Detailer's Domain: BMW X5 4.6 /Swissvax Blau Weiss

Sorry in advance as it rained for the most of last week. Also I felt bad that by the time the customer came to pick up it was raining.

What's first....we sprayed the wheels down with P21S Wheel Cleaner Gel, next the wheel wells were sprayed with P21S Total Autowash as well the tires where sprayed as well. Bug and tar were presoaked as well with P21S Total Autowash...you get the picture.

We then went on to fill the foam canon with Adam's All Purpose Cleaner knocking out any previous wax, bug and tar and anything else not taken care of by the P21S. The X was rinsed and with the water still on the X we moved on to claying the car, including windows.

After claying we moved on to access the condition of the paint. I moved on to using Menzerna Super Intensive Polish followed by Menzerna PO85RD to finish off the paint correction. The window trim was polished out using Menzerna PO85RD. As a last step I used Swissvax Blau Weiss for the first time and I have to say it made the car pop very nicely. :wow:

The interior was cleaned up using the Uber Interior Kit. The metro vac was used to vacuum the carpet and seats. The vents where dusted, and plastics were cleaned up with Einszett Cockpit and Einszett Plastic/Vinyl Cleaner. The leather was cleaned up with Leather Master Strong Cleaner , conditioned with Leather Master Vital and protected with Leather Master Protection.

The final touches:
The plastic trim was taken care of with Black Wow.
Windows were cleaned with Lusso Glass Polish.
Tires where dressed with Swissvax Pneu.
Door Jambs were cleaned up using Einszett Spray Wax (cleans nicely and adds some protection)

Products Used:
Exterior:
Adam's All Purpose Cleaner in the Cam Spray Foam Canon
Adam's Clay Bar and Optimum Instant Detail Spray and Gloss Enhancer for clay lube
Menzerna Super Intensive with the Uber Orange Pad
Menzerna PO85RD with the Uber Blue Pad
Menzerna Top Inspection
Swissvax Blau Weiss
Einszett Spray Wax

Wheels and Tires
Uber Wheel/Tire/Wheel Well Kit

Interior and Glass
Uber Interior Kit

Engine:
P21S Total Autowash
Adam's VRT Diluted with Water in a Spray bottle

Trim:
Black Wow

Tools:
Infratech 5300
Brinkmann MaxFire
Metabo PE12-175
Makita 9227 Hi Speed Rotary
The Uber Foam Pads (5.5inch)
Tons of "Uber" Microfiber Towels
Uber Drying Towels
Cam Spray 1500A with Cam Spray Foam Gun

Before shots:







Engine:


P21S Total Autowash in action


Wheel wells - P21S Total Autowash


Wheels - P21S Wheel Cleaner and various brushes





Wheel well brushed


Adam's All Purpose in foam canon to clean and strip everything away.




Claying


Polishing:
Before:


50/50 shots




before shot of the window trim (clay lube left sorry didn't wipe down before the shot but all you x and bmw owners knows this is notorious for getting really stained and spotty.)


After Menzerna PO85RD


Black wow 50/50 on trim


Now on to the interior before the after shots.

Before:






The clean up:





Afters:








Before exhaust:


P21S Finish Restorer


After


Before Engine:


After Engine:


Before Wheel Well



After Wheel Well and Adam's Undercarriage Spray


Swissvax Blau Weiss:


After shots













Thanks Alvin for working overtime, this car was finish at about 2:38 am on 6/3/2009.

Enjoy.

 

Looks amazing as always Phil!

 

Great job Phil, awesome turn around on the black.

 

the last shot in the garage is my FAV!!!! Looks great!

 

Very nice! Hope to see some beading action of that Blau Weiss soon!

 

Looks awesome Phil! Love those wheels...

 

nice man!

 

nice work. how wide are the wheels on the back of that thing?

 

Terrific Turn-a-round...IMPO, Best driving SUV on the Road:headbang:

 

Awesome work and write up

 

Not only an X5, it had to be black! Great job phil

 

thanks guys! this was sapphire black some metallic flakes in it.

the next post will be another x5 and its jet black with 115k and lives on a cow farm in maryland...

insane!

but came out great!

 

nice work as always Phil...hows the new unit??

 

jay, thanks pretty good no complaints except for that fact that I wanted to install a lift but after configuring the place to accept pallet shipments it won't work out, oh well the next shop we move into we will have a lift and storage for customers.

but for now just having lighting and air conditioning is a huge huge plus, I feel my work is 10x's better now.

 

thats was good detail ...i wanna know were u get your swissvax brushes from ...and u get that that foam wash for the pressure washer

 

you can get the Swissvax Brushes from us as well as the Cam Spray Pressure Washer

 

That looks great Phil, I HATE DOING SUVS!!!

 

Great work! How are you liking the new work area?

Holy wide tires Batman! I didnt think the X5 came with tires that wide?

 

You think those are wide...you should see what comes on the 4.8! :sheep:

 

4.8 and 4.6 come with 315 30 20's.

Thanks guys!