2013 BMW 335i M-Sport Correction and Opti-Coat - Anthony's Auto Detailing in NJ

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This vehicle was fairly straight-forward. Typical defects. The car is taken care of very well by the owner, but anyone in the Northeast knows how brutal this past winter was. After assessing, we decided to go with a two-step correction and finish off with Opti-Coat for permanent protection. This is the first time the owner ever had a car coated, and was a little hesitant, but I think he will be very happy with it over time.

I used me Rupes LHR15E for almost the whole vehicle, using Kevin Brown's method with M205 for my initial cutting on a meguiar's MF disc, followed by OPT Hyper Polish on a tangerine hydrotech to amp up the gloss, as well as prepare the surface to be coated. I followed up with an eraser wipedown to ensure any excess oils were removed, then I coated. The wheels were coated as well.

To start off, here's a little demo of Iron-X I used on the wheels.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeYGzWQ7_r0

Anyway, here is how the car sat as I arrived.






The damage didn't look TOO bad due to the flake in the paint, but the paint lacked depth and clarity due to this.









And the dreaded BMW brakedust





The Brinkmann Xenon light showed the cars true condition after the wash and decon



Much better



A little 50/50 action




You can see all the clarity that was brought back to the paint



Typical B-Pillar damage



Not PERFECT, but I refuse to chase too deep on these, they are soft and dangerous.



All finished













The owner was thrilled with the turn-around. Some deeper issues remained, but it wasn't in the budget, nor was it worth wetsanding these small issues.

Thanks for looking!

Anthony Onorato
Anthony's Auto Detailing
Clementon, NJ 08021
ANTHONYS AUTO DETAILING, South Jerseys Premier Auto Detailing Serivce
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Man, you 'killed it', 'smashed it', please, find an english term for 'Wow you did a very good job!, the best possible to turn this one around'.

It's clear from your first pictures how dull the paint was at first, I also liked your comment on pillars, yes, they are thin and soft generally...

Nice write up, well, like I've tried to say, you busted it! hahaha

If possible, can you briefly talk a bit about M205 on cutting MF disc, I have both, enjoy MF discs a lot, and just received my 4 3/8 plate for the Flex so I can keep using my MF (5.5") from old DA... I have dozens of it (both cutting and polishing discs).

As I don't have enough time for the thorough testing needed, any advice you can give on M205 and MF disc would be awesome, and that can be expanded in priming the pad, polisher speed, arm speed, passes, pressure, cautions, etc,

That way I can start someday doing a test spot with this setup when I find properly, but your tips may turn things easier for me if I had a START point.

Thanks for sharing this beautiful work with us,

Kind Regards.
 
Awesome job sir! What a difference. That is mobile detailing done right.

And, is that your GT in the background? :)
 
Best photo of Iron-X in action ever:



Beautiful work on the car too :xyxthumbs:
 
Stellar work Anthony! That's my car with 2 extra doors and my paint is Black Sapphire Metallic which, if dirty or marred up with swirls, looks dark grey instead of black. THAT is how it should look.
 
Wow, GLOSSY!!! Did you use iron x as the wheel cleaner or did you clean the wheel first?


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Sweet results. How did you do the B pillars? I have a similar situation on my bmw.
 
Tato said:
Man, you 'killed it', 'smashed it', please, find an english term for 'Wow you did a very good job!, the best possible to turn this one around'.

It's clear from your first pictures how dull the paint was at first, I also liked your comment on pillars, yes, they are thin and soft generally...

Nice write up, well, like I've tried to say, you busted it! hahaha

If possible, can you briefly talk a bit about M205 on cutting MF disc, I have both, enjoy MF discs a lot, and just received my 4 3/8 plate for the Flex so I can keep using my MF (5.5") from old DA... I have dozens of it (both cutting and polishing discs).

As I don't have enough time for the thorough testing needed, any advice you can give on M205 and MF disc would be awesome, and that can be expanded in priming the pad, polisher speed, arm speed, passes, pressure, cautions, etc,

That way I can start someday doing a test spot with this setup when I find properly, but your tips may turn things easier for me if I had a START point.

Thanks for sharing this beautiful work with us,

Kind Regards.
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Thank you so much for the kind words...I am sourcing the link to Kevin Brown's method with M205 and MF disc, I will post it by tonight. It has replaced abuot 90% of my cutting work now...it really is amazing. You use a TON of discs and M205...but the time and effort saved easily make that worth it.

mightypudge said:
Awesome job sir! What a difference. That is mobile detailing done right.

And, is that your GT in the background? :)
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Thank you very much, and yes...my mobile detailing rig is my GT ;)

ekennett said:
Wow, GLOSSY!!! Did you use iron x as the wheel cleaner or did you clean the wheel first?


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I used Iron X as a standalone wheel cleaner. I find that it doesn't take very much at all...only used about 1.5 oz on all four wheels.

Rmd said:
Sweet results. How did you do the B pillars? I have a similar situation on my bmw.
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For the B-Pillars, I used a G110v2 polisher with a 3 inch backing plate, and a 3inch hydrotech tangerine pad with optimum hyper polish.

Be sure to be VERY careful, these areas are thin and soft...don't chase. Some things will probably be too deep and you'll just have to let it go. Get it coated and you can take a deep breath that in the future the defects will be in the coating.
 
Thanks for feedback,

If you please can shoot me a PM of the thread when you do it, I appreciate since I don't want to miss this for nothing!

Yes, I have a bunch of MF discs, and a bunch of M205!

Kind Regards.
 
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