2007 BMW X3, 43k miles. The X3 at first glance looked to be a fairly straight forward vehicle and needed a refresh and a good interior wipe down… Boy were we wrong!:doh: Once it got through its wash and under the lights it became a whole different story. Heavy scratches and swirling, quite a number of rids, and a few spots looked almost white they were so scuffed, must say the paint even for a black car hid it’s imperfections quite well until under the right light. Interior still stayed a dirty interior so that was a plus The paint was very hard, quite a pleasant departure from the past few vehicles we have done. You could work it as long as you wanted without fear of making it worse which made us smile, but added time to the detail. Took a bit to figure out the process needed to achieve the results we were after and then it just became an execution piece. After 20 man hours it looks better then new inside and out. Quite a transformation and quite pleasing to look at now! Oh and thanks for viewing!!! :thumb: Wash CG Citrus Wash + Gloss P21S TAW Adams APC Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner Westly’s Bleach White Swissvax Wheel Brush Uber Wheel Brush Uber Fender Brush MF Wash Towel. Prep, Compounding, Finishing Porter cable XP Flex Menzerna S34A Menzerna PO203 Menzerna 106FA Prima Amigo Menzerna PowerLock Autoglym HD Prima Slick Mother's Chrome Polish ONR clay bar dilution CG Extreme Shine CG Bare Bones Mother's Clay Orange Lake Country 6" pad Uber Orange 5.5" pad Uber Green 5.5" pad Uber Blue 5.5" pad Uber Black 5.5" pad More MF towels 3m Painter's tape Interior Mequier’s Natural Shine Stoner’s Invisiable Glass Lexol Leather Cleaner Lexol Leather Conditioner Uber Red applicators Swissvax interior brush MF Towels Process Wash, light clay, tape. Hood and front fenders: 1 Pass S34A w/ orange, 1-2 pass’s 203 w/ orange, 1 pass 106FA with white/green, & 1 pass Amigo w/black. Front fenders back: 2 Pass PO203 w/ orange, 1 pass 106FA w/ green Entire car: Powerlock w/ black, Autoglym HD applied by hand, wiped down with Slick Interior: Vacuum, Meguier’s Natural Shine, Stoner’s Invisible Glass, Adam’s Carpet Cleaner for spots, Lexol cleaner, and Lexol conditioner Exhaust tips – Mother’s Chrome polish w/ MF towel Wheels - Mequiers NXT 2.0, CG Extreme Shine Wheel Wells - CG Bare Bones Teaser: Walk around before the wash Interior check Engine Compartment BEFORE: AFTER: Wheels and Tires BEFORE: Sonax and Westly’s doing their thing AFTER: Exterior Correction BEFORE: Bit o’ clayin’ 50/50… Now you see it… Now you don’t! Finish progression using the compounds Autoglym HD applied, almost done AFTERS:
Thanks guys! We really enjoyed doing this one and the results made the effort on the hard as rock clear coat worth it.
