1988 BMW 325i

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Car is still with the original owner, it was lucky to be garage kept all it's life. Has 330,000 miles on it! Took me about 6 hours to do the interior/exterior at the guy's apartment. He was super impressed. I think I burnt up a few pads in the process too-they were all covered in red when I was finished :(
I wish I got some more intimate shots of the differences, but there was a lot to do here. The mirrors and driver door looked like they were painted/cleared but never polished. The rear seats were pretty tarnished and it took a few different chemicals to get them back to a reasonable state. All the black trim was in terrible shape too, so I was happy to bring some life back to that! Had to wash the car on gravel so the power sprayer was out so I didn't kick up rocks and junk. Used ONR (optimum no-rinse) to do the whole car, then used it as a clay lubricant, washed it once more, did two passes with the Flex polisher using Meguire's products from start to finish.


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Pads!!! :buffer:
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Great turnaround, I had to laugh when I looked at the first two pictures since I didn't even realise there was a plastic section of the front bumper originally. ;)
 
Great job, the car came out very nice, night & day difference.:xyxthumbs:
 
thanks everyone! this was a nice car to work on...just a little 2 door, and really didn't have to touch the top.
 
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