

Amazing looking finish for a car that's 9 years old!!!

Like the stickers as well!

 

Love that color wish BMW still offered it. Nice job the car looks great

 

Gordeous!

 

Have you ever tried the German green foam?

 

Thanks P1et! It has 103k on the clock, we bought it when it had 50k.

Thanks Sal! I think they have something close as I saw it on a new 750li at the dealer.

Thanks supercharged!

I was told that the green 5.5" are the same as the green german. I have 3 of the 6.5" green german coming from CMA.

 

Stunning finish as always:applause:

Overall how was the Valugard system? Did it take a much loger time to wash the BMW using it?

 

Awesome work gmblack3 the BMW looks amazing. I'd like to know you thoughts on the ABC system as well and how much time it added to the detail. Again the BMW just looks fantastic.

 

Great job Bryon, would also like your thoughts on the ABC system.

 

I could have sworn I posted on this thread! Wait... maybe it was at Autopia, LoL.

Either way, great work Bryan!

 

Car looks good man :thumb:. Love that body style. Such a good looking car, it never really gets old.

 

Thanks dsms! It seems the do a good job of cleaning the paint, but I was disappointed that it did nothing to remove any of the sap spots on the hood. That is why I used the 3M adhesive remover on the sap spots and that worked excellent.

Time- I'd say you are going to spend 2.5x what it takes to do a 2 bucket wash.

Thanks Jason! I'd say it added 1 hour to the detail. I still need to use it on a car that is really bad. Using the ABC system and doing a prepsolv wipedown made for a very smooth polishing experience.

Thanks Rocket. Please see above comments.

Thanks Denzil!

2KLS1, Thanks for your kind words!

 

WOWZA! always love your work Bryan!