Need some serious advice for my 07 Jet Black BMW Please

ssmith96 said:

Hey Everyone,

So I've been doing some (what I consider to be) good work on other people's cars lately but haven't had a chance to fully correct mine. I just got a 2007 328xi BMW that had swirls and scratches galore. I ordered the M105/205 combo but now after reading more I'm hearing horror about holograms and 205 not finishing well?

Really? 205 finishes down great. I would think that maybe the stories you hear are about M105 dusting or rotary holograms or Micro marring with M105 but those can certainly be removed with M205 on a DA with a policing of finishing pad.

I will most likely be replacing the hood and front bumper in august so I did some testing on the hood and got what seemed to be decent results using Pinnacle Advanced Finishing polish and great results with Meguiars ultimate compound.


I think the compound gave a great result, is it possible it doesn't need to be polished? It seems to have a deep shine without being polished, if it does what should I follow up with and on what pad?

You can always follow up with M205. Its always best to do a test spot as every paint is unique. Dial in you process on a test spot and you should be good on the rest of the car.

I used the compound on an orange css pad, is that too much?

Depends. what results did you see and following up with a finishing polish and a polishing pads wouldn't be a bad idea. Again test sot is your friend. Always start with your least aggressive method and check your results. Its always easier to increase aggressiveness than to decrease it :dblthumb2:

Thanks for the help,
Scott

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