How I 'clean' a BMW 525d! Picture Heavy! - Full Detail

[abhardwaj1990]

Hi guys.
Another write up of another detail on a BMW 525d that I've just finished. With a few tips I picked up from my last thread!

Products I used:
Stage One: Washing
2 Buckets/2 grit guards.
2 washing mitts (1 lambwool, 1 microfibre)
1 Wheel cleaning brush
1 Arch cleaning brush
Snowfoam
Meguiars Gold Class shampoo
Carplan tyre cleaner
Sonus Ultra fine detailing clay
Meguiars NXT speed detailer
Gunk engine degreasant
A few microfibre clothes, 2 large drying clothes

Stage Two: Paint correction
DA-6 Machine polisher
Meguairs cutting pad/ polishing pad
Spot pads
Meguiars Polishes 80/83
Meguiars PlastRX
Autoglym Fast Glass
Autosol Metal polish
Plenty of micro fibre clothes

Stage Three: Protection
Dodo juice Lime Prime
Autoglym HD wax
Poorboys wheel sealant
Meguiars Hot Shine tyre spray
Rain X
3M Leather/Vinyl restorer
More microfibre clothes!

There may have been a few more I have forgotten, any way, I'll let the pictures do the rest of the talking!!

Before:

As you can see the paint was getting dull!

Washed

Wheel cleaning brush for wheels

Door shuts cleaned with Microfibre mitt

Engine bay cleaned

Clayed, filthy!!!

Cleaned!

Continued on next post...

 

[abhardwaj1990]

Plenty of swirls:

Gone:

Before:

After:

Faded mirrors:

Less faded:

Lime primed, then waxed:

 

[abhardwaj1990]

Exhaust before:

After:

Finished:

Flakes!

Comments welcome!!

 

[Damoegan]

Looks great, Arun

I did mine todat too but need to get over to Dave's to give it a good machine polishing..
DodoJuice Lime Prime + Purple Haze = WIN

 

[butler2.8i]

Cracking finish matey

 

[abhardwaj1990]

Looks great, Arun

I did mine todat too but need to get over to Dave's to give it a good machine polishing..
DodoJuice Lime Prime + Purple Haze = WIN

Cheers Damien.

Not tried out purple haze yet... Will have to try it

Cracking finish matey

Cheers pal

 

[abhardwaj1990]

Pictures now working again!

 

[LMJ]

Great job Arun! Is this one of your first customers, or a family friend?

 

[abhardwaj1990]

Great job Arun! Is this one of your first customers, or a family friend?

4th proper customer in 2 weeks, he is a friend but paid well

 

[LMJ]

Ah awesome! Good luck with this dear, I can feel its gonna be a success...

 

[abhardwaj1990]

Ah awesome! Good luck with this dear, I can feel its gonna be a success...

We'll see haha

 

[jabbasport]

How much would you charge for something like this?

 

[jonjay]

Might big job doing a BMW - rock hard paint! Well done mate, your getting better and better.

 

[abhardwaj1990]

Might big job doing a BMW - rock hard paint! Well done mate, your getting better and better.

Tell me about it! Didn't help when I didn't have my cutting pad for some of it!

Thanks man, means a lot