dsms detail - BMW 135i mini correcto

2008 BMW 135i booked for a light correction detail

First up the wheels, these were is EXCELLENT shape... just like every other set of BMW wheels I encounter.... :duh:



After a good bit of rinsing,



Before:




Tires and wheel wells cleaned with ARO. Wheels cleaned using GI wheel gel at 2:1 with lots of scrubbing and brushing, wheels in total took 1.5hours

After:



Ragtop cleaned using Raggtop, later protected with, Raggtop



Front bumper bug problem handled with Poorboys bug squash and the PW. All door jambs, emblems, rubber trim etc. cleaned using APC 10:1.



Tardis doing one of its many great uses, disolving tar! Tardis also makes for a fantastic leather cleaner :kilt:



Wash process in total took 2.5 hours, and I thought I was in for an easy day for a BMW not much larger than a mini.

Paint has very little swirling, the main point of polishing this car was to bring out as much gloss as possible

PO85rd
DD blue finishing pad
Flex 3403

After polishing, IPA wipedown ..



While waiting for the LSP's to cure I went to the interior, which I had been dreading since I inspected the car a few weeks ago... the owner likes to drive with the top down in very pollen filled, dusty places I assume



I have had the leatherique twins for a while now without leather bad enough to warrant its use, this car was fitting!

It didnt need the rejuvenator oil so I just massaged in the pristine clean by hand (gloves of course) and let it sit for 15minutes

Once it dried, I misted some warm water in a sprayer bottle and wiped off the residue.



Waiting for that I cleaned up the trunk area...

Door jambs after







There was a 50 pack of book matches in the trunk. The box they came in was all torn up and I really hate leaving untidy things in peoples cars so I made a quick fix

Bunch of book matches in a messy box...



1 Ziploc bag...



Not that I condone smoking but at least I solved a small problem :hippie:



Interior leather recieved same cleaning process as the rear seats, Interio after shots





Exhaust polished with White Diamond, so far im liking it. The exhausts are polished black btw, not chrome which is why they dont look very shiney



LSP:

GI gloss finish
GI concourso gloss

Final shots









Wheels sealed with 2 coats of rejex, not that it will do much... these are still the wheels of a BMW!



Pulled it outside for the final inspection (check for smears in the glass, overspray on the tires etc)







Waiting for pickup...




Total time: 10.5hours

Have not been doing lengthy write-ups lately, recently I have been on tight deadlines so the pics arent as step by step but starting Friday SoCal Bob and myself will be putting up a bunch of writeups on some very fine italian autos.

 

Great work David, always love seeing your work. Your silver cars you do are some of the best i see.

 

Looks great bro! Pick up some Meg's Wheel Brightener, 1.5 hours is ridiculous, if you check out the CLK 350 I did the wheels were almost as bad and took me about 15-20 minutes.

 

Looks great. Kudos for the patience to tackle the wheels for that lengthy of a time. I agree with above, get some stronger wheel cleaner and it won't take you nearly as long.

 

A job to be proud of David!! (a 3rd on the WB..especially if you do a lot of German cars)

 

I have an entire gallon of WB... with this car it was not the product that was the problem. The wheels happen to be very small, but the brakes are a little big and the two meet somewhere in the middle... leaving little space to get a brush in there. Since I couldnt remove the wheels I had to clean the inners all the way through without one of my good brushes.

The daytona brush worked well for getting behind the spokes but I had to use a finger foam pocket and a foam detail stick to squeeze my hand in between the rotors and wheel inner... thats what was so time consuming! Trying to clean the wheels front to back without use a good wheel brush causes time issues.

 

Well I bought a small brush at a local supermarket, it's like the DetailersDomain Uber wheel brush but just on a much smaller scale specifically for fitting between the caliper and the wheel well inner.

 

Awesome job dude!

 

BTW, way to run over your hose! :giggle:

 

Very nice shorty write ups!

 

Thanks doc!

Gangin' up on me:fs: Well at least the car came out nice:shrug: lol

 

Very nice man , it was nice to finally put a face to the username on saturday. I hope to see you soon man.

 

great work on the car! I would also suggest Megs WB, as I simply don't see a point of spending so much time on the wheels. Did you say Tardis makes a great leather cleaner? I don't know about that, all I know it is a heavy solvent, and there is NO WAY I'm using it on leather in my car, as I'm afraid it will take the top coating off...

 

Looks great!

 

I guess my subtle sarcasm went undetected,lol. Of course I don't use tardis on leather, it does 1 job, removing tar and it does it very well!

 

awesome job that interior was shot...

 

Great job David

 

i enjoy looking at your process, you do some good work. i understand the deadline thing, these two weeks have been murder for me!

 

Beautiful, I'm glad you took the time and effort to make her look great! Great job, I would've killed myself on the wheels the same way

 

:thumb:

Wheels are very important to me and with that cleaning the tires fully and wheel wells too!