BMW 130i, 2006 mod This time I thought I'd give the detailing people two versions of the job. One for those who just want to press play, and one for those who want to study the photos closely and reas some more text "behind the scenes." I hope you like both versions Slideshow - for best quality, double click and do the 720p : YouTube - Write up BMW 130i Some of the equipment/compounds used: Prickbort Scholl Crack 9000 SV Car bath Maxi suds MG APC Mothers wool mitt SV Detail brush ONR SV yellow clay EZ brushes SS dryers Makita and flex rotary Scholl S03 3M FCP CFP SV autobahn SV Insignis CG New look trim _____________________________________________________________________________ Ready for some washing : Some pre-wash images: Realy dirty exhaust: "mmmmmm" HoOOOOlo's: One bucket with SV Car bath, and one with sulfuric acid and EZ brushes (just kidding!! Same mixture as in number one): CG Sticky wheel gel: Scholl Crack 9000: Pretty strong blend with Maxi suds: Thick foam.. I like : Foam was on the panels for another 5 minutes: One more round with Sticky wheel gel: EZ brushes with soapy water: Small EZ brush behind the caliper: Rinsed with HP: Arches was first cleaned with a long mothers broom, followed by a nanolotus mitt: Mothers wool mit and Car-bath = quality time : SV wash pudel: Used MG APC with a SV Detail brush in the hinges: APC was diluted 1:4, and rinsed the hinges with lo pressure hose afterwards: Dusty straight 6: CG Grime Reaper 1:3 prior to rinsing: Used autobahn veichle dryer followed by this button... Let the engine idle for about 5-10 minutes: Paint inspection.. juhuuuuuuu: Guess it's not to much to say about this: "brrrrrrrrrrrrrr, gives me the chills: here's a job for the vacuum cleaner: The car owner mentioned that he was thinking about buying new mats, but I told him to put'em in the bay and they would be cleaned: Then soaked the mats with a "secret" spray and gave it few minutes to work: MG APC 1:4 with a stiff brush: Followed by Foma combivac. Flush-vacuum-flush-vacuum-vacuum-vacuum-vacuum : Then it turned out like this: The driver side mat had some spots that were very deep in the fabric. Had to go a couple of extra laps here: The APC foamed up really well and turn out really dirty; After way to much time spent here, this was the endstate: Light leather is fun.. Gives you the uportunity to do this: Rinsed with SV Leather cleaner followed by SV leather milk: Let the milk stand for one hour, followed by one more application. Excess was then wiped off after a new half an hour. The rest of the interior was cleaned and with CG Green Clean followed by Scholl Purple 9000 for that matte finish: Exhaust shined with Scholl S0 compound on a applicator: After about 5 minutes work: Some debree in the tank: Then over to the hologram party: The rear fender had a spot without clearcoat: PTG measurements was done: Paint thickness between 130-150 microns on average: Let the games begin: Scholl S03 gold on wool pad, not one, but 2 and 3 rounds(third round was on a yellow scholl pad).. Wool worked on speeds at 2100rpm, and yellow pad on 1500-2100rpm.. Both lots of passes: Followed by Scholl S30 on an orange pad, just to get that nice 50/50 look: (Polish not yet wiped off) Better: Some extra clay-marring together with the rest of the defects: 2 rounds of S03 gold on yellow scholl pad: Found this dent that I warmed up a little bit with a hairdryer and tried to push out from the inside: After a little while it got a little bit better: Time for some more 50/50: Found this scratch on the right fender: Close-up with macro lense: Did the spot and surrounding area with S03 on yellow cut pad first.. Applied a drop of FCP on a 3" pad with the flex machine(uses it for spot repairs) and worked the area for about 20-30 minutes. Did paint readings during the whole process and removed between 15-20 microns on that spot: Here's my small correction pad.. Medium hard and very thick.. Does not develop to much heat either:-9 : Holo check: Stoped by the owner and helped him get his summer rims up to speed: Cleaner fluid applied, and SV Autobahn buffed of: That helped: Then some finished shots: Thanks for watching
nice work man. What kind of camera and lenses are you using? You got some great photo's there and nice work.
one of the most amazing and thorough details I've ever seen! Stunning work! BTW, I love my pot of SV Insignis!!!
some really great work here. i admire your work a lot. i'm very intrigued by the scholl crack 9000. what is the primary purpose of thise product. i see you guys overseas using it as a pre-soak a lot. what exactly are you guys using it for besides that? if its not TOO expensive, i might think about trying to get a gallon or something to try out.
we need more finished interior pics! great work! why don't people buy rubber mats if they are going to grind dirt into them for two years without a vacuum??
I really respect the amount of time and effort you put into your writeups, you even did a video on top of that. Very nice work, that car definately had winter written all over before you worked your magic! How cold is it around your place this time of year?
Thank you.. I love my pot of Insignis too Yes, it was in a really bad condition and the owner was a little bit embarrassed over the car's condition prior to the detail... Thanks Thank you.. Thats nice to hear.. I just try to write what I've done, nothing more than that They don't? Nice to hear cool, did you watch the video too? lol, thank you I'm using a Nikon D90 with a sigma 18-200 lense... That's very nice of you to say, as I know that you've watched a few I love my pot of Insignis too, but I normally don't use it on other cars than my own..(except this one obv) Crack 9000 is primarily for asphalt spots and I normally just use it from the middle of the door and down.. The degreaser is un dilluted and also very strong.. The price is far from the cheapest one you can find, but the time I save using it is worth it Simply thank you;-) Sorry about that.. Don't have it.. I find it really hard to get really good interior shots unless I'm outside in good lighting.. If you have axess to an extarnal blitz a good way is to put white thin sheets over the windows with the blitz on the outside. This will work as a large diffuser and will give you a much nicer interior pics.. The owner had some rubber mats, and they were to ones the car was delivered with Thank you.. Once a detailer, always a detailer.. The temperatures here in Norway these days are about 15-20 Celcius and getting warmer..(in Oslo)
