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BMW 328i M Sport - receives a new car prep with Opti Coat installation.
BMW 328i M Sport - receives a new car prep with Opti Coat installation.
This beautiful brand new estoril blue BMW 328i M Sport receives a new car prep with Opti Coat installation. The car was received relatively clean, however we found hair line scratches in clusters, some light swirls and marring from washes, and the b pillars were the normal lightly scratched and scuffed up piano black we have come accustomed to on cars with these type of trim pieces. The final results were great and I believe the customer was quite happy with the work performed. Exterior - Wheels were prepped with Sonax Wheel Cleaner and cleaned up with various brushes - Tires were spritzed down with Adam’s All Purpose Cleaner and steamed - Wheel wells were cleaned up - Washed with Sonax High Gloss Shampoo - Door jambs were cleaned up - Clayed/NanoSkin Autoscrub - Dried - Tires dressed - Masking - Paint Measurement - Compound - Menzerna FG400 - Final Polish - Sonax Perfect Finish 4/6 - IPA Final Wipe down prior to Opti Coat - Last step - Opti Coat Pro - Inspection with Fenix, Brinkmann, and natural sunlight - Wheel wells were cleaned and protected - Rubber and Plastics Treated - Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed - Exhaust tips cleaned - Windows were auto scrubed, cleaned, and sealed - Headlight and Fogs were cleaned up and protected clear film - Xpel Ultimate Products used: Optimum No Rinse Sonax High Gloss Shampoo Stoner's Tarminator Auto Finesse Oblitarate Sonax Multi Star Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner Uber Yellow Poly Clay Bar NanoSkin Autoscrub Fine Grade Wash Mitt Menzerna FG400 Sonax Perfect Finish Opti Coat Adam's Super VRT Auto Finesse Crystal Glass Cleaner Auto Finesse Mercury Metal Polish Sonax Plastic Trim Restorer Tools used Uber Wool Wash Mitt Uber Quick Detail MF Towels Uber All Purpose MF Towels Rupes LHR75E Rupes BigFoot LHR 21ES Random Orbital Polisher Rupes BigFoot LHR 15ES Random Orbital Polisher Uber Orange Foam Pad Uber Green Foam Pad Defelsko Paint Meter Fenix TK35 Kranzle Pressure Washer Uber Foam Canon 2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies Adam's Firehose Nozzle Metro Air Force Blaster Before shots - didn't look too bad at drop off. Here we show all the imperfections on the paint Prep - Wash - Decon - Clay - Wheel and Tires cleaned and prepped Compound with the Rupes LHR21 and LHR75E with a Meg's MF Cutting Pad and Polishing our the paint with Sonax 4/6 with a Rupes LHR21 and LHR75E with an Uber Orange Pad, installing Opti Coat Pro Before/Afters Afters Thanks for taking a look at this, I hope you enjoyed! |
03-03-2014, 06:23 PM | #2 |
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Wow, nicely done! I can't wait to do my spring detail - car is a mess thanks to all the nasty weather out
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03-03-2014, 07:07 PM | #4 |
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Wow, good stuff!
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03-03-2014, 09:01 PM | #5 |
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Beautifully done, Phil. If I lived about 1000 miles closer to NJ you would be doing that to my car (also an EB II M Sport).
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03-03-2014, 09:59 PM | #6 |
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Not discounting the effort you guys put in, it really looks amazing, but the whole OC is snake oil. It cannot protect against web or any other fine scratches anymore than the original coat does.
It's always entertaining to see how proud owners of a shinny-just-opticoated car never follow up with pictures after a few months. Let's review this car in 3 months The web will be back like nothing has been put on the car. Waste of money for a glory that lasts a few (regular) washes. I would pay triple the price of the application you just did, if it would keep the paint from scratching at least a year.
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Additionally, the OC sheds water / dirt better than the OEM clearcoat (just like wax does), so your car will stay looking better a little longer between washes. If you're getting sold OC as a scratch / swirl prevention device, your detailer doesn't know what they're doing.
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03-05-2014, 04:25 PM | #14 |
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got a rock chip this week halfway up the hood. the paint on these cars seems awefully thin.
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